dated on: May 31, 2011
One of the most awaited events in the history of Indian Cinema is the CCL (Celebrity Cricket League), the most important thing which is drawing the attention of every one towards is Cricket and on top of it almost all the stars from south, north are participating in this League
The four team which are participating are Mumbai hero's with Salman Khan leading it and Sunil Shetty as vice captain sponsored by Sohail Khan and Tamil Rhinos with Surya as captain and Abbas as Vice Captain sponsored by AMR construction, GVR Infrastructure, Prathyusha Group and Bharathi Cements together and Telugu Warriors with Venkatesh as captain and Vishnu as vice captain sponsored by Majeera Group through Manchu Vishnu and Karnata Bull dozers with Sudeep as captain and Dhruv as vice caption sponsored by AKK Entertainment Limited through Ashok Kheny, the managing director of the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Ltd (NICE); One of the ambassadors of the CCL is Shreya Sharan.
The opening ceremony is going to be held at Bangalore and around 1200 folk artists are going to perform live with Sonu Nigaam and main leads of the Kannada movie prasad Arjun Sarja and Madhuri Bhattacharya as hosts along with Sandalwood actor Ambareesh who is the ambassador of Karnataka team.
Vishnu Induri informed that they have purchased the airtime for airing the matched live on Sahara one nationally for Hindi and English broad cast and for Tamil it will be Vijay TV and Telugu Maa TV and from Star,s Suvarna TV for Kannada broad cast and added that depending upon the future circumstances they will sell broad cast rights to the channel and the surprise is that the organisers said that they will be adding another two teams from the next season.
The schedule of the seven match tourney is:
The four team which are participating are Mumbai hero's with Salman Khan leading it and Sunil Shetty as vice captain sponsored by Sohail Khan and Tamil Rhinos with Surya as captain and Abbas as Vice Captain sponsored by AMR construction, GVR Infrastructure, Prathyusha Group and Bharathi Cements together and Telugu Warriors with Venkatesh as captain and Vishnu as vice captain sponsored by Majeera Group through Manchu Vishnu and Karnata Bull dozers with Sudeep as captain and Dhruv as vice caption sponsored by AKK Entertainment Limited through Ashok Kheny, the managing director of the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Ltd (NICE); One of the ambassadors of the CCL is Shreya Sharan.
The opening ceremony is going to be held at Bangalore and around 1200 folk artists are going to perform live with Sonu Nigaam and main leads of the Kannada movie prasad Arjun Sarja and Madhuri Bhattacharya as hosts along with Sandalwood actor Ambareesh who is the ambassador of Karnataka team.
Vishnu Induri informed that they have purchased the airtime for airing the matched live on Sahara one nationally for Hindi and English broad cast and for Tamil it will be Vijay TV and Telugu Maa TV and from Star,s Suvarna TV for Kannada broad cast and added that depending upon the future circumstances they will sell broad cast rights to the channel and the surprise is that the organisers said that they will be adding another two teams from the next season.
The schedule of the seven match tourney is:
| DATE | CCL Teams | Time & Venue |
| June 4 | Chennai Rhinos Vs Telugu Warriors | 1 pm, Bangalore |
| June 4 | Mumbai Heroes Vs Karnataka Bulldozers | 5 pm, Bangalore |
| June 5 | Karnataka Bulldozers Vs Chennai Rhinos | 1 pm, Chennai |
| June 5 | Telugu Warriors Vs Mumbai Heroes | 5 pm, Chennai |
| June 11 | Chennai Rhinos Vs Mumbai Heroes | 1 pm, Visakhapatnam |
| June 11 | Karnataka Bulldozers Vs Telugu Warriors | 5 pm, Visakhapatnam |
| June 12 | Final Match | Hyderabad |
