Champions League to be held in India

[Mick]

Indian Cricket Fans could not have expected more ... they have been flooded with cricket matches this year. After the IPL, now there's another big league tournament that would take place in India - THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.

As per cricinfo:

The BCCI-backed Champions League Twenty20 tournament will be played this year in India but may not feature a team from England, Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, has told Cricinfo. Modi's statement comes on a day the English press reported that the ECB, which has been at loggerheads with the BCCI over issues regarding an international Twenty20 tournament, was finalising a "rival" Champions League, to be held in Abu Dhabi.

The one organised by the Indian board, Modi said, will be held from September 29 to October 8 at three venues - Jaipur, New Delhi and Mohali. The tournament, details of which will be finalised in Mumbai on Wednesday at a meeting to be attended by officials from the BCCI, Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Cricket Australia (CA), has received "four separate offers of US$750 million each" for the commercial and TV rights for a 10-year period, Modi said

So 2 more months and the excitement starts again !!!