Champions League T20 2011 will begin on September 23, 2011 in India as per the schedule. Champions League Twenty20 2011 will have 23 Twenty20 Matches to be hosted by India. Champions League Twenty20 2011 tournament is a part of Future Tour Programs prepared by ICC. In Champions League Twenty20 2011 , first match would be between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chevrolet Warriors on Sep 23, 2011 at 8 PM local time to be played at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.
Since the inception of Champions League Twenty20 in the year 2008, it has been a major success among crowd. The tournament is organised under the joint administration of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and cricket South Africa (CSA).
The tournament will be having 10 teams. Top international club teams from India Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians, from Australia NSW Blues and South Australian Redbacks and from South Africa Cape Cobras and Warriors will battle it out in the preliminary stages. Remaining 3 teams will be decided after a qualifier between teams from the Caribbean, New Zealand, India, England and Sri Lanka. All the teams have been categorized under 2 groups. The teams have been randomly pitted against each other. After the qualifying rounds get over, 3 teams will enter into the main competition, after which there is the grand finale on October 9.
Teams for Qualifier : Kolkata Knight Riders (IPL), Trinidad and Tobago (West Indies), Auckland Aces (New Zealand), Ruhunu Eleven (Sri Lanka), Somerset (England) and Leicestershire (England).
Twenty20 Champions League 2011 Schedule
| Date | Local | GMT | Match Details | Venue |
| Sep 19, 2011 | 16:00 | 10:30 | Qualifier : Trinidad and Tobago vs Ruhuna Rhinos, 1st T20 | Hyderabad |
| Sep 19, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Qualifier : Kolkata Knight Riders vs Auckland Aces, 2nd T20 | Hyderabad |
| Sep 20, 2011 | 16:00 | 10:30 | Qualifier : Trinidad and Tobago vs Leicestershire, 3rd T20 | Hyderabad |
| Sep 20, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Qualifier : Somerset vs Auckland Aces, 4th T20 | Hyderabad |
| Sep 21, 2011 | 16:00 | 10:30 | Qualifier : Leicestershire vs Ruhuna Rhinos, 5th T20 | Hyderabad |
| Sep 21, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Qualifier : Kolkata Knight Riders vs Somerset, 6th T20 | Hyderabad |
| Sep 23, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Group B : Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chevrolet Warriors, 1st T20 | Bangalore |
| Sep 24, 2011 | 16:00 | 10:30 | Group A : Cape Cobras vs New South Wales Blues, 2nd T20 | Chennai |
| Sep 24, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Group A : Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians, 3rd T20 | Chennai |
| Sep 25, 2011 | 16:00 | 10:30 | Group B : Chevrolet Warriors vs South Australian Redbacks, 4th T20 | Kolkata |
| Sep 25, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Group B : TBC vs TBC, 5th T20 | Kolkata |
| Sep 26, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Group A : Mumbai Indians vs TBC, 6th T20 | Bangalore |
| Sep 27, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Group B : TBC vs South Australian Redbacks, 7th T20 | Kolkata |
| Sep 28, 2011 | 16:00 | 10:30 | Group A : New South Wales Blues vs TBC, 8th T20 | Chennai |
| Sep 28, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Group A : Chennai Super Kings vs Cape Cobras, 9th T20 | Chennai |
| Sep 29, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Group B : TBC vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 10th T20 | Kolkata |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Group A : Mumbai Indians vs Cape Cobras, 11th T20 | Bangalore |
| Oct 1, 2011 | 16:00 | 10:30 | Group B : South Australian Redbacks vs TBC, 12th T20 | Kolkata |
| Oct 1, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Group B : TBC vs Chevrolet Warriors, 13th T20 | Kolkata |
| Oct 2, 2011 | 16:00 | 10:30 | Group A : Mumbai Indians vs New South Wales Blues, 14th T20 | Chennai |
| Oct 2, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Group A : Chennai Super Kings vs TBC, 15th T20 | Chennai |
| Oct 3, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Group B : Royal Challengers Bangalore vs TBC, 16th T20 | Bangalore |
| Oct 4, 2011 | 16:00 | 10:30 | Group A : Cape Cobras vs TBC, 17th T20 | Chennai |
| Oct 4, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Group A : Chennai Super Kings vs New South Wales Blues, 18th T20 | Chennai |
| Oct 5, 2011 | 16:00 | 10:30 | Group B : Chevrolet Warriors vs TBC, 19th T20 | Bangalore |
| Oct 5, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | Group B : Royal Challengers Bangalore vs South Australian Redbacks, 20th T20 | Bangalore |
| Oct 7, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | TBC vs TBC, 1st Semi Final T20 | Bangalore |
| Oct 8, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | TBC vs TBC, 2nd Semi Final T20 | Chennai |
| Oct 9, 2011 | 20:00 | 14:30 | TBC vs TBC, Final T20 | Chennai |
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