Squads Named For 2012 Champions League Twenty20

Squads Named For 2012 Champions League Twenty20

Reigning champions Mumbai Indians are aiming to defend their title in South Africa

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The 14 teams competing in the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 have named their 15-man squads in preparation for the start of the tournament on 9th October.

Six teams will be entered into the qualifying phases and the two winners will progress to the main tournament, joining the eight teams that qualified automatically.

Group A comprises Kolkata Knight Riders, Nashua Titans, Perth Scorchers, Delhi Daredevils and one qualifier while Group B comprises Chennai Super Kings, Highveld Lions, Sydney Sixers, Mumbai Indians and the other qualifier.

The six teams attempting to qualify are Hampshire, Sialkot Stallions and Auckland Aces in one pool and Yorkshire, Trinidad & Tobago and Uva Next in the other.

The winners will pick up a cheque worth $US 2.5 million and a total of $US 13 million prize money is available for the tournament.

"The fourth edition of the Champions League Twenty20 is only a few weeks away. The squads that will be playing in the tournament speak for themselves. They comprise the finest cricketing talent on this planet," N Srinivasan, chairman of the CLT20 Governing Council said.

"We are in for some extraordinary cricket, in what will surely be a thriller of a competition."

2012 Champions League Twenty20

Auckland Aces: Andre Adams, Michael Bates, Brad Cachopa, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Ronnie Hira, Gareth Hopkins (captain), Anaru Kitchen, Mitchell McClenaghan, Azhar Mahmood, Bryce Martin, Chris Martin, Kyle Mills, Colin Munro, Lou Vincent

Chennai Super Kings: Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramaniam Badrinath, Doug Bolligner, Dwayne Bravo, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Faf du Plessis, Ben Hilfenhaus, Michael Hussey, Ravi Jadeja, Albie Morkel, Suresh Raina, Wriddhiman Saha, Anirudh Srikkanth, Murali Vijay, V Yomahesh

Delhi Daredevils: Varun Aaron, Ajit Agarkar, Unmukt Chand, Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Morne Morkel, Pawan Negi, Naman Ojha, Irfan Pathan, Kevin Pietersen, Yalaka Venugopal Rao, Andre Russell, Virender Sehwag, Ross Taylor, David Warner, Umesh Yadav

Hampshire: Jimmy Adams, Shahid Afridi, Kabir Ali, Michael Bates, Daniel Briggs, Michael Carbery, Liam Dawson, Sean Ervine, David Griffiths, Dimitri Mascarenhas (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Hamza Riazuddin, Bilal Shafayat, James Vince, Chris Wood

Highveld Lions: Temba Bavuma, Gulam Bodi, Zander de Bruyn, Quinton de Kock, Neil McKenzie, Pumelela Matshikwe, Chris Morris, Dirk Nannes, Ethan O'Reilly, Alviro Petersen, Aaron Phangiso, Dwaine Pretorius, Jean Symes, Sohail Tanvir, Thami Tsolekile

Kolkata Knight Riders: Iqbal Abdullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Rajat Bhatia, Manvinder Bisla, Gautam Gambhir (captain), Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Brendon McCullum, Sunil Narine, Yusuf Pathan, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Mohammad Sami, Ryan ten Doeschate, Manoj Tiwary

Mumbai Indians: Mitchell Johnson, Dinesh Karthik, Dhawal Kulkarni, Richard Levi, Lasith Malinga, Pragyan Ojha, Munaf Patel, Tissera Perera, Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Dwayne Smith, Sachin Tendulkar, Surya Kumar Yadav

Perth Scorchers: Tom Beaton, Michael Beer, Paul Collingwood, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ryan Duffield, Ben Edmondson, Herschelle Gibbs, Brad Hogg, Simon Katich, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Joe Mennie, Marcus North, Nathan Rimmington, Luke Ronchi

Sialkot Stallions: Qaisar Abbas, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shakeel Ansar, Umaid Asif, Muhammad Ayub, Bilawal Bhatti, Raza Hasan, Ali Khan, Shoaib Malik (captain), Imran Nazir, Faisal Naveed, Abdur Rehman, Haris Sohail, Shahid Yousuf

Sydney Sixers: Patrick Cummins, Brad Haddin, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Michael Lumb, Nathan McCullum, Nic Maddinson, Ian Moran, Peter Nevill, Stephen O'Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Dominic Thornely, Shane Watson

Nashua Titans: Farhaan Behardien, Henry David, Marchant de Lange, AB de Villiers, Paul Harris, Heino Kuhn, Eden Links, Ethy Mbhalati, Mangaliso Mosehle, Rowan Richards, Jacques Rudolph, Alfonso Thomas, Roelof van der Merwe, Martin van Jaarsveld (captain), David Wiese

Trinidad & Tobago: Samuel Badree, Adrian Barath, Darren Bravo, Kevon Cooper, Rayad Emrit, Shannon Gabriel, Sherwin Ganga, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammad, Yannick Ottley, William Perkins, Denesh Ramdin (captain), Ravi Rampaul, Lendl Simmons, Navin Stewart

Uva Next: Fawad Alam, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dilhara Fernando, Umar Gul, Charith Jayampathi, Chintaka Jayasinghe, Thilina Kandamby (captain), Andrew McDonald, Dilshan Munaweera, Jacob Oram, Seekugge Prasanna, Bhanuka Rajapakse, Sachitra Senanayake, Upul Tharanga, Sameera Zoysa

Yorkshire: Moin Ashraf, Jonny Bairstow, Gary Ballance, Andrew Gale, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Dan Hodgson, Phil Jaques, Adam Lyth, David Miller, Steve Patterson, Azeem Rafiq, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ryan Sidebottom, Iain Wardlaw

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