2013 Champions League Twenty20

The 2013 Champions League Twenty20 was the fifth edition of Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in India from 17 September to 6 October 2013.^[2][3]

2013 Champions League Twenty20

Dates	17 September 2013 (2013-09-17) – 6 October 2013 (2013-10-06)
Administrator(s)	BCCI Cricket Australia Cricket South Africa
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)	India
Champions	Mumbai Indians (2nd title)
Runners-up	Rajasthan Royals
Participants	10[1]
Matches	23
Player of the series	Dwayne Smith
Most runs	Ajinkya Rahane (288 runs)
Most wickets	Pravin Tambe (12 wickets)
Official website	www.clt20.com
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Sydney Sixers were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the event. Mumbai Indians won their second title, defeating Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in the final.^[4]

Format

The tournament featured a qualifying stage and group stage. During the qualifying stage, four teams played a round-robin tournament with the top two teams qualifying for the final stage. These two teams join the eight teams that received direct entry in the final stage in two groups of five teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage

Qualification

English county cricket teams refused to participate due to the competition clashing with the end of the County Championship.^[5] Trinidad and Tobago received direct qualification to the final stage for the first time. The winners of the Sri Lanka Premier League were originally scheduled to participate in the qualifying stage before the Sri Lankan tournament was cancelled.^[3][6]

Teams

Cricket Board	Team	How qualified
Australia	Brisbane Heat[7]	Winners, 2012–13 Big Bash League
Australia	Perth Scorchers[8]	Runners-up, 2012–13 Big Bash League
India	Chennai Super Kings	Runners-up, 2013 Indian Premier League
India	Mumbai Indians	Winners, 2013 Indian Premier League
India	Rajasthan Royals	Third-ranked, 2013 Indian Premier League
India	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Qualifying stage
New Zealand	Otago Volts	Qualifying stage
South Africa	Highveld Lions[9]	Winners, 2012–13 Ram Slam T20 Challenge
South Africa	Titans[9]	Runners-up, 2012–13 Ram Slam T20 Challenge
West Indies	Trinidad and Tobago[2]	Winners, 2012–13 Caribbean Twenty20

Qualifying stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Otago Volts (1)	3	3	0	0	12	1.225
2	Sunrisers Hyderabad (2)	3	2	1	0	8	0.207
3	Faisalabad Wolves	3	1	2	0	4	−0.525
4	Kandurata Maroons	3	0	3	0	0	−0.809

Source: ^[10]

•  1  Advanced to Group A
•  2  Advanced to Group B

17 September	Faisalabad Wolves 139/8 (20 overs)	v	Otago Volts 142/2 (17.5 overs)	Otago Volts won by 8 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (Otago)
	Misbah-ul-Haq 46 (34) Ian Butler 2/23 (4 overs)		Brendon McCullum 83* (65) Samiullah Khan 1/18 (3 overs)
Faisalabad Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.

17 September	Kandurata Maroons 168/3 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 174/2 (18.3 overs)	Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 8 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Hyderabad)
	Kumar Sangakkara 61* (46) Ishant Sharma 2/20 (4 overs)		Shikhar Dhawan 71 (53) Shehan Jayasuriya 1/25 (4 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

18 September	Kandurata Maroons 154/9 (20 overs)	v	Otago Volts 157/4 (18 overs)	Otago Volts won by 6 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Ryan ten Doeschate (Otago)
	Upul Tharanga 76 (56) Ian Butler 3/21 (4 overs)		Ryan ten Doeschate 64 (32) Dilhara Lokuhettige 3/20 (4 overs)
Otago Volts won the toss and elected to field.

18 September	Faisalabad Wolves 127/5 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 131/3 (17.3 overs)	Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 7 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Amit Mishra (Hyderabad)
	Misbah-ul-Haq 56* (40) Amit Mishra 1/13 (4 overs)		Shikhar Dhawan 59 (50) Imran Khalid 2/14 (2 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field. As result of this match, Otago Volts advanced to Group A and Sunrisers Hyderabad advanced to Group B.

20 September	Faisalabad Wolves 146/6 (20 overs)	v	Kandurata Maroons 136/7 (20 overs)	Faisalabad Wolves won by 10 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Faisalabad)
	Misbah-ul-Haq 93* (60) Dilhara Lokuhettige 3/21 (4 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 44 (36) Ehsan Adil 3/26 (4 overs)
Kandurata Maroons won the toss and elected to field.

20 September	Sunrisers Hyderabad 143/5 (20 overs)	v	Otago Volts 144/5 (16.2 overs)	Otago Volts won by 5 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Nathan McCullum (Otago)
	JP Duminy 57* (38) Nathan McCullum 2/23 (4 overs)		Brendon McCullum 67* (39) Dale Steyn 2/13 (3 overs)
Otago Volts won the toss and elected to field.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Rajasthan Royals	4	4	0	0	16	0.960
2	Mumbai Indians	4	2	1	1	10	1.068
3	Otago Volts	4	2	1	1	10	0.869
4	Highveld Lions	4	0	3	1	2	−0.726
5	Perth Scorchers	4	0	3	1	2	−2.851

Source: ^[10]

21 September	Mumbai Indians 142/7 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 148/3 (19.4 overs)	Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Attendance : 27,539 Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Vikramjeet Malik (Rajasthan)
	Rohit Sharma 44 (37) Vikramjeet Malik 3/24 (4 overs)		Sanju Samson 54 (47) Rishi Dhawan 1/17 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

23 September	Perth Scorchers	v	Highveld Lions	No result
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Attendance: 13,388 Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Highveld Lions won the toss and elected to field. Match abandoned due to rain.

23 September	Mumbai Indians	v	Otago Volts	Match abandoned without a ball bowled
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Attendance: 13,388 Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Match abandoned due to rain.

25 September	Otago Volts 242/4 (20 overs)	v	Perth Scorchers 180/6 (20 overs)	Otago Volts won by 62 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Attendance: 15,911 Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Neil Broom (Otago)
	Neil Broom 117* (56) Joel Paris 2/50 (4 overs)		Hilton Cartwright 68* (53) Ian Butler 3/47 (4 overs)
Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.

25 September	Rajasthan Royals 183/5 (20 overs)	v	Highveld Lions 153/9 (20 overs)	Rajasthan Royals won by 30 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Attendance: 23,717 Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Pravin Tambe (Rajasthan)
	Brad Hodge 46* (23) Lonwabo Tsotsobe 2/26 (4 overs)		Alviro Petersen 40 (28) Pravin Tambe 4/15 (3 overs)
Highveld Lions won the toss and elected to field.

27 September	Highveld Lions 140/5 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 141/3 (18.3 overs)	Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Attendance: 20,491 Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Dwayne Smith (Mumbai)
	Alviro Petersen 35* (27) Pragyan Ojha 2/26 (3 overs)		Dwayne Smith 63* (47) Sohail Tanvir 1/15 (3.3 overs)
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

29 September	Highveld Lions 167/4 (20 overs)	v	Otago Volts 167/7 (20 overs)	Scores level in match and Super Over; Otago Volts won on boundary count
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Attendance: 14,618 Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind) Player of the match: Jimmy Neesham (Otago)
	Quinton de Kock 109* (63) Nick Beard 2/31 (3 overs)		Jimmy Neesham 52* (25) Imran Tahir 2/28 (4 overs)
Otago Volts won the toss and elected to field.

29 September	Perth Scorchers 120 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 121/1 (16.3 overs)	Rajasthan Royals won by 9 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Attendance: 17,972 Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Kevon Cooper (Rajasthan)
	Adam Voges 27 (21) Kevon Cooper 4/18 (4 overs)		Ajinkya Rahane 62* (53) Jason Behrendorff 1/28 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

1 October	Otago Volts 139/7 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 142/6 (19.1 overs)	Rajasthan Royals won by 4 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Attendance: 19,222 Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Rahul Shukla (Rajasthan)
	Jimmy Neesham 32 (25) Rahul Shukla 3/23 (4 overs)		Brad Hodge 52* (23) Jimmy Neesham 3/22 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

2 October	Perth Scorchers 149/6 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 152/4 (13.2 overs)	Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Attendance: 33,103 Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Mumbai)
	Sam Whiteman 51* (32) Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/19 (4 overs)		Rohit Sharma 51* (24) Brad Hogg 2/26 (3 overs)
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Trinidad and Tobago	4	3	1	0	12	0.816
2	Chennai Super Kings	4	3	1	0	12	0.271
3	Titans	4	2	2	0	8	0.228
4	Sunrisers Hyderabad	4	1	2	1	6	−0.622
5	Brisbane Heat	4	0	3	1	2	−1.028

Source: ^[10]

22 September	Trinidad and Tobago 135/9 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat 110 (18.4 overs)	Trinidad and Tobago won by 25 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Attendance: 24,743 Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Denesh Ramdin (T&T)
	Denesh Ramdin 48 (38) Alister McDermott 4/37 (4 overs)		Joe Burns 45 (43) Ravi Rampaul 4/14 (3.4 overs)
Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

22 September	Titans 185/5 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 187/6 (18.5 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Attendance: 34,223 Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Chettithody Shamsuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Chennai)
	AB de Villiers 77 (36) Dwayne Bravo 2/34 (4 overs)		Michael Hussey 47 (26) Rowan Richards 3/29 (3.5 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

24 September	Titans 123 (18.5 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat 119 (20 overs)	Titans won by 4 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh Attendance: 12,616 Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and S.Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Marchant de Lange (Titans)
	Henry Davids 39 (31) Matthew Gale 4/10 (2.5 overs)		James Hopes 37 (44) Marchant de Lange 3/13 (4 overs)
Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

24 September	Trinidad and Tobago 160/8 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 164/6 (19.3 overs)	Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 4 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh Attendance: 16,299 Umpires: S.Ravi (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Thisara Perera (Hyderabad)
	Darren Bravo 66 (44) Darren Sammy 2/21 (4 overs)		Thisara Perera 57* (32) Sunil Narine 4/9 (4 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

26 September	Chennai Super Kings 202/4 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 190/7 (20 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 12 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Attendance: 32,783 Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Chennai)
	Suresh Raina 84 (57) Dale Steyn 2/23 (4 overs)		Darren Sammy 50 (25) Dwayne Bravo 2/34 (4 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

28 September	Sunrisers Hyderabad 145/7 (20 overs)	v	Titans 147/2 (16.3 overs)	Titans won by 8 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Attendance: 28,347 Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and S.Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Henry Davids (Titans)
	Shikhar Dhawan 37 (21) David Wiese 3/17 (4 overs)		Henry Davids 64 (42) Dale Steyn 1/23 (4 overs)
Titans won the toss and elected to field.

28 September	Brisbane Heat 137/7 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 140/2 (15.5 overs)	Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi Attendance: 36,210 Umpires: S.Ravi (Ind) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Michael Hussey (Chennai)
	Ben Cutting 42* (25) Ravindra Jadeja 2/18 (4 overs)		Michael Hussey 57* (48) Daniel Christian 1/16 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

30 September	Trinidad and Tobago 188/6 (20 overs)	v	Titans 153/6 (17 overs)	Trinidad and Tobago won by 6 runs (D/L)
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Attendance: 15,770 Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Evin Lewis (T&T)
	Evin Lewis 70 (35) Marchant de Lange 3/38 (4 overs)		Henry Davids 42 (22) Lendl Simmons 2/18 (3 overs)
Titans won the toss and elected to field. Rain stopped play during the Titans' innings. Their par score after 17 overs was 159 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.

30 September	Brisbane Heat	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Match abandoned without a ball bowled
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and S.Ravi (Ind)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field Match abandoned due to rain.

2 October	Chennai Super Kings 118 (19.4 overs)	v	Trinidad and Tobago 119/2 (15.1 overs)	Trinidad and Tobago won by 8 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Attendance: 37,390 Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Chettithody Shamsuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Lendl Simmons (T&T)
	Suresh Raina 38 (29) Rayad Emrit 3/21 (3.4 overs)		Lendl Simmons 63 (41) Suresh Raina 1/16 (4 overs)
Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to field.

Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Rajasthan Royals	159/8 (20 ov)
	B2	Chennai Super Kings	145/8 (20 ov)
						A1	Rajasthan Royals	169 (18.5 ov)
						A2	Mumbai Indians	202/6 (20 ov)
	A2	Mumbai Indians	157/4 (19.1 ov)
	B1	Trinidad and Tobago	153/5 (20 ov)

Semi-finals

4 October	Rajasthan Royals 159/8 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 145/8 (20 overs)	Rajasthan Royals won by 14 runs
20:00 (D/N) Semi-final Scorecard				Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Attendance: 30,000 Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Pravin Tambe (Rajasthan)
	Ajinkya Rahane 70 (56) Dwayne Bravo 3/26 (4 overs)		Ravichandran Ashwin 46 (28) Pravin Tambe 3/10 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

5 October	Trinidad and Tobago 153/5 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 157/4 (19.1 overs)	Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Semi-final Scorecard				Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Attendance: 37,857 Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Rod Tucker (Australia) Player of the match: Dwayne Smith
	Evin Lewis 62 (46) Pragyan Ojha 1/16 (4 overs)		Dwayne Smith 59 (38) Sunil Narine 3/17 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians, who chose to field

Final

6 October	Mumbai Indians 202/6 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 169 (18.5 overs)	Mumbai Indians won by 33 runs
20:00 (D/N) Final Scorecard				Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Attendance: 40,000 Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Rod Tucker (Australia) Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh
	Dwayne Smith 44 (39) Pravin Tambe 2/19 (4 overs)		Ajinkya Rahane 65 (47) Harbhajan Singh 4/32 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field

Statistics

Most runs

The following were the top five highest run scorers in the tournament:

Player	Team	Runs
Ajinkya Rahane	Rajasthan Royals	288
Shikhar Dhawan	Sunrisers Hyderabad	250
Dwayne Smith	Mumbai Indians	223
Suresh Raina	Chennai Super Kings	221
Evin Lewis	Trinidad and Tobago	211

• Source: Champions League T20^[11]

Most wickets

The following were the five leading wicket-takers of the tournament.

Player	Team	Wickets
Pravin Tambe	Rajasthan Royals	12
Sunil Narine	Trinidad and Tobago	11
Ian Butler	Otago	8
Dwayne Bravo	Chennai Super Kings	7
Marchant de Lange	Titans	7

Source: Champions League T20^[12]

References

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External links

• Tournament website on ESPN Cricinfo