Celebrity cricket league is a amateur men’s cricket league in India, but those are not normal amateurs but belong to film industry of different parts of India. 8 teams are formed from 8 different film industries of India. With Salman Khan as the brand ambassador, the rich league is covered vastly in Indian media.
The owner of “Vibri media” of Telugu fil industry, Vishnu Vardhan Induri saw a big opportunity when IPL started way back in 2008, and 3 years later he started the Celebrity Cricket League.
The present edition of Celebrity Cricket League is gaining more popularity as there have been investment made by a Singapore based media investment fund.
Format :-
8 teams play Celebrity Cricket league.
| Team | Industry | State | Captain |
| Mumbai Heroes | Hindi/Bollywood | Maharastra | Riteish Deshmukh |
| Bengal Tigers | Bengali/Tollywood | WestBengal | Jishhu Sengupta |
| Bhojpuri Dabbangs | Bhojpuri/Bhojiwood | UP/Bihar | Manoj Tiwari |
| Chennai Rhinos | Tamil/Kollywood | Tamilnadu | Arya |
| Karnataka Bulldozers | Kannada/Sandalwood | Karnataka | Pradeep |
| Kerala Strikers | Malayalam/Mollywood | Kerala | Indrajith Sukumaran |
| Punjab de Sher | Punjabi/Pollywood | Punjab | Sonu sood |
| Telugu Warriors | Telugu/Tollywood | Andhra Pradesh | Akkineni Akhil |
A total of 20 matches are to be played only on weekend across 5 venues( Sharjah, Hyderabad, Vizag,Chandigarh) from Feb 23 to March 17.
The format of CCL is quite interesting. Both teams get to play 20 overs but in 2 innings, an altogether new t20 + test format.
The matches even have DRS, making CCL as par with any other T20 league in the World atleast in terms of technology.
Matches can be live streamed on Jio Cinema app or Sony ten 5 channel.
Telugu Warriors has been the most successful team of CCL so far with 4 titles to their name.
The audience are loving CCL league, its a once in a year chance to witness their favorite stars doing something different for a month and it also provides film stars a much needed break to refreshen up for their coming work commitments.
