2013 Champions League Twenty20
The 2013 Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) was the fifth edition of Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in India from 17 September to 6 October 2013.[2][3]
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| Dates | 17 September 2013 – 6 October 2013 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI, CA, CSA |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) |  |
| Champions | |
| Participants | 10 (group stage) 12 (total)[1] |
| Matches played | 29[1] |
| Player of the series |  |
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| Most wickets | |
| Official website | www.clt20.com |
Sydney Sixers were the defending champions but they failed to qualify for the event. During the finals on 6 October 2013, in a re-match of the opening game, the Mumbai Indians won their 2nd CLT20 title after bowling out the Rajasthan Royals, defeating them by 33 runs.[4]
Background
Domestic Twenty20 competitions faced several setbacks in 2013. The Bangladesh Premier League included a spot-fixing scandal where seven individuals were charged.[5] Their problems with franchises missing their payments to players also continued and resulted in five franchises having their contracts conditionally terminated.[6] The Indian Premier League also included a spot-fixing case where three players were among the 39 charged.[7]
This year's Sri Lanka Premier League was cancelled after all franchises refused to pay their bank guarantees. All franchises had lost interest in participating in the tournament after they all made losses from the inaugural season.[8] As a replacement, Sri Lanka Cricket created the Super 4's Twenty20 and its four participating teams specifically for determining their representation in the CLT20. It was the first time where a team is neither a club nor a franchise and, as such, the first time where a cricketing board directly receives the proceeds from the CLT20.[9]
In Australia, the Big Bash League continued to be a success and led to more public interest in cricket, especially amongst families.[10] The Caribbean Premier League was created and had its first season in August 2013. Billed as the "ultimate cricket carnival", its major attraction was its unique party atmosphere and it was an immediate success with high attendance for all matches. Another attraction was the involvement of legends of West Indies cricket in coaching roles and Hollywood stars taking equity interests in the teams.[11] The Big Bash League introduced to the game the Zing wicket system, with LED lights on the stumps and bails that light up at almost the instant the wicket is broken, and the umpire cam, a camera attached to the caps worn by the umpires.[12][13] Both features were also used in the Caribbean Premier League.
Format
The tournament features a qualifying stage and group stage. The qualifying stage consists of four teams playing a round-robin tournament from which the top two teams qualify for the group stage. These two teams join the eight teams that received direct entry in the group stage. The group stage has the teams divided into two groups of five teams and each group plays a round-robin tournament. The top two teams of each group advances to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals, with the top team of one group facing the second from the other. The winners of the semi-finals play the grand final to determine the winners of the competition. Matches ending with the scores level are decided by a Super Over, where the winners of the Super Over are declared winners of the match.
Points awarded in the qualifying and group stages:
| Result | Points |
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| Win | 4 points |
| No result | 2 points |
| Loss | 0 points |
Prize money
The winners of champions league got 1.5 million US dollars while the runners up got 1 million.
Qualification
England teams have indefinitely refused participation in the tournament starting with this edition due to its dates clashing with the end of the County Championship.[14] England teams had previously missed the 2010 edition due to similar scheduling problems.[15] Contrary to the previous two seasons, Trinidad and Tobago received direct qualification on account of their good past performances.[2] They were also chosen ahead of the winners of the newly created Caribbean Premier League. This edition was the second to feature a team from Pakistan and the first for editions held in India. The strained ties between the Indo-Pak governments and establishments had been the primary reason for Pakistan's exclusion before 2012.[16] The winners of the Sri Lanka Premier League were originally scheduled to participate in the qualifying stage before the tournament was cancelled.[3][17]
| Domestic tournament | Teams from | No. of teams |
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| 2013 Indian Premier League | | 3 (top three teams) |
| 2012–13 Big Bash League | .svg.png){kind=small} | 2 (winners and runners-up) |
| 2012–13 Ram Slam T20 Challenge |  | 2 (winners and runners-up) |
| 2012–13 Caribbean Twenty20 | | 1 (winners) |
| 2013 Qualifying stage | See below | 2 (top two teams) |
| Domestic tournament | Teams from | No. of teams |
|---|---|---|
| 2012–13 HRV Cup |  | 1 (winners) |
| 2012–13 Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup |  | 1 (winners) |
| 2013 Indian Premier League | | 1 (fourth place) |
| Super 4's Twenty20 |  | 1 (winners) |
Teams
Due to the tournament format restricting player contracts from the 2011–12 (first) season to only be for that season, all teams of the Big Bash League underwent many changes to their squads. New contracts, however, could be multi-year agreements.[18] The Sydney Sixers, winners of the 2012 edition, failed to qualify. Pakistan sent a team.
| Team | Domestic tournament | Position | Appearance | Qualified |
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| Brisbane Heat[19] | | Winners | 1st | 15 January 2013 |
| Perth Scorchers[20] | | Runners-up | 2nd | 16 January 2013 |
| Trinidad and Tobago[2] | | Winners | 3rd | 21 January 2013 |
| Highveld Lions[21] | | Winners | 3rd | 28 March 2013 |
| Titans[21] | | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 April 2013 |
| Chennai Super Kings | | Runners-up | 4th | 17 May 2013 |
| Mumbai Indians | | Winners | 4th | 17 May 2013 |
| Rajasthan Royals | | Third place | 1st | 22 May 2013 |
| Otago Volts | Qualifying stage | Winners | 2nd | 18 September 2013 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Qualifying stage | Runners-up | 1st | 18 September 2013 |
| Team | Domestic tournament | Position | Appearance | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otago Volts[22] | | Winners | 2nd | 20 January 2013 |
| Faisalabad Wolves[23] | | Winners | 1st | 31 March 2013 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | | Fourth place | 1st | 22 May 2013 |
| Kandurata Maroons | | Winners | 1st | 17 August 2013 |
Squads
This edition saw the first instance of a player choosing his home team over his IPL team after qualifying with both. Of the 12 players named in the preliminary squads of more than one team, Kumar Sangakkara chose to play for the Kandurata Maroons instead of the Sunrisers Hyderabad from the IPL. In doing so, Sangakkara, per his contract, forfeited 20% of his IPL salary ($140,000). Sri Lanka Cricket would not receive the $150,000 compensation they would have otherwise received for not having Sangakkara.[24] The decision came after long discussions between the two parties. The issue also raised questions of loyalty and money amongst the public. Sangakkara criticised SLC for how the affair was presented as such, saying "I am the one who suffers" regardless of his choice.[25]
Qualifying stage
| Team[26] | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +1.225 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | +0.207 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | –0.525 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | –0.809 |
Fixtures
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- Faisalabad Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
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- Otago Volts won the toss and elected to field.
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- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- As result of this match, Otago Volts advanced to Group A and Sunrisers Hyderabad advanced to Group B.
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- Kandurata Maroons won the toss and elected to field.
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- Otago Volts won the toss and elected to field.
Group stage
Group A
| Team[26] | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.960 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | +1.068 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | +0.869 |
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4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | –0.726 |
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4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | –2.851 |
Fixtures
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- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
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- Highveld Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- Match abandoned due to rain.
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- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
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153/9 (20 overs) | |
- Highveld Lions won the toss and elected to field.
Highveld Lions 140/5 (20 overs) |
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- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Highveld Lions 167/4 (20 overs) |
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- Otago Volts won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match, Highveld Lions were eliminated.
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- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match, Rajasthan Royals qualified for the semi-finals and Perth Scorchers were eliminated.
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- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- This defeat ended Otago Volts' 15-match undefeated streak.[27]
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- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match, Mumbai Indians qualified for the semi-finals and Otago Volts were eliminated.
- Mumbai Indians needed to achieve their target of 150 runs in 14.2 overs to qualify.[28]
Group B
| Team[26] | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | +0.816 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | +0.271 |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | +0.228 |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –0.622 |
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4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | –1.028 |
Fixtures
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- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Titans 185/5 (20 overs) |
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- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Titans 123 (18.5 overs) |
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- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
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- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
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- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni made the fastest half century (16 balls) in CLT20.
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- Titans won the toss and elected to field.
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- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match, Chennai Super Kings qualified for the semi-finals and Brisbane Heat were eliminated.
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153/6 (17 overs) | |
- Titans won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play during the Titans' innings. Their par score after 17 overs was 159 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
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- Match abandoned due to rain.
- As a result of this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad were eliminated.
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- Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match, Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the semi-finals and Titans were eliminated.
- Trinidad and Tobago needed to win or lose by a small margin to qualify ahead of the Titans.[29]
- Trinidad and Tobago needed to achieve their target of 119 runs in 17.4 overs to qualify top of the group.[30]
Knockout stage
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | | 159/8 (20 ov) | |||||||
| B2 | | 145/8 (20 ov) | |||||||
| A1 | | 169 (18.5 ov) | |||||||
| A2 | | 202/6 (20 ov) | |||||||
| A2 | | 157/4 (19.1 ov) | |||||||
| B1 | | 153/5 (20 ov) | |||||||
Fixtures
- Semi-finals
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- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field
- This victory raised Rajasthan Royals’ record at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in 2013 to 13 wins from 13 matches(Both IPL & CLT20).
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- Mumbai Indians, who chose to field
- Final
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- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field
- This match was Rahul Dravid's and Sachin Tendulkar's last match in T20 cricket.
Statistics
Most runs
The following are the top five highest run scorers in the main tournament.
| Nat | Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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Ajinkya Rahane | Rajasthan Royals | 288 | 6 | 57.60 | 119.00 | 70 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 7 |
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Shikhar Dhawan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 250 | 6 | 41.66 | 134.40 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 5 |
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Dwayne Smith | Mumbai Indians | 223 | 5 | 55.75 | 142.94 | 63* | 0 | 2 | 23 | 9 |
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Suresh Raina | Chennai Super Kings | 221 | 5 | 44.20 | 145.39 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 |
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Evin Lewis | Trinidad and Tobago | 211 | 5 | 42.20 | 141.61 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 9 |
The leading run-scorer of the main tournament wins the Golden Bat award.
Source : Golden Bat[31]
Most wickets
The following are the five leading wicket-takers of the main tournament.
| Nat | Player | Team | Wkts | Inns | Ave | SR | Econ | BBI | 4WI | 5WI |
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Pravin Tambe | Rajasthan Royals | 12 | 5 | 6.50 | 9.50 | 4.10 | 4/15 | 1 | 0 |
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Sunil Narine | Trinidad and Tobago | 11 | 5 | 7.81 | 10.90 | 4.30 | 4/9 | 1 | 0 |
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Ian Butler | Otago | 8 | 5 | 19.37 | 13.6 | 8.53 | 3/21 | 0 | 0 |
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Dwayne Bravo | Chennai Super Kings | 7 | 5 | 17.42 | 13.0 | 8.04 | 3/26 | 0 | 0 |
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Marchant de Lange | Titans | 7 | 4 | 18.14 | 12.85 | 8.46 | 3/13 | 0 | 0 |
The leading wicket-taker of the main tournament wins the Golden Wicket award.
Source : Golden Wicket[32]
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