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]
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.
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
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]
W = Winner; R = Runner-up; SF = SemiFinalist; GS = GroupStage
2018 CCL T10 was cancelled
2019 CCL T10 Semi-final and final matches were not conducted due to rain. Based on group stage performance Mumbai Heroes (win all 3 matches) and Karnataka Bulldozers (win 2 out of 3 matches) teams announced as Winner and Runner up respectively.
^"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.
^Trivedi, Bina (20 January 2012). . The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
^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.
^. The Times of India. 25 May 2011. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^. Celebrity Cricket League. cclt20 Pvt Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^. The Times of India. 9 August 2011. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) CCL 3 : Celebrity Cricket League curtain raiser event on 19 Jan in Mumbai
^. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013. Salman Khan performed at Celebrity Cricket League curtain raiser
^. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) CCL 3 curtain raiser event, a star-studded affair
^"Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) 2020 Winners List of All Seasons [1 to 6] | Winners List". Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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April 21, 2023
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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 Celebrity Cricket LeagueCountriesIndiaHeadquartersHyderabad Telangana IndiaFormatT20 2011 2016 T10 2017 2019 20 Over Test 2023 First edition2011Latest edition2023Next edition2024Tournament formatRound robin and KnockoutCurrent championTelugu WarriorsMost successfulTelugu Warriors 4 Titles 2023 Celebrity Cricket LeagueWebsitewww wbr ccl wbr in Contents 1 Establishment 2 History 2 1 First season 2 2 Second season 2 3 Third season 2 4 Fourth season 2 5 Fifth season 2 6 Sixth season 3 Teams and performance 3 1 Current teams 3 2 Defunct team 3 3 Total performance 3 4 Best performance 4 Squads 5 Venues 6 References 7 External linksEstablishment EditThe 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 EditFirst 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 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 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 fourth consecutive year They won the cup by defeating Kerala Strikers Fifth season Edit 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 Edit 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 EditCurrent teams Edit Team Logo Industry State Captain Debut OwnershipBengal Tigers Bengali West Bengal Jisshu Sengupta 2012 Boney Kapoor Raj ShahBhojpuri Dabbangs Bhojpuri Uttar Pradesh Bihar Jharkhand Manoj Tiwari 2013 Manoj Tiwari Satender Maan Ankur Prasad Pradeep SehrawatChennai Rhinos Tamil Kollywood Tamil Nadu Arya 2011 K Ganga PrasadKarnataka Bulldozers Kannada Sandalwood Karnataka Pradeep 2011 Ashok KhenyKerala Strikers Malayalam Mollywood Kerala Kunchako Boban 2012 Mohanlal Rajkumar Sripriya Shaji JaisonMumbai Heroes Hindi Bollywood Maharashtra Riteish Deshmukh 2011 Sohail KhanPunjab De Sher Punjabi Punjab Sonu Sood 2016 Navraj Hans Puneet SinghTelugu Warriors Telugu Tollywood Andhra Pradesh Telangana Akkineni Akhil 2011 Venkatesh DaggubatiDefunct team Edit Team Logo Industry State Captain Debut OwnershipVeer Marathi Marathi Maharashtra Mahesh Manjrekar 2013 Riteish DeshmukhTotal performance Edit Sns Tms 2011 4 2012 6 2013 8 2014 8 2015 8 2016 8 2017 6 2019 6 2023 8 Bengal Tigers GS GS GS GS SF GS SF GSBhojpuri Dabbangs GS SF GS SF SF RChennai Rhinos W W GS GS R GS GS GSKarnataka Bulldozers R R W W SF R GS R SFKerala Strikers GS SF R GS GS R GSMumbai Heroes GS SF GS SF SF GS GS W SFPunjab De Sher GS GS GSTelugu Warriors GS SF R GS W W W GS WVeer Marathi SF GS GS Team now defunct Notes W Winner R Runner up SF SemiFinalist GS GroupStage 2018 CCL T10 was cancelled 2019 CCL T10 Semi final and final matches were not conducted due to rain Based on group stage performance Mumbai Heroes win all 3 matches and Karnataka Bulldozers win 2 out of 3 matches teams announced as Winner and Runner up respectively Best performance Edit Team Appearances Best resultTotal First LatestTelugu Warriors 9 2011 2023 Champions 2015 2016 2017 2023 Karnataka Bulldozers 9 2011 2023 Champions 2013 2014 Chennai Rhinos 8 2011 2023 Champions 2011 2012 Mumbai Heroes 9 2011 2023 Champions 2019 Kerala Strikers 7 2012 2023 Runners up 2014 2017 Bhojpuri Dabbangs 7 2013 2023 Runners up 2023 Bengal Tigers 8 2012 2023 Semi finals 2016 2019 Veer Marathi 3 2013 2015 Semi finals 2013 Punjab De Sher 3 2016 2023 Group Stage 2016 2019 Team now defunct Squads EditMumbai Heroes Bengal Tigers Kerala Strikers Telugu Warriors Chennai Rhinos Karnataka Bulldozers Punjab De Sher Bhojpuri Dabang Veer MarathiRitesh Deshmukh Captain Sohail Khan Salman Khan Bobby Deol Sunil Shetty Varun Badola Aftab Shivdasani Sameer Kochhar Indraneil Sengupta Apoorva Lakhia Kabir Sadanand Kunal Khemu Raja Bherwani Shabbir Ahluwalia Sharad Kelkar Saqib Saleem Tushar Jalota Vatsal Seth Indraneil Sengupta Sahil Chaudhary Mudasir ZafarFormer players Sonu Sood Jisshu captain Indrasish Joy Jeetu Kamal Bonny Gourav Uday Yousuf Jammy Rahul Sandy Suman Mohan Manty Sougata Ratnadeep Joe Ananda Aditya Arman SouravFormer players Prosenjit Chatterjee mentor Jeet Dev Amitabh Rahul Vievek Indrajit Debraj Raja Sidd Abhi Tabun Rubin Heerok Koushik Partha Prasun Debaprio Debu Kunchacko Boban Captain Indrajith Asif Ali Rajeev Pillai Vivek Gopan Unni Mukundan Siju Wilson Manikuttan Vijay Yesudas Saiju Kurup Vinu Mohan Arjun Nandakumar Siddharth Menon Prajod Kalabhavan Shafique Rehman Nikhil K Menon Jean Paul Lal Sanju Sivram Prasanth AlexanderFormer players Mohanlal Nivin Pauly Bala Riyaz Khan Arun Benny Bineesh Kodiyeri Rahul Madhav Sukesh Kuttan Rakendhu Madan mohan Munna Simon Rejith Menon Akhil Akkineni captain Venkatesh Sachin Joshi Sudheer Babu Tarun Prince Cecil Sai Dharam Tej Ajay ESD Ashwin Babu Aadarsh Balakrishna Nandakishore Nikhil Siddhartha Siddarth Prabhu Raghu Roshan Sushanth Srikanth Samrat Reddy Viswa Arya Captain Vishnu Jiiva Vikranth Shanthanu Prithvi Ashok Selvan Kalaiyarasan Shiva Bharath Ramana Aadhav Dasarathan Sharran Bala Saravanan SathyaFormer players Abbas Hamsavardhan Jayam Ravi Jithan Ramesh Karthik Kumar Madhavan Nithin Sathya Prem Rishikanth Sarathkumar Sri Balaji Srikanth Sundar Ramu Suriya Vishal Shaam Bose Venkat Hemachandran Mahendran Nandha Sanjay Bharathi Uday Kumar Sudeep Pradeep Captain Shiva Rajkumar Ganesh Krishna Tarun Chandra Jai Karthik Sunil Raoh Chandan Kumar Nirup Bhandari Tarun Sudhir Nanda Kishore Prathap Narayanan Trivikram Arjun Yogesh Raj Prasanna Abhimanyu Bhaskar Rahul Rajeev Hanu Karan Aryan Arun Bachchan Dharma Saurav Viswas DarshanFormer players Dhruv Sarja Chiranjeevi Sarja Sonu Sood Captain Mika Singh Jimmy Shergill Ayushmann Khurana 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 Arjun Madan 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 Ravi 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 Pushkar Jog Rajesh Shringarpure Ankush Chaudhari Maadhav Deochake Siddharth Chandekar Aniket Vishwasrao Sameer Dharmadhikari Manoje Biddvai Ajit Parab Nupur Dhudwadkar Rahul Gore Siddhant Mooley Rahul Sugandh Raiees Lashkaria Vijay KenkreVenues EditAhmedabad Narendra Modi 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 Trivandrum Greenfield International Stadium Visakhapatnam Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium Cuttack Barabati Stadium Ranchi JSCA International Stadium Complex Chandigarh Sector 16 Stadium Raipur Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket StadiumReferences 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 Trivedi Bina 20 January 2012 CCL Superstar cricketainment The Times of India Archived from the original on 30 October 2013 Retrieved 22 January 2012 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 About Us CCL Social Initiative Celebrity Cricket League cclt20 Pvt Ltd Archived from the original on 31 May 2011 Retrieved 9 March 2012 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 TruthDive South Asian News and Opinion India Archived from the original on 23 February 2013 Retrieved 17 February 2013 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link 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 17 February 2013 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 17 February 2013 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link CCL 3 curtain raiser event a star studded affair Celebrity Cricket League Salman Bipasha Kangana add glam Celebrity Cricket League CCL the Official Website Archived from the original on 22 February 2013 Retrieved 17 February 2013 Bipasha Basu as Brand Ambassador for CCL Season 3 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 4 April 2020 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Celebrity Cricket League Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Celebrity Cricket League amp oldid 1149588262, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
