India’s First Celebrity Badminton League (CBL) – Season 1 Second league match was played at Hyderabad today in Gachibowli Stadium. CBL Season 1 has Four Celebrity teams representing Tollywood- Tollywood Thunders, Mollywood- Kerala Royals, Kollywood- Chennai Rockers and Sandalwood- Karnataka Alps. All the team owners along with the film stars participated with great enthusiasm to the delight of the audience.
Team (A, B, C, D) was decided by spin wheel method before the league. The initial league round was played between Team A Kollywood – Chennai Rockers Vs Team B Mollywood- Kerala Royals and Team C Sandalwood- Karnataka Alps Vs Team D Tollywood- Tollywood Thunders
Mr. Hemachandran, Founder and CEO, Celebrity Badminton League commenting on the league match 2 played at Hyderabad said, “All the team played with good sprit and put their best efforts to compete with each other and gave a wonderful show today at Gachibowli Stadium. The final match will happen in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 11th we will have the opening ceremony / Star Nite and on November 12th Finals – League will take place at Cheras Stadium Badminton.
The summary of the scores were as follows: (Red- Match Lost, Highlighted Black Match Won)
| Match 1 – Team A Vs Team B | ||||||
| Chennai Rockers | Scores | Kerala Royals | ||||
| Player Name | Player Name | |||||
| MD1 | Arya | Munna | 11
13 |
15
15 |
Rajeev | Arjun |
| WD | Rupa | Gayathri | 07
05 |
15
15 |
Parvathi | Ranjini |
| MD2 | Prasanna | Santhanu | 09
14 |
15
15 |
Baiju | Narain |
| XD | Munna | Suja | 09
15 15 |
15
10 07 |
Jayaram | Parvathy |
| MD3 | Abhinay | Amitash | 15
15 |
11
13 |
Rony | Saiju |
| Match 2 – Team C Vs Team D | ||||||
| Karnataka Alps | Scores | Tollywood Thunders | ||||
| Player Name | Player Name | |||||
| MD1 | Indrajith | Diganth | 15
13 15 |
08
15 14 |
Dasari Arun | Kaushal |
| WD | Kavitha | Disha | 15
15 |
06
11 |
Tejasvi | Sanjana |
| MD2 | Yogesh | Karthick | 07
04 |
15
15 |
Sudeer Babu | Naveen Neni |
| XD | Diganth | Krishi | 05
06 |
15
15 |
Sudheer Babu | Apoorva |
| MD3 | Ravi Chetan | Jagadish | 15
14 15 |
09
15 10 |
Tarun Kumar | Anil Allam |
The Celebrity Badminton League (CBL) brought together the entire South Indian film industry in its very first season and has all indications of becoming a national league by the next edition. The finals will be in Kuala Lumpur and given the popularity of Southern cinema there. CBL is sure to witness large number of fans cheering their favourite stars.
About Celebrity Badminton League (CBL):
CBL is a professionally managed sporting league that provides an innovative, entertaining and high-quality league platform for celebrities to exhibit their badminton abilities and deliver value for fans, partners and professional players. CBL aspires to identify and nurture aspirants to become professional players. CBL is governed and guided by a reputed council comprising industry captains, opinion leaders and venture capital investors, who aim to bring two of the biggest money spinners namely the entertainment and sporting Industry together, making it a national event with value accretion to all stakeholders.
For further information on CBL or the league, please contact:
Venkat Ramanan
Sr. Manager
Tinacca Media
+91 98413 13473
