Australian cricketers Simon Katich and Michael Clarke will not turn up together for their domestic side New South Wales this month due to the duo's recent war of words.

Australian batsman Simon Katich was on Wednesday removed as captain of New South Wales after having led the state team for nine years. All-rounder Stephen O'Keefe has been named Katich's successor.

New South Wales captain Simon Katich said a couple of dropped catches cost his side the Champions League Twenty20 semifinal against the Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat New South Wales by 6 wickets to book a berth in the final. Bangalore successfully chased the target of 204 runs with 9 balls to spare.

Just who will reap the rich harvest for the all the hard labour put in, will be unraveled on Friday when a charged-up Royal Challengers Bangalore take on New South Wales Blues in the first semi-final of the Champions League Twenty20 here at the M Chinnaswamy stadium.

Although disappointed with Chennai Super Kings' ouster from the Champions League T20, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels that it will be a "blessing in disguise" ahead of his team's important ODI series against England which starts from October 14.

David Warner's unbeaten hundred not only booked a semi-final berth for the New South Wales but also knocked out defending champions Chennai Super Kings.

New South Wales coach Anthony Stuart on Monday revealed that it is under Cricket Australia's instructions that Shane Watson's bowling is being used sparingly in the Champions League T20.

Languishing at the bottom of the table, defending champions Chennai Super Kings require victory by a big margin to keep their hopes of making the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20 alive when they take on New South Wales here on Tuesday.

No Australian domestic side has lost to an IPL team in three seasons of the Champions League T20, and that trend continued after New South Wales beat Mumbai Indians in a low-scoring encounter in Chennai.