Champions League Twenty20 2011

The 2011 Champions League Twenty20 was an international Twenty20 - Cricket Competition, played between clubs from Australia , England , India , South Africa , New Zealand , Sri Lanka and the West Indies . It was the third edition of the tournament and took place between September 23 and October 9, 2011 in India. The winner was the Mumbai Indians team, who defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore with 31 runs in the final.

Attendees

The participants qualified through their national Twenty20 championships. The tournament is divided into a qualification and a main round. In the qualification, the champions from England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and the West Indies, as well as the second from England and the fourth from India. These are:

team	country	league
Leicestershire Foxes	England	Friends Life t20 2011
Somerset Sabers	England	Friends Life t20 2011
Kolkata Knight Riders	India	Indian Premier League 2011
Auckland Aces	New Zealand	HRV Twenty20 2010/11
Ruhuna Rhinos	Sri Lanka	Inter-Provincial Twenty20 2010
Trinidad & Tobago	West Indies	Caribbean Twenty20 2010-11

The three best teams from India as well as the two best teams from Australia and South Africa are directly qualified for the main round. These are:

team	country	league
Southern Redbacks	Australia	Twenty20 Big Bash 2010/11
New South Wales Blues	Australia	Twenty20 Big Bash 2010/11
Chennai Super Kings	India	Indian Premier League 2011
Royal Challengers Bangalore	India	Indian Premier League 2011
Mumbai Indians	India	Indian Premier League 2011
Cape Cobras	South Africa	Standard Bank Pro20 2010-11
Warriors	South Africa	Standard Bank Pro20 2010-11

Venues

city	Stadion	capacity
Bangalore	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	45,000
Chennai	MA Chidambaram Stadium	50,000
Hyderabad	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium	40,000

Originally was Eden Gardens in Kolkata provided, but had to due to heavy rainfall in advance of the Games on 20 September 2011 will be withdrawn.

format

In the qualifying round, two groups of three teams each are played, in which everyone plays against everyone. The two group winners and the best runners-up qualify for the main round. The ten teams qualified for this are in turn divided into two groups in which everyone plays against everyone else. The group first and second determined in this way then qualify for the semi-finals, the two winners of which then contest the final.

Qualifying round

Group A

table

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Somerset Sabers	2	2	0	0	4th	+0.300
Kolkata Knight Riders	2	1	1	0	2	-0.225
Auckland Aces	2	0	2	0	0	-0.075

Games

September 19 scorecard	Hyderabad	Kolkata Knight Riders 121-6 (20)	-	Auckland Aces 119-6 (20)
		Kolkata Knight Riders wins by 2 runs

September 20 scorecard	Hyderabad	Auckland Aces 125-7 (20)	-	Somerset Sabers 126-6 (20)
		Somerset Sabers wins with 4 wickets

September 21 scorecard	Hyderabad	Somerset Sabers 166-6 (20)	-	Kolkata Knight Riders 155-8 (20)
		Sommerset Sabers wins with 11 runs

Group B

table

Group B	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	0	0	4th	+1,659
Ruhuna Rhinos	2	1	1	0	2	-1,375
Leicestershire Foxes	2	0	2	0	0	-0.275

Games

September 19 scorecard	Hyderabad	Ruhuna Rhinos 138 (20)	-	Trinidad and Tobago 144-5 (18.5)
		Trinidad & Tobago wins with 5 wickets

September 20 scorecard	Hyderabad	Trinidad and Tobago 168-2 (20)	-	Leicestershire Foxes 117-9 (20)
		Trinidad & Tobago wins with 51 runs

September 21 scorecard	Hyderabad	Leicestershire Foxes 156-8 (20)	-	Ruhuna Rhinos 160-6 (20)
		Ruhuna Rhinos wins with 4 runs

Main round

Group A

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
New South Wales Blues	4th	3	1	0	6th	+0.627
Mumbai Indians	4th	2	1	1	5	-0.280
Trinidad and Tobago	4th	2	2	0	4th	+0.176
Cape Cobras	4th	1	2	1	3	+0.229
Chennai Super Kings	4th	1	3	0	2	-0.712

September 24th scorecard	Chennai	New South Wales Blues 135-8 (20)	-	Cape Cobras 136-3 (17.2)
		Cape Cobras wins with 7 wickets

September 24th scorecard	Chennai	Chennai Super Kings 158-4 (20)	-	Mumbai Indians 159-7 (19.5)
		Mumbai Indians wins with 3 wickets

September 26 scorecard	Bangalore	Trinidad and Tobago 98 (16.2)	-	Mumbai Indians 99-9 (20)
		Mumbai Indians wins with 1 wicket

September 28th scorecard	Chennai	Trinidad and Tobago 139-6 (20) / 15-1	-	New South Wales Blues 139-8 (20) / 18-0
		NSW Blues wins the Super Over

September 28th scorecard	Chennai	Cape Cobras 145-7 (20)	-	Chennai Super Kings 146-6 (19.4)
		Chennai Super Kings wins with 4 wickets

September 30th scorecard	Bangalore	Mumbai Indians 176-5 (20)	-	Cape Cobras
		No result

October 2nd scorecard	Chennai	Mumbai Indians 100-7 (20)	-	New South Wales Blues 101-5 (17)
		NSW Blues wins with 5 wickets

October 2nd scorecard	Chennai	Trinidad and Tobago 123-8 (20)	-	Chennai Super Kings 111-6 (20)
		Trinidad & Tobago wins with 12 runs

October 4th scorecard	Chennai	Cape Cobras 137-4 (20)	-	Trinidad and Tobago 138-8 (19.4)
		Trinidad & Tobago wins with 2 wickets

October 4th scorecard	Chennai	New South Wales Blues 201-2 (20)	-	Chennai Super Kings 155 (18.5)
		NSW Blues wins with 46 runs

Group B

Group B	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Somerset Sabers	4th	2	1	1	5	-0.557
Royal Chall. Bangalore	4th	2	2	0	4th	+0.325
Kolkata Knight Riders	4th	2	2	0	4th	+0.306
Warriors	4th	2	2	0	4th	+0.246
Southern Redbacks	4th	1	2	1	3	-0.533

September 23 scorecard	Bangalore	Royal Chall. Bangalore 172-8 (20)	-	Warriors 173-7 (20)
		Warriors wins with 3 wickets

September 25 scorecard	Hyderabad	Warriors 171-5 (20)	-	Southern Redbacks 121-6 (20)
		Warriors wins with 50 runs

September 25 scorecard	Hyderabad	Kolkata Knight Riders 161-3 (20)	-	Somerset Sabers 164-5 (19.4)
		Somerset Sabers wins with 5 wickets

September 27 scorecard	Hyderabad	Southern Redbacks 188-5 (20)	-	Kolkata Knight Riders 169-9 (20)
		Southern Redbacks wins with 19 runs

September 29 scorecard	Bangalore	Royal Chall. Bangalore 169-9 (20)	-	Kolkata Knight Riders 171-1 (17.3)
		Kolkata Knight Riders wins with 9 wickets

October 1st scorecard	Bangalore	Southern Redbacks	-	Somerset Sabers
		No result

Game not played due to rain.

October 1st scorecard	Bangalore	Warriors 155-4 (20)	-	Kolkata Knight Riders 83-1 (9/9)
		Kolkata Knight Riders wins with 22 runs ( D / L method )

October 3rd scorecard	Bangalore	Royal Chall. Bangalore 206-6 (20)	-	Somerset Sabers 155-6 (20)
		R. Chall. Bangalore wins with 51 runs

October 5th scorecard	Bangalore	Somerset Sabers 146-4 (20)	-	Warriors 134-8 (20)
		Somerset Sabers wins by 12 runs

October 5th scorecard	Bangalore	Southern Redbacks 214-2 (20)	-	Royal Chall. Bangalore 215-8 (20)
		R. Chall. Bangalore wins with 2 wickets

Semifinals

October 7th scorecard	Chennai	New South Wales Blues 203-2 (20)	-	Royal Chall. Bangalore 204-4 (18.3)
		R. Chall. Bangalore wins with 6 wickets

October 8th scorecard	Bangalore	Mumbai Indians 160-5 (20)	-	Somerset Sabers 150-7 (20)
		Mumbai Indians wins by 10 runs

final

October 9 scorecard	Chennai	Mumbai Indians 139 (20)	-	Royal Chall. Bangalore 108 (19.2)
		Mumbai Indians wins with 31 runs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kolkata matches switched to Bangalore, Hyderabad ( English ) ESPN CricInfo. September 20, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Explanation of the abbreviations: Col. = games; S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; NR = No Result; P = points; NRR = Net Run Rate