Karnataka Bulldozers emerge champions of CCL in Coimbatore
Karnataka Bulldozers won the 12th Celebrity Cricket League title by defeating Bengal Tigers in the final at SNR Grounds, Coimbatore, marking the city’s first time hosting the CCL.
Prasanth Subramani
Coimbatore played host to the semifinals and finals of the 12th edition of Celebrity Cricket League(CCL).
Karnataka Bull Dozers over powered the Bengal Tigers in the finals held at SNR Grounds, Coimbatore from 06.30 PM onwards on Sunday, 01 February 2026.
Previously in the semi finals held on Saturday, 31 January 2026 at SNR Grounds, Karnataka Bulldozers defeated Chennai Kings while Bengal Tigers edged past Kerala Strikers.
Bengal Tigers won the toss and chose to bat first. Opener Joy Kumar Mukherjee led the batting with a well paced 54 of 44 balls with 2 boundaries and four sixes.He was supported by skipper Jisshu Sengupta. The 9th wicket pair of Indrashish Roy and Ananda Choudhary played well in the last four overs to lift the team from 99/8 in 16 to 129 all out in 20. Prathap (3 wkts) and Suneel (2 wkts) were the leading wicket takers for Karnataka.
Chasing a modest total, Karnataka lost opener Nirup in the first over. But a determined partnership of 83 runs between the dextrous Rajeev Hanu (69 of 37) and a dogged Darling Krishna Ganesh (4 of 12) took the match away from Bengal. Ratnadip Ghosh created a flutter by taking 3 quick wickets. But Karthik Jayaram and Manjunath Gowda ensured that Karnataka bulldozed their way to the title with 6 wickets and 4 balls to spare. The captain of Karnataka, Kicha Sudeep lifted the coveted trophy. Karnataka has won the CCL after 12 years having won it back in 2014. With 3 titles, they are only behind Telugu Warriors (4 titles) in the list of most successful teams in CCL. Chennai Rhinos (2 titles), Punjab De Sher and Bengal Tigers have won the title already.
The CCL organisers were in praise of Coimbatore for the organisational support and the sportive crowd. Coimbatore played host for the first time and shall hopefully be a part of future editions of CCL. The Coimbatore audience had a wonderful experience as they got to see some great cinema stars in a cricket pitch and were also treated to some good quality cricket contests.
