Celebrity Cricket League

Celebrity Cricket League
	File:Celebrity Cricket League logo.png
Countries	India
Headquarters	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Format	T20 (2011-2016) T10 (2017-Present)
First Edition	2011
Latest Edition	2021
Next Edition	2022
Tournament format	Round-robin and Knockout
Number of teams	16
Most successful	Telugu Warriors(135)[35 titles(t20)][15 titles(t10)][85 titles(CCL Super Over)]
Most runs	Akhil Akkineni(Telugu) - 2835
Most wickets	(Telugu) - 85
Website	www.ccl.in

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

Establishment[edit]

The popularity of the Indian Premier League (official T20 League Tournament of India) 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[edit]

First season[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 4th consecutive year. They won the cup by defeating Kerala Strikers.

Fifth season[edit]

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[edit]

A new team, Punjab De Sher, representing the Punjab film industry, was introduced in place of Veer Marathi.^[15]^[16] 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.^[17]

Teams and performance[edit]

Teams[edit]

Team	Industry	State	Captain	Ownership
Karnataka Bulldozers	Kannada/Sandalwood	Karnataka	Sudeep	Ashok Kheny
Mumbai Heroes	Hindi/Bollywood	Maharashtra	Bobby Deol	Sohail Khan
Bengal Tigers	Bengali	West Bengal	Jisshu Sengupta	Boney Kapoor
Telugu Warriors	Telugu/Tollywood	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana	Akkineni Akhil	Sachiin Joshi
Kerala Strikers	Malayalam	Kerala	Mohanlal	Rajkumar, Sripriya
Chennai Rhinos	Tamil	Tamil Nadu	Vishal	K. Ganga Prasad
Bhojpuri Dabbangs	Bhojpuri	Uttar Pradesh, Bihar	Manoj Tiwari	Manoj Tiwari
Punjab De Sher	Punjabi	Punjab	Sonu Sood	Navraj Hans, Puneet Singh
Veer Marathi (defunct)	Marathi	Maharashtra	Mahesh Manjrekar	Riteish Deshmukh

T20 Performance[edit]

Team	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Karnataka Bulldozers	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	SF	SF	R	R	SF	R	GS	R	SF
Punjab De Sher	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	N/A	R	R	R	R	R	R	GS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	GS	N/A	GS	GS
Bengal Tigers	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6th	GS	GS	GS	SF	GS	SF	SF
Bhojpuri Dabbangs	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	GS	SF	GS	SF	N/A	SF	GS
Chennai Rhinos	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	N/A	N/A
Kerala Strikers	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	R	N/A	5th	SF	GS	GS	GS	R	N/A	N/A
Mumbai Heroes	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	SF	4th	SF	GS	SF	SF	GS	GS	GS	R
Telugu Warriors	'R	R	'R	R	R	'R	'R	R	R	'R	R	'R	R	'R	'R	R	R	'R	R	'R	'R	R	R	'R	'R	'R	'R	'R	'R	R	'R	R red	'R	'R
Veer Marathi	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	SF	GS	GS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Notes:

W = Winner; R = Runner-up; SF = SemiFinalist; GS = Groupstage; F = Finalist; N/A = Not Played; TBA = To Be Announced.

T10 Performance[edit]

Team	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Telugu Warriors	W	R	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Punjab de Sher	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bengal Tigers	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	R	SF	GS
Karnataka Bulldozers	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	SF	R	R
Bhojpuri Dabbangs	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	SF	SF	SF	SF
Veer Marathi	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chennai Rhinos	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	GS	GS	GS	SF
Kerala Strikers	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mumbai Heroes	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS

Venues[edit]

Ahmedabad: Sardar Patel Stadium
Bengaluru: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Chennai: M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
Kochi: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Hyderabad: Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium
Hyderabad: Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
Mumbai : Brabourne Stadium
Mumbai : DY Patil Stadium
Pune: Maharashtra Cricket Association Cricket Stadium
Dubai: Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Sharjah: Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium
Siliguri: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Visakhapatnam: Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
Cuttack : Barabati Stadium
Ranchi : JSCA International Stadium Complex
Chandigarh : Sector 16 Stadium

Squads[edit]

Mumbai Heroes	Telugu Warriors	Chennai Rhinos	Karnataka Bulldozers	Kerala Strikers	Bengal Tigers	Punjab De Sher	Bhojpuri Dabang	Veer Marathi	America Galaxy
Akshay Kumar (Captain) Salman Khan Dharmendra Gaurav Gera Gulshan Grover Arjun Rampal Shah Rukh Khan Sonam Kapoor Abhishek Banerjee Abbas–Mustan Priyanka Chopra Kapil Sharma Krushna Abhishek Jacqueline Fernandez Mudassar Khan Farhad Samji Vidya Balan Ajay Chaudhary	Akhil Akkineni(Captain) Venkatesh Sachiin Joshi Sudheer Babu Tarun Prince Cecil Sai Dharam Tej Ajay (actor) ESD Ashwin Babu Aadarsh Balakrishna Nandakishore Nikhil Siddarth Prabhu Raghu Sushanth Srikanth Taraka Ratna Samrat Reddy Viswa	Arya (Captain) Ashok Selvan Bharath Shaam Bose Venkat Hemachandran Kalaiyarasan Mahendran Nandha Prithvi Ramana Sanjay Bharathi Shanthanu Sharran Uday Kumar Vikranth Vishnu Former players: Abbas Hamsavardhan Jayam Ravi Jiiva Jithan Ramesh Karthik Kumar Madhavan Nithin Sathya Prem Rishikanth Sarathkumar Shiva Sri Balaji Srikanth Sundar Ramu Suriya Vishal	Sudeep (Captain) Pradeep Tarun Chandra Jai Karthik Prasanna Abhimanyu Bhaskar Rahul Rajeev Dharma Saurav Tarun Sudhir Viswas Darshan Former players: Dhruv Chiranjeevi Sarja	Mohanlal (Captain) Indrajith Asif Ali Rajeev Pillai Nivin Pauly Manikuttan Saiju Kurup Riyaz Khan Rakendhu Vinu Mohan Bineesh Kodiyeri Vivek Gopan Prajod Kalabhavan sreeshand Madan mohan Shafique Rehman Rahul Madhav Unni Mukundan Bala Munna Simon Nikhil Menon Rejith Menon	Jisshu (captain) Joy Indrasish Yousuf Uday Sandy Suman Vievek Mohan Debu Manty Nandi Jammy Sushil Ratnadeep Joe Former players: Prosenjit Chatterjee Jeet Dev Amitabh Rahul Gourav Bonny Indrajit Debraj Raja Sidd Abhi Tabun Rubin Heerok Koushik Partha Prasun Debaprio	Yo Yo Honey Singh (Captain) Mika Singh Panjabi MC Sidhu Moose Wala Binnu Dhillon Manvir Sran Rahul Dev Navraj Hans Jazzy B Harmeet Singh Piyush Malhotra Gulzar Chahal Roshan Prince Amrinder Gill Angad Bedi Yuvraj Hans Raju Sharma Dilraj Khurana Manvir Sran Arjun Madan Piyush Malhotra	Manoj Tiwari (Captain) Dinesh Lal Yadav (Vice Captain) Ravi Kishan Pravesh Lal Yadav Uday Tiwari Rahul Singh Ajhoy Sharma Prakash Jais Ayaz Khan Sushil Singh Abhay Sinha Khesari Lal Yadav Jay Yadav Surya Dwivedi Vikash Singh Pawan Singh Santosh Singh Ajay Srivastav Vikrant Singh Rajpoot Anil Samrat	Mahesh Manjrekar (Captain) Makrand Deshpande Siddarth Jadhav Sanjay Narvekar Upendra Limaye Manoje Biddvai Ajit Parab Nupur Dhudwadkar Rahul Gore Rajesh Shringarpure Ankush Chaudhary Siddhant Mooley Rahul Sugandh Raiees Lashkaria Madhav Deochakke Vijay Kenkre Siddharth Chandekar Aniket Vishwasrao Samir Dharmadhikari	Redfoo (Captain) LMFAO Amitabh Bachchan Priyanka Chopra Sesame Street Jim Gaffigan YLVis DJ Snake Marshmello Steve Careell Robert Downey Jr. Ryans world

References[edit]

↑ "Celeb Cricket League is back with a bang". The Times of India. 12 January 2012. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2012. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ Trivedi, Bina (20 January 2012). "CCL: Superstar cricketainment". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2012. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ 2013 Inauguration venue = Kochi,Kerala Beauty, brawn ... and then there was cricket, The Hindu, 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
↑ CCL-II: A starry showdown, The Times of India, 23 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
↑ Megha Shenoy A feast for the eyes, Deccan Herald, February 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
↑ Gooptu, Biswarup; Raghavendra, Nandini (11 February 2012). "Celebrity League rivals IPL on TV, in stadia". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
↑ "It's celebrity cricket league next". The Times of India. 25 May 2011. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ "About Us - CCL Social Initiative". Celebrity Cricket League. cclt20 Pvt Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ "CCL is back for season two!". The Times of India. 9 August 2011. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ "TruthDive – South Asian News and Opinion. India". Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-17. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) CCL 3 : Celebrity Cricket League curtain raiser event on 19 Jan in Mumbai
↑ "Salman Khan performs at Celebrity Cricket League curtain raiser - Cricket Country". Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-17. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) Salman Khan performed at Celebrity Cricket League curtain raiser
↑ "TruthDive – South Asian News and Opinion. India". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2013-02-17. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) CCL 3 curtain raiser event, a star-studded affair
↑ Celebrity Cricket League: Salman, Bipasha, Kangana add glam
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-17. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) Bipasha Basu as Brand Ambassador for CCL Season-3
↑ "Punjab De Sher added in 6th Edition of CCL".
↑ "Punjab De Sher added in 6th Edition of CCL".
↑ "Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) 2020 Winners List of All Seasons [1 to 6] | Winners List". Retrieved 2020-04-04.

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[times1-1] "Celeb Cricket League is back with a bang". The Times of India. 12 January 2012. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2012. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[times2-2] Trivedi, Bina (20 January 2012). "CCL: Superstar cricketainment". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2012. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[3] 2013 Inauguration venue = Kochi,Kerala Beauty, brawn ... and then there was cricket, The Hindu, 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-22.

[4] CCL-II: A starry showdown, The Times of India, 23 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-05.

[5] Megha Shenoy A feast for the eyes, Deccan Herald, February 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-05.

[econmictimes-6] Gooptu, Biswarup; Raghavendra, Nandini (11 February 2012). "Celebrity League rivals IPL on TV, in stadia". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 March 2012.

[times4-7] "It's celebrity cricket league next". The Times of India. 25 May 2011. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[ccl-about-8] "About Us - CCL Social Initiative". Celebrity Cricket League. cclt20 Pvt Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[times5-9] "CCL is back for season two!". The Times of India. 9 August 2011. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[10] "TruthDive – South Asian News and Opinion. India". Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-17. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) CCL 3 : Celebrity Cricket League curtain raiser event on 19 Jan in Mumbai

[11] "Salman Khan performs at Celebrity Cricket League curtain raiser - Cricket Country". Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-17. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) Salman Khan performed at Celebrity Cricket League curtain raiser

[12] "TruthDive – South Asian News and Opinion. India". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2013-02-17. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) CCL 3 curtain raiser event, a star-studded affair

[13] Celebrity Cricket League: Salman, Bipasha, Kangana add glam

[14] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-17. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) Bipasha Basu as Brand Ambassador for CCL Season-3

[15] "Punjab De Sher added in 6th Edition of CCL".

[16] "Punjab De Sher added in 6th Edition of CCL".

[17] "Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) 2020 Winners List of All Seasons [1 to 6] | Winners List". Retrieved 2020-04-04.

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