Celebrity Badminton League Explained

Celebrity Badminton League CBL
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Label1:Country
Data1: India
Label2:Website
Data2:www.cblindia.com
Label3:Founding Year
Data3:2016
Header4:Founding Team
Label5:CEO and Founder
Data5:L Hemachandran
Label6:Founding Director
Data6:L Raghuraman
Label7:Investor
Data7:JP Academy Mr.Praveen J
Header8:Season 1 Captains
Label9:Chennai Rockers
Data9:Arya (actor)
Label10:Karnataka Alps
Data10:Diganth
Label11:Kerala Royals
Data11:Jayaram
Label12:Tollywood Thunders
Data12:Sudheer Babu
Header13:Season 1 Brand Ambassador
Label14:Gokulam Chennai Rockers
Data14:Madhavan
Label15:Karnataka Warriors
Data15:Puneeth Rajkumar
Label16:Tollywood Thunders
Data16:Naga Chaitanya
Label17:Kerala Royals
Data17:Mamtha Mohandas
Header18:Season 1 Team Motivators
Label19:Chennai Rockers
Data19:Amala Paul
Label20:Karnataka Alps
Data20:Aindrita Rai
Label21:Tollywood Thunders
Data21:Lakshmi Manchu
Label22:Kerala Royals
Data22:Pearle Manney
Header23:Team Owners / Founders
Label24:Chennai Rockers
Data24:BAIJU GOKULAM
Label25:Karnataka Warriors
Data25:RAJIV AND BAKTHI
Label26:Kerala Royals
Data26:[Ranjith Karunakaran]
Label27:Tollywood Thunders
Data27:Nandini Vijay
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Celebrity Badminton League - CBL is an Indian-based new league platform for celebrities started in Jan 2016 to exhibit their badminton talent. It is combination of sports and entertainment with cine stars taking part in CBL season 1 played by four south Indian states namely Tamil Nadu - Chennai Rockers, Kerala - Kerala Royals, Karnataka - Karnataka Alps and Telangana - Tollywood Thunders.[1]

Seasons

Season 1

CBL Season 1 which held from 17 September 2016 -Chennai to 12 November 2016 Finals in Malaysia in a grand and successful manner.[2]

Hemachandran L, Founding Director and CEO of Celebrity Badminton League Pvt Ltd, said during a press meet, "The first season will have four teams representing Kollywood, Mollywood, Sandalwood and Tollywood film industries."[3]

The Tamil Nadu team (Chennai Rockers) was headed by actor Arya. The Kerala franchise (Kerala Royals) roped in actor Jayaram as the captain. The Karnataka franchise (Karnataka Alps) captain actor Diganth headed the team. Tollywood Thunders was captaining the team.

The tournament was inaugurated on 17 September and the league matches was hosted in Kochi and Hyderabad. The final match was held at Kuala Lumpur.Malaysia Event 12 Nov 2016 - CBL SEASON 1 Winner TOLLYWOOD THUNDERS[4]

India’s First Celebrity Badminton League (CBL) - Season 1 finals was played at Malaysia in Stadium Badminton Cheras, KL. CBL Season 1 had Four Celebrity teams representing Tollywood- Tollywood Thunders, Mollywood- Kerala Royals, Kollywood- Chennai Rockers and Sandalwood- Karnataka Alps.Tollywood Thunders beat Kerala Royals to emerge as the victorious Team that was a tightly contested final. Team Karnataka Alps was placed third while Team Chennai Rockers took the last position.

Season 2

CBL season 2 has seen many changes with change in team owners of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Chennai team has been taken over by Vice Chairman of GOKULAM GROUP OF COMPANIES Baiju Gopalan for 2 Cr rupees. and Karnataka team has been taken over by Rajiv and Bakthi Talreja of Dreamcraft event management company.

CBL able to sustain second year with support of Franchise owners and also they are in the process of raising huge Venture Capital Funding. Season 3 will happen in Mumbai and Dubai in December 2018 which will have Bollywood, too.

Notes and References

  1. News: Four teams representing film industry in southern States will be competing. The Hindu. 18 August 2016 . 2 February 2017.
  2. News: Celebrity Badminton League and the way to move ahead. The Hindu. 25 October 2016 . 2 February 2017.
  3. Web site: Celebrity Badminton League and the way to move ahead. 17 September 2016 . The Indian Express. 2 February 2017.
  4. Web site: Celebrity Badminton League CBL 2016 Kerala Royals vs Tollywood thunders vs Karnataka Alps. 24 September 2016 . ibtimes.co.in. 2 February 2017.