Player: | RS Dravid |
Event: | Champions League 2009/10 |
DateLine: 7th October 2009
Royal Challengers star batsman Rahul Dravid is excited by the multi-national aspect of the inaugural CL T20 tournament.
 
The Bangalore side, finalists in the IPL this year, take on South Africa's domestic T20 champions Cape Cobras in the opening encounter of the tournament, the launch of which was pushed back by a year because of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last November. 
Dravid believes the attractiveness of the Airtel Champions League lies in the challenge of the unknown and a rivalry with strangers. 
"The challenge of the Airtel Champions League is that players come together from different parts of the world just a few days ahead of the tournament," the Rahul Dravid said. 
"Most of the teams have not played each other and the unknown factor is high. It is a challenge but it is also exciting to be up against players you have never played before." 
IPL champions Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils are the other two India-based teams in the tournament, which also features South Africa's Diamond Eagles, English county sides Somerset and Sussex, Australia's Pura Cup rivals New South Wales Blues and Victoria Bushrangers and a team each from the West Indies, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.LATEST SCORES
CURRENT EVENTS
- Australia in West Indies 2025
- Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 2025
- Bulgaria Women's Quadrangular International T20 Series 2025
- ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Final 2025
- India in England 2025
- India Women in England 2025
- Indonesia International T20 Tri-Series 2025
- Indonesia Women in Singapore 2025
- Jersey Women in Guernsey 2025
- Malawi Quadrangular International T20 Series 2025
- South Africa in Zimbabwe 2025
- Zimbabwe International Twenty20 Tri-Series 2025
- Zimbabwe Women in Ireland 2025
View all Current Events CLICK HERE
