New Delhi, Aug. 18: Delhi Daredevils will have to shell out $200,000 each to retain the service of both Dirk Nannes or David Warner in this year’s Champions League Twenty20 under the new rule on cricketers who qualify for multiple teams.

As many as nine cricketers qualify for two teams and according to the new rule, the ‘away’ team will have to pay $200,000 to a player’s ‘home’ team to retain his services, the Champions League T20 governing council announced on Tuesday.

However, away teams are not eligible for compensation if a player chooses to play for his home team, said the organisers as the teams are set to announce their 20-player squads for the tournament starting on October 8.

"These qualification rules ensure players will have a choice, subject to existing contracts, of who they represent in CL T20. The $200,000 compensation paid to home teams will create significant interest in the lead-up to the squad announcements," Dean Kino, governing council member and director of legal and business affairs said.

"Once a team names its initial squad, CL T20 will assess which players have been listed for two or more teams. Players who have been nominated by multiple teams will then be contacted by CL T20 to nominate their chosen team. Players will then be given 24 hours to determine which team they wish to represent," added Kino.

Nannes and Warner were key to Daredevils’ run in this year’s Indian Premier League in South Africa. The GMR group-owned side, in fact, have have two more players in their ranks — Farveez Mahroof (Wayamba) and Andrew McDonald (Victorian Bushrangers) — who also qualify to represent their home team, which means the franchisee would have to cough up close to a $1 million for their services.

CL T20 chairman Lalit Modi termed the rule a ‘revolutionary element’ and said teams would laugh all the way to the bank.

According to the rules, members of each team’s initial squad must have either played for, or must have been contracted to play for, his nominating team in the most recent qualifying Twenty20 competition played by that team.

"The ability of players to qualify for multiple teams adds another revolutionary element to the Champions League Twenty20. A number of players will face a tough decision over the coming days as to which team they will represent in the inaugural tournament in October," he said.