Celebrity Cricket League

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Celebrity Cricket League
Countries Flag of India.svg India
Headquarters Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Format T20 (2011-2016)

T10 (2017, 2019)

20 Over Test (2023)
First edition2011
Latest edition2023
Next edition2024
Tournament format Round-robin and Knockout
Current championTelugu Warriors
Most successfulTelugu Warriors=(3 Titles)
Cricket current event.svg2023 Celebrity Cricket League
Website www.ccl.in

The Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) is an amateur men's cricket league in India. It consists of eight teams of film actors from eight film industries of Indian cinema. The league commenced in 2011. [1] [2] Salman Khan is Brand Ambassador for Celebrity Cricket League from 2011 for all seasons. The CCL teams use various venues for their home games and it has a vast coverage in Indian media. [3] [4] [5]

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Establishment

The popularity of the Indian Premier League inspired the CCL, with franchises in major Indian cities. Vishnu Vardhan Induri, an entrepreneur from Hyderabad, is the founder and managing director of CCL. He started the league in 2010 by selling franchise rights for four teams in the inaugural season. For the second season, two additional teams were added. [6]

History

First season

The inaugural season took place in 2011 and included participation from four teams - Chennai Rhinos, Telugu Warriors, Mumbai Heroes, and Karnataka Bulldozers. [7] With CCL season 1, the organizers planned to create awareness about anti-piracy. [8] Chennai Rhinos defeated Karnataka Bulldozers in a competitive final and emerged as the inaugural CCL champions.

Second season

The second season was conducted from 13 January to 13 February 2012. Two new cricket teams, the Kerala Strikers and the Bengal Tigers were added to the CCL. Hindi film industry Team "Mumbai Heroes" selected Sharjah as its home ground. [9] Chennai Rhinos defeated Karnataka Bulldozers for the second time in a row and emerged as the CCL 2 champions.

Third season

Genelia D'Souza supporting Mumbai Heroes Genelia Dsouza with flag at CCL. India, 2011.jpg
Genelia D'Souza supporting Mumbai Heroes

The third season had two new teams, Veer Marathi representing the Marathi film industry and Bhojpuri Dabbangs representing the Bhojpuri film industry. In Season 3, the curtain raiser event was held in Mumbai on 19 January 2013 and was regarded by many as a grand affair, [10] where Salman Khan, [11] Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu, Prabhu Deva and many other celebrities performed. [12] The opening ceremony was in Kochi on 9 February 2013, where Kerala Strikers played against Mumbai Heroes. Popular Bollywood actor Bipasha Basu was appointed as the brand ambassador for Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) season 3, along with Kajal Agarwal. [13] [14] Karnataka Bulldozers defeated Telugu Warriors to become CCL 3 champions.

Fourth season

CCL Season 4 had a bigger reach than the earlier seasons as Colors TV had come in as a broadcast partner for the Mumbai Heroes games and Rishtey TV telecasted all the games. Karnataka Bulldozers qualified for the finals for the fourth consecutive year. They won the cup by defeating Kerala Strikers.

Fifth season

Brand Ambassador for Celebrity Cricket League From 2011 Salman Khan With Celebrities at a CCL match in 2012 Salman Khan and Vengatesh at CCL match, India.jpg
Brand Ambassador for Celebrity Cricket League From 2011 Salman Khan With Celebrities at a CCL match in 2012

CCL season 5 was the most successful season in terms of revenues and television viewership. As per TAM, CCL was the second most viewed sporting league in the country due to its reach delivered through Colors in Hindi-speaking markets and Sun Network Channels in South India. Telugu Warriors won the trophy for the first time by defeating 2-time champion Chennai Rhinos.

Sixth season

A new team, Punjab De Sher, representing the Punjab film industry, was introduced in place of Veer Marathi. [15] Daler Mehndi was the brand ambassador of the team, with Sonu Sood the captain. Mr. Puneet and Navraj Hans were the owners of the team. Punjab De Sher selected new players for the team. Telugu Warriors won the cup for the second time. [16]

Teams and performance

Current teams

TeamLogoIndustryStateCaptainDebutOwnership
Mumbai Heroes Hindi/Bollywood Maharashtra Riteish Deshmukh 2011 Sohail Khan
Bengal Tigers Bengali West Bengal Jisshu Sengupta 2012 Boney Kapoor, Raj Shah
Bhojpuri Dabbangs Bhojpuri Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand Manoj Tiwari 2013 Manoj Tiwari, Satender Maan, Ankur Prasad, Pradeep Sehrawat
Chennai Rhinos Tamil/Kollywood Tamil Nadu Arya 2011K. Ganga Prasad
Karnataka Bulldozers Kannada/Sandalwood Karnataka Pradeep2011 Ashok Kheny
Kerala Strikers Malayalam/Mollywood Kerala Kunchako Boban 2012 Mohanlal, Rajkumar, Sripriya, Shaji, Jaison
Punjab De Sher Punjabi Punjab Sonu Sood 2016Navraj Hans, Puneet Singh
Telugu Warriors Telugu/Tollywood Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Akkineni Akhil 2011 Venkatesh Daggubati

Defunct team

TeamLogoIndustryStateCaptainDebutOwnership
Veer Marathi Marathi Maharashtra Mahesh Manjrekar 2013 Riteish Deshmukh

Total performance

Sns.
Tms.
2011
(4)
2012
(6)
2013
(8)
2014
(8)
2015
(8)
2016
(8)
2017
(6)
2019
(6)
2023
(8)
Mumbai HeroesGSSFGSSFSFGSGSWSF
Bengal TigersGSGSGSGSSFGSSFGS
Bhojpuri DabbangsGSSFGSSFSFR
Chennai RhinosWWGSGSRGSGSGS
Karnataka BulldozersRRWWSFRGSRSF
Kerala StrikersGSSFRGSGSRGS
Punjab De SherGSGSGS
Telugu WarriorsGSSFRGSWWWGSW
Veer MarathiSFGSGS

Team now defunct.

Notes:

Best performance

TeamAppearancesBest result
TotalFirstLatest
Mumbai Heroes920112023Champions (2019)
Telugu Warriors920112023Champions (2015, 2016, 2017, 2023)
Karnataka Bulldozers920112023Champions (2013, 2014)
Chennai Rhinos820112023Champions (2011, 2012)
Kerala Strikers720122023Runners-up (2014, 2017)
Bhojpuri Dabbangs720132023Runners-up (2023)
Bengal Tigers820122023Semi-finals (2016, 2019)
Veer Marathi320132015Semi-finals (2013)
Punjab De Sher320162023Group Stage (2016, 2019)

Team now defunct.

Squads

Mumbai HeroesBengal TigersKerala StrikersTelugu WarriorsChennai RhinosKarnataka BulldozersPunjab De SherBhojpuri DabangVeer Marathi

Former players:

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