Champions League Twenty20
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| Countries |
8 countries
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|---|---|
| Administrator | BCCI, CA, CSA |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First tournament | 2009 |
| Last tournament | 2014 |
| Next tournament | Cancelled |
| Tournament format | Round-robin and knockout |
| Number of teams | 10 (group stage) 12 (total) |
| Most successful |
 Mumbai Indians (2 titles)
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| Most runs |
Suresh Raina (842) |
| Most wickets |
 Sunil Narine (39) |
| TV | STAR Sports |
| Website | clt20.com |
Chennai Super Kings (2 titles)
The Champions League Twenty20, also referred to as the CLT20, was an annual international Twenty20 cricket competition played between the top domestic teams from major cricketing nations. The competition was launched in 2008 with the first edition held in October 2009. It was jointly owned by the BCCI, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa, and was chaired by N. Srinivasan, who was also the chairman of the ICC. Sundar Raman was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the CLT20 as well as the IPL.
The tournament was held between September and October for a period of two to three weeks in either India or South Africa. It had a total prize pool of US$6 million, with the winning team receiving $2.5 million, the highest for a club cricket tournament in history. The format involved the best teams from the premier Twenty20 competitions of eight Test-playing nations, favouring the teams from India, Australia and South Africa.
Owing to poor viewership, lack of audience interest, unstable sponsorships and lack of other necessary factors, the three founding cricket boards announced on 15 July 2015 that the tournament would be scrapped, thus the 2014 Champions League Twenty20 was the last series of the tournament.
Twenty20 cricket was launched by the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2003 with the Twenty20 Cup as a result of a long-term decline in the popularity of county championship and domestic limited-overs cricket. By shortening matches to around three hours, the format was designed to attract a younger crowd and boost attendances. Cricketing nations began adopting the format and creating domestic Twenty20 competitions.
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