# 2013 Champions League Twenty20

The 2013 Champions League Twenty20 was the fifth edition of Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in India from 17 September to 6 October 2013.
Sydney Sixers were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the event. Mumbai Indians won their second title, defeating Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in the final.

## Format

The tournament featured a qualifying stage and group stage. During the qualifying stage, four teams played a round-robin tournament with the top two teams qualifying for the final stage. These two teams join the eight teams that received direct entry in the final stage in two groups of five teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage

## Qualification

English county cricket teams refused to participate due to the competition clashing with the end of the County Championship. Trinidad and Tobago received direct qualification to the final stage for the first time. The winners of the Sri Lanka Premier League were originally scheduled to participate in the qualifying stage before the Sri Lankan tournament was cancelled.

## Teams

| Cricket Board | Team | How qualified |
| Australia | Brisbane Heat | Winners, 2012–13 Big Bash League |
| Australia | Perth Scorchers | Runners-up, 2012–13 Big Bash League |
| India | Chennai Super Kings | Runners-up, 2013 Indian Premier League |
| India | Mumbai Indians | Winners, 2013 Indian Premier League |
| India | Rajasthan Royals | Third-ranked, 2013 Indian Premier League |
| India | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Qualifying stage |
| New Zealand | Otago Volts | Qualifying stage |
| South Africa | Highveld Lions | Winners, 2012–13 Ram Slam T20 Challenge |
| South Africa | Titans | Runners-up, 2012–13 Ram Slam T20 Challenge |
| West Indies | Trinidad and Tobago | Winners, 2012–13 Caribbean Twenty20 |

## Qualifying stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Otago Volts (1) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.225 |
| 2 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (2) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.207 |
| 3 | Faisalabad Wolves | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −0.525 |
| 4 | Kandurata Maroons | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −0.809 |
* 1 Advanced to Group A
* 2 Advanced to Group B

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Rajasthan Royals | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.960 |
| 2 | Mumbai Indians | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1.068 |
| 3 | Otago Volts | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0.869 |
| 4 | Highveld Lions | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | −0.726 |
| 5 | Perth Scorchers | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | −2.851 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0.816 |
| 2 | Chennai Super Kings | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0.271 |
| 3 | Titans | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.228 |
| 4 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −0.622 |
| 5 | Brisbane Heat | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | −1.028 |

## Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Rajasthan Royals | 159/8 (20 ov) | | | |
| B2 | Chennai Super Kings | 145/8 (20 ov) | | | |
| B2 | Chennai Super Kings | 145/8 (20 ov) | A1 | Rajasthan Royals | 169 (18.5 ov) |
| | | | A2 | Mumbai Indians | 202/6 (20 ov) |
| A2 | Mumbai Indians | 157/4 (19.1 ov) | A2 | Mumbai Indians | 202/6 (20 ov) |
| B1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 153/5 (20 ov) | | | |

### Final
## Statistics
### Most runs

The following were the top five highest run scorers in the tournament:
| Player | Team | Runs |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Rajasthan Royals | 288 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 250 |
| Dwayne Smith | Mumbai Indians | 223 |
| Suresh Raina | Chennai Super Kings | 221 |
| Evin Lewis | Trinidad and Tobago | 211 |
* Source: Champions League T20

### Most wickets

The following were the five leading wicket-takers of the tournament.
| Player | Team | Wickets |
| Pravin Tambe | Rajasthan Royals | 12 |
| Sunil Narine | Trinidad and Tobago | 11 |
| Ian Butler | Otago | 8 |
| Dwayne Bravo | Chennai Super Kings | 7 |
| Marchant de Lange | Titans | 7 |
Source: Champions League T20