Celebrity Badminton League

Celebrity Badminton League CBL

Country	India
Website	www.cblindia.com
Founding Year	2016
Founding Team
CEO and Founder	L Hemachandran
Founding Director	L Raghuraman
Investor	JP Academy Mr.Praveen J
Season 1 Captains
Chennai Rockers	Arya (actor)
Karnataka Alps	Diganth
Kerala Royals	Jayaram
Tollywood Thunders	Sudheer Babu
Season 1 Brand Ambassador
Gokulam Chennai Rockers	Madhavan
Karnataka Warriors	Puneeth Rajkumar
Tollywood Thunders	Naga Chaitanya
Kerala Royals	Mamtha Mohandas
Season 1 Team Motivators
Chennai Rockers	Amala Paul
Karnataka Alps	Aindrita Rai
Tollywood Thunders	Lakshmi Manchu
Kerala Royals	Pearle Manney
Team Owners / Founders
Chennai Rockers	BAIJU GOKULAM
Karnataka Warriors	RAJIV AND BAKTHI
Kerala Royals	[Ranjith Karunakaran]
Tollywood Thunders	Nandini Vijay

Celebrity Badminton League - CBL is an Indian-based new league platform for celebrities started in Jan 2016 to exhibit their badminton talent. It is combination of sports and entertainment with cine stars taking part in CBL season 1 played by four south Indian states namely Tamil Nadu - Chennai Rockers, Kerala - Kerala Royals, Karnataka - Karnataka Alps and Telangana - Tollywood Thunders. ^[1]

Seasons

Season 1

Winners - CBL Season 1

CBL Season 1 which held from 17 September 2016 -Chennai to 12 November 2016 Finals in Malaysia in a grand and successful manner. ^[2]

Hemachandran L, ^[3] Founding Director and CEO of Celebrity Badminton League Pvt Ltd, said during a press meet, "The first season will have four teams representing Kollywood, Mollywood, Sandalwood and Tollywood film industries." ^[4]

The Tamil Nadu team (Chennai Rockers) was headed by actor Arya. The Kerala franchise (Kerala Royals) roped in actor Jayaram as the captain. The Karnataka franchise (Karnataka Alps) captain actor Diganth headed the team. Tollywood Thunders was captaining the team.^{[ citation needed ]}

The tournament was inaugurated on 17 September and the league matches was hosted in Kochi and Hyderabad. The final match was held at Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia Event 12 Nov 2016 - CBL SEASON 1 Winner TOLLYWOOD THUNDERS ^[5]

India’s First Celebrity Badminton League (CBL) - Season 1 finals was played at Malaysia in Stadium Badminton Cheras, KL. CBL Season 1 had Four Celebrity teams representing Tollywood- Tollywood Thunders, Mollywood- Kerala Royals, Kollywood- Chennai Rockers and Sandalwood- Karnataka Alps.^{[ citation needed ]} Tollywood Thunders beat Kerala Royals to emerge as the victorious Team that was a tightly contested final. Team Karnataka Alps was placed third while Team Chennai Rockers took the last position.^{[ citation needed ]}

Season 2

CBL season 2 has seen many changes with change in team owners of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Chennai team has been taken over by Vice Chairman of GOKULAM GROUP OF COMPANIES Baiju Gopalan for 2 Cr rupees. and Karnataka team has been taken over by Rajiv and Bakthi Talreja of Dreamcraft event management company.^{[ citation needed ]}

CBL able to sustain second year with support of Franchise owners and also they are in the process of raising huge Venture Capital Funding. Season 3 will happen in Mumbai and Dubai in December 2018 which will have Bollywood, too.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Four teams representing film industry in southern States will be competing". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
2. "Celebrity Badminton League and the way to move ahead". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
3. tamilcinemareview (15 September 2016), Insiprational speech by CBL CEO Hemachandran that every youth should watch ! , retrieved 19 March 2018
4. "Celebrity Badminton League and the way to move ahead". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
5. "Celebrity Badminton League CBL 2016 Kerala Royals vs Tollywood thunders vs Karnataka Alps". ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 2 February 2017.