India will host Champions League Cricket 2008 Twenty20 tournament in early October. Winners and Runners-up teams from domestic Twenty20 tournaments that were held in India, Australia, South Africa and England will feature in this first Champions League T20 cricket tournament. Gulf Countries are also competing with India to stage this prestigious tournament.
Cricket is gradually shifting towards Twenty20 format. Indian cricket buffs will see best T20 cricket stars live in action. In Soccer, Champions league is a prestigious tournament after World Cup. We have to wait and see how Cricket Champions League will take shape and attract audience. ECB, BCCI, Australian Cricket Board along with South African board signed to conduct this tournament from this year onwards. What is Champions League Cricket?
Total teams: 8. (2 teams from India, Australia, England, South Africa and West Indies will paericipate in the inaugural Champions League).
Total Matches: 15 T20 matches.
Total days: 10.
When: In early October.
Where: In India or Gulf country.
Prize money for winner: $ 5 million.
Twenty20 Teams:
1. India: Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings.
2. Australia: Western Australia and Victoria.
3. South Africa: Pretoria Titans and KwaZulu Natal Dolphins.
4. England: will be decided in July.
Best T20 players from top cricketing nations will compete to win the inaugural Champions League Cricket trophy. With these innovations, Cricket will spread to new nations and compete with Soccer in popularity. Like Soccer, domestic teams will take centre stage than countries within 10 years. Cricket stars will compete with Football players in earnings.
Sourav Ganguly was named as the first Castrol Asian Cricketer of the Year for 2007
Ganguly has enjoyed an impressive run of form since being recalled to the Indian ranks during the South African tour of 2006/07.
During 2007, "The Prince of Kolkata" notched some memorable performances, with his outstanding display being the 239 he registered against Pakistan at Bangalore in December.
Not surprisingly, Ganguly also received the overall Castrol Asian Batsman of the Year Award.
The Castrol Asian Bowler of the Year Award was won by Sri Lankan spin wizard Muthiah Muralitharan, who also entered the record book in 2007 when he became the leading wicket taker in Test matches.
The Castrol Asian Wicket Keeper /Fielder of the Year awards was bagged by Kamran Akmal.
The Castrol Asian Awards are based on the Castrol Performance Index - a comprehensive points system which, during a calendar year, takes into consideration each player's batting, bowling and fielding performances in all international matches, and across all three cricketing formats - Test, ODIs and T20, during a calendar year.
There were also awards for the Castrol Asian Batsmen and Bowler in Test Cricket - Kumar Sangakkara and Muthiah Muralitharan; Castrol Asian Batsman and Bowler in ODIs - Sachin Tendulkar and P Maharoof and Castrol Asian Batsman and Bowler in T20 - Gautam Gambhir and Umar Gul.
A special award was also given away to Yuvraj Singh for his world record haul of six sixes in an over of T20 cricket.
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