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The CLT 20, is the popular short name of champions league twenty20 cricket tournament organized every year. This CLT 20 cricket tournament follows the format of twenty20 international cricket, and is administered collectively by the BCCI, CA, and CSA cricket boards.
Twenty20 international cricket games were introduced as a two and a half hours cricket match, with the intentions to bring it closer to the time-span of other popular forms of team sports. Today, twenty20 internationals have emerged out as most exciting, explosive, and popular type of cricket, and contribute to the overwhelming prominence and popularity of the CLT 20 cricket tournaments.
So far, almost all cricket-playing countries have played this type of cricket format, essentially including the test-cricket playing nations of the world. Twenty 20 form of international cricket is very popularly also known as the T20 cricket. The T20 cricket is played between two teams, each playing one inning (lasting for about 75 minutes) of a maximum of 20 overs, and the entire game is completed in about two and a half hours of time.
Full-fledged twenty20 international matches have been being played since the year 2005. This T20 form of cricket was originally and formally introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in the year 2003, with the launch of the Twenty20 Cup of cricket. The first International Twenty20 cricket match was played between Australia and South Africa in January 2006, in Australia, in which Australian team had won the match. The final of inaugural ICC World Twenty20, organized in South Africa, was won by India defeating Pakistan.
Champions League Twenty20 Event
The Champions League Twenty20 event, commonly and popularly also known as the CLT20 tournament, is a very famous and popular International T20 cricket tournament organized every year, and administered collectively by the cricket boards of BCCI, CSA, and CA.
Teams which have been participating in the CLT20 tournament so far are, India, Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and the West Indies. The champions league Twenty20 2011, most prominently known as the airtel champions league twenty20, is the third edition of CLT20 cricket tournament.
It will be organized and played in the country of India during the time period between September 23 and October 9, 2011. The venues of the CLT20 cricket tournament will be Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Chennai. The format of this yearly tournament will be the same as was in the year 2010, and the final match will be played in Chennai on October 9, 2011.
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