{"id":3983,"date":"2016-09-19T15:26:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T15:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=3983"},"modified":"2016-09-19T15:26:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T15:26:03","slug":"indias-1st-cbl-tournament-gets-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=3983","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s 1st CBL tournament gets underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_8444_renamed_16344.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3984\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3984 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_8444_renamed_16344-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"img_8444_renamed_16344\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_8444_renamed_16344-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_8444_renamed_16344.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>CBL Season 1 has Four Celebrity teams representing Kollywood, Mollywood, Sandalwood and Tollywood<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9443.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3985\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3985 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9443-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"img_9443\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9443-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9443.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Chennai, September 17<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong> 2016: <\/strong>India\u2019s First Celebrity Badminton League (CBL) &#8211; Season 1 gets underway with the first round of matches being played at Kochi on 24<sup>th<\/sup> September 2016. CBL Season 1 has Four Celebrity teams representing Kollywood, Mollywood, Sandalwood and Tollywood. At the glittering launch function all the team owners and the film stars participated with great enthusiasm. Karnataka Alps team members alone were introduced video conferencing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9547.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3986\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3986 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9547-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"img_9547\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9547-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9547.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The much awaited team details announced were as follows:<\/p>\n<p>TOLLYWOOD THUNDERS<\/p>\n<p><u>Team Owners<\/u><\/p>\n<p>An entrepreneur with varied business interests, Nandiniy Vijay runs her animaon college in Chennai called GIGA (Global Instute of Gaming and Animaon) and also has produced many tele-commercials. She also runs an adversing agency and has years of experience in film distribuon.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sagar Pentela, entrepreneur and a hotelier, graduated from Victoria university in Internaonal Business (New Zealand). He is currently seled in Chennai aer more than a decade in New Zealand. His businesses ventures include, retail, restaurants, texles, organic farming and technology based adversing. Mr. Sagar\u2019s latest venture is a lounge bar called INK303 in Chennai. He is also part of many NGO\u2019s. He was born into a business and movie producon family from Guntur. He is an avid follower of sports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9454.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3987\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3987 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9454-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"img_9454\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9454-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9454.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Dr Dheeraj, is one of the youngest cardio thoracic surgeons in India. He finished MBBS, Ms and Mch in Sri Ramachandra University Chennai. He is currently praccing at Apollo hospitals Chennai.<\/p>\n<p><u>Tollywood Celebries:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Naga Chaitanya \u2013 Brand Ambassador<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lakshmi Manchu \u2013 Team Movator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sudheer Babu \u2013 Captain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9572.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3988\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3988 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9572-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"img_9572\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9572-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9572.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Tarun Kumar \u2013 Vice Captain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charmy Kaur &#8211; Team Supporter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nikhil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kaushal Manda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anil<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9438.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3989\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3989 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9438-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"img_9438\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9438-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9438.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Krishna Chaitanya<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sathya Dev<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Naveen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tejasvi Madivada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sanjana Galrani<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apoorva Srinivasan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9425.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3990\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3990 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9425-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"img_9425\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9425-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_9425.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>CHENNAI ROCKERS<\/p>\n<p><u>Team Owner<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Mr. C. R. Venkatesh is the Managing Director and Chief Execuve O\ufb03cer of DOT COM INFOWAY, ADATHA, GMASA and GALATA MEDIA.<\/p>\n<p><u>Kollywood Celebries:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Madhavan \u2013 Brand Ambassador<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arya \u2013 Team Captain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amala paul \u2013 Team Movator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bharath<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vaibhav<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amitash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prasanna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Munna Simon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shanthnu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ineya<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gayathri<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rupa Manjari<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suja Varunee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abhinay Vaddi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>KERALA ROYALS<\/p>\n<p><u>Team Owner:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ranjith Karunakaran is the Chairman of EAK group of companies and has been associated with various other business enterprises like hospitality and steel export.<\/p>\n<p><u>Mollywood Celebries:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mamta Mohandas \u2013 Brand Ambassador<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jayaram \u2013 Team Captain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Narain \u2013 Vice Captain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pearlemaaney \u2013 Team Movator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baiju<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arjun Nandakumar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saiju Kurup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sekhar Menon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rajeev Pillai<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sreenath Bhasi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rony David<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ranjini Haridas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parvathi Nambiar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rosin Jolly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>KARNATAKA ALPS<\/p>\n<p><u>Team Owner:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jusn is the founder of Alpha Digitech and an advisory member in the Board of Directors of GMASA and Mobilogi, a Malaysian company.<\/p>\n<p><u>Team Co-Owner:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Sanghavi is an Indian film actress and model, known for her works in Tamil cinema, Kannada cinema, and Telugu cinema. She has starred in over 95 feature films in a span of 22 years.<\/p>\n<p><u>Sandalwood Celebries:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Puneeth Rajkumar \u2013 Brand Ambassador<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aindrita \u2013 Team Movator<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diganth \u2013 Captain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yogesh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Indrajit Lankesh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prajwal Devaraj<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ravi Chetan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jagadish C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arjun U. A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Karthik C. S.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kavitha Lankesh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Krishi Tapanda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disha Pooviah<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abanka Deka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speaking at the launch, <strong>Mr. Hemachandran, Founder &amp; CEO of CBL<\/strong> said, \u201c<em>CBL in its<\/em> <em>first season has been able to garner support from the top four south Indian cine personalities, proving that badminton is one of the most loved sports across the world. Our ambition is to ensure that we will have a team from Bollywood and in future from even Hollywood participating in the next few CBL seasons.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Celebrity Badminton League (CBL) is bringing 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Celebrity Badminton League (CBL):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBL Season 1 has Four Celebrity teams representing Kollywood, Mollywood, Sandalwood and Tollywood Chennai, September 17th 2016: India\u2019s First Celebrity Badminton League (CBL) &#8211; Season 1 gets underway with the first round of matches being played at Kochi on 24th September 2016. CBL Season 1 has Four Celebrity teams representing Kollywood, Mollywood, Sandalwood and Tollywood. 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