Celebrity Badminton League

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]

Celebrity Badminton League CBL
Country India
Websitewww.cblindia.com
Founding Year2016
Founding Team
CEO and FounderL Hemachandran
Founding DirectorL Raghuraman
InvestorJP Academy Mr.Praveen J
Season 1 Captains
Chennai RockersArya (actor)
Karnataka AlpsDiganth
Kerala RoyalsJayaram
Tollywood ThundersSudheer Babu
Season 1 Brand Ambassador
Gokulam Chennai RockersMadhavan
Karnataka WarriorsPuneeth Rajkumar
Tollywood ThundersNaga Chaitanya
Kerala RoyalsMamtha Mohandas
Season 1 Team Motivators
Chennai RockersAmala Paul
Karnataka AlpsAindrita Rai
Tollywood ThundersLakshmi Manchu
Kerala RoyalsPearle Manney
Team Owners / Founders
Chennai RockersBAIJU GOKULAM
Karnataka WarriorsRAJIV AND BAKTHI
Kerala Royals[Ranjith Karunakaran]
Tollywood ThundersNandini Vijay

Seasons

Season 1
Winners - CBL Season 1

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

Hemachandran L,[3] 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."[4]

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 September 17 and the league matches was hosted in Kochi and Hyderabad. The final match was held at Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia Event Nov 12th 2016 - CBL SEASON 1 Winner TOLLYWOOD THUNDERS[5]

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.

References
  1. "Four teams representing film industry in southern States will be competing". The Hindu. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  2. "Celebrity Badminton League and the way to move ahead". The Hindu. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  3. tamilcinemareview (2016-09-15), Insiprational speech by CBL CEO Hemachandran that every youth should watch !, retrieved 2018-03-19
  4. "Celebrity Badminton League and the way to move ahead". The Indian Express. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  5. "Celebrity Badminton League CBL 2016 Kerala Royals vs Tollywood thunders vs Karnataka Alps". ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
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