CHAMPIONS LEAGUE T20 CRICKET ODDS AND BETTING TIPS: WINNER PART 1

Put the dark few weeks of spot-fixing controversy behind you, and get ready for what promises to be an awesome display of T20 cricket. Let the traditionalists say what they like...T20 cricket is here to stay and with it tournaments that get the adrenaline pumping.The tournament kicks off this Friday with the Mumbai Indians taking on the home-side the Highveld Lions in what is being deemed as a largely one-sided affair. But as proven in the IPL, big names are not all that it takes to win a tournament of this nature.Enough chit chat...who is going to win this bad boy?As you would expect with a tournament with so many high profile names, there are teams that are being expected to waltz into the final stages, and those that are considered 'gimmes'  to walk out at the first round...however, I don’t think it will be that simple.The 'Outright Winner' bet is going to be the real humdinger of this tournament.  Betfair.com offers some fantastic value for money putting. What I consider to be a rank-outsider- the Australian outfit of Victorian Bushrangers as favourites at 5.0 even, while the superstar ridden Royal Challengers Bangalore comes in as second favourites at odds of 5.6. Hot on their tails are local-Indian rivals the Chennai Super Kings at 5.7, as well as the Mumbai Indians at 6 even. William Hill clearly feels the same placing the Royal Challengers as favourites at 5.0 even.The reasoning behind my comments above are based primarily upon the artillery at the Indian teams' disposal. With the Mumbai Indians boasting a line up including Duminy, Tendulkar, Bravo and Harbajhan Singh...as well as Chennai lining up  Muralitharan, Dhoni, Matthew Hayden and young up and comer Raina...I just cannot see these guys being challenged by the likes the Victorian team.From there the spread becomes significantly noticeable with local South African outfits - the Warriors and Lions placing at 9.0 and 18.0 respectively. Having home ground advantage, I feel that the Warriors might be somewhat undervalued here, however at the same time I, along with many others, feel that the Highveld