MEDIA RELEASE

NOKIA CLT20 2011 – TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE

23 August 2011:

The tickets of the Nokia CLT20 2011 will be available on www.clt20.com, from 3:00 pm on Thursday, 25 August 2011.

A limited number of tickets of different denominations (starting from Rs.100/-) for all four venues – Hyderabad (Qualifier), Chennai, Bengaluru and Kolkata - will be available online.

The Nokia CLT20 2011 will be played from 19 September 2011 to 9 October 2011.

Key features of the 2011 CLT20 Format and Match Schedule

Qualifier

• Six Teams divided into two Pools of three. Three Teams to advance to Group Stage

• Top team from each Pool after round robin matches qualifies for Group Stage

• Next highest ranked team in terms of points, then run rate, also qualifies

Group Stage

• 10 Teams divided into two groups of five

• Top two teams from each group advance to the Semi Finals

• 23 Matches in total (same as 2009 and 2010)

• Group A – Chennai Super Kings, Cape Cobras, NSW Blues, Mumbai Indians, 1st Pool B Qualifier

• Group B – Royal Challengers Bangalore, Warriors, South Australian Redbacks, 1st Pool A Qualifier, Next Highest Ranked Qualifier

• 7 Double Headers

• Semi Finals in Bangalore and Chennai

• Final in Chennai

Competing Teams

Qualifier

• Kolkata Knight Riders (India)

• Trinidad and Tobago (West Indies)

• Auckland Aces (New Zealand)

• Ruhunu Eleven (Sri Lanka)

• Leicestershire (England)

• Somerset (England)

Group Stage

• South Australian Redbacks (Australia)

• NSW Blues (Australia)

• Warriors (South Africa)

• Cape Cobras (South Africa)

• Chennai Super Kings (India)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore (India)

• Mumbai Indians (India)

• 3 x Qualifier (Teams tbc)

Regards,

CLT20