Kerala Strikers

Team - Kerala Srikers

Captain - Mohanlal

Owners - Mohanlal, Lissy Priyadashan, Shaji

Team members -
Indrajith
Prithviraj
Asif Ali
Kunchako Boban
Bineesh Kodiyeri


Kochi Tuskers has been axed from the IPL T20, but another team from Kerala will star in the T20 matches, but not in IPL, in CCL. All kerala T20 fans can now await the entry of T20 team Kerala Strikers in the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) representing movie actors from the state. The Kerala movies actors team will be captained by Mohanlal, who is also a co-owner of the team

Celebrity Cricket League is a peculiar panorama of collection of icons of Indian film industry joining their hands together at regional levels forming separate franchises. This is the second edition of CCL. In the first edition of CCL, total of four teams participated representing Tamil film industry, Telungu film industry, Bollywood and Kannada film Industry. This time one team representing malayalam film industry and another one representing Bengal film industry will join the group. In the second edition a total of 6 teams will play and the matches will begin on January 21.


The team is jointly owned by the Malayalam film super star Mohanlal, film director Priyadashan's wife, Lissy priyadarshan and Shaji. The other film stars in the team are Indrajith, his brother Pritviraj, Kunchako Bobban, Asif Ali and CPI - M politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan's son Bineesh Kodiyeri. As per the rule of CCL, six heroes should have acted in at least three films, five character artist who should have acted in at least five films and one member who should have acted as a hero in at least one movie.

Lissy Priyadarshini informed that they have invested more than three crore in the team which includes 90 lakhs as the franchisee fees. She also added that the team owners will meet all the expenses of the team. Till now the team is not sponsored by any companies. The owners of all CCL teams will meet on October 6th in a Mega mela at Kochi. The team logo and the team jersey will be released on the same day. She also informed that the entire team will be present on October 6th. The presence of Sourav Ganguly, mentor of Bengal team, Sohail Khan, owner of the Mumbai team and the leading stars from the southern Indian film industry will make the programme a great show. CCL officials are now in talk with the TV media for the telecasting rights and if they allow, the gate will be open for free to everyone.

The teams for the second edition of the CCL are Telegu Warriors representing Telungu film industry, Kerala Strikers representing Malayalam film industry, Mumbai Heroes representing Bollywood, Karnataka Bull Dozers representing Kannada film industries, Bengal Tigers representing Tamil film industry and Chennai Rhinos representing Tamil film industry. The first match will be played on January 21st between Kerala strikers and Telegu Warriors at Hyderabad. Rest of the matches of Kerala strikers will be played at Sharjah, where there is a huge following of Indian films and film stars. Kerala strikers will play their second match against Mumbai heroes on 26th January and will meet Karnataka Bulldozers on 27th Jan. Their 4th match will be played against Bengal Tigers at Kochi. The last league will be played on Feb 4th against Chennai Rhinos in Kolkatta.

The entry of Kerala Strikers will been a great hope for the Kerala T20 fans after the exit of Kochi Tuskers from Indian Premier League. Their match against Bengal tigers will be played at Kochi. On October 6, the official team logo, the jersey and entire team will be unveiled.