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Sydney Sixers attack the Lions by 10 wickets to clinch the Champions League title and skipper Brad Haddin credited the victory in their final. "The preparation for this game was outstanding. We have been building for the win for two weeks. We were nervous before the semifinals but we played very good cricket as a team today," Haddin after his team renovate the 122-run victory target with 7.3 overs to spare. Michael Lumb, who was consider the Man of the Match for scoring an unbeaten 82 off 42 balls.

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Ajantha Mendis has been left out of the Sri Lanka squad for the Twenty20 and the first three ODIs against New Zealand exceptional to a side strain he constant early in the World Twenty20. Mahela Jayawardene, who led Sri Lanka to the World Twenty20 final earlier this month, and Lasith Malinga, who has been the lead in limited overs, has also been rested for the T20 match.

Twenty20 squad: Angelo Mathews (capt), Nuwan Kulasekara (vice-capt), Dilshan Munaweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Dinesh Chandimal, Jeevan Mendis, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Shaminda Eranga, Akila Dananjaya, Sachithra Senanayake, Upul Tharanga

Squad for first three ODIs: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Angelo Mathews (vice-capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Shaminda Eranga, Upul Tharanga, Rangana Herath, Akila Dananjaya, PD Kaushal.

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Delhi Daredevils will take on Highveld Lions in the first semi-finals of the current Champions League Twenty20 at Durban. In the second semi finals Sydney Sixers will face Titans on Friday at Centurion. Delhi Daredevils top of Group A with 12 points winning their two finished matches. Highveld Lions on the other hand have played four concluded matches, won three and lost won.

The only match that they lost was against the Sydney Sixers who are possibly the best side in the tournament on current form. Lions have defeated the defending champions Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings to be eligible for the semis and that proves how good they can be on their day. Delhi Daredevils looks a balanced side and is best suited for this situation. From all the IPL teams that participated this year, Delhi is the one team that has a bowling attack suited for this atmosphere.

Key Players:

Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag, Kevin Pietersen, Morne Morkel

Highveld Lions : Quinton de Kock, Chris Morris, Neil McKenzie

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Delhi Daredevils finished with top of the Points table

 

Heavy rain after the toss in Centurion intended the final league match of Champions League T20 was abandoned without a ball being bowled. With that, Delhi Daredevils completed at the top of the group, and drew Lions in their semifinal in Durban. Titans will take on Sydney Sixers at home venue, Centurion.

The teams, both of whom had previously capable for the semifinals, were two points apart, and the result of the match could have had a shock on the final standings. Keeping the moderately low stakes in mind, Daredevils had rested Captain Mahela Jayawardene to give David Warner a hit. Ross Taylor lost the toss for them.

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Ajit Agarkar all-round show support by a calm half century from Virender Sehwag helped Delhi Daredevils beat Perth Scorchers by three wickets and move a step closer to a semifinal berth in the Champions League Twenty20.After Delhi`s pace pair of Morne Morkel and Agarkar restricted Scorchers to 121 for five in 20 overs, the Daredevils struggled despite Sehwag`s half century but finally reached the target in 19.3 overs.

The win took Delhi to 10 points from three matches and gave them a good chance of qualifying while the defeat intended end of the road for Scorchers. Sehwag played an innings of 52 off 44 balls where he was controlled and ready to wait for the free deliveries as he hit only four boundaries and a six.

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Match 1: Lions vs Sydney Sixers

Match 2: Mumbai Indians vs Yorkshire

Defending champions Mumbai Indians will take on Yorkshire in their second Champions League T20 2012 contest. Both the teams have undergo heavy defeats in their first group stage conflict and will have to win the next meet in order to have a strong chance of be eligible through to the semi-finals.

All eyes would be on Sachin Tendulkar who has been going from side to side a lean patch for the last one year. He will be a key player if Mumbai Indians have to do well in the competition.

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Chennai Super Kings probability of a semifinal place in the Champions League T20 experience a blow as it floppy to its second consecutive defeat in the competition with a six-wicket loss at the hands of Highveld Lions. After being sent into bat, Chennai posted a challenging 158 for six, with captain Dhoni top-scoring with 34, but the Lions chased down the target with three balls to spare in a exciting match at Newlands.

Sixers beat Yorkshire

In-form Sydney Sixers produced a scientific all-round show and romped to a crushing 8 wicket win over Yorkshire in their Champions League Twenty20 match. Sixers chased down the worthless target of 97 with 67 deliveries to spare after Yorkshire opted to bat at the Newlands. The English outfit was earlier restricted to 96 for nine in their allotted 20 overs.

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The Auckland Aces have made an attractive start to their Champions League Twenty20 battle with a seven wicket win over the Kolkata Knight Riders. Pakistan introduces Azhar Mahmood once again guide the way for the Aces, taking 3-16 with the ball before top scoring with 51.

Auckland controlled Kolkata to 137 for six with Black Caps vice captain Brendon McCullum top scoring for the Indian Premier League side with 40 from 35 balls. Mahmood dismissed McCullum before also taking the wickets of South African Jacques Kallis and Manoj Tiwary, both for ducks, in a two wicket maiden.

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An all-round show by Moises Henriques was sufficient to lift the Sydney Sixers to a crucial 14-run win over the Chennai Super Kings in their Champions League T20 at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Henriques flaming a quickfire 49 not out off just 23 balls, then 3-23 with the ball, as the Australian franchise detained their nerve against the IPL giants.

Suresh Raina, with a classy 57 off just 33 balls, kept the Super Kings interested after Faf du Plessis had sprayed some magnificent strokes around the park in his 25-ball 43. But once Raina was skillfully caught on the boundary by the alert Steve Smith, the Chennai challenge folded, and they finally surrended on 171 for nine. Apart from Du Plessis and Raina, none of their big-name batsmen fired and that cost them very much.

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Gary Ballance and Adil Rashid's batting display to qualify for the main draw of the Champions League Twenty20 with a relaxed six-wicket win over Trinidad and Tobago. Chasing Trinidad's 148 for 9, Ballance (64 off 37) and Rashid (33 off 27) lifted Yorkshire from a hard position with an unbeaten 103-run fifth wicket partnership.

Ballance struck as many as six sixes and two fours while Rashid ornamented his innings with three hits to the fence and one over it. Ravi Rampaul and Samuel Badree returned with identical figures of 1 for 22.  With two wins from as many games, Yorkshire stormed into the main draw of the tournament from Pool 2. Trinidad, unhappily, have crashed out of the event after just one outing, which means their final match against Uva becomes unimportant.

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West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo will not be included in the Champions League for Chennai Super Kings due to a thigh strain. He has been replaced by the Sri Lankan fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara in the squad that is previously in South Africa. Bravo played in the World Twenty20 final. Super Kings have also lost batsman S Anirudha out of action for six weeks after fracturing his right clavicle. He has been replaced by the left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati.

Upul Tharanga, the opening batsman, will be out of action for Uva Next due to a broken finger. He has been restored by Ashan Priyanjan, the right-handed batsman. Priyanjan didn't play in the Sri Lanka Premier League Twenty20 competition held in August, which Uva won to be eligible for the Champions League.

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Match 1 - Uva Next vs Yorkshire

Match 2 - Auckland Aces vs Sialkot Stallions

After World T20 finished in Sri Lanka victory for the West Indies Indian players have an opportunity to transfer themselves when the Champions League Twenty20 kicks-off in Johannesburg. The four Indian Premier League franchisees this season's IPL winners Kolkata Knight Riders defending champions Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings compete for the popular title.

The battle start with the qualifying round, which begins with the match between Sri Lanka's Uva Next and England's Yorkshire, both of whom are making their first appearance to this competition. The encounter between these teams then will be followed by the clash between Auckland Aces and Sialkot Stallions, who are also laying claim in the competition for the first time.

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