Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, November 13th 2016: India’s First Celebrity Badminton League (CBL) - Season 1 finals was played at Malaysia today 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. All the team owners along with the film stars participated with great enthusiasm to the delight of the audience. Tollywood Thunders beat Kerala Royals to emerge as the victors in a tightly contested final. Team Karnataka Alps was placed third while Team Chennai Rockers took the last position.
The team positions before the finals were based on points accumulated from the initial league matches at Kochi and Hyderabad were as follows: Kerala Royals were ranked first, followed by Tollywood Thunders, Karnataka Alps and finally Chennai Rockers.
Mr. Hemachandran, Founder and CEO, Celebrity Badminton League commenting on the finals played at Kuala Lumpur said, “The involvement, excitement and professionalism exhibited by the celebrities, our partners and our team, has given us an overwhelming brand mileage and extraordinary reception by the public. In spite of their busy schedule, all the celebrities practiced very hard to compete in a team format with each other and put up a wonderful show for the audience in Malaysia. I would like to congratulate and thank all the team owners and team captains who have made this league a huge success. Our next season promises to be much bigger and more exciting, with the Bollywood industry showing interest to join our elite league!”
Team Details:
Chennai Rockers
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Karnataka Alps
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Tollywood Thunders
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Kerala Royals
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Mr. C.R. Venkatesh- Team Owner
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Ms. Sanghavi& Mr. Justin- Team Owners
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Nandiniy Vijay, SagarPentela&Dheeraj- Team Owners
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Mr.RanjithKarunakaran- Team Owner
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Madhavan- Brand Ambassador
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PuneethRajkumar- Brand Ambassdor
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NagaChaitanya- Brand Ambassdor
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MamthaMohandas- Brand Ambassador
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Amala Paul- Team Motivator
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Aindrita Rai- Team Motivator
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Lakshmi Manchu- Team Motivator
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Pearle Manney- Team Motivator
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Arya- Captain
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Diganth- Captain
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SudheerBabu- Captain
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Jayaram– Captain
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Prasanna
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IndrajithLankesh
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Tarun Kumar
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Narain
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Bharath
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Ravi Chetan
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DasariArun Kumar
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Baiju
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Vaibhav
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Yogesh
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Kaushal Prasad Manda
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Arjun Nandakumar
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Munna
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Prajwal Devraj
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Krishna Chaitanya
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SaijuKurup
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Shanthanu
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Arjun U A
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Sathya Dev
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Rajeev Pillai
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Amitesh
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Jagadish C
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Naveen Neni
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RonyDavid
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AbinayVaadi
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karthick C S
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Anil Allam
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KunchakoBoban
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Iniya
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KavithaLankesh
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TejasviMadivada
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RanjaniHaridas
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Gayathrie
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Disha Poovaiah
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Sanjana Galrani
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Parvathi Nambair
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RupaManjari
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KrishiThapanda
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Apoorva Srinivasan
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Rosin Jolly
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SujaVarunee
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Chandrika
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Sneha
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The summary of the scores were as follows: (Red- Match Lost, BlackMatch Won)
Match 1 Team C Vs Team D
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Tollywood Thunders
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Scores
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Karnataka Alps
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Player Name
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Player Name
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MD1
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Tarun Kumar
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Kaushal
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09
08
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15
15
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Diganth
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Karthick
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WD
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Apoorva
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Tejasvi
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10
15
15
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15
06
10
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Kavitha
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Disha
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MD2
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Sudheer
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Naveen
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15
15
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09
08
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Yogesh
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Jagadish
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XD
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Sudheer
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Shena
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15
15
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05
13
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Chetan
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Krishi
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MD3
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DasariArun
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Anil Allam
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Chetan
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Arjun
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Match 2 Team B Vs Team B
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Chennai Rockers
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Scores
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Kerala Royals
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Player Name
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Player Name
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MD1
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Prasanna
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Munna
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07
11
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15
15
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Jayaram
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KunchakoBoban
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WD
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Gayathri
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Ineya
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08
04
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15
15
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Parvathi
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Ranjini
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MD2
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Abhinay
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Bharath
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15
13
15
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11
15
10
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Naran
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Rony
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XD
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Munna
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Suja
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14
15
11
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15
13
15
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KunchakoBoban
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Rosin Jolly
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MD3
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Shanthanu
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Amitash
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Baiju
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Rajeev Pillai
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Match 3 Team B Vs Team D
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Chennai Rockers
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Scores
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Karnataka Alps
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Player Name
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Player Name
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MD1
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Shanthnu
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Amitash
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07
06
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15
15
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Chetan
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Arjun
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WD
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Suja
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Gayathrie
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15
12
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14
15
15
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Kavitha
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Disha
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MD2
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Abhinay
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Bharath
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05
10
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15
15
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Diganth
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Karthick
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XD
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Munna
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SujaVarunee
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Chetan
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Krishi
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MD3
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Prasanna
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Vaibhav
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Jadagish
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Yogesh
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Finals Match 4 -
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Kerala Royals
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Scores
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Tollywood Thunders
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Player Name
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Player Name
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MD1
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