Victorian captain Cameron White has jumped ship for this year's Twenty20 Champions League, choosing to play for his Indian Premier League side ahead of the Bushrangers.
The Bangalore Royal Challengers are the beneficiaries of White's decision, and they will feature an exceptionally strong squad for the September tournament after also convincing Jacques Kallis and Ross Taylor to forget state loyalty.
South African Kallis, aligned to the Warriors, and New Zealander Taylor (Central Stags) will also find themselves competing against their home provinces.
White's choice was the most significant selection in the final list of squads for the 2010 event, to be held in South Africa.
Victoria will be handed a compensatory fee of $US200,000 ($A218,125) for their trouble, while batsman David Hussey is expected to take the captaincy reins in White's absence.
South Australia, the other Australian team to qualify for the lucrative tournament, will send a squad significantly weaker than the one that managed to reach the final of the domestic T20 competition last summer.
Redbacks officials failed to secure overseas stars Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians) and Shahid Afridi.
Likewise, the Bushrangers lost Dwayne Bravo to Mumbai, though their squad has arguably greater depth to cope.
The tournament, run jointly by the boards of India, Australia and South Africa, is being pushed as a theatre for the world's best T20 exponents.
Tournament chairman and BCCI president Shashank Manohar argued many of the teams were higher than international standard.
"The teams named for this year's Airtel CLT20 would compete with and arguably defeat many of the nations playing international cricket today," he said.
"The squad lists read like a who's who of world cricket with some of the brightest emerging stars and some of the greatest names to have graced the game."
Squads:
Victoria: David Hussey, Ryan Carters, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, John Hastings, Brad Hodge, Andrew McDonald, Bryce McGain, Clint McKay, Glenn Maxwell, Dirk Nannes, James Pattison, Rob Quiney, Peter Siddle, Matthew Wade.
South Australia: Cullen Bailey, Daniel Harris, Graham Manou, Daniel Christian, Gary Putland, Peter George, Callum Ferguson, Michael Klinger, Jake Haberfield, Tim Ludeman, Shaun Tait, Tom Cooper, Chris Duval, Cameron Borgas, Aaron O'Brien, Cullen Bailey.
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The Bangalore Royal Challengers are the beneficiaries of White's decision, and they will feature an exceptionally strong squad for the September tournament after also convincing Jacques Kallis and Ross Taylor to forget state loyalty.
South African Kallis, aligned to the Warriors, and New Zealander Taylor (Central Stags) will also find themselves competing against their home provinces.
White's choice was the most significant selection in the final list of squads for the 2010 event, to be held in South Africa.
Victoria will be handed a compensatory fee of $US200,000 ($A218,125) for their trouble, while batsman David Hussey is expected to take the captaincy reins in White's absence.
South Australia, the other Australian team to qualify for the lucrative tournament, will send a squad significantly weaker than the one that managed to reach the final of the domestic T20 competition last summer.
Redbacks officials failed to secure overseas stars Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians) and Shahid Afridi.
Likewise, the Bushrangers lost Dwayne Bravo to Mumbai, though their squad has arguably greater depth to cope.
The tournament, run jointly by the boards of India, Australia and South Africa, is being pushed as a theatre for the world's best T20 exponents.
Tournament chairman and BCCI president Shashank Manohar argued many of the teams were higher than international standard.
"The teams named for this year's Airtel CLT20 would compete with and arguably defeat many of the nations playing international cricket today," he said.
"The squad lists read like a who's who of world cricket with some of the brightest emerging stars and some of the greatest names to have graced the game."
Squads:
Victoria: David Hussey, Ryan Carters, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, John Hastings, Brad Hodge, Andrew McDonald, Bryce McGain, Clint McKay, Glenn Maxwell, Dirk Nannes, James Pattison, Rob Quiney, Peter Siddle, Matthew Wade.
South Australia: Cullen Bailey, Daniel Harris, Graham Manou, Daniel Christian, Gary Putland, Peter George, Callum Ferguson, Michael Klinger, Jake Haberfield, Tim Ludeman, Shaun Tait, Tom Cooper, Chris Duval, Cameron Borgas, Aaron O'Brien, Cullen Bailey.
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