CHAMPIONS LEAGUE T20 PREVIEW

PREVIEW OF IPL TEAMS IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Its again a time for a battle between top domestic teams from various countries. Champion league t20 will commence on September 17,2013 with 12 teams from top county teams of India(4 teams),Australia(2 teams),west indies(1),Pakistan(1),south Africa(2),sri lanka(1)and new Zealand(1).last year CLT T20 champions Sydney sixers would not qualify in this tournament. That means, we must get a new champion in this year.so in following days, we are going to analyse each team in this tournament.

           Today, we are previewing Indian premier league(IPL) teams in this tournament.in CLT t20,out of 12 teams 4 teams are from IPL.Defending IPL champions Mumbai Indians, runner up Chennai super kings and Rajasthan royals are already qualify to CLT tournament.However,sunrisers Hyderabad will thrive other 3 qualifying teams to enter into main league. Overall one-third of teams are from India, so chances are high to crown any one IPL team as world champions.here,we are going to analyse each team shortly.

                                                     MUMBAI INDIANS

                         Mumbai Indians is coming into the competition with a high five, after their first IPL title win in 2013.they also won one CLT title in 2011.mumbai Indians will come into the tournament with a well-balanced batting and bowling unit. The main player for Mumbai Indians is captain ROHIT SHARMA himself. He proved as player and captain in IPL, he must also carry that in this tournament. Batting is solid with a presence of rohit sharma,dinesh karthik,ambati rayudu and master blaster Sachin Tendulkar. Bowling also firmly good with pace bowlers like lasish malinga and Mitchell Johnson,wheareas spin department lead by Indian spin duos harbhajan singh and pragyan ohja.then all-rounders like kieron pollard and glenn Maxwell also add strength in both aspects. With all of this, this will mark as final tournament for Sachin Tendulkar, who already retired from IPL format.

TEAM SQUAD:Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Ambati Rayudu, Aditya Tare, Rishi Dhawan, Abu Nechim, Akshar Patel, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Smith, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell.

KEY PLAYERS TO WATCH: K POLLARD,M JOHNSON,A RAYUDU.

 CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

                         The Super Kings are the most successful team in the IPL having won the title twice in succession (2010 and 2011).They were the first Indian team to have won the Champions League Twenty20.Besides all this,csk is led by one of the most successful international captain MS DHONI.Batting should be a major aspect of csk.it consists of high profile batsmen’s such as Ms dhoni,suresh raina,murali vijay and Michael hussey.bowling department also looks good with young pace attack of Jason holder and Chris Morris, while spinner ashwin also provide strength in it.key player of super kings is its star player RAVINDRA JADEJA,who can shine in both departments. Inclusion of albie morkel and Dwayne bravo in squad also adds some spice to the team.overall,Chennai super kings also have fair amount of chance to win title, when their key player step up.

TEAM SQUAD: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, M Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Imtiaz Ahmed, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohit Sharma, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Albie Morkel, Jason Holder, Faf du Plessis, Chris Morris.

KEY PLAYERS TO WATCH:S RAINA,R JADEJA,J HOLDER.

RAJASTHAN ROYALS

                 This year is both a good and bad year for inaugural IPL champions.first,they play some good matches in IPL,but later on they fell to lot of match fixing issues. But taking everything aside,IPL 2013 semi-finalist will also shares fair amount of chance if their key players play well. This would be a last tournament for Rajasthan royals captain RAHUL DRAVID in  all forms of cricket.so what better way to send off cricket legend with a cup.it is one of side which consists of lot of domestic players. Batting department is carried by Rahul dravid,ajinke rahane and brad hodge.james Faulkner and Siddhartha trivedi could do well in bowling. But all eyes on team’s key player SHANE WATSON. Everyone knows destruction produce by Watson when he is in touch. Watson is not at his best now, but his last innings century in ashes can produce some confidence to him.one major question is whether young wicket keeper batsman sanju Samson will play in this tournament, who is also in u-19 world cup squad.

TEAM SQUAD: Rahul Dravid, Ajinkya Rahane, Stuart Binny, Sanju Samson, Ashok Menaria, Dishant Yagnik, Vikramjeet Malik, Rahul Shukla, Pravin Tambe, Siddharth Trivedi, Shane Watson, Brad Hodge, James Faulkner, Kevon Cooper, Shaun Tait

KEY PLAYERS TO WATCH:A RAHANE,S WATSON,J FAULKNER

SUNRISERS HYDREBAD

                  Sunrisers Hyderabad played some wonderful matches in this IPL,despite their poor performances in previous IPLs.they are still in qualifiers, along with three other teams. If they pull off qualifiers, they should be a tough side to defeat because of its bowling strength. Due to sunrisers captain Kumar sankakarra choose to play for his home county kandora maroons,his deputy CAMERON WHITE may likely get his place. Sunrisers may easily picked as one of the best bowling side of all teams with a presence of dale steyn,amit Mishra and ishant Sharma. Batting mainly rely on SHIKHAR DHAWAN, who have wonderful calendar year in 2013.if the likes of Cameron white and Parthiv patel can play a cameo, then it could be good. Darren Sammy adds value of entertainment for a team.

TEAM SQUAD: Shikhar Dhawan, Parthiv Patel, Cameron White, JP Duminy, Dale Steyn, Darren Sammy, BIPLab Samantray, Thisara Perera, Karan Sharma, Hanuma Vihari, Ashish Reddy, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Anand Rajan, TBC

KEY PLAYERS TO WATCH:S DHAWAN,D STEYN,A MISHRA

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