Champions League Twenty20 to be Discontinued
Champions League Twenty20 was launched in 2009 by the BCCI with Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa.
The Governing Council of the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) has on Wednesday confirmed that the CLT20 competition will be discontinued with immediate effect. The Governing Council of the CLT20, comprising representatives of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Cricket Australia (CA) made the decision unanimously. (Chennai, Rajasthan Suspended by Lodha Panel)
As such the 2015 CLT20 scheduled for September and October will not go ahead as planned.
The competition was launched in 2009 by the BCCI with CA and CSA. The Governing Council determined that the discontinuation of the league was the most appropriate decision due to the tournament's limited public following. (What's Next for Suspended Chennai, Rajasthan?)
According to reports, the BCCI was planning an IPL Premiership Cup in the UAE in September. This would feature all eight IPL teams and would solely be a property of BCCI. After Tuesday's suspension order on Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, the plans have been hit.
Anurag Thakur, Honorary Secretary of the BCCI said: "This has been a difficult decision as the Champions League T20 provided added context to a number of domestic Twenty 20 competitions around the world such as the IPL in India, Big Bash League in Australia and South Africa's Ram Slam T20." ('Fans Have Been Created, Cricket's Purity at Stake')
"It was a fantastic platform for players from around the world to showcase their talent and the participating teams thoroughly enjoyed the experience over the last six seasons.
"Unfortunately, off the field, Champions League T20 wasn't sustaining the interest of the fans as we had hoped. This decision was made, after consultation with all our commercial partners and meeting the contractual obligations of all parties involved.
"Further details associated with winding down the league including settling with the three nations that had invested time and effort in the competition, will be completed very soon".