http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Richard-Alexander-Pybus-c84844 considers Chennai Super Kings as favourites for CLT20 – Cricket News Update
Richard Pybus, the former Pakistani coach and incumbent coach of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cape-Cobras-c776, has predicted the defending champions, Chennai Super Kings’ triumph in the Champions League T20 tournament, which is set to start from September 23.
The veteran coach has termed the Kings as favourites on the basis of their two consecutive victories in the last two editions of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Moreover, the team contains a bunch of experienced cricketers who are led by Mahendra Singh
Dhoni, the second most successful skipper in the history of Indian cricket.
Under the meticulous leadership of Dhoni, Team India won the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011 at their home grounds and the Kings clinched the IPL-4 title subsequently.
Thus, Pybus believes that the CSK will remain dominant throughout the 23-match tournament that is to be hosted by India.
Talking to the media today, Pybus said, “Chennai will have their World Cup winners available and are IPL champions. They are a very serious cricket team with a very strong squad and will no doubt go into the competition full of confidence. They look like
the team to beat and are favourites to me, purely because of what they have achieved recently.”
He has also hailed the team composition of Mumbai Indians, a side containing great players like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540.
The coach told, “And then there are the Mumbai Indians with the likes of Sachin (Tendulkar), Lasith Malinga and Kieron Pollard. The group is a fantastic group to be in.”
The qualifying round of CLT20 has started and it will last for three days. The regular event will commence on the coming Friday.
On the grounds of the spirit, preparations and compositions of the participating teams, Pybus has dubbed the tournament as one ‘h**l of a contest’ that will have thrill as well as quality at the same time. He hopes that the cricket-crazy Indians and the
International game lovers will surely enjoy the event.
CLT20 is an International cricket event that is held amongst the domestic teams of seven nations including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
The tournament was inaugurated in 2008. The first edition was cancelled due to the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823 Blues and CSK respectively.
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