Sony Entertainment Television presents India's first sports reality show

120 television stars… 8 teams… battling it out for the coveted trophy over 19 matches can only mean one thing… that the big daddy of all reality shows, the Box Cricket League has arrived. Sony Entertainment Television announced the launch of BCL, India’s first ever sports reality show. This unique format has been conceptualized by Marinating Films and produced by Balaji Telefilms; Season 1 of this championship will be telecast on Sony Entertainment Television soon. Cricket has always been considered a religion in India and when mixed with a high dose of glamour and drama, it serves as the ultimate form of entertainment! BCL consists of 8 teams, comprising 120 popular television celebrities who will compete against each other playing a total of 19 matches of 14 overs each. All the teams will be divided into two groups, A and B. Each team in Group A will play against each team of Group B, leading to 4 teams qualifying for the semi-finals. The winner will then compete in a high-octane final for the coveted trophy. Matches will commence with a face-off between the two playing teams, where they will perform signature moves on their team anthem. Giving the mundane coin toss a skip, BCL has introduced a ‘filmy toss’ with options like 'Jai or Veeru', 'Basanti or Dhanno'. Upping the glam quotient will be two BCL titlis, Noorin Shah and Vrushika Mehta, who will perform acts during time outs and the ball change. Making the game more entertaining, viewers will also get to see behind the scenes action, locker room gossips and some extremely creative awards like Gentleman of the Match and Most Stylish Player of the Match amongst others. Speaking on the launch of BCL, Nachiket Pantvaidya, Senior EVP and Business Head, Sony Entertainment Television said, “We are very happy to be associating with Balaji Telefilms and Marinating films for a unique concept like the Box Cricket League. This is 4 weeks of differentiated offering which will provide alternative content to viewers of GEC. I am sure our viewers will enjoy this unique combination of entertainment and cricket to the fullest.” Ekta Kapoor, Joint Managing Director, Balaji Telefilms said, “BCL marks the coming together of top talent from the television industry, whose popularity is unparalleled. We've tweaked the rules of cricket where for the first time on BCL, female stars will play alongside their male counterparts. And when the girls get onto the field, expect reality television like never before.” Sunny Arora, Director, Marinating films said, “BCL will change the way people look at the game of cricket. My vision is that after Season 1 of BCL , young girls will pick up bat and ball and start playing." While the spirit of cricket remains intact, the introduction of new twists in the game is sure to keep the audience entertained. To step up the excitement, during the 6th & 10th overs, the batting captain will challenge the bowling captain to hit a certain number of runs in a single over with a particular bowler. If they manage to hit the number of runs they have challenged them for, then they earn double the runs. If not, they will lose the number of runs they challenged the bowling team. The 7th over will also see a ball change procedure where the players can strategize their next game plan. The BCL Teams are: Pune Anmol Ratn - Prachi Mishra, Shaleen Malhotra, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Sahil Anand, Behzaad Khan, Sumit Suri, Maqbool Khan, Rishika Mihani, Krrishna Soni, Mayank Gandhi, Vrinda Dawda, Vineet Kumar, Rafi Malik, Rahul Roy, Shravan Reddy and Kunicka lal Mumbai Warriors - Karan Tacker, Kunal Pant, Adhvik Mahajan, Nancy James, Sana Khan, Pratyusha Banerjee, Digangana Suryavanshi, Navina Bole, Puneet Sachdeva, Aryan Panditt, Karan Jotwani, Neeraj Malviya, Micckie Dudaaney, Rohit Pareek, Vipul Kumar Gupta, Shaleen Bhanot, Ashish Kapoor, Rucha Hasabanis, Gaurav Khanna and Krystle D'Souza, Rowdy Bangalore - Aslam Khan, Abigail Pande, Abhinav Kapoor, Sailesh Gulabani, Manish Raisinghani, Vindu Dara Singh, Puru Chibber, Ravi Kishan, Shakti Kapoor, Srikant Maski, Ajaz Khan, Ashita Dhawan, Param Singh, Aman Verma, Sara Khan, Paras Chabbra, Chestha Bhagat, Nauman Sait and Prateik Babbar Jaipur Raj Joshiley – Ankita Sharma, Balraj Syal, Puneet Panjwani, Rajiv Thakur, Sneha Wagh, Mantra, Srishty Rode, Manish Nagdev, Sumeet Raghvan, Sandit Kumar Tiwari, Shivin Narang, Sangram Singh, Ali Goni, Mihika Verma, Soohana Sinha, Ankit Modgil and Karan Patel Chandigarh Cubs - Rannvijay Singh Singha, Raghu Ram, Rajiv Laxman, Shantanu Maheshwari, Amit Varma, Sachin Kumar, Yudhishtir Urs (Yudi), Hardevinder Singh Sandhu, Gavie Chahal, Waseem Mushhtaq, Indraneil Sen Gupta, Vishal Karwal, Sidharth Bhardwaj, Varun Sharma, Hasan Zaidi, Gurbani Judge (Bani), Anita Hassanandani, Shveta Salve, Chetna Pande, Barkha Bisht, Additi Gupta and Vikram Bhatt Ahmedabad Express – Sreesanth, Firoza Khan, Aastha, Adaa Khan, Mohd Nazim, Mohit Malik, Chaitanya Choudhary, Aniruddh Dave, Pooja Gor, Arti Singh, Swarupraj Medara, Jaswir Kaur, Gaurav Chopra, Manav Gohil, Arjun Bijlani, Shobhit Attray, Vikas Sethi, Himanshu Malhotra, Madhura Naik, Tina Dutta, Nandish Sandhu, Mrinal Jain, Ajay Chaudhary, Rashmi Desai and Ishtyaq Syed Kolkata Baabu Moshayes - Abhinav Shukla, Alok Narula, Amit Sarin, Ankita Lokhande, Anuj Sachdeva, Avinash Sachdev, Tushar Kapoor, Dimple Jhangiani, Hiten Tejwani, Karan Kundra, Karan Mehra, Meghna Naidu, Nivedita Basu, Naman Shaw, Raj Singh Arora, Salil Acharya, Sharad Malhotra, Sayantani Ghosh, Sudeepa Singh, Sumeet Sachdev and Abhishek Rawat Delhi Dragons - Vishal Koityan, Priya Wal, Surbhi Jyoti, Abhijeet Sawant, Bharat Chawda, Rubina Dilaik, Suyyash Rai, Vishal Singh, Giaa Manek, Karan Grover, Karan Wahi, Niaa Sharma, Rithvik Dhanjani, Asha Negi, Ashish Sharma, Sehban Azim, Kishwer Merchant and Aadesh Choudhary The show will air in December.