| MUMBAI:
The Airtel Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) Governing Council has extended the
deadline for the naming of initial team squads for the 8-23 October tournament. The
12 competing teams will now have until 24 August to name their 20-player squads.
Following the submission of all squads, Airtel CLT20 will contact those players
who are named in multiple squads, who will be given 24 hours to determine which
team they wish to represent.
If
a player chooses to play for his ‘away’ team rather than his ‘home’
team (the team from the country he is eligible to represent in international cricket),
the ‘home’ team will be notified by Airtel CLT20 and given two working
days to nominate a replacement player. ‘Home’
teams will also receive $200,000 compensation for each of their players selected
by ‘away’ teams. Squads
will then be cut to 15 players by 7 September. Airtel
Champions League Twenty20 Governing Council chairman Lalit Modi says, “In
fairness to all teams, the Airtel CLT20 Governing Council decided to give all
teams extra time to name their initial squads. With Somerset and Sussex only qualifying
for the tournament last weekend, we felt it was important to give them and the
other competing teams as much time as practical to finalise their playing lists
for the tournament. Given the number of players who have qualified for multiple
teams and the $2.5 million first prize, the stakes are high for all teams.” Airtel
Champions League Twenty20 Governing Council Member and Director of Legal and Business
Affairs Dean Kino says, “Between now and Monday, we expect there will be
a lot of discussion between players and teams regarding their participation in
the tournament. Teams will need to be very deliberate with their selections because
they will have to pay $200,000 compensation for each ‘away’ player they
select who has elected not to play for his ‘home’ team, regardless of
whether they make the final cut of 15.” A
number of players are eligible to play for multiple teams, including:
•
Nathan Bracken (NSW Blues, RC Bangalore)
• Brendon McCullum (Otago Volts,
NSW Blues)
• Dirk Nannes (Victorian Bushrangers, Delhi Daredevils)
•
David Warner (NSW Blues, Delhi Daredevils)
• Cameron White (Victorian
Bushrangers, RC Bangalore)
• Andrew McDonald (Victorian Bushrangers, Delhi
Daredevils)
• Herchelle Gibbs (Cape Cobras, Deccan Chargers)
•
Farveez Maharoof (Wayamba, Delhi Daredevils)
• Dwayne Smith (Deccan Chargers,
Sussex Sharks)
Members
of each team’s initial squad must have either played for, or must have been
contracted to play for, his nominating team in the most recent qualifying Twenty20
competition played by that team. No
person who has played in any unofficial cricket event can be named in a 2009 Airtel
CLT20 squad, either as a player or a coach. | 
