The Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) 2023 will get underway from February 18. The cricketing extravaganza will witness eight teams from eight regional Indian cinema in action over a course of one-month. The CCL 2023 final will be played in Hyderabad on March 19.

The league started in 2011 to bring in sports and entertainment together. A total of 19 matches will be played during the tournament. Mumbai Heroes, Karnataka Bulldozers, Chennai Rhinos, Telugu Warriors, Kerala Strikers, Bengal Tigers, Punjab de Sher, and Bhojpuri Dabbangs are the eight teams competing in CCL 2023. 

Prominent actors like Ritesh Deshmukh will feature for Mumbai Heroes while Sunil Shetty, Bobby Deol, and few other bollywood celebrities will also be showcasing their cricketing prowess. Two well-known South Asian athletes, Kichcha Sudeep and Akhil Akkineni, will also compete in CCL 2023.

The venues of the CCL 2023 matches are Jaipur, Hyderabad, Raipur, Jodhpur, Bengaluru, and Thiruvananthapuram.

Where to watch the CCL 2023 matches?

The Celebrity Cricket League’s broadcasting rights have been purchased by Zee Entertainment. As a result, India’s cricket fans may watch the live broadcast of the CCL T20 tournament in 9 different languages and on 9 separate channels.

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

The Zee5 app will offer live coverage of the Celebrity Cricket League in 2023. The Celebrity Cricket League YouTube page will have highlights of the CCL 2023 matches available for viewers as well.

What is the schedule for CCL 2023?

Date	Time (IST)	City/State	Matches
18-Feb-23	14:30	Bangalore	Match 1: Telugu Warriors vs Kerala Strikers
18-Feb-23	19:00	Bangalore	Match 2: Chennai Rhinos vs Karnataka Bulldozers
19-Feb-23	14:30	Chandigarh	Match 3: Bengal Tigers vs Bhojpuri Dabanggs
19-Feb-23	19:00	Chandigarh	Match 4: Mumbai Heroes vs Pubjab De Sher
25-Feb-23	14:30	Jaipur	Match 5: Telugu Warriors vs Chennai Rhinos
25-Feb-23	19:00	Jaipur	Match 6: Bhojpuri Dabanggs vs Punjab De Sher
26-Feb-23	14:30	Jaipur	Match 7: Kerala Strikers vs Karnataka Bulldozers
26-Feb-23	19:00	Jaipur	Match 8: Mumbai Heroes vs Bengal Tigers
04-Mar-23	14:30	Hyderabad	Match 9: Chennai Rhinos vs Bhojpuri Dabbangs
04-Mar-23	19:00	Hyderabad	Match 10: Bengal Tigers vs Telugu Warriors
05-Mar-23	14:30	Trivandrum	Match 11: Karnataka Bulldozers vs Punjab De Sher
05-Mar-23	19:00	Trivandrum	Match 12: Mumbai Heroes vs Kerala Strikers
11-Mar-23	14:30	Chennai	Match 13: Bengal Tigers vs Karnataka Bulldozers
11-Mar-23	19:00	Chennai	Match 14: Mumbai Heroes vs Chennai Rhinos
12-Mar-23	14:30	Hyderabad	Match 15: Kerala Strikers vs Bhojpuri Dabbangs
12-Mar-23	19:00	Hyderabad	Match 16: Telugu Warriors vs Punjab De Sher
18-Mar-23	14:30	Hyderabad	Semi Final 1 vs Semi Final 4: SF1
18-Mar-23	19:00	Hyderabad	Semi Final 2 vs Semi Final 3: SF2
19-Mar-23	19:00	Hyderabad	Final Match

CCL 2023: Squads, Captains, Sponsors

Teams	Industry	State	Captains	Sponsors/Owners
Karnataka Bulldozers	Kannada/Sandalwood	Karnataka	Pradeep	Ashok Kheny
Mumbai Heroes	Hindi/Bollywood	Maharashtra	Riteish Deshmukh	Sohail Khan
Bengal Tigers	Bengali	West Bengal	Jisshu Sengupta	Boney Kapoor
Telugu Warriors	Telugu/Tollywood	Andhra Pradesh,	Akkineni Akhil	Sachiin Joshi
Kerala Strikers	Malayalam	Kerala	Kunchacko Boban	Mohan Lal, Rajkumar, Sripriya
Chennai Rhinos	Tamil	Tamil Nadu	Arya	K. Ganga Prasad
Bhojpuri Dabbangs	Bhojpuri	Uttar Pradesh, Bihar	Manoj Tiwari	Anand Bihari, Manoj Tiwari
Punjab De Sher	Punjabi	Punjab	Sonu Sood	Navraj Hans, Puneet Singh

Karnataka Bulldozers

Pradeep, Rajeev H, Sudeep Kiccha, Suneel Rao, Jayram Karthik, Prathap, Prasanna, Shiva Rajkumar, Ganesh, Krishna, Sourav Lokesh, Chandan, Arjun Yogi, Nirup Bhandari, Nanda Kishore, and Sagar Gowda.

Bhojpuri Dabbangs

Manoj Tiwari, 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, and Sudhir Singh.

Bengal Tigers

Uday, Indrasish, Mohan, Suman, Joy, Joe, Yusuf, Jeetu Kamal, Jammy, Ratnadip Ghosh, Ananda Chowdhury, Sandy, Aditya Roy Banerjee, Arman Ahamed, Manty, Rahul Mazumdar, Gaurav Chakrabarty, Boney, and Sourav Das.

Mumbai Heroes

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, Jatin Sarna, and Amit Sial.

Chennai Rhinos

Arya, Vishnu Vishal, Jiiva, Vikranth, Shantanu, Prithivi, Ashok Selvan, Kalai Arasan, Mirchi Shiva, Bharath Niwas, Ramana, Satya, Dasarathan, Sharan, Aadhav, and Balasaravanan.

Kerala Strikers

Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Rajeev Pillai, Unni Mukundam, Arjun Nandakumar, Indrajit Sukumaran, Siddharath Menon, Manikuttan, Vijay Yesudas, Shafeeq Rahman, Vivek Gopan, Saiju Kurup, Vinu Mohan, Nikhil K Menon, Prajod Kalabhavan, Antony Pepe, Jean Paul Lal, Sanju Shivaram, Siju Wilson, and Prashanth Alexander.

Punjab de Sher

Sonu Sood, Jimmy Shergil, Ayushmann Khurrana, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Binnu Dhillon, Jassie Gill, Rahul Dev, Gavie Chahal, Dev Kharoud, Gulzar Chahar, Babbal Rai, Aryaman Sapru, Navraj Hans, Yuvraj Hans, Mukul Dev, Arjan Bajwa, and Harmeet Singh.

Telugu Warriors

Akhil Akkineni, Sachin Joshi, Ashvin Babu, Dharam, Aadarsh, Nanda Kishore, Nikhil, Raghu, Samrat, Taraka Ratna, Tarun, Vishwa, Prince, Sushanth, Khayyum, and Harish.