The list is a mix of rising stars such as Kieron Pollard and Eoin Morgan, and ICL returnees like Shane Bond and Damien Martyn in addition to Pakistan players returning to the IPL-fold. The list includes players from all eight Test-playing nations other than India, with 11 players from Pakistan, Australia and South Africa; nine from Sri Lanka; eight from England and West Indies; four from New Zealand and one each from Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Canada and Holland.

The list also includes Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi, who had played for Deccan Chargers in the first season, and Sohail Tanvir, who struck the winning runs for Rajasthan Royals in the final of the inaugural edition. Pakistan’s finds of 2009, Mohammad Aamer and Umar Akmal, are also in the list, as are ICL-returnees Imran Nazir, Abdul Razzaq and Naved-ul-Hasan. Pakistan’s players did not participate in the IPL in 2009 following a deterioration in diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008.

West Indies boast an impressive group of contenders; chief among them is Trinidad and Tobago’s Pollard, whose clean, ruthless hitting in the Champions League Twenty20 could merit a lucrative IPL contract. Ramnaresh Sarwan comes back on the auction list while, for South Africa, left-arm fast bowler Wayne Parnell is in the fray for a deal.

Here is the complete list of the 66 International Players Listed To Be Auctioned in the IPL 2010 Auctions to be held on January 19th, 2010:

Australia: Brad Haddin, Philip Hughes, Doug Bollinger, Ashley Noffke, Adam Voges, Luke Pomersbach, Clint McKay, Graham Manou, Ben Laughlin, Jason Krejza, Damien Martyn

England: Tim Bresnan, Eoin Morgan, Robert Key, Anthony McGrath, Monty Panesar, Mark Ramprakash, Graeme Swann, Jonathon Trott

Pakistan: Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Gul, Imran Nazir, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Aamer, Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir

South Africa: Zander de Bruyn, Wayne Parnell, Tyron Henderson, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Rory Kleinveldt, Yusuf Abdulla, Vernon Philander, Johan van der Wath, Vaughn van Jaarsveld, Morne van Vyk, Justin Kemp

Sri Lanka: Nuwan Kulasekara, Nuwan Zoysa, Upul Tharanga, Thissara Perera, Thilina Kandamby, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Chanaka Welegedara, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Chamara Silva

West Indies: Kieron Pollard, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Daren Ganga, Lendl Simmons, Darren Bravo, Wavell Hinds, Kemar Roach, Sulieman Benn

New Zealand: Grant Elliott, Lou Vincent, Shane Bond, Nathan McCullum

Zimbabwe: Murray Goodwin

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan

Canada: Rizwan Cheema

Netherlands: Ryan ten Doeschate

The Base Price Of All The 66 International Players Listed For the IPL 2010 Auction is given below -

* 250,000$ - Shahid Afridi, Brad Haddin, Graeme Swann

* 200,000$ – Kieron Pollard, Eoin Morgan, Wayne Parnell, Doug Bollinger, Sohail Tanvir, Mark Ramprakash

* 100,000$ – Shane Bond, Mohammad Kaif, Kemar Roach, Umar Akmal, Shakib Al Hasan, Tim Bresnan, Daren Ganga, Justin Kemp, Nuwan Kulasekara, Wavell Hinds, Kamran Akmal, Phillip Hughes, Damien Martyn, Imran Nazir, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Chamara Silva, Lendl Simmons, Upul Tharanga, Jonathan Trott, Sulieman Benn, Grant Elliott, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Aamer, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Misbah-ul-Haq

* 50,000$ - Tyron Henderson, Rory Kleinveldt, Jason Krejza, Nathan McCullum, Thissara Perera, Johan van der Wath, Rizwan Cheema, Zander de Bruyn, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Graham Manou, Anthony McGrath, Vernon Philander, Morne van Wyk, Adam Voges, Nuwan Zoysa, Yusuf Abdulla, Clint McKay, Monty Panesar, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Chanaka Welegedara, Darren Bravo, Murray Goodwin, Thilina Kandamby, Robert Key, Luke Pomersbach, Vaughn van Jaarsveld, Lou Vincent

* 20,000$ – Ashley Noffke, Ryan ten Doeschate, Ben Laughlin, Kaushalya Weeraratne

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Cape Cobras (South Africa)
South Africa’s Twenty20 champions are a strong side with experience in the form of Herschelle Gibbs, Jean-Paul Duminy and Charl Langeveldt but the loss of Graeme Smith with injury will impact on their chances.

Deccan Chargers (India)
The IPL champions will be the tournament favourites with home advantage and four overseas players to call upon. Adam Gilchrist still has plenty to offer in Twenty20 cricket while for Andrew Symonds this is now his main mode of employment.

Delhi Daredevils (India)
Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir make up the world’s best opening partnership at the moment and Dirk Nannes, the Australian fast bowler, has emerged as an unlikely star in Twenty20 cricket. Glenn McGrath was on Tuesday confirmed as Paul Collingwood’s replacement. Look out for Owais Shah too.

Diamond Eagles (South Africa)
The weaker of the two South African franchises and Sussex will look to beat them to advance to the second round. Short on big names but have won three domestic trophies over the past four years.

New South Wales Blues (Australia)
Seven members of their squad played a part during the recent Australia tour to England and outside of the Indian sides they are the next strongest team. Phillip Hughes certainly has something to prove and Brett Lee relishes playing in India.

Otago Volts (New Zealand)
Outsiders but with Brendon McCullum and England’s Dimitri Mascarenhas they have plenty of Twenty20 experience and skill. Hamish Rutherford, son of former New Zealand captain Ken, is a young player who could emerge during this tournament.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (India)
No Kevin Pietersen but they probably don’t mind that — after his departure during this year’s IPL the team improved under Anil Kumble and reached the final. Jacques Kallis has turned himself into a good Twenty20 bowler while Ross Taylor and Mark Boucher provide strength in the middle overs.

Somerset (England)
Beaten Twenty20 Cup finalists, but thanks to the experience of Justin Langer and Marcus Trescothick, they probably have a better of chance of progression than Sussex. Peter Trego is one of the best Twenty20 players on the county circuit and James Hildreth and Craig Kieswetter have England credentials to prove.

Sussex (England)
The loss of Matt Prior (rested) and Murray Goodwin (ineligible) have hurt them deeply and left much resting on the powerful hitting of Luke Wright. Indian leg-spinner Piyush Chawla will be a key figure and Dwayne Smith is capable of match-winning contributions.

Trinidad & Tobago (West Indies)
At first glance the weakest of the teams but were too good for Middlesex at last year’s Stanford Challenge and the Bravo brothers, Dwayne and Darren, are capable performers. Left-arm leg spinner Dave Mohammed has a good Twenty20 record and captain Daren Ganga is probably the best skipper in West Indies cricket.

Victorian Bushrangers (Australia)
England know all about Cameron White’s ability with the bat while David Hussey and Brad Hodge are two of Twenty20 cricket’s better batsmen. The bowling is light and will be carried by Peter Siddle and Bryce McGain, a 37-year-old spinner mauled by the South Africans on his Test debut.

Wayamba Elevens (Sri Lanka)
A very strong side. Hammered Sussex in a warm-up match earlier this week and have a healthy smattering of Sri Lankan internationals including Mahela Jayawardene and Ajantha Mendis, while there is plenty of talk about young batting prospect Mahela Udawatte.

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Surprisingly tickets for the first semi final at Delhi are priced higher than the final on October 23 at Hyderabad.

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To witness the Delhi match, on October 21, the fans would have to shell out between Rs 400 and 1500 for the lower denomination tickets and Rs 6000 for the premium ones, a media release said.

At Hyderabad, the entry fee for the second semi final (October 22) and final will range from Rs 250 and 2000 for the lower end tickets and Rs 3000 for the premium ones. Champions League chairman Lalit Modi expressed confidence that the pricing would boost ticket sales. “The attractive ticket-pricing should be a huge impetus for fans to come and see some of the finest cricketing talents in the world display their prowess on the field,” Modi said.

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Venue locations have clearly been a factor in the pricing of tickets. Which is why tickets for the first semifinal in Delhi on 21 October cost more than the for the finals on 23 October at Hyderabad.

Tickets for the first semi-final at Delhi have been priced between Rs 400 and Rs 1500, with the first floor Southern Stand priced at Rs 6000. Tickets for the second semi-final and grand final at Hyderabad are on sale – they have been priced between Rs 250 and Rs 2000, with the ground floor on the South Stand priced at Rs 3000. Tickets for the second semi-final in Delhi will be available shortly.

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The CLT20 has also announced special hospitality packages for corporates at all the three venues. The Corporate Hospitality packages will include five-star catering, a complimentary spirits and beverages service, limited parking and exclusive Champions League memorabilia. Corporate Hospitality packages in Bangalore will range from $ 15,300 for a box of 15 seats for the entire season, going up to $ 51,000 for a box of 50 seats.Similarly, hospitality packages for the new club house corporate boxes in Delhi will range from $ 25,700 for a box of 21 seats, to $ 39,183 for a corporate box of 32 seats for the entire season. Corporate hospitality packages for the North Block at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium at Hyderabad have been priced at $ 30,612 for a box of 25 seats, while the South Block corporate boxes at the ground level have been priced at $ 20,408 for 25 seats. The corporate boxes at the second level of the South Block have been priced at $ 40,816 for a box of 25 seats. All the hospitality packages can be booked directly with the Airtel Champions League Twenty20, through Ms. Poorna Patel at clt20hospitality@bcci.tv

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There will be four groups of three teams each and they will play each other on a league basis. From each group, top two teams will qualify for second stage and thereafter four teams will qualify for the semi finals.

There will be a total of 23 matches and the teams will be divided into four groups of three each to play on a league basis before the top two teams from each group move on to the second stage. The four top teams from there will play the semi-finals.

Group A: Deccan Chargers (India), Somerset CCC (England), Trinidad & Tobago (West Indies)

Group B: New South Wales (Australia), Diamond Eagles (South Africa), Sussex Sharks (England)

Group C: Royal Challengers Bangalore (India), Cape Cobras (South Africa), Otago Volts (New Zealand)

Group D: Delhi Daredevils (India), Victoria (Australia), Wayamba (Sri Lanka)

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The new tournament dates are October 8-23, with 23 matches scheduled and $US6 million in prize money up for grabs. A draw will be held on June 23 in London to decide the fixtures.

The teams will be divided into four groups of three each and will initially play each other on a league basis. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the second stage and four teams from the second stage would make it to the semi-finals, it was announced on Sunday.

The tournament was scheduled to be held in India last year but was postponed because of the Mumbai attacks.

Deccan Chargers ( IPL 2009 Champion) The Royal Challengers (IPL 2009 Runner Up), and Delhi Daredevils (Top League Finisher in IPL 2009) will represent India, Victoria and New South Wales will represent Australia, while the Cobras and Eagles will the two South African teams. Otago from New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago from West Indies and Wayamba from Sri Lanka.

The two English teams will be decided after the domestic Twenty20 championship, which ends in August.

Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist said: “Champions League Twenty20 will provide a different level of stimulus as we will test our strength and our strategies against the best in the world.

“We are keen to make our club a global name and (there is) nothing better than winning the biggest league club cricket has to offer across the world.”

Anil Kumble, captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, said on the occasion: “We have achieved our first aim of qualifying for the Champions League Twenty20.We have learnt a lot by competing in the two editions of the IPL and are hopeful that we will do India proud by holding the Champions League Twenty20 trophy later this year.”

Lalit Modi, chairman, Champions League Twenty 20, said, “The inaugural edition did not take place last year due to unfortunate circumstances but we are fully equipped this time around to conduct an extremely successful tournament in India.

Manu Sawhney, managing director, ESPN Star Sports, said, “Today, we are the biggest stakeholder in the game of cricket globally and with our strong brands, we are well placed to fully leverage and exploit multiple opportunities across platforms and markets.”

The League will carry a prize pool of $ 6 million for 2009. ESPN Star Sports are the commercial rights holders for the League for a period of 10 years. The tournament is a joint venture by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket South Africa (CSA).

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This brings us to Today’s Question – Do You think that following these recent terrorist attacks on India’s Financial Capital – Mumbai will stop foreign teams from touring India to participate in Cricket Matches which is similar to the present situation in Pakistan where many Cricket playing Countries including India, are citing Security Reasons to not touring Pakistan.

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ICL and Ranji Trophy also affected

* The ICL has called off its ongoing world series after a meeting with Gujarat government officials. “The [ICL] executive board decided it was not appropriate to continue,” Kiran More, a board member, told Cricinfo. “We were ready with the extra security but felt the atmosphere in the wake of the Mumbai events was just not right to go ahead with the matches.” The world series, involving India XI, Pakistan XI, Bangladesh XI and World XI, was scheduled to end on Saturday.

* The Ranji Trophy match between Mumbai and Hyderabad, which was scheduled to start on November 29 in Mumbai, has also been postponed. The match will now be played between December 2 and 5.

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Middlesex Crusaders of England will challenge Victoria Bushrangers of Australia in the opening match of the Champions League Twenty20 to be held in India in December.

The draws and fixtures were announced tonight in a glittering function here, which also saw the presentation of the inaugural T20 Champions Awards. All the Matches from the Twenty20 Champions League 2008 will be broadcasted Live on ESPN, Star Sports & Star Cricket.
The Eight Teams have been divided into two groups:

Group A
Chennai Super Kings (IPL T20 runners-up)
Victoria Bushrangers (Australia)
Pretoria Titans (South Africa)
Middlesex Crusaders (England)

Group B

Rajasthan Royals (IPL T20 champions)
Sialkot Stallions (Pakistan T20 champions)
Western Warriors (Western Australia)
Natal Dolphins. (South Africa)

December 2008

Wed 3
16:00 local, 10:30 GMT  Group A – Middlesex v Victoria
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
 
Wed 3 
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT  Group B – Dolphins v Rajasthan Royals
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
 
Thu 4
16:00 local, 10:30 GMT  Group B – Sialkot Stallions v Western Australia
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
 
Thu 4 
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT  Group A – Chennai Super Kings v Victoria
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
 
Fri 5
16:00 local, 10:30 GMT  Group A – Middlesex v Titans
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
 
Fri 5 
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT  Group B – Rajasthan Royals v Sialkot Stallions
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
 
Sat 6
12:00 local, 06:30 GMT  Group B – Dolphins v Western Australia
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
 
Sat 6
16:00 local, 10:30 GMT  Group A – Titans v Victoria
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
 
Sat 6 
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT  Group A – Chennai Super Kings v Middlesex
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
 
Sun 7
12:00 local, 06:30 GMT  Group B – Dolphins v Sialkot Stallions
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
 
Sun 7
16:00 local, 10:30 GMT  Group B – Rajasthan Royals v Western Australia
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
 
Sun 7 
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT  Group A – Chennai Super Kings v Titans
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
 
Mon 8 
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT  1st Semi-Final – TBC v TBC
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Group B winners v Group A runners-up 

Tue 9 
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT  2nd Semi-Final – TBC v TBC
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Group A winners v Group B runners-up 

Wed 10 
20:00 local, 14:30 GMT  Final – TBC v TBC
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

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