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Kolkata Knight Riders in Nokia CLT20 2011 - KKR Teams, squads, matches and fixtures

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:11 PM PDT


Kolkata Knight Riders were placed 4th in IPL 2011 and were lucky to have chances to play in Nokia Champions League T20 2011. Shahrukh Khan's KKR were again successful in the qualifiers of CLT20 2011. Apart fro having same points as Ruhuna, KKR were little bit ahead in points table. This is the first time KKR are in this tournament and wanted to win any trophy for the first time. After the qualfying stage now Kolkata are placed in Group B with Somerset, Bangalore, Warriors and South Australia.


KKR squad for Nokia Champions League T20 2011 :
Gautam Gambhir, the KKR captain is still unknown for the Nokia CLT20 mtches. Tilll the qualifier Jacques Kallis captained the side. It has been said that Gambhir's state will be informed in the opening ceremony taking place at September 22. Here is Kolkata's team:
  1. Jacques Kallis (c)
  2. Lakshmipathy Balaji
  3. Rajat Bhatia
  4. Manvinder Bisla (wk)
  5. Gautam Gambhir
  6. Shreevats Goswami
  7. Brad Haddin (wk)
  8. Iqbal Abdulla
  9. Brett Lee
  10. Yusuf Pathan
  11. Shami Ahmed
  12. Shakib Al Hasan
  13. Ryan ten Doeschate
  14. Manoj Tiwary
  15. Jaidev Unadkat
Matches/Fixtures of KKR for Nokia Champions League 2011 :


Date Match Details Time Venue
GMT IST Ground City
Sep 25 - Sun Kolkata Knight Riders v Somerset Sabres, 5th Match 14:30 20:00 Eden Gardens Kolkata
Sep 27 - Tue Kolkata Knight Ridersv South Australia, 7th Match 14:30 20:00 Eden Gardens Kolkata
Sep 29 - Thu Kolkata Knight Ridersv Royal Challengers Bangalore, 10th Match 14:30 20:00 Eden Gardens Kolkata
Oct 01 - Sat Kolkata Knight Ridersv Chevrolet Warriors, 13th Match 14:30 20:00 Eden Gardens Kolkata

T20 World Cup 2012 - Fixtures and Schedule | ICC World Twenty20

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:48 PM PDT


ICC has confirmed the all the dates and fixtures of ICC World Twenty20 also known as T20 World Cup 2012. The tournament is scheduled to start from September 18 which will feature all together 12 international teams. The teams will be 10 test-playing nations and 2 teams from the qualifying stage to be played later at UAE.

Altogether there will be 26 matches played with 2 semis and 1 finals. Sri Lanka has confirmed that the matches will be played at Colombo, Pallekele and Hambantota. In the first round there will be 4 groups consisting 3-teams in each. The top 2 teams from each group will qualify for the next stage. Next stage will be categorized into two preliminary groups of 4 teams each. Here is the complete schedule for ICC T20 World Cup 2012 :



Date and Time Match

Tue Sep 18
14:00 GMT | 19:30 local
19:30 IST
1st Match, Group C - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota

Wed Sep 19
10:00 GMT | 15:30 local
15:30 IST
2nd Match, Group B - Australia v TBC
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Wed Sep 19
14:00 GMT | 19:30 local
19:30 IST
3rd Match, Group A - India v TBC
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Thu Sep 20
14:00 GMT | 19:30 local
19:30 IST
4th Match, Group C - South Africa v Zimbabwe
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota

Fri Sep 21
10:00 GMT | 15:30 local
15:30 IST
5th Match, Group D - Bangladesh v New Zealand
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Fri Sep 21
14:00 GMT | 19:30 local
19:30 IST
6th Match, Group A - England v TBC
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sat Sep 22
10:00 GMT | 15:30 local
15:30 IST
7th Match, Group C - Sri Lanka v South Africa
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota

Sat Sep 22
14:00 GMT | 19:30 local
19:30 IST
8th Match, Group B - Australia v West Indies
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sun Sep 23
10:00 GMT | 15:30 local
15:30 IST
9th Match, Group D - New Zealand v Pakistan
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Sun Sep 23
14:00 GMT | 19:30 local
19:30 IST
10th Match, Group A - England v India
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Mon Sep 24
14:00 GMT | 19:30 local
19:30 IST
11th Match, Group B - West Indies v TBC
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Tue Sep 25
14:00 GMT | 19:30 local
19:30 IST
12th Match, Group D - Bangladesh v Pakistan
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Thu Sep 27
10:00 GMT | 15:30 local
15:30 IST
13th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - TBC v TBC (C1 v D2)
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Thu Sep 27
14:00 GMT | 19:30 local
19:30 IST
14th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - TBC v TBC (A1 v B2)
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Fri Sep 28
10:00 GMT | 15:30 local
15:30 IST
15th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - TBC v TBC (D1 v C2)
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Fri Sep 28
14:00 GMT | 19:30 local
19:30 IST
16th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - TBC v TBC (B1 v A2)
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sat Sep 29
10:00 GMT | 15:30 local
15:30 IST
17th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - TBC v TBC (C1 v B2)
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Sat Sep 29
14:00 GMT | 19:30 local
19:30 IST
18th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - TBC v TBC (B1 v C2)
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Sun Sep 30
10:00 GMT | 15:30 local
15:30 IST
19th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - TBC v TBC (D1 v A2)
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sun Sep 30
14:00 GMT | 19:30 local
19:30 IST
19th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - TBC v TBC (B2 v D2)
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Mon Oct 1
10:00 GMT | 15:30 local
15:30 IST
21st Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - TBC v TBC (A1 v C1)
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Mon Oct 1
14:00 GMT | 19:30 local
19:30 IST
22nd Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - TBC v TBC (B1 v D1)
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Tue Oct 2
10:00 GMT | 15:30 local
15:30 IST
23rd Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - TBC v TBC (A2 v C2)
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Tue Oct 2
14:00 GMT | 19:30 local
19:30 IST
23rd Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - TBC v TBC
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Thu Oct 4
13:30 GMT | 19:00 local
19:00 IST
1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Fri Oct 5
13:30 GMT | 19:00 local
19:00 IST
2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sun Oct 7
13:30 GMT | 19:00 local
19:00 IST
Final - TBC v TBC
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo


England in India 2011 - Fixtures and Schedule

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:20 PM PDT


After the white-wash at home England will travel to India for 5 matches and one T20 internationals. The series begins after the completion of Champions League T20 2011 which is taking place at India.

 Before the internationals English team will play the warm-ups at Hyderabad but still the teams are unknown. The dates of warm-ups are scheduled as 8th and 11th of October. All the matches will pe played in Day/Night. The final match of the series will be the only T20 on October 29 at Kolkata.



  India Vs England in India 2011 - Fixtures
Date Match Details Time Venue
GMT IST Ground City
Oct 14 - Fri India v England, 1st ODI 09:00 14:30 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Hyderabad
Oct 17 - Mon India v England, 2nd ODI 09:00 14:30 Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi
Oct 20 - Thu India v England, 3rd ODI 09:00 14:30 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Chandigarh
Oct 23 - Sun India v England, 4th ODI 09:00 14:30 Wankhede Stadium Mumbai
Oct 26 - Wed India v England, 5th ODI 09:00 14:30 Eden Gardens Kolkata
Oct 29 - Sat India v England, Only T20I   14:30 20:00 Eden Gardens Kolkata

Kolkata Knight Riders, Trinidad &Tobago and Somerset qualifies for group stage in Nokia Champions League T20 2011

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:01 AM PDT


Only the final moment in the last game of Qualifiers in Nokia Champions league finalized the two out of three teams playing in Champion League 2011 group stage starting from September 23. Both Somerset and Kolkata has qualified from the same pool. Kolkata had same pints as that of Ruhuna in another pool.

It was Kolkata had to make at least 154 runs to qualify whereas they needed 167 to win against the Somerset. At the end they managed to get 155 runs in 20 overs. Kolkata had the run rate -0.225 and Ruhana ended the qualifiers with net run-rate -0.275.


Earlier Ruhuna defeated another country team Leicester by some margin of 4 runs. They had to wait for the 8PM match for their fate in CLT20 2011. Unfortunate for them, they would have wished for more marginal victory over the Kolkata by Somerset.

Yesterday,Trinidad and Tobago was already ensured of increasing their length of stay at India. On the other hand, Auckland Aces of New Zealand had lesser stay in the South Asian nation. Its now the Sri Lankan Ruhuna Eleven and English Leicester Foxes going back to home.

Enjoy the Nokia Champions League T20 2011 Group stages...............

Highlights Video of Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Somerset Nokia CLT20 2011 | Qualifier 06

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 09:19 AM PDT


So, we have the three qualifying teams for Nokia Champions League T20 2011. Kolkata and Somerset will join the West Indian Trinidad and Tobago for the group-stage matches at Champions League T20 2011. Despite losing the match Kolkata managed a narrow escape in the net run-rate than the Ruhuna in another pool.

Somerset - 166/6 in 20 overs
Kolkata Knight Riders 155/8 in 20 overs
Somerset wins by 11 runs


Watch Highlights of KKR Vs Somerset [Video]
On Internet :
The official webpage of Champions League T20 (clt20.com) shows the video of every match. You can just click on the video page at clt20.com. Also you can select the options like wickets video, sixes, fours, player of match as well as full highlights coverage. The youtube channel of clt20 is no broadcasting the videos till today. ESPNStar is also not showing the videos but it has said that the highlights will be available from the group stag matches. For now, visit CLT20.com for the video highlights of Kolkata Vs Somerset in CLT20 2011.

On Tv:
Please check out the Live broadcaster of Nokia CLT20 2011 in your region - here. These TV channels will re-telecast or give highlights of the matches. For tht you should check their TV listings.

Opening Ceremony Live | Nokia Champions League T20 2011

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 07:49 AM PDT


Nokia CLT20 2011 starts officially with the opening ceremony on September 22. Its a day after the end of the qualifying stage and a day before the 1st Group-stage match. The champions League opening ceremony is to be held at Bangalore. All the teams playing the Champions League T20 2011 will be there in the opening ceremony.

Starts from 19:00 IST

Watch Live - Opening Ceromony of NCLT20 2011:
On internet :
The group-stage matches of Nokia CLT20 2011 are to be shown live online on ESPNStar's live page. You can expect the opening ceremony also to be shown. In other parts people can check out the online page of their TV broadcasters like supersport.com in African region and willow.tv in USA. Further check - Nokia CLT20 2011 - Live page.

On TV:
ESPN and Star Cricket are showing the opening ceremony live in India and other nearby regions. You can check your TV broadcastewrs in TV Channels broadcasting Nokia Champiuon League 2011 - Live.

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