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{{Short description|Indian amateur men's cricket league}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament main
| tournament name = Celebrity Cricket League
| current =2023 Celebrity Cricket League
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = {{flagicon|IND}} India
| founded = March 2011
| headquarters = [[Hyderabad, Telangana]], India
| founder = Pechi Divya
| cricket format = [[Twenty-20|T20]] (2011-2016)
[[T10 cricket|T10]] (2017, 2019)
20 Over Test (2023)
| first = 2011
| last = 2023
| next =2024
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] and [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]]
| Participants = 8

| champions = Telugu Warriors
| most successful = Telugu Warriors=(4 Titles)
| website = {{url|http://www.ccl.in}}
|Brand Ambassador=[[Salman Khan]]|Winners=2011 - Chennai Rhinos
2012 - Chennai Rhinos
2013 - Karnataka Bulldozers
2014 - Karnataka Bulldozers
2015 - Telugu Warriors
2016 - Telugu Warriors
2017 - Telugu Warriors
2019 - Mumbai Heroes
2023 - Telugu Warriors}}

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 industry|film industries]] of [[cinema of India|Indian cinema]]. The league commenced in 2011.<ref name="times1">{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-12/news-interviews/30619206_1_mumbai-heroes-chennae-rhinos-celebrity-cricket-league | archive-url=https://archive.today/20160904074340/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-12/news-interviews/30619206_1_mumbai-heroes-chennae-rhinos-celebrity-cricket-league | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 September 2016 | title=Celeb Cricket League is back with a bang | date=12 January 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | access-date=5 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="times2">{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-20/news-interviews/30643668_1_telugu-warriors-karnataka-bulldozers-chennai-rhinos | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030145956/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-20/news-interviews/30643668_1_telugu-warriors-karnataka-bulldozers-chennai-rhinos | url-status=dead | archive-date=30 October 2013 | title=CCL: Superstar cricketainment | date=20 January 2012 | access-date=22 January 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | author=Trivedi, Bina}}</ref> [[Salman Khan]] is the 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.<ref>2013 Inauguration venue = Kochi,Kerala [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2011060564880600.htm&date=2011/06/05/&prd=th& ''Beauty, brawn ... and then there was cricket''], The Hindu, 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-22.</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120720065409/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-23/news-interviews/30653079_1_telugu-warriors-telugu-stars-mohanlal ''CCL-II: A starry showdown''], The Times of India, 23 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-05.</ref><ref>Megha Shenoy [http://www.deccanherald.com/content/166684/a-feast-eyes.html ''A feast for the eyes''], Deccan Herald, February 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-05.</ref>

==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.<ref name=econmictimes>{{cite news | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-02-11/news/31049988_1_chennai-rhinos-karnataka-bulldozers-ccl | title=Celebrity League rivals IPL on TV, in stadia | work=The Economic Times| date=11 February 2012 | access-date=1 March 2012 | author=Gooptu, Biswarup |author2=Raghavendra, Nandini}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="times4">{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-25/bangalore/29581009_1_film-fraternity-kannada-film-industry-karnataka-film-chamber | title=It's celebrity cricket league next | work=The Times of India | date=25 May 2011 | access-date=9 March 2012 | archive-date=17 November 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117000321/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-25/bangalore/29581009_1_film-fraternity-kannada-film-industry-karnataka-film-chamber | url-status=dead }}</ref> With CCL season 1, the organizers planned to create awareness about anti-piracy.<ref name="ccl-about">{{cite web | url=http://cclt20.in/about-us.php | title=About Us - CCL Social Initiative | publisher=cclt20 Pvt Ltd | work=Celebrity Cricket League | access-date=9 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531014255/http://cclt20.in/about-us.php | archive-date=31 May 2011 | url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name="times5">{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-09/news-interviews/29864848_1_ccl-celebrity-cricket-league-mumbai-heroes | title=CCL is back for season two! | work=The Times of India | date=9 August 2011 | access-date=9 March 2012 | archive-date=17 September 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917154929/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-09/news-interviews/29864848_1_ccl-celebrity-cricket-league-mumbai-heroes | url-status=dead }}</ref> Chennai Rhinos defeated Karnataka Bulldozers for the second time in a row and emerged as the CCL 2 champions.

===Third season===
[[File:Genelia Dsouza with flag at CCL. India, 2011.jpg|thumb|187x187px|[[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,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://truthdive.com/2013/01/19/ccl-3-celebrity-cricket-league-curtain-raiser-event-on-jan-19-in-mumbai.html |title=TruthDive – South Asian News and Opinion. India |access-date=2013-02-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223054154/http://truthdive.com/2013/01/19/ccl-3-celebrity-cricket-league-curtain-raiser-event-on-jan-19-in-mumbai.html |archive-date=23 February 2013}} CCL 3 : Celebrity Cricket League curtain raiser event on 19 Jan in Mumbai</ref> where [[Salman Khan]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/Salman-Khan-performs-at-Celebrity-Cricket-League-curtain-raiser/22291 |title=Salman Khan performs at Celebrity Cricket League curtain raiser - Cricket Country |access-date=2013-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125032322/http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/Salman-Khan-performs-at-Celebrity-Cricket-League-curtain-raiser/22291 |archive-date=25 January 2013}} Salman Khan performed at Celebrity Cricket League curtain raiser</ref> [[Katrina Kaif]], [[Bipasha Basu]], [[Prabhu Deva]] and many other celebrities performed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://truthdive.com/2013/01/21/ccl-3-curtain-raiser-event-a-star-studded-affair.html |title=TruthDive – South Asian News and Opinion. India |access-date=2013-02-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202175918/http://truthdive.com/2013/01/21/ccl-3-curtain-raiser-event-a-star-studded-affair.html |archive-date=2 February 2014}} CCL 3 curtain raiser event, a star-studded affair</ref> 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]].<ref>[http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/ENT-celebrity-cricket-league-2013-salman-khan-bipasha-basu-kangana-ranaut-add-glam-4154210-NOR.html?seq=2 Celebrity Cricket League: Salman, Bipasha, Kangana add glam]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccl.in/bipasha-basu-as-brand-ambassador-for-ccl-season-3.php |title=Celebrity Cricket League (CCL)-the Official Website |access-date=2013-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222044831/http://www.ccl.in/bipasha-basu-as-brand-ambassador-for-ccl-season-3.php |archive-date=22 February 2013}} Bipasha Basu as Brand Ambassador for CCL Season-3</ref> 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===
[[File:Salman Khan and Vengatesh at CCL match, India.jpg|thumb|Brand Ambassador for Celebrity Cricket League From 2011 [[Salman Khan]] With Celebrities at a CCL match in 2012|267x267px]]
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 [[Cinema of Punjab|Punjab film industry]], was introduced in place of Veer Marathi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Punjab De Sher added in 6th Edition of CCL|url=http://ccl5.com/punjab-de-sher/}}</ref> [[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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.winnerslist.in/ccl-celebrity-cricket-league-winners-list-of-all-seasons-123456/|title=Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) 2020 Winners List of All Seasons [1 to 6] {{!}} Winners List|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref>

==Teams and performance==

===Current teams===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
!Logo
! Industry
! State
! Captain
! Debut
! Ownership
|-
| '''Mumbai Heroes'''
|
| [[Bollywood|Hindi/Bollywood]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Riteish Deshmukh]]
| 2011
| [[Sohail Khan]]
|-
| '''Bengal Tigers'''
|
| [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali/Tollywood]]
| [[West Bengal]]
| [[Jisshu Sengupta]]
| 2012
| [[Boney Kapoor]], Raj Shah
|-
| '''Bhojpuri Dabbangs'''
|
| [[Bhojpuri cinema|Bhojpuri/Bhojiwood]]
| [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]]
| [[Manoj Tiwari (politician)|Manoj Tiwari]]
| 2013
| [[Manoj Tiwari (politician)|Manoj Tiwari]], Satender Maan, Ankur Prasad, Pradeep Sehrawat
|-
| '''Chennai Rhinos'''
|
| [[Tamil cinema|Tamil/Kollywood]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| [[Arya (actor)|Arya]]
| 2011
| K. Ganga Prasad
|-
| '''Karnataka Bulldozers'''
|
| [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada/Sandalwood]]
| [[Karnataka]]
| Pradeep
| 2011
| [[Ashok Kheny]]
|-
| '''Kerala Strikers'''
|
| [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam/Mollywood]]
| [[Kerala]]
| [[Kunchacko Boban|Kunchako Boban]]
| 2012
| [[Mohanlal]], [[Rajkumar Sethupathi|Rajkumar]], [[Sripriya]], Shaji, Jaison
|-
| '''Punjab De Sher'''
|
| [[Cinema of Punjab|Punjabi/Pollywood]]
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| [[Sonu Sood]]
| 2016
| Navraj Hans, Puneet Singh
|-
| '''Telugu Warriors'''
|
| [[Telugu cinema|Telugu/Tollywood]]
| [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]]
| [[Akhil (Telugu actor)|Akkineni Akhil]]
| 2011
| [[Venkatesh Daggubati]]
|-
|}

===Defunct team===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Logo
! Industry
! State
! Captain
! Debut
! Ownership
|-
| '''Veer Marathi'''
|
| [[Cinema of Maharashtra|Marathi]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Mahesh Manjrekar]]
| 2013
| [[Riteish Deshmukh]]

|}

===Total performance===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!{{diagonal split header|{{Tooltip|Tms.|Teams}}|{{Tooltip|Sns.|Seasons}}}}
!2011 (4)
!2012 (6)
!2013 (8)
!2014 (8)
!2015 (8)
!2016 (8)
!2017 (6)
!2019 (6)
!2023 (8)
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Mumbai Heroes
| style="background:CCFFFF;" |GS
| style="background:#FFF9C4;" |SF
| style="background:CCFFFF;" |GS
| style="background:#FFF9C4;" |SF
| style="background:#FFF9C4;" |SF
| style="background:CCFFFF;" |GS
| style="background:CCFFFF;" |GS
| bgcolor="#81C784" |'''W'''
| style="background:#FFF9C4;" |SF
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Bengal Tigers
|style="background: #D5D8DC;" colspan=1|
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:#FFF9C4;"|SF
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:#FFF9C4;"|SF
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Bhojpuri Dabbangs
|style="background: #D5D8DC;" colspan=2|
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:#FFF9C4;"|SF
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:#FFF9C4;"|SF
|style="background: #D5D8DC;" colspan=1|
|style="background:#FFF9C4;"|SF
| style="background:#90CAF9;"|R
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Chennai Rhinos
|bgcolor=#81C784|'''W'''
|bgcolor=#81C784|'''W'''
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:#90CAF9;"|R
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background: #D5D8DC;" colspan=1|
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{nowrap|Karnataka Bulldozers}}
|style="background:#90CAF9;"|R
|style="background:#90CAF9;"|R
|bgcolor=#81C784|'''W'''
|bgcolor=#81C784|'''W'''
|style="background:#FFF9C4;"|SF
|style="background:#90CAF9;"|R
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:#90CAF9;"|R
|style="background:#FFF9C4;"|SF
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Kerala Strikers
|style="background: #D5D8DC;" colspan=1|
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:#FFF9C4;"|SF
|style="background:#90CAF9;"|R
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:#90CAF9;"|R
|style="background: #D5D8DC;" colspan=1|
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Punjab De Sher
|style="background: #D5D8DC;" colspan=5|
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background: #D5D8DC;" colspan=1|
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Telugu Warriors
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:#FFF9C4;"|SF
|style="background:#90CAF9;"|R
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|bgcolor=#81C784|'''W'''
|bgcolor=#81C784|'''W'''
|bgcolor=#81C784|'''W'''
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:#81C784|'''W'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Veer Marathi†
|style="background: #D5D8DC;" colspan=2|
|style="background:#FFF9C4;"|SF
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background:CCFFFF;"|GS
|style="background: #D5D8DC;" colspan=4|
|}
† 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===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2" style="width:150px"|Team
!colspan=3|Appearances
!rowspan="2" style="width:300px"|Best result

|-
!width=40|Total
!width=40|First
!width=40|Latest
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Mumbai Heroes
| 9 || 2011 || 2023 || bgcolor="gold" | '''Champions''' (2019)
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Telugu Warriors
| 9 || 2011 || 2023 ||bgcolor="gold"| '''Champions''' (2015, 2016, 2017, 2023)
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Karnataka Bulldozers
| 9 || 2011 || 2023 ||bgcolor="gold"| '''Champions''' (2013, 2014)
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Chennai Rhinos
| 8 || 2011 || 2023 ||bgcolor="gold"| '''Champions''' (2011, 2012)
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Kerala Strikers
| 7 || 2012 || 2023 ||bgcolor="silver"| '''Runners-up''' (2014, 2017)
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Bhojpuri Dabbangs
| 7 || 2013 || 2023 ||bgcolor="silver"| '''Runners-up''' (2023)
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Bengal Tigers
| 8 || 2012 || 2023 || style="background:#cc9966"|'''Semi-finals''' (2016, 2019)
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Veer Marathi†
| 3 || 2013 || 2015 || style="background:#cc9966"|'''Semi-finals''' (2013)
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Punjab De Sher
| 3 || 2016 || 2023 || Group Stage (2016, 2019)
|}
† Team now defunct.

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="330" | Mumbai Heroes
! width="330" | Bengal Tigers
! width=330 | Kerala Strikers
! width=330 | Telugu Warriors
! width=330 | Chennai Rhinos
! width=330 | Karnataka Bulldozers
! width=330 | Punjab De Sher
! width=330 | Bhojpuri Dabang
! width=330 | Veer Marathi
|-
| valign="top" |
* [[Ritesh 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 Zafar]]
'''Former players:'''
*[[Sonu Sood]]
| valign="top" |
*[[Jisshu Sengupta|Jisshu]] (captain)
*[[Indrasish Roy|Indrasish]]
*[[Joy Kumar Mukherjee|Joy]]
*[[Jeetu Kamal]]
*[[Bonny Sengupta|Bonny]]
*[[Gourav Chakraborty|Gourav]]
*Uday
*Yousuf
*Jammy
*Rahul
*Sandy
*Suman
*Mohan
*Manty
*Sougata
*Ratnadeep
*Joe
*Ananda
*Aditya
*Arman
*Sourav
'''Former players:'''
*[[Prosenjit Chatterjee]] (mentor)
*[[Jeet (actor)|Jeet]]
*[[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]]
*[[Amitabh Bhattacharjee|Amitabh]]
*[[Rahul Banerjee (actor)|Rahul]]
*Vievek
*Indrajit
*Debraj
*Raja
*Sidd
*Abhi
*Tabun
*Rubin
*Heerok
*Koushik
*Partha
*Prasun
*Debaprio
*Debu

| valign="top" |
* [[Kunchacko Boban]] (Captain)
* [[Indrajith Sukumaran|Indrajith]]
* [[Asif Ali (actor)|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
*[[Lal Jr.|Jean Paul Lal]]
*[[Sanju Sivram]]
*[[Alexander Prasanth|Prasanth Alexander]]
'''Former players:'''
* [[Mohanlal]]
* [[Nivin Pauly]]
* [[Bala (actor)|Bala]]
* [[Riyaz Khan]]
*Arun Benny
* Bineesh Kodiyeri
* [[Rahul Madhav]]
*Sukesh Kuttan
* Rakendhu
* Madan mohan
* [[Munna (actor)|Munna Simon]]
* [[Rejith Menon]]
| valign="top" |
*[[Akhil Akkineni]] (captain)
*[[Daggubati Venkatesh|Venkatesh]]
* [[Sachin Joshi]]
* [[Sudheer Babu]]
* [[Tarun (actor)|Tarun]]
* [[Prince Cecil]]
* [[Sai Dharam Tej]]
*[[Ajay (actor)|Ajay]]
* ESD
* Ashwin Babu
* [[Aadarsh Balakrishna]]
* Nandakishore
* [[Nikhil Siddhartha]]
* Siddarth
* Prabhu
* Raghu
* Roshan
* [[Sushanth]]
* [[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]]
* Samrat Reddy
* Viswa
* [[Thaman S]]
| valign="top" |
* [[Arya (actor)|Arya]] (Captain)
* [[Vishnu Vishal|Vishnu]]
* [[Jiiva]]
* [[Vikranth]]
* [[Shanthanu Bhagyaraj|Shanthanu]]
* [[Prithvi Rajan|Prithvi]]
* [[Ashok Selvan]]
* [[Kalaiyarasan]]
* [[Shiva (actor)|Shiva]]
* [[Bharath (actor)|Bharath]]
* [[Ramana (actor)|Ramana]]
* Aadhav
* Dasarathan
* [[Sharran Kumar|Sharran]]
* [[Bala Saravanan]]
* Sathya
'''Former players:'''
* [[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]]
* [[Hamsavardhan]]
* [[Jayam Ravi]]
* [[Jithan Ramesh]]
* [[Karthik Kumar]]
* [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]]
* [[Nithin Sathya]]
* [[Prem (actor)|Prem]]
* Rishikanth
* [[Sarathkumar]]
* Sri Balaji
* [[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1979)|Srikanth]]
* [[Sundar Ramu]]
* [[Suriya]]
* [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]]
* [[Shaam (actor)|Shaam]]
* [[Bose Venkat]]
* [[Hemachandran (actor)|Hemachandran]]
* [[Master Mahendran|Mahendran]]
* [[Nandha Durairaj|Nandha]]
* Sanjay Bharathi
* Uday Kumar

| valign="top" |
* [[Sudeep]]
* [[Pradeep (Kannada actor)|Pradeep]](Captain)
* [[Shiva Rajkumar]]
* [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]]
* [[Krishna (Kannada actor)|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
* [[Darshan (Kannada actor)|Darshan]]
'''Former players:'''
* [[Dhruv Sarja]]
* [[Chiranjeevi Sarja]]

| valign="top" |
*[[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
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*[[Manoj Tiwari (politician)|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
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*[[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 Kenkre
|}

==Venues==

* [[Ahmedabad]]: [[Narendra Modi Stadium]]
* [[Bengaluru]]: [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]]
* [[Chennai]]: [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]]
* [[Kochi]]: [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]]
* [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]: [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium]]
* [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]: [[Lal Bahadur Shastri 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 (city)|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 Stadium]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Cricket in India}}

==External links==

[[Category:2011 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Indian domestic cricket competitions]]
[[Category:Cricket leagues in India]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2011]]

Celebrity Cricket League - Revision history

Rahulsoman at 08:00, 30 September 2023