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INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH, NEW

DELHI

Celebrity Cricket League (CCL 2013)

The Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) is a non-professional
men's cricket league in India, contested by Eight teams
consisting of film actors from Eight major regional film
industries of Indian cinema. The league commenced in
2011. Since its inception, television viewership of CCL matches
have grown to become more popular than the International
Cricket Council (ICC) games.

Details
History
The CCL was inspired by the popularity of the Indian Premier
League, a Twenty20 tournament with franchises in major Indian
cities. Vishnu Vardhan Induri, a Serial Entrepreneur from
Hyderabad is the Founder and Managing Director of CCL who
started CCL in 2010 by selling franchise rights for four teams in

the inaugural season. For the second season two additional

teams were added.

First season
The inaugural season took place in 2011, which was contested
by 4 teams - Chennai Rhinos, Telugu Warriors, Mumbai Heroes
and Karnataka Bulldozers with CCL Season 1, the organisers
planned to create awareness about Anti Piracy. Chennai Rhinos
defeated Karnataka Bulldozers in a thriller and emerged as the
inaugural CCL champions.

Second season
The second season was conducted from 13 Jan to 13 Feb 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. Chennai
Rhinos defeated Karnataka Bulldozers for the second time in a
row and emerged as the CCL 2 champions.

Third season
The Third Season had two new teams, Veer Marathi representing
the Marathi Film Industry and Bhojpuri Dabbangs representing
the Bhojpuri Film Industry. Season 3 Curtain Raiser Event was a
grand affair in Mumbai on 19 Jan 2013, where Salman
Khan, Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu, Prabhu Deva performed with
many other celebrities. Opening Ceremony was at Kochi on 9th
Feb 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.

2013 Celebrity Cricket League

2013 Celebrity Cricket League
Cricket format
Twenty20
Tournament
Round-robin and
format(s)
playoffs
Host(s)
India
Champions
Karnataka
Bulldozers
Participants
8
Matches played
19
Man of the Series Dhruv Sharma (KB)
Most runs
Dhruv Sharma (251)
Most wickets
Raghu (11)
Official website
CCL Official site
2012
2014

The 2013 Celebrity Cricket League, abbreviated as CCL

3 or 2013 CCL, was the third season of the Celebrity Cricket
League, which was a non-professional men's cricket league
in India, established in 2011. The competition featured eight
teams, with the addition of the Veer Marathi and Bhojpuri
Dabbangs. Kalyan Jewellers was the title sponsors of the season.

TEAM OWNERS

MUMBAI HEROES
CHENNAI RHINOS
TELUGU WARRIORS
KARNATAKA BULLDOZERS
KERALA STRIKERS
BENGAL TIGERS
VEER MARATHI
BHOJPURI DABANGGS

MUMBAI HEROES

MUMBAI HEROES CRICKET PVT. LTD.

A prominent film production and distribution company of full
length feature films in Hindi. Produced many large format
events and has organised exhibition matches in various sports
with Bollywood artists in India and Abroad.

Franchise Owner:
Mr. Sohail Khan

CHENNAI RHINOS

CHENNAI RHINOS PVT. LTD.

Mr. K. Ganga Prasad is the Managing Director of GVR Infra
Projects Ltd., the flagship company of the group is an ISO
9001:2008 certified integrated project management company
offering consolidated services in the infrastructure space.

Franchise Owner:
Mr. K. Ganga Prasad

TELUGU WARRIORS

MR. SACHIN J JOSHI

Mr. Sachin J Joshi is an Indian film actor and producer. He has
acted as a lead actor in Hindi and Telugu films.
Apart from being an actor he is a prolific entrepreneur. He is the
Vice Chairman of JMJ Group which is into the business of
hotels, construction, mineral water, tissues, gym and spa as well
as energy drinks.

Franchise Owner:
Mr. Sachin J Joshi

MR. SURESH BABU

Mr. Suresh Babu is a leading Telugu film producer and
understands the business of entertainment better than anyone
else in the industry. He runs Suresh Productions which has
produced over 100 films in all Indian Languages. His hands on
experience and knowledge on the business side coupled with
excellent management skills have helped bring immense success
to his company.

Franchise Owner:
Mr. Suresh Babu

KARNATAKA BULLDOZERS

AKK ENTERTAINMENT PVT. LTD.

Mr. Ashok Kheny is the promoter of Nandi Infrastructure
Corridor Enterprises LTD. (NICE) which is developing the
Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor as the owners of this
Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) project.

Franchise Owner:
Mr. Ashok Kheny

KERALA STRIKERS

PADMA SHREE LT. COL. V. MOHANLAL

Mr. Mohanlal, the four time National Films Award winning
actor, the man with the Midas touch, the versatile actor,
described by film fraternity as the most gifted; a star who
always lived up to the expectations of his fans.

Franchise Owner
Padma shree Lt. Col. V. Mohanlal

MS. LISSY PRIYADARSHAN

Ms. Lissy's transition from one of the silver screen's favourite
leading ladies to one of the cinemas most successful
businesswoman was seamless.

Franchise Owner
MS. LISSY PRIYADARSHAN
MR. SHAJI
Mr. P.M. Shaji is the Managing Director of Cold Point Pvt. Ltd.,
a 33 year old company in the air conditioning industry, having a
base of over 50,000 customers. It is the only company in its field
with an ISO 9001:2008 Quality Certification.

Franchise Owner
Mr.Shaji

BENGAL TIGERS

MR. BONEY KAPOOR

Mr. Boney Kapoor is one of the most high profile Bollywood
producers who has delivered a number of huge successful hits.
Boney Kapoor's journey began in 1980 in the industry and some
of his biggest hits have been movies like Mr.India, No entry,
Company, Wanted and national award winning movie 'Pukar'.

Franchise Owner
Mr. Boney Kapoor

MR. ARJUN KAPOOR

Mr. Arjun Kapoor, the son of Boney Kapoor is an upcoming
Bollywood actor. He won a lot of critical acclaim for his acting
in his debut movie ishaqzaade.

Franchise Owner
Mr. Arjun Kapoor
MR. RAJ SHAH
Mr. Raj Shah started his career as a Management Consultant and
then diversified into distribution of Indian films in North
America, Event management and then on to Line Producing all
over North America. Actively involved in the media world,
sports was the next field to diversify.

Franchise Owner
Mr. Raj Shah

VEER MARATHI

MR. RITEISH DESHMUKH

Mr. Riteish Deshmukh is a highly successful and popular
Bollywood actor who has acted in several Bollywood movies
over the past 10 years. He has been a part of many commercial
as well critically acclaimed films. Apart from his acting skills,
Riteish is also well known for his cricketing abilities.

Franchise Owner:
Mr. Riteish Deshmukh

BHOJPURI DABANGGS

MR. MOHIT KAMBOJ

Mr Mohit Kamboj is the Chairman of KBJ Group and President
of India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd. He is also the
Vice President of BJP for the Mumbai region.
MRS AKSHA KAMBOJ
Mrs Aksha Kamboj is a successful and a leading business
woman. She is the CEO of KBJ Entertainment which diversifies
into Media Solutions and Events.

Franchise Owner
Mr. Mohit Kamboj

Mrs. Aksha Kamboj

Chief Advisor
Mr. Surendra Mehta

Advisor
Mr. Santosh Singh

Spokesperson & Media Advisor:

Mr. Sundeep Koachar

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

DATE DAY

VENUE

MATCH
BETWEEN

TELECAST LIVE
TIME
ON

INDIAN
TEAM 1 TEAM 2 STANDARD
TIME

25-Jan SaturdayMumbai

26-Jan Sunday Bangalore

Mumbai
Heroes

Chennai
Rhinos

Veer
Marathi

Bhojpuri 7.00 pm to
Dabanggs 11.00 pm

Kerala
Strikers

Telugu
3.00 pm to
Warriors 7.00 pm

Karnataka Bengal
Bulldozers Tigers

1-Feb SaturdayDubai

3.00 pm to
7.00 pm

7.00 pm to
11.00 pm

Mumbai
Heroes

Telugu
3.00 pm to
Warriors 7.00 pm

Kerala
Strikers

Veer
Marathi

Bhojpuri Bengal
Dabanggs Tigers

7.00 pm to
11.00 pm
3.00 pm to
7.00 pm

2-Feb Sunday Bangalore

8-Feb SaturdayCuttack

Chennai
Rhinos

Karnataka 7.00 pm to
Bulldozers 11.00 pm

Bengal
Tigers

Mumbai
Heroes

3.00 pm to
7.00 pm

Telugu
Bhojpuri 7.00 pm to
Warriors Dabanggs 11.00 pm

9-Feb Sunday Kochi

15-FebSaturdayHyderabad

Karnataka Veer
Bulldozers Marathi

3.00 pm to
7.00 pm

Kerala
Strikers

Chennai
Rhinos

7.00 pm to
11.00 pm

Veer
Marathi

Mumbai
Heroes

3.00 pm to
7.00 pm

Telugu
Karnataka 7.00 pm to
Warriors Bulldozers 11.00 pm
Bengal
Tigers

16-FebSunday Ranchi

22-FebSaturday

23-FebSunday

Teams

Kerala
Strikers

3.00 pm to
7.00 pm

Bhojpuri Chennai
Dabanggs Rhinos

7.00 pm to
11.00 pm

Semi Final 1 :
3.00 pm to
Kerala Strikers V/s
7.00 pm
Bhojpuri Dabanggs
Semi Final 2 :
7.00 pm to
Karnataka Bulldozers
11.00 pm
Hyderabad
V/s Mumbai Heroes
Final :
5.00 pm to
Karnataka Bulldozers
9.00 pm
V/s Kerala Strikers

The 8 participating teams were divided into 2 groups. Group A

consists of Chennai Rhinos, Telugu Warriors, Kerala
Strikers and Veer Marathi while Group B consists of Karnataka
Bulldozers, Mumbai Heroes, Bengal Tigers and Bhojpuri
Dabbangs. Each team played all of the other teams in the
opposite group during the league stage, and the top four teams
qualified to play in the semi-finals.

Venues
Bangalore: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Chennai: M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
Kochi: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Hyderabad: Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium
Pune: Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium
Dubai: DSC Cricket Stadium
Siliguri: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Kanpur: Green Park Stadium
Squads
Mumbai
Chennai
Heroes
Rhinos
Suniel
Vishal(Captain)
Shetty(Captain) Vikranth(Vice
Aftab
Captain)
Shivdasani(Vice Arya
Captain)
Jiiva
Sohail Khan
Bharath
Bobby Deol
Abbas
Sonu Sood
Jithan Ramesh
Ashish
Shiva
Chowdhry
Shanthanu
Vatsal Sheth
Karthik Kumar
Shabir
Vishnu
Ahluwalia
Ramana
Angad Bedi
Shaam

Karnataka
Bulldozers
Venkatesh(Captain) Sudeep(Captain)
Ram Charan
Dhruv
Tej(Vice Captain) Sharma(Vice
Srikanth
Captain)
Tarun
Pradeep
Nitin
Tharun Chandra
Raghu
Rahul
Charan Teja
Saurav
Ajay
Vishwas
Rajiv Kanakala
Rajeev
Nikhil
Abhimanyu
Karteek
Darshan
Samrat
Chiranjeevi Sarja
Aadarsh
Diganth. M
Telugu Warriors

Apoorva Lakhia Prithvi Rajan

Varun Badola Hamsavardhan
Hussain
Rishikanth
Kuwajerwala Sri Balaji
Raja Bherwani Uday Kumar
Sunny Singh
Sachin Joshi
Manav Gohil
Tushar Jalota
Sharad Kelkar
Varun Rao
Indraneil

Kerala
Strikers
Mohan
Lal(Captain)
Indrajith (Vice
Captain)
Rajeev Pillai
Nivin Pauly
Manikuttan
Vivek Gopan
Bineesh
Kodiyeri
Saiju Kurup
Prajod
Kalabhavan
Madan Mohan
Arjun
Nandakumar
Santhosh
Sleeba
Rakendhu

Bengal
Tigers
Jeet(captain)
Jisshu(vice
captain)
Joy
Dev
Raja
Tabun
Saugata
Amitabh
Indrajit
Suman
Sandy
Kaushik
Heerok
Indrasish
Ruban

Prince
Nandakishore
Vishwa
Harshvardhan
Sunny
Giri
Adetya

Chethan
Dharma
Kreethiraj
Tarun Sudhir
Jayram Karthik
Himmath
Mahesh
SP Manjunath
Avanish

Bhojpuri
Dabanggs
Riteish
Manoj
Deshmukh(Captain) Tiwari(Captain)
Mahesh
Dinesh Lal
Manjrekar(Vice
Yadav(Vice
Captain)
Captain)
Ajit Parab
Ravi Kishan
Ankush Chaudhary Pravesh Lal
Manoje Biddvai
Yadav
Nupur Dhudwadkar Uday Tiwari
Rahul Gore
Vikrant Singh
Rajesh Shringarpure Ajhoy Sharma
Sanjay Narvekar
Aditya Ojha
Siddarth Jadhav
Prakash Jaish
Upendra Limaye
Ayaz Khan
Siddhant Mooley
Sushil Singh
Rahul Sugandh
Abhay Sinha
Raiees Lashkaria
Kesari Lal
Madhav Deochakke Yadav
Vijay Kenkre
Jay Yadav
Veer Marathi

Kumar
Suresh Nair
Riyaz Khan
Shafique
Rehman
Rahul Madhav
Vinu Mohan
Sumesh
Arun Benny

Makrand Deshpande Surya Dwivedi

Siddharth
Vikash Singh
Chandekar
Pawan Singh
Aniket Vishwasrao Santosh Singh
Samir
Ajay Srivastav
Dharmadhikari
Anil Samrat

Points table
Team
Pld
Kerala Strikers
4
Telugu Warriors (R)
4
Veer Marathi
4
Karnataka Bulldozers (C) 4
Bhojpuri Dabanggs
4
Chennai Rhinos
4
Mumbai Heroes
4
Bengal Tigers
4

W
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
0

L
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
4

NR
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0

Pts
6
6
6
5
4
3
2
0

Note: The top four teams qualified for Semifinals.

Fixtures
Group stage
9 February
15:00

NRR
+2.142
+1.960
+1.233
+0.985
1.497
+0.948
0.915
4.587

Chennai Rhinos
187/3 (20 overs)

Bhojpuri Dabanggs
190/5 (19.4 overs)

Bhojpuri Dabanggs won by 5 wickets

Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Chennai Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
9 February
19:00
Mumbai Heroes
135/5 (20 overs)

Kerala Strikers
136/7 (19.1 overs)

Kerala Strikers won by 3 wickets

Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Mumbai Heroes won the toss and elected to bat

10 February
13:00
Veer Marathi
140/4 (20 overs)

Karnataka Bulldozers
144/2 (17.3 overs)

Karnataka Bulldozers won by 8 wickets

Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
Veer Marathi won the toss and elected to bat
10 February
17:00
Bengal Tigers
68/10 (18.5 overs)

Telugu Warriors
71/1 (10.1 overs)

Telugu Warriors won by 9 wickets

Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
Telugu Warriors won the toss and elected to bowl

16 February
15:00
Bhojpuri Dabanggs
167/5 (20 overs)

Kerala Strikers
75/4 (10.2 overs)

Bhojpuri Dabanggs won by 11 runs

(D/L)
Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad
Kerala Strikers won the toss and elected to bowl
16 February
19:00
Karnataka Bulldozers
43/1 (6.1 overs)

Chennai Rhinos

Match abandoned due to rain

Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad
Chennai Rhinos won the toss and elected to bowl

17 February
15:00
Veer Marathi
172/7 (20 overs)

Bengal Tigers
140/6 (20 overs)

Veer Marathi won by 32 runs

Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad
Bengal Tigers won the toss and elected to bowl

17 February
19:00
Mumbai Heroes
134/10 (20 overs)

Telugu Warriors
136/3 (17.5 overs)

Telugu Warriors won by 7 wickets

Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad
Mumbai Heroes won the toss and elected to bat

23 February
19:00
Kerala Strikers
245/2 (20 overs)

Bengal Tigers
98/9 (20 overs)

Kerala Strikers won by 147 runs

DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Kerala Strikers won the toss and elected to bat

23 February
15:00
Mumbai Heroes
171/3 (20 overs)

Chennai Rhinos
152/6 (20 overs)

Mumbai Heroes won by 19 runs

DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Mumbai Heroes won the toss and elected to bat
.
24 February

15:00
Karnataka Bulldozers
171/7 (20 Overs)

Telugu Warriors
131/8 (20 Overs)

Karnataka Bulldozers won by 40 runs

Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Telugu Warriors won the toss and elected to bowl
24 February
19:00
Bhojpuri Dabanggs
174/7 (20 Overs)

Veer Marathi
180/8 (18.1 Overs)

Veer Marathi won by 2 wickets

Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Bhojpuri Dabanggs won the toss and elected to bat
2 March
15:00
Karnataka Bulldozers
169/6 (20 overs)

Kerala Strikers
170/4 (19.2 overs)

Kerala Strikers won by 6 wickets

M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Karnataka Bulldozers won the toss and elected to bat
2 March
19:00
Bengal Tigers
106/9 (20 overs)

Chennai Rhinos
110/1 (11.1 overs)

Chennai Rhinos won by 9 wickets

M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Bengal Tigers won the toss and elected to bat

3 March
15:00
Telugu Warriors
188/3 (20 overs)

Bhojpuri Dabanggs
89/10 (17.1 overs)

Telugu Warriors won by 99 runs

Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Telugu Warriors won the toss and elected to bat

3 March
19:00
Veer Marathi
146/6 (20 overs)

Mumbai Heroes
79/10 (13.1 overs)

Veer Marathi won by 67 runs

Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Mumbai Heroes won the toss and elected to bowl

Semifinals
9 March
15:00
Kerala Strikers

Semifinal 1
Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad

Karnataka Bulldozers

9 March
19:00
Telugu Warriors

Veer Marathi

Semifinal 2
Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad

Final
10 March
19:00
Scorecard
Karnataka Bulldozers
148/5 (20 overs)
Dhruv Sharma 54*(45)
Raghu 2-20

Telugu Warriors
122/7 (20 overs)
Teja 31(23)
Abhimanyu 2-21

Karnataka Bulldozers won by 26

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: E. A. R de Silva and A. Vikramatilleke
Player of the match: Dhruv Sharma

FINANCE
The International Cricket Council has earned $321.2 million
from the successful 2013 CCL that was staged in the Indian subcontinent, reinforcing its dependence on the tentpole property
for its revenues.
In comparison the CCL had earned $230.1 million from the
CCL in 2012.
The CCL had sold the global broadcast rights to colors till 2013
for $1.1 billion. As per the deal, colors got the telecast rights for
CCL matches.
Through the major portion of CCL 2013 revenues were from the
sale of the broadcast rights, it also got income from some
sponsors that include Kalyan, Pepsi, CCL label, Amway, etc.
The CCL total revenue for the year stood at $353.8 million, up
from $134.9 million in 2012.

It must noted that the ICC got a Rs 450 million tax exemption
from the Indian government on a part of its income arising in
India.
Its subscription income went up from $21.9 million in 2012 to
$24.1 million in 2013. Subscription income is the amount CCL
full Members pay every year to fund the annual budget of the
ICC.

MARKETING
BROADCAST PARTNERS

SPONSORS

CCL Calendar 2013

Back up Plans
In a world cup, if the fixtures for a group stage
matches gets and result due to rain or any other
reason then each team gets a point each.
However, in case this happens during the knockout
stage the team with higher net run rate goes
through.
Finnaly in case of a final or a semi final if the
match cannot happen then there is a reserved day
for it.

Why we Choose this Event?

Cricket is a very enthusiastic game and one of my
favourite sports and as CCL 2013 is very close to
my heart.
As tere are celebrities playing themselves so it
make it more interesting and thrilling to watch.
The tournament was one of its kind which saw
things like never before.
There are teams of bollywood tycoons like Salman
Khan in which his own brother Sohail Khan
played.

To add to the glamous there were performances by

superstars like Yo Yo Honey Singh and many other
singers and actors took part to make it more
special.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Websites:
www.google.com
www.scribd.com
www.wikipedia.com

Newspapers & Magazines:

India today
Business India

 Times of India
Hindustan Times