The 2013 Champions League Twenty20 was the fifth edition of Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in India from 17 September to 6 October 2013.
Sydney Sixers were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the event. Mumbai Indians won their second title, defeating Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in the final.
Format The tournament featured a qualifying stage and group stage. During the qualifying stage, four teams played a round-robin tournament with the top two teams qualifying for the final stage. These two teams join the eight teams that received direct entry in the final stage in two groups of five teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage
Qualification English county cricket teams refused to participate due to the competition clashing with the end of the County Championship. Trinidad and Tobago received direct qualification to the final stage for the first time. The winners of the Sri Lanka Premier League were originally scheduled to participate in the qualifying stage before the Sri Lankan tournament was cancelled.
Teams + Cricket Board Team How qualified Australia Brisbane Heat Winners, 2012–13 Big Bash League Australia Perth Scorchers Runners-up, 2012–13 Big Bash League India Chennai Super Kings Runners-up, 2013 Indian Premier League India Mumbai Indians Winners, 2013 Indian Premier League India Rajasthan Royals Third-ranked, 2013 Indian Premier League India Sunrisers Hyderabad Qualifying stage New Zealand Otago Volts Qualifying stage South Africa Highveld Lions Winners, 2012–13 Ram Slam T20 Challenge South Africa Titans Runners-up, 2012–13 Ram Slam T20 ChallengeWest Indies Trinidad and Tobago Winners, 2012–13 Caribbean Twenty20
Qualifying stage
Advanced to Group A Advanced to Group B
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Most runs The following were the top five highest run scorers in the tournament:
Player Team Runs Rajasthan Royals 288 Sunrisers Hyderabad 250 Mumbai Indians 223 Chennai Super Kings 221 Trinidad and Tobago 211
Source: Champions League T20
Most wickets The following were the five leading wicket-takers of the tournament. Player Team Wickets Rajasthan Royals 12 Trinidad and Tobago 11 Otago 8 Chennai Super Kings 7 Titans 7
Source: Champions League T20
References
External links Tournament website on ESPN Cricinfo