Box Cricket League - Punjab (BCL Punjab) is an Indian televised sports reality entertainment show contested annually by teams representing various cities of

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

, India. It is an indoor, unisex league, where the team players are celebrities from the film, music and television industries.

Concept

The concept of BCL - Punjab concept is similar to the concept of box cricket which is a 10 over format

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

match played with a soft ball.

Telecast

The first season of BCL Punjab will be telecast from 28 May 2016 on

PTC Punjabi PTC Punjabi is a Punjabi television network from India. Indian politician and the president of the Shiromani Akali Dal Sukhbir Singh Badal holds a majority stake in PTC. It features general interest programming including news, dramas, comedi ...

, PTC Chakde, and 9X Tashan channel. The television programme will show each of the matches in an episodic manner. Besides the matches, the episodes will show the players' preparations, the discussions in the players' dressing rooms, as well as it will mix a lot of fun and entertainment in the form of games, contests and dance performances. In this league the girls are not mere cheer leaders but would also be a part of the team playing along with the male players.

Owner

The league is owned by Mr. Sumit Dutt (Director of Leostride Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and Xamm Telemedia Works Pvt. Ltd.). He bought the franchise of the league from Marinating Films in 2015.

BCL Punjab Teams

Box Cricket League - Punjab (BCL-Punjab) is a 10 overs cricket tournament reality show where different franchise teams consisting of Punjabi Actors and Singers compete for the Box Cricket League-Punjab title. The tournament started in 2016 and will take place every year. It is currently produced by "Sumit Dutt" There are five teams in Box Cricket League Punjab. As it turned out, the teams taking part in the Box Cricket League are participants in a reality show, organized by producers from Mumbai and brought to reality a hybrid of sports and real life by all the favorite stars of film and pop. *Ambersariye Hawks based in Amritsar; Team Captain - Suyyash Rai *Jalandhariye Panthers based in

Jalandhar Jalandhar is the third most-populous city in the Indian state of Punjab and the largest city in Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is northwest of the state ...

; Team Captain -

Navraj Hans Navraj Hans is an Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer. He is the son of Hans Raj Hans and son-in-law of Daler Mehndi. Musical career Navraj Hans has done playback singing for several Bollywood and Punjabi movies. Hi ...

*Ludhianvi Tigers based in

Ludhiana Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest city in the Indian state of Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the most densely populated urban centre in the state. I ...

; Team Captain Vikramjeet Virk *Chandigarhiye Yankies based in

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which a ...

; Team Captain Kunal Pant *Royal Patialvi based in

Patiala Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the '' Qila Mubarak'' (the 'Fortunate Castle') construct ...

; Team Captain Gavie ChahalBCL Royal Patialvi
/ref> Ambarsariye Hawks, the team of Amritsar, emerged as the champions of BCL Punjab-Season 1.

References

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