When T20 cricket was introduced in 2004, people were not interested. Many cricket boards were also not giving much preference to it till the first T20 World Cup in 2007 was organized. After India won the inaugural World Cup in 2007 and with the IPL’s entry in 2008, the popularity of T20 cricket took a spike. Now, numerous T20 leagues are being played worldwide and Bollywood is also very fond of the game. The acting community in India has set its own successful T20 league which is called Celebrity Cricket League. The 7th T20 season of the league will commence on February 18. Meanwhile, fans are asking on which TV channel they can watch the live telecast of CCL 2023. You will get to know the Celebrity Cricket League schedule and streaming details in this space.
CCL 2023 Teams
CCL 2023 is going to be an 8-team affair. The teams are Mumbai Heroes, Karnataka Bulldozers, Chennai Rhinos, Telugu Warriors, Kerala Strikers, Bengal Tigers, Punjab de Sher and Bhojpuri Dabbangs. Many acting stars will be part of the league. Ritesh Deshmukh will lead Mumbai Heroes, including Sunil Shetty, Bobby Deol and many other Bollywood Stars. While, south stars like Kichcha Sudeep, Akhil Akkineni are also part of the actors’ T20 league.
CCL 2023 Live Telecast Channel in India
Zee Entertainment has acquired the broadcasting rights of the Celebrity Cricket League. So, in India, the live telecast of the CCL T20 league can be watched on 9 different channels in 9 languages. Below is the list of channels where you can watch actors’ T20 cricket league.
- Zee Anmol Cinema – Hindi
- & Pictures – English
- Zee Thirai – Tamil
- Zee Cinemalu – Telugu
- Zee Picchar – Kannada
- Flowers TV – Malayalam
- PTC Punjabi – Punjabi
- Zee Bangla Cinema – Bangla
- Zee Biskope – Bhojpuri
Celebrity Cricket League Live Streaming
The live streaming of Celebrity Cricket League 2023 will be available on the Zee5 app. Fans who want to watch the highlights of CCL 2023 matches can subscribe Celebrity Cricket League channel on Youtube.
CCL Cricket 2023 Schedule
In the group stage, all 8 teams will play 4 matches each. So, the group stage will see a total of 16 games. Then, the top 4 teams will enter the semi-finals. The group stage will be hosted by five venues; Lucknow, Jaipur, Bangalore, Trivandrum, and Jodhpur. While the semi-finals and the final are scheduled to play at Hyderabad. The start date of CCL 2023 is February 18 and the final is to be played on March 19. On TV channel, the live telecast of CCL 2023 matches will start at 2:30 PM and 7:00 PM.
Mumbai Heroes, Karnataka Bulldozers, Chennai Rhinos, Telugu Warriors, Kerala Strikers, Bengal Tigers, Punjab de Sher and Bhojpuri Dabbangs
Group Stage
Date | Match | Time | Venue |
18 Feb | Bengal Tigers vs Karnataka Bulldozers | 2:30 PM | Lucknow |
18 Feb | Chennai Rhinos vs Mumbai Heroes | 7:00 PM | Lucknow |
19 Feb | Kerala Strikers vs Telugu Warriors | 2:30 PM | Lucknow |
19 Feb | Punjab de Sher vs Bhojpuri Dabbangs | 7:00 PM | Lucknow |
25 Feb | Chennai Rhinos vs Bhojpuri Dabbangs | 2:30 PM | Jaipur |
25 Feb | Bengal Tigers vs Telugu Warriors | 7:00 PM | Jaipur |
26 Feb | Kerala Strikers vs Karnataka Bulldozers | 2:30 PM | Jaipur |
26 Feb | Punjab de Sher vs Mumbai Heroes | 7:00 PM | Jaipur |
4 Mar | Punjab de Sher vs Telugu Warriors | 2:30 PM | Bangalore |
4 Mar | Chennai Rhinos vs Karnataka Bulldozers | 7:00 PM | Bangalore |
5 Mar | Bengal Tigers vs Bhojpuri Dabbangs | 2:30 PM | Trivandrum |
5 Mar | Kerala Strikers vs Mumbai Heroes | 7:00 PM | Trivandrum |
11 Mar | Kerala Strikers vs Bhojpuri Dabbangs | 2:30 PM | Jodhpur |
11 Mar | Punjab de Sher vs Karnataka Bulldozers | 7:00 PM | Jodhpur |
12 Mar | Chennai Rhinos vs Telugu Warriors | 2:30 PM | Jodhpur |
12 Mar | Bengal Tigers vs Mumbai Heroes | 7:00 PM | Jodhpur |
Semi-finals & The Final
Date | Match | Time | Venue |
18 Mar | Semi-final 1 | 2:30 PM | Hyderabad |
18 Mar | Semi-final 2 | 7:00 PM | Hyderabad |
19 Mar | Final | 7:00 PM | Hyderabad |
CCL 2023 All Teams’ Squads
Mumbai Heroes Squad: Riteish Deshmukh (captain), Suniel Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Sohail Khan, Bobby Deol, Jay Bhanushali, Saqib Saleem, Shabir Ahluwalia, Raja Bherwani, Sharad Kelkar, Apoorva Lakhia, Sameer Kochar, Sidhant Muley, Madhav Deochake, Freddie Daruwala, Vatsal Sheth, Adarsh Balakrishna, Rajniesh Dugali, Nishant Dahiya, Navdeep Tomar, Sandeep Juwatkar. Owner: Sohail Khan.
Telugu Warriors Squad: Akhil Akkineni (captain), Sachin Joshi, Ashwin Babu, Sai Dharam Tej, Aadarsh, Nanda Kishore, Nikhil, Raghu, Samrat, Taraka Ratna, Tarun, Vishwa, Prince, Sushanth, Khayyum, Harish. Owner: Sachiin J Joshi. Mentor: Venkatesh.
Punjab De Sher Squad: Sonu Sood (captain), Jimmy Shergil, Ayushman Khurrana, Gurpeet Ghuggi, Binnu Dhillon, Jassi Gill, Rahul Dev, Gavie Chahal, Dev Kharoud, Gulzar Chahal, Babbal Rai, Aryaman Sapru, Navraj Hans, Yuvraj Hans, Mukul Dev, Arjan Bajwa, Harmeet Singh. Owners: Navraj Hans, Puneet Singh.
Karnataka Bulldozers Squad: Pradeep (captain), H Rajeev, Kichcha Sudeep, Suneel Rao, Jayram Karthik, Prathap, Prasanna, Shiva Rajkumar, Ganesh, Krishna, Saurav Lokesh, Chandan, Arjun Yogi, Nirup Bhandari, Nanda Kishore, Sagar Gowda. Owner: Ashok Kheny.
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Chennai Rhinos Squad: Arya (captain), Vishnu Vishal, Jiiva, Vikranth, Shantanu, Prithivi, Ashok Selvan, Kalai Arasan, Mirchi Shiva, Bharath Niwas, Ramana, Satya, Dasarathan, Sharan, Aadhav, Balasaravanan.
Bengal Tigers Squad: Jisshu Sengupta (captain), Uday, Indrasish, Mohan, Suman, Joy, Joe, Yusuf, Jeetu Kamal, Jammy, Ratnadip Ghosh, Ananda Chowdhury, Sandy, Aditya Roy Banerjee, Arman Ahamed, Manty, Rahul Mazumder, Gaurav Chakrabarty, Boney, Sourav Das. Owners:Boney Kapoor, Raj Shah.
Kerala Strikers Squad: Kunchacko Boban (captain), Asif Ali, Rajeev Pillai, Unni Mukundan, Arjun Nandakumar, Indrajit Sukumaran, Siddharth Menon, Manikuttan, Vijay Yesudas, Shafeeq Rahman, Vivek Gopan, Saiju Kurup, Vinu Mohan, Nikhil K Menon, Prajod Kalabhavan, Antony Pepe, Jean Paul Lal, Sanju Sivaram, Siju Wilson, Prashanth Alexander. Owners:Mohanlal, Rajkumar, Sripriya, Shaji, Jaison.
Bhojpuri Dabanggs Squad: Manoj Tiwari (captain), Ravi Kishan, Vikrant Singh, Aditya Ojha, Asgar Khan, Ayaz Khan, Jay Yadav, Vikas Singh Virappan, Ajhoy Sharma, Shailesh Sinha, Dinesh Lal Yadav, Parvesh Lal Yadav, Uday Tiwari, Anshuman Singh Rajpoot, Khesari Lal Yadav, Vikas Jha, Baivaw Rai, Sudhir Singh. Owner: Anand Bihari Yadav.
CCL Cricket Winners List
So far, eight seasons of Celebrity Cricket League have been played. From 2011 to 2016, it was played in the T20 format while the last two seasons were in the T10 format. The last season was played in 2019 which was won by Telugu Warriors. Here is the Celebrity Cricket League Winners list.
- 2011 – Chennai Rhinos
- 2012 – Chennai Rhinos
- 2013 – Karnataka Bulldozers
- 2014 – Karnataka Bulldozers
- 2015 – Telugu Warriors
- 2016 – Punjab de Sher
- 2017 – Telugu Warriors (T10)
- 2019 – Telugu Warriors (T10)