CLT20 final to be played in Bangalore

Cricket365
July 24, 2014

Kolkata Knight Riders, winners of the IPL this year, will take on Chennai Super Kings in the opening group match of the Champions League Twenty20 2014, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.

India will host the sixth edition of the T20 competition from 13 September 2014 to 4 October 2014. The tournament will follow a format similar to the three previous editions, with a Group Stage preceded by a Qualifier. A total of 29 matches will be played in the competition.

The Group Stage will be played from 17 September 2014 to 4 October 2014. It will feature 10 teams.

"The Group stage matches will be played at Mohali, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Raipur. The Qualifier will be played at Raipur. The CLT20 Governing Council has confirmed the teams that will compete for a total prize money of US $ 6 million," Sanjay Patel, Hony. Secretary, BCCI, said.

Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings apart, Group A will comprise of the Dolphins (winners of South Africa's domestic T20 competition), Perth Scorchers (Big Bash League winners), and a team from the CLT20 2014 Qualifier.

Group B will feature Hobart Hurricanes (Big Bash League runners-up), the winner of the domestic T20 competition in the West Indies, Kings XI Punjab (runners-up in IPL 2014), Cape Cobras (runners-up in South Africa's domestic T20 competition), and a team from the CLT20 2014 Qualifier.

Each side will play the other four in its group once, with the top two sides from each group going through to the semi-finals.

The qualifiers will feature four teams – Mumbai Indians (fourth-ranked team in IPL 2014), Northern Knights (winners of New Zealand's domestic T20 competition), Southern Express (winners of Sri Lanka's domestic T20 tournament) and Lahore Lions (Pakistan's domestic T20 competition champions).

In the qualifiers, all teams will play each other once, with the top two advancing to the Group Stage.

The top team from Group A will play the second-ranked team from Group B, and vice versa, in the semi-finals, both of which will be played at Hyderabad on 2 October. Bangalore
will host the final on 4 October 2014.

Group A

Kolkata Knight Riders Dolphins Perth Scorchers Chennai Super Kings A team from the Qualifier

Group B

Kings XI Punjab Cape Cobras Hobart Hurricanes Champion side from the West Indies A team from the Qualifier

Qualifiers

Q1 Lahore Lions Q2 Mumbai Indians Q3 Northern Knights Q4 Southern Express