The Champions League Twenty20 has introduced a new rule on the cricketers who qualify for multiple teams.

In that case, Delhi Daredevils will have to cough up USD 200,000 to retain the service of a Dirk Nannes or a David Warner in the tournament.

As many as nine cricketers qualify for two teams and according to the new rule, the 'away' team will have to pay USD 200,000 to a player's 'home' team to retain his service, the CL T20 Governing Council announced on Tuesday.

However, the '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.

Nathan Bracken (NSW Blues, Royal Challengers Bangalore), Brendon McCullum (Otago Bolts, NSW Blues), Dirk Nannes (Victorian Bushrangers, Delhi Daredevils), David Warner (NSW Blues, Delhi Daredevils), Cameron White (Victorian Bushrangers, Royal Challengers Bangalore), Andrew McDonald (Victorian Bushrangers, Delhi Daredevils), Herschelle Gibbs (Cape Cobras, Deccan Chargers), Farveez Maharoof (Wayamba, Delhi Daredevils) and Dwayne Smith (Deccan Chargers, Sussex Sharks) face the dilemma of making a choice between the two teams they represent.

In case of Smith, neither Deccan nor Sussex is his 'home' team.

"These qualification rules ensure players will have a choice, subject to existing contracts, of who they represent in CL T20. The USD 200,000 compensation paid to 'home' teams will create significant interest in the lead-up to the squad announcements," Dean Kino, CL T20 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.

Delhi Daredevils have four players in their ranks who also qualify to represent their home team, which means the Indian Premier League side led by Virender Sehwag would have to shell out USD 800,000 to enjoy their services.

CL T20 Chairman Lalit Modi called it a 'revolutionary element' and said teams would laugh all the way to the bank.

"The ability of players to qualify for multiple teams adds another revolutionary element to the Airtel 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.

"In addition to the USD six million in prize money, each team is guaranteed a USD 500,000 participation fee. This means that even teams that finish from the 9th to 12th place at the Airtel CLT20 will earn USD 600,000, while the winners will receive more than USD 3 million," Modi added.

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.

For this year's event, no person who has played in any unofficial cricket event -- like Indian Cricket League -- can be named in a 2009 CL T20 squad either as a player or coach.

However, the teams are not disqualified from the 2009 CL T20 if they played rebel players in their qualifying tournament, provided they terminated their rebel contracts before May 31, 2009.