Champions League Twenty20 to be held in South Africa

The Airtel Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) Governing Council has today announced that this year's tournament will be held in South Africa from 10-26 September.

The Governing Council has accepted Cricket South Africa's offer to host the tournament, with the venues and competing teams for the second edition of the world's premier domestic Twenty20 competition to be finalised inthe coming weeks.

Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Chairman Lalit Modi said, "South Africa is considered an ideal CLT20 host after successfully staging the Indian Premier League and ICC World Twenty20 tournaments in recent years, as well as the strong support shown for its domestic Pro20 Series competition."

The Airtel Champions League Twenty20 is an international Twenty20 cricket competition between teams from India, Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies.

New Zealand team, the Central Stags, will feature compete at the event after winning 2009/10 HRV Cup domestic Twenty20 competition.

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