TV stars gear up for Box Cricket League; to be played from 23 March

Box Cricket League
Cricket is a game the entire nation loves to watch. And when you get a chance to flex your muscles and play it, there’s nothing better than that. But your favourite TV stars hardly get this opportunity. So when the chance came knocking, 60 players from the television world signed up to be a part of the much talked about Box Cricket League, which will be played among six teams from 23 March with a grand finale on 6 April (2014). And this initiative has been taken by Sunny Arora, owner Marinating Films, an entertainment company. Speaking to Tellychakkar.com, Sunny shares, “I have been involved in cricket from the time I was in my hometown Pritampura. And we always used to play cricket in office with soft balls, so suddenly one night at around 2am, the idea struck me and till morning I managed to formalize all the details. And in two days with the help of friends the idea spread like wild fire and today we are all set to have a grand opening soon.” TV celebrities will be playing the matches in a 100 X 100 X 40 feel box like pitch with soft smiley balls. And interestingly the match will have females not just cheering the guys but also playing the game. Each team will compromise of 14 members wherein only eight will be allowed to play in a match, six males and two females. The eleven over innings will also have a compulsion for the fairer sex to bowl an over. And coming to the teams, Sunny adds, “The team will have a captain and also a promoter. Also we have managed to rope in Jacky Shroff as the brand ambassador of the Babu Moshaye team. The entertainment quotient will be handled by Noorin Shah. And at the end of each match there will be three awards, Man of the match, Lucky Man of the Match and the Khadda of the Match, who as the name suggests will be given to the weakest player (smiles). And now coming to the team, Tellychakkar.com brings you the complete list: Delhi Fukrey: Vishal Singh (Promoter), Ritwik Dhanjani, Asha Negi, Kishwer Merchantt, Suyash Kumar (Captain), Mohd. Nazim, Shaleen Malhotra, Sehban Azim, Surbhi Jyoti, Giia Manek, Bharat Chawda, Ashish Sharma and Priyanca Talukdar. Mumbai Mastram: Karan Tacker, Krystle D’Souza (Captain), Karan Patel, Nakuul Mehta, Nia Sharma, Puneet Sachdev, Chahat Khanna, Rajesh Kumar, Ankit Gera, Adaa Khan, Dimple Jhanjani, Rucha Hasabnis, Aly Goni, Sana Khan and Anand Mishra (Promoter). Surma Bhopali: Sara Khan (Captain & Promoter), Paras Chabbra, Tina Dutta, Ravi Kishen, Divyanka Tripathi, Ashmit Patel, Zulfi Syed, Shawar Ali, Manish Rai Singhania, Shailesh Gubani, Vindoo Dara Singh and Abigail Pande. Jaipur Joshiley: Kamya Punjabi, Pratyusha Banerjee, Siddharth Shukla, Anoop Soni, Rajiv Thakur (Captain), Avinash Sachdev, Sneha Wagh, Sangram Singh, Ajaz Khan, Jasvir Kaur and Ashish Sablawat (Promoter). Babu Moshayes: Jackie Shroff (Brand Ambassador), Nivedita Basu (Promoter), Rajesh Khera, Karan Mehra (Captain), Abhinav Shukla, Raj Singh Arora, Karan Kundra, Ravi Dubey, Salil Acharya, Naman Shaw, Sangram Singh, Meghna Naidu, Additi Gupta, Vikrant Massey, Hanif Hilal and Anita Hassanandani. Ghaint Punjabis: Barkha Bisht (Captain), Indroniel Sen Gupta, Sunny Arora (Promoter), Jay Soni, Devoleena Bhattacharya, Anas Rashid, Sukirti Kandpal, Amit Varma, Firoza Khan, Mazhar Syed, Mouli Ganguly, Angad Hasija and Harry Anand. The league matches will be held on 23, 28, 29, 30 March and 4 April, whereas the semi-final is on 5 April followed by the final match the next day. Stay hooked to Tellychakkar.com for match updates and the final results. So which team are you cheering for? Send in your views in the comment box below.
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