T20 Champions League draw released

The two English teams will be decided after the domestic Twenty20 championship ends in August.

A total of 23 matches will be played between Oct.8-23 at three venues: Bangalore,New Delhi and Hyderabad.

The 12 teams have been divided into four preliminary groups of three teams each. Two teams from each group will advance to the eight-team round-robin league.

The top four teams will then move into the semifinals,which will be played in New Delhi on Oct. 21 and Hyderabad on Oct. 22.

Hyderabad will stage the final on Oct. 23.

The T20 Champions League was to begin last year but was postponed in the wake of terrorist attacks on Mumbai.

Group A: Deccan Chargers (India),Trinidad and Tobago (West

Indies) and England No. 2 (to be decided).

Group B: New South Wales Blues (Australia),Diamond Eagles (South

Africa) and England No. 1 (to be decided).

Group C: Royal Challengers Bangalore (India),Cape Cobras (South

Africa) and Otago Volts (New Zealand).

Group D: Delhi Daredevils (India),Victoria Bushrangers

(Australia) and Wayamba (Sri Lanka).