cricket20 :: Teams aiming for shot at glory t20 World Cup News
Teams aiming for shot at glory  A record prize pool of over $6
million will be up for grabs when the 12 team Airtel Champions
League Twenty20 tournament kicks off in Bangalore in just over
two weeks time.  Encouraged by the success of the first two
editions of the Indian Premier League, the organisers of the
Champions League Twenty20 are hoping the upcoming tournament,
being jointly-staged by the cricket boards of India, Australia
and South Africa, will be an even bigger hit with fans.
Champions League Twenty20, beginning in Bangalore on October 8,
will see 12 teams from seven nations battle each other for the
title of 'Champion of Champions'.  Tournament chairman Lalit
Modi believes the tournament will emerge as the biggest
entertainment property in the sport, and enable cricket make a
major foray in football-crazy European nations.  "This is the
first time in history, I would say, that this tournament is
going to be in so many different languag