Celebrity Cricket League announced
The Sandalwood stars' cricket team for Celebrity Cricket League was announced by the organizer Induri Vishnu Vardhana at Windsor Manor Hotel in the presence of Artists' Association President Ambarish. Ambarish, Upendra, Raghavendra Rajkumar, Puneeth Rajkumar, Sudeep, Doddanna and Thara were on the dais.
The minimum bidding for Rs. 17 crores for 10 years of Sandalwood stars cricket team for Celebrity Cricket League was also announced.
Ambarish announced the 'Bengaluru Royals' Sandalwood team captain as Kichcha Sudeep; the icon of the team is Super Power Star Puneeth Rajkumar.
The first few matches will be played on January 22nd and 23rd at Chinnaswamy Stadium. For strengthening the Bengaluru Royals team, Ambarish has spoken to India's ex-bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad to be the coach of the team. He has also informed KSCA President Anil Kumble and KSCA SecretaryJavagal Srinath in this matter.
Puneeth Rajkumar, the icon player of Kannada Film Stars team, liked the idea of this kind of match between film industries. This would not only entertain but will help them know their colleagues in other states, said Puneeth Rajkumar.
Bengaluru Royals captain Sudeep, speaking on the occasion, said it is time to be without make up on grounds with bat and ball. The sincerity would give good results and he will work with commitment he said.
Upendra, who was also present on this occasion, asked for a chance to Sudeep to be the 11th man at least. It is better to see the match rather than playing, stated Uppi.
Indur Vishnu Vardhana stated the bidding will be kept open from 10th to 15th December. On Jan 22nd and 23rd matches will be played in Bangalore. On Jan 29th and 30th matches will be played at Hyderabad. The unifroms of five teams -- Mumbai (Mumbai Heroes), Kochi (Kochi Kings), Hyderabad (Telugu Tigers), Chennai (Chennai Stars) and Bangalore (Bengaluru Royals) -- will be announced in Chennai later.
