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Champions League T20 2010 would start on 10th of September in South Africa and would run till 26th September 2010. There are three IPL teams, two teams from Australia, two teams from South Africa and one team each from Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies. Domestic teams from England could not participate this time due to dates clashing with their domestic competition.

Here is the complete Airtel Champions League T20 schedule:

Group A: Chennai Super Kings, Warriors, Victorian Bushrangers, Wayamba Elevens and Central Stags

Group B: Mumbai Indians, Highveld Lions, South Australian Redbacks, Royal Challengers Bangalore and West Indies Domestic T20 Winner.

Top two teams from each group will qualify for Semi Final Matches. Share
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Date GMT Match Details Venue
Sep 10, 2010 15:30 Mumbai Indians vs Highveld Lions , 1st T20 Match The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Sep 11, 2010 11:30 Warriors vs Wayamba , 2nd T20 Match St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
Sep 11, 2010 15:30 Central Stags vs Chennai Super Kings , 3rd T20 Match Kingsmead, Durban
Sep 12, 2010 11:30 Highveld Lions vs South Australian Redbacks , 4th T20 Match SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sep 12, 2010 15:30 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Guyana , 5th T20 Match SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sep 13, 2010 15:30 Victoria vs Warriors , 6th T20 Match St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
Sep 14, 2010 15:30 Mumbai Indians vs South Australian Redbacks , 7th T20 Match Kingsmead, Durban
Sep 15, 2010 11:30 Central Stags vs Wayamba , 8th T20 Match SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sep 15, 2010 15:30 Chennai Super Kings vs Wayamba , 9th T20 Match SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sep 16, 2010 15:30 Mumbai Indians vs Guyana , 10th T20 Match Kingsmead, Durban
Sep 17, 2010 15:30 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs South Australian Redbacks , 11th T20 Match Kingsmead, Durban
Sep 18, 2010 11:30 Central Stags vs Warriors , 12th T20 Match St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
Sep 18, 2010 15:30 Chennai Super Kings vs Victoria , 13th T20 Match St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
Sep 19, 2010 11:30 Highveld Lions vs Guyana , 14th T20 Match The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Sep 19, 2010 15:30 Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore Royal Challengers , 15th T20 Match Kingsmead, Durban
Sep 20, 2010 15:30 Victoria vs Wayamba , 16th T20 Match SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sep 21, 2010 11:30 South Australian Redbacks vs Guyana , 17th T20 Match The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Sep 21, 2010 15:30 Highveld Lions vs Bangalore Royal Challengers , 18th T20 Match The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Sep 22, 2010 11:30 Central Stags vs Wayamba , 19th T20 Match St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
Sep 22, 2010 15:30 Chennai Super Kings vs Warriors , 20th T20 Match St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
Sep 24, 2010 15:30 TBC vs TBC , 1st Semi Final T20 Match Kingsmead, Durban
Sep 25, 2010 15:30 TBC vs TBC , 2nd Semi Final T20 Match SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sep 26, 2010 15:30 TBC vs TBC , Final T20 Match The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

The third season of the Indian Premier League started on an unexpected note once again as the team which was last on the points table in IPL 2 Kolkata Knight Riders defeated the winners of IPL 2 and defending champions Deccan Chargers in the opening match of IPL 3. Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and put Kolkata Knight Riders to bat. KKR lost two wickets to Chaminda Vaas in the first over itself without any runs on the board and it seemed to be continuing their dismal form since IPL 2. Two more quick wickets fell and they were struggling as they were only at 41 after losing 4 wickets. But then Angelo Matthews (65 runs off 46 balls) and Owais Shah (58 runs off 46 balls) put up a brilliant partnership till the end of the KKR innings as they reached 161/4 in their allotted 20 overs. DC captain Adam Gilchrist (54 runs off 35 balls) put up a brilliant fight but other wickets fell at regular intervals and Deccan Chargers could only make 150/7 at the end of 20 overs.

Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 1st match

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings

Batsman Kolkata Knight Riders(161/4 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4′s 6′s SR
M Tiwary c R Sharma & b C Vaas 0 1 0 0 0
B Hodge c H Gibbs & b J Singh 13 9 1 1 144.44
S Ganguly(c) c V Laxman & b C Vaas 0 3 0 0 0
C Pujara c P Ojha & b R Singh 10 16 2 0 62.5
O Shah Not out 58 46 3 3 126.09
A Mathews Not out 65 46 5 4 141.3
W Saha(wk) dnB 0 0 0 0 0.00
L Shukla dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00
M Kartik dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00
C Langeveldt dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00
I Sharma dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00

Extras b – 0, lb – 8, w – 6, nb – 1, Total – 15

Total:(161 for 4 in 20 overs) 161 Run Rate: 8.05

Fall Of Wickets
1/0 (Manoj Tiwary, 0.1 ov.), 2/0 (Sourav Ganguly, 0.4 ov.), 3/31 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 4.4 ov.), 4/31 (Brad Hodge, 5.1 ov.)

Bowler 0 M R W Nb Wd ER
Chaminda Vaas 3 1 22 2 0 0 7.33
RP Singh 4 0 35 1 0 3 8.75
Jaskaran Singh 4 0 35 1 0 1 8.75
Pragyan Ojha 4 0 19 0 0 0 4.75
Andrew Symonds 4 0 26 0 0 2 6.5
T Suman 1 0 16 0 1 0 16

Deccan Chargers Innings
Batsman Deccan Chargers(150/7 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4′s 6′s SR
A Gilchrist(c) c M Tiwary & b B Hodge 54 35 3 3 154.29
VVS Laxman c & b M Kartik 22 14 2 1 157.14
H Gibbs c A Mathews & b C Langeveldt 19 24 2 0 79.17
A Symonds c S Ganguly & b I Sharma 5 9 0 0 55.56
R Sharma c B Hodge & b A Mathews 13 12 2 0 108.33
A Singh c & b L Shukla 14 14 1 0 100
T Suman Not out 7 9 1 0 77.78
C Vaas b C Langeveldt 0 1 0 0 0
J Singh Not out 4 4 0 0 100
RP Singh dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00
P Ojha dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00

Extras b – 4, lb – 1, w – 5, nb – 2, Total – 12

Total:(150 for 7 in 20 overs) 150 Run Rate: 7.5

Fall Of Wickets
1/61 (VVS Laxman, 5.5 ov.), 2/99 (Adam Gilchrist, 11.1 ov.), 3/102 (Herschelle Gibbs, 12.2 ov.), 4/116 (Andrew Symonds, 14.1 ov.), 5/128 (Rohit Sharma, 16.2 ov.), 6/141 (Anirudh Singh, 17.6 ov.), 7/142 (Chaminda Vaas, 18.3 ov.)

Bowler 0 M R W Nb Wd ER
Charl Langeveldt 4 0 26 2 0 3 6.5
Ishant Sharma 4 0 31 1 1 1 7.75
Laxmi Shukla 3 0 30 1 0 0 10
Murali Kartik 3 0 17 1 0 0 5.67
Angelo Mathews 4 0 27 1 1 1 6.75
Brad Hodge 2 0 14 1 0 0 7

I have been receiving this question from various people about where they can officially and legally watch IPL matches online. So, I am compiling a list of legal online streams where you can watch the DLF IPL T20 season 3 live online.

Here are three of the top choices for watching IPL 3 live and legally onlline:

1. Youtube: IPL took a revolutionary step by making a deal with Youtube wherein people all around the world can watch IPL 3 free on the world’s most popular streaming website Youtube. But it will be streamed 5 minutes delayed on Youtube in India which sounds quite fair as it is broadcast live on TV in Set Max channel. You can watch all matches of IPL 3 live on the official IPL youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/ipl

2. TV Catchup: TV Cathup is only useful for users in the United Kingdom and does not work in other locations. You can watch various UK channels including ITV4 where IPL season 3 will be broadcast live. You can register and watch IPL on ITV4 if you are in the UK.

3. Willow TV: Willow TV is also a very good cricket streaming website for nearly all big cricketing events. They provide good streaming but the only downside is that they are a paid service.

So, please watch cricket and IPL at official and legal streams and enjoy the cricket extravaganza.

I have been asked this question repeatedly by many of my website visitors, friends, relatives etc. as to where they can buy the IPL tickets online. So, I am writing a short post about the websites where you can officially purchase DLF IPL T20 Season 3 tickets.

There are three main websites to buy the IPL tickets online:

1. Ticket Genie: Ticket Genie is being used by the official IPL website, the franchisee websites etc. it seems.

2. Book My Show: BookMyShow is also selling IPL 3 tickets online and they are the most popular online booking website in India. So, you can expect the booking and whole system to be quite smooth as they have been in the booking business (especially movie booking) for several years now. In BookMyShow, they are providing both booking of stadium tickets as well as IPL in cinema tickets it seems. They are also selling IPL and teams merchandise on their website.

3. Kyazoonga: I am not sure if normal stadium tickets would be available in Kyazoonga but they selling IPL in cinemas tickets on their website.

So, If you want to watch live in the stadium, you can book the “Sabse Bada Ticket” using the above websites. Aapne Khareeda Kya?