PremiumCelebrity Cricket League 2025: Full schedule of Season 11 out now
Celebrity Cricket League 2025: The 2025 edition of the Celebrity Cricket League will kick off on January 31 in Hyderabad, with all 8 teams in action
File image of team Karnataka Bulldozers
Last Updated: 10.15 PM, Dec 11, 2024
The 11th season of the popular Celebrity Cricket League – a T20 tournament played in Test format with each team playing 2 innings of 10 overs each – is set to begin on January 31. The league brings together showbiz and sports, as film stars, technicians, etc., put their best cricketing action on display. Spread over almost a month, matches in the Celebrity Cricket League are only scheduled for weekends – 1 on Friday, 2 each on Saturday and Sunday.
This time too, there are 8 teams – Karnataka Bulldozers, Mumbai Heroes, Bhojpuri Dabanggs, Telugu Warriors, Bengal Tigers, Chennai Rhinos, Kerala Strikers and Punjab De Sher. Each team plays 4 matches, and the top 4 proceed to the semi-final. Last year, the loser of the 1st qualifier had another shot at playing in the final in the second qualifier, against the winner of the eliminator. This year, going by the schedule that’s been announced, it looks like they are following a straight-forward semis-format between the top 4 teams.
The Celebrity Cricket League 2025 full schedule
| Mumbai Heroes | Telugu Warriors | January 31, 2025 | 6.30 pm | Hyderabad |
| Bhojpuri Dabanggs | Punjab De Sher | February 1, 2025 | 2:00 pm | Hyderabad |
| Chennai Rhinos | Mumbai Heroes | February 1, 2025 | 6:30 pm | Hyderabad |
| Kerala Strikers | Bengal Tigers | February 2, 2025 | 2:00 pm | Hyderabad |
| Telugu Warriors | Karnataka Bulldozers | February 2, 2025 | 6.30 pm | Hyderabad |
| Mumbai Heroes | Bengal Tigers | February 7, 2025 | 6.30 pm | Kolkata |
| Telugu Warriors | Punjab De Sher | February 8, 2025 | 2:00 pm | TBD* |
| Chennai Rhinos | Kerala Strikers | February 8, 2025 | 6:30 pm | TBD* |
| Bengal Tigers | Punjab De Sher | February 9, 2025 | 2:00 pm | TBD* |
| Chennai Rhinos | Karnataka Bulldozers | February 9, 2025 | 6:30 pm | TBD* |
| Bhojpuri Dabanggs | Kerala Strikers | February 14, 2025 | 2:00 pm | Bengaluru |
| Bengal Tigers | Karnataka Bulldozers | February 14, 2025 | 6:30 pm | Bengaluru |
| Telugu Warriors | Kerala Strikers | February 15, 2025 | 2:00 pm | Bengaluru |
| Karnataka Bulldozers | Bhojpuri Dabanggs | February 15, 2025 | 6:30 pm | Bengaluru |
| Chennai Rhinos | Punjab De Sher | February 16, 2025 | 2:00 pm | Delhi |
| Mumbai Heroes | Bhojpuri Dabanggs | February 16, 2025 | 6:30 pm | Delhi |
| Semi-final 1 | February 22, 2025 | 2:00 pm | Vizag | |
| Semi-final 2 | February 22, 2025 | 6.30 pm | Vizag | |
| Final | February 23, 2025 | 6.30 pm | Vizag |
Jisshu Sengupta’s Bengal Tigers are the defending champions, having defeated Kiccha Sudeep’s Karnataka Bulldozers in a hard-fought finale. All the matches were available to stream live on JioCinema, with the broadcast partner Sony Sports Ten5. League organizers are yet to announce the official broadcast and streaming partners of the 2025 season.
Last year, for the milestone 10th edition, the tournament began with a weekend in Sharjah, after which the action moved back to India. Vishnu Induri the MD of Celebrity Cricket League has tied up with Alankar Pandian of Invenio Origin for this edition of the tournament.