Tollywood Thunders Wins The Finals Of The Celebrity Badminton League at Malaysia
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, Sagar Pentela & Dheeraj- Team Owners
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Mr.Ranjith Karunakaran- Team Owner
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Madhavan- Brand Ambassador
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Puneeth Rajkumar- Brand Ambassdor
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NagaChaitanya- Brand Ambassdor
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Mamtha Mohandas- 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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Sudheer Babu- Captain
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Jayaram– Captain
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Prasanna
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Indrajith Lankesh
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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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Dasari Arun 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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Saiju Kurup
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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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Rony David
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Abinay Vaadi
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karthick C S
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Anil Allam
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Kunchako Boban
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Iniya
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Kavitha Lankesh
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Tejasvi Madivada
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Ranjani Haridas
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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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Rupa Manjari
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Krishi Thapanda
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Apoorva Srinivasan
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Rosin Jolly
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Suja Varunee
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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, Black Match 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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Dasari Arun
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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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Kunchako Boban
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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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Kunchako Boban
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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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Suja Varunee
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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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Kunchacko
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Baiju
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04
07
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15
15
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Sudheer
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Naveen
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WD
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Parvathi
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Ranjani
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15
15
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06
10
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Apoorva
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Tejasvi
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MD2
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Narain
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Rony David
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06
06
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15
15
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Dasari Arun
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Anil Allam
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XD
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Jayaram
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Parvathi
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09
07
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15
15
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Sudheer
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Shena
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MD3
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Arjun
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Rajeev Pillai
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Tarun Kumar
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Kaushal
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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 held in Kuala Lumpur was a huge success given the popularity of Southern cinema in Malayasia. CBL has integrated Sport and entertainment in the right mix to enthral an audience who love to see their celebrities in flesh and blood competing against one another in right earnest.
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 international event with value accretion to all stakeholders.
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