CLT20 : First tied game in Champions League Twenty20
Match No 11 : Sussex Sharks vs Diamond Eagles at Delhi on 13.10.09 : Match tied : Diamond Eagles advance by winning the game in one over eliminator
This game provides the first tied match of the CLT20 games. Both the teams scored 119 runs {Sussex -119 for 7 in 20.0 overs and Diamond Eagles – 119 for 4 in 20.0 overs}. One over eliminator was resorted to decide the team to go to the next round, Diamond Eagles won the game.
Batting first in the one over eliminator, Diamond Eagles scored 9 runs for the loss of one wicket, but Sussex lost two wickets for no runs on the board, leaving the latter as winners of the match.
RJ Hamilton-Brown was caught and bowled by CJD de Villiers for 6 runs in this game providing the fourth occasion of batsman caught and bowled in the tournament
EC Joyce was run out for 21 in this game providing the 18th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in the tournament.
RR Rossouw and AP McLaren added 72 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 16th occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership in the tournament. This stand represents the third occasion of an opening wicket stand of 50 plus runs in the tournament which are listed below
| No | Wkt | Runs | Partners | |
| Team | Opposition | Ground | Date | |
| 1 | 1st | 75 | Kallis-Uthappa | |
| RCB | Otago | B’lore | 12.10.09 | |
| 2 | 1st | 72 | Rossouw-McLaren | |
| Eagles | Sussex | Delhi | 13.10.09 | |
| 3 | 1st | 55 | Quiney-Hodge | |
| Victoria | Delhi | Delhi | 09.10.09 |
RR Rossouw scored 65 in this game and his knock provides the 12th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament which are listed below
| No | Batsman | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Uthappa | 51 | RCB | Cobras | B’lore | 08.10.09 |
| 2 | Taylor | 53* | RCB | Cobras | B’lore | 08.10.09 |
| 3 | Duminy | 99* | Cobras | RCB | B’lore | 08.10.09 |
| 4 | Katich | 53 | NSW | Eagles | Delhi | 09.10.09 |
| 5 | Puttick | 104* | Cobras | Otago | Hyd’bad | 10.10.09 |
| 6 | Hughes | 62* | NSW | Sussex | Delhi | 11.10.09 |
| 7 | Henriques | 51* | NSW | Sussex | Delhi | 11.10.09 |
| 8 | Sehwag | 66 | Delhi | Wayambas | Delhi | 11.10.09 |
| 9 | Karthik | 61 | Delhi | Wayambas | Delhi | 11.10.09 |
| 10 | Jayawardene | 53 | Wayamabas | Delhi | Delhi | 11.10.09 |
| 11 | Kallis | 73* | RCB | Otago | B’lore | 12.10.09 |
| 12 | Rossouw | 65 | Eagles | Sussex | Delhi | 13.10.09 |
It is interesting to note that of the twelve fifties scored by batsmen in the tournament, exactly half of them {six{ have been scored by opening batsmen.
| No | Pos | Batsman | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | 2 | Uthappa | 51 | RCB | Cobras | B’lore | 08.10.09 |
| 2 | 1 | Puttick | 104* | Cobras | Otago | Hyd’bad | 10.10.09 |
| 3 | 2 | Hughes | 62* | NSW | Sussex | Delhi | 11.10.09 |
| 4 | 2 | Sehwag | 66 | Delhi | Wayambas | Delhi | 11.10.09 |
| 5 | 1 | Kallis | 73* | RCB | Otago | B’lore | 12.10.09 |
| 6 | 1 | Rossouw | 65 | Eagles | Sussex | Delhi | 13.10.09 |
This game ended in a tie providing the 23rd instance of a tied game in the history of T20 games. Of these 23 games, 14 games were decided on bowl out concept and nine games have been decided on the one over eliminator concept. The one over eliminator concept was first introduced in the game between New Zealand and West Indies at Auckland on 26.12.08. The nine games are listed below.
| Matches decided on the one over eliminator concept | ||||
| No | Team 1 | Team 2 | Ground | Date |
| 1 | New Zealand | West Indies | Auckland | 26.12.08 |
| 2 | Lions | Cape Cobras | Potchefstroom | 04.02.09 |
| 3 | Northern Dis | Canterbury | Hamilton | 18.02.09 |
| 4 | Dolphins | Cape Cobras | Durban | 18.02.09 |
| 5 | Warriors | Eagles | P Elizabeth | 18.02.09 |
| 6 | Kolkata | Rajasthan | Cape Town | 23.04.09 |
| 7 | Centrals | Westerns | Bulawayo | 13.05.09 |
| 8 | Northerns | Westerns | Bulawayo | 14.05.09 |
| 9 | Eagles | Sussex | Delhi | 13.10.09 |