Sri Lanka will be looking for the elusive test match and series win when they tour India for a Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series from November to December 2009. The team arrive in India on November 8th for the 55-day tour.
Professional Twenty20 League Teams
Indian Cricket League - ICL
Chennai Superstars
Chennai Superstars is one of the eight teams playing in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) founded in 2007. The team is based in Chennai, coached by Michael Bevan and captained by Stuart Law, both reputed Australian cricketers.
The team had the distinction of winning the first two championships of Indian Cricket League, the ICL Inaugural T20 held in 2007 and the ICL 50 Overs Tournament held in 2008. They earned the third place in the third ICL tournament, ICL Edelweiss 20s held in 2008 and the runners place in ICL Domestic 20s 2008.
Chennai Superstars Team
Ian Harvey, Stuart Law, Adam Parore, Russel Arnold, Shabbir Ahmed, R. Sathish (Chennai) (Vice Captain), Hemang Badani (Chennai), Tamil Kumaran (Chennai), Hemant Kumar (Chennai), Syed Mohammed (Chennai), Thiru Kumaran (Chennai), J. Hareish (Chennai), Vasanth Sarvanan (Tamil Nadu), R. Jesuraj (Tamil Nadu), V. Devendran (Chennai), G. Vignesh (Chennai), Vivek Parikh (Tamil Nadu)
Previous performance
2007 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Indian Championship: Winners
2008 Indian Cricket League 50s: Winners
2008 Indian Cricket League Edelweiss 20s Challenge: 3rd place
2008 Indian Cricket League 20-20 Domestic Tournament: Runner-up
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
