CCL Cricket – Celebrity Cricket League India 2020
Indian Premier League is famous all over the world. Players from all over the world play in the Indian Premier League. Similarly, CCL Cricket – Celebrity Cricket League India is also inspired by IPL. CCL has already completed the 6th season of the tournament.
CCL Celebrity Cricket League was inaugurated in 2011. The Four teams participated in the first season. Chennai Rhinos, Telugu Warriors, Mumbai Heroes, and Karnataka Bulldozers had participated in the season.
Introduction
CCL is a cricket league for non-professional men. The actors from the Indian film industry participate in this league. The games are played in different venues in the format of Round-robin and Knockout.
From the history of CCL Cricket, Telegu Warriors with three titles in its name. Dhruv Sharma from Karnataka has scored 1033 runs. This is the highest run on CCL Cricket.
Similarly, Team Telegu has taken 27 wickets. It is the most wicket taken in the tournament.
The format of the tournament was Twenty-20 for the seasons from 2011-2016. From 2018 onwards, the format of CCL Cricket changed to T10.
The tournament was played in 2011 which is the first season of CCL Cricket. The latest season of CCL is the 2019 Celebrity Cricket League. Now, the CCL Celebrity Cricket League 2020 will be held.
CCL Cricket – Celebrity Cricket League Teams
CCL Cricket was started with only Four Teams which has now increased to nine teams.
Team | Captains |
Karnataka Bulldozers | Sudeep |
Mumbai Heroes | Bobby Deol |
Bengal Tigers | Jisshu Sengupta |
Telugu Warriors | Akkineni Akhil |
Kerala Strikers | Mohanlal |
Chennai Rhinos | Vishal |
Bhojpuri Dabbangs | Manoj Tiwari |
Punjab De Sher | Sonu Sood |
Veer Marathi | Mahesh Manjrekar |
Karnataka Bulldozers
Karnataka Bulldozers belongs to Kannada Film Industry. It represents the Karnataka State. The captain of Karnataka Bulldozers is Sudeep. Ashok Kheny is the owner of CCL Cricket Team Karnataka Bulldozers.
CCL Team Karnataka Bulldozers Facts
Brand Ambassadors
Sharmila Mandre, Parvathy Nair
Players
Dhruv, Rajesh, Rajeev, Tharun Chandra, Chetan, Tarun Sudhir, Vishwas, Prasanna, Rahul, Chetan, Dharma, Sunil Rao, Prathap, Jayram Karthik, Mahesh, Pradeep, Mayur Patel
Website – www.karnatakabulldozers.in
Mumbai Heroes
Mumbai Heroes belongs to Hindi Film Industry from Maharashtra State. Bobby Deol is the captain of CCL Cricket Team Mumbai Heroes. The owner of the team is Sohail Khan.
Brand Ambassadors
Kriti Sanon
Captain
Ritiesh Deshmukh
Players
Bobby Deol, Sohail Khan, Aftab Shivdasani, Suniel Shetty, Rohit Roy, Saqib Saleem, Shabir Ahluwalia, Apoorva Lakhia, Varun Badola, Indraneil Sengupta, Kabir Sadanand, Raja Bherwani, Rajneesh Duggal, Samir Kochhar, Armaan Kohli, Sharad Kelkar, Vatsal Sheth, , , Jay Bhanushali, Manoje Biddvai,
Website – www.mumbaiheroes.in
Bengal Tigers
CCL Team Bengal Tigers belongs to the Bengali Film Industry from West Bengal. The captain of Bengal Tigers is Jisshu Sengupta. Boney Kapoor owns the team.
Team Owner
Mr. Boney Kapoor, Mrs. Sridevi Kapoor, Mr. Raj Shah
Captain
Jisshu
Brand Ambassadors
Sayantika
Players
Joy, Indrasish, Uday, Debu, Yousuf, Abhi, Joe, Dev, Mohan, Amitabh,Suman, Sandy, Vievek, Tabun, RD, Manty, Gaurav, Bony
Former Players
Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jeet, Dev, Amitabh, Rahul, Gourav, Bonny, Indrajit, Debraj, Raja, Sidd, Abhi, Tabun, Rubin, Heerok, Koushik, Partha, Prasun, Debaprio
Website – www.bengaltigerst20.com
Telugu Warriors
Telugu Warriors is the CCL Cricket team from Telugu Film Industry representing the Andhra Pradesh, Telangana. The captain of CCL Team Telugu Warriors is Akkineni Akhil. Sachin Joshi owns the team.
Team Owners
Mr. Sachin Joshi
Captain
Akhil Akkineni
Mentor
Venkatesh
Brand Ambassadors
Regina Cassandra, Pranitha Subhash, Adah Sharma
Players
Sachin Joshi, Sushanth, Ashwin Babu, Vishwa, Harish, Dharam, Tarun, Aadarsh, Nanda Kishore,Raghu, Taraka Ratna, Prince, Nikhil, Khayyam, Samrat
Website – www.teleguwarriors.co.in
Kerala Strikers
Kerala Strikers is a CCL Cricket team representing Kerala State. It belongs to Malayalam Movie Industry. Mohanlal is the captain of the team. Rajkumar and Sripriya own the team.
Chennai Rhinos
Another CCL Cricket team is Chennai Rhinos representing Tamil Nadu. It belongs to the Tamil movie industry. The captain of the team is Vishal. K. Ganga Prasad owns the CCL Team Chennai Rhinos.
Captain
Arya
Players
Ashok Selvan, Bharath, Shaam, Bose Venkat, Hemachandran, Kalaiyarasan, Mahendra, 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
Bhojpuri Dabbangs
The CCL Team Bhojpuri Dabanggs represents Uttar Pradesh in Bihar. This belongs to the Bhojpuri Film Industry. Manoj Tiwari is the both Captain and Owner of the team.
Team Owners
Mr. Manoj Tiwari, Satender Maan, Ankur Prasad, Pradeep Sehrawat
Captain
Manoj Tiwari
Brand Ambassadors
Pakhi Hegde
Players
Gajendra Pratap Dwivedi, Ravi Kishan, Ram Pravesh Yadav, Uttam Tiwari, Ajhoy Sharrma, Vikrant Singh, Aditya Ojha, Prakash Jais, Ayaz Khan, Shailesh Sinha, Vaibhav Rai, Asgar Rashid Khan, Vikas Singh, Akbar Naqvi, Jay Prakash Yadav, Nirahua, Sushil Singh, Manoj Pandey, Alok Kumar, Raiees Lashkariya, Makrand Deshpande
Website – www.bhojpuridabanggs.in
Punjab De Sher
The Punjabi CCL Team is Punjab De Sher. It belongs to Punjabi Film Industry. The captain of the team is Sonu Sood. The team is owned by Navraj Hans and Puneet Singh.
Owners
Mr. Navraj Hans, Mr. Puneet Singh
Captain
Sonu Sood
Brand Ambassadors
Daler Mehndi, Mika Singh
Players
Jimmy Shergil, Ayushmann Khurrana, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Binnu Dhillon, Jassi Gill, Rahul Dev, Gavie Chahal, Dev Kharoud, Gulzar Chahal, Babaal Rai, Aryaman Sapru, Navraj Hans, Yuvraj Hans, Mukul Dev, Arjan Bajwa, Harmeet Singh
Veer Marathi
Veer Marathi is a Team from Celebrity Cricket League representing the Maharastra State. They belong to the Marathi Movie industry. The captain of the team is Mahesh Manjrekar. Riteish Deshmukh owns the team.
CCL Cricket – Celebrity Cricket League Venues
Ahmedabad – Sardar Patel Stadium
Bengaluru – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Chennai – M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
Koshi – 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 – Kanchanjunga Stadium
Visakhapatnam – Dr. Y.S Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
Cuttack – Barabati Stadium
Ranchi – JSCA International Stadium Complex
Chandigarh – Sector 16 Stadium
FAQs about CCL Cricket / Celebrity Cricket League
Conclusion
The CCL Cricket Team Karnataka Bulldozers simultaneously own the tournament in the year 2013 and 2014. It continued to be the runner up on 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2019.
Chennai Rhinos won the match simultaneously in 2011 and 2012. It was a runner up in 2015.
Kerala Strikers won the tournament in 2014 and 2017. In the year, 2019, Mumbai Heroes won the tournament.
Telugu Warriors made a hattrick when it won the three consecutive tournaments in 2015, 2016 and 2017.