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Box Cricket League
2018 Logo
Genre	Sports
Created by	Balaji Telefilms
Presented by	RJ Pritam Singh (Season 2) Sumeet Vyas (Season 2) VJ Benafsha Soonawalla (Season 3–4) VJ Ayesha Adlakha (Season 3)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	4[1]
No. of episodes	89
Production
Producer	Ekta Kapoor[2]
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 Minutes (season 1) 45 Minutes (season 2) 1 Hour 22 Minutes (season 3-4)
Production companies	Balaji Telefilms[3] Marinating Films
Original release
Network	Sony Entertainment Television (season 1) Colors TV (season 2) MTV India[4] (season 3–4)
Release	14 December 2014 (2014-12-14) – 22 May 2019 (2019-05-22)

Box Cricket League (BCL) is an Indian sports reality television show where celebrities are seen competing against each other in an indoor cricket game format.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Establishment

The BCL was inspired by the popularity of the Celebrity Cricket League, a T10 tournament with franchises in major Indian cities. The series is a unique collaboration of sports, celebrities and entertainment conceptualized by Marinating Films.^[10] The inaugural season had 8 teams competing against each other. For the second season, two additional teams were added.^[11]

History

First season

The inaugural season took place in 2014, which was contested by 8 teams – Chandigarh Cubs, Delhi Dragons, Rowdy Bangalore, Mumbai Tigers, Kolkata Baabu Moshayes, Jaipur Raj Joshiley, Pune Anmol Ratn and Ahmedabad Express. Delhi Dragons emerged as the inaugural BCL champions. The first season aired on Sony Entertainment Television India.^{[citation needed]}

Second season

The second season took place in 2016. Two new cricket teams, Chennai Swaggers and Lucknow Nawabs were added to the BCL. Again in Season 2, Delhi Dragons for the second time in a row and emerged as the 2 times champions of BCL.^[12] The second season aired on Colors TV.

Third season

The third season premiered on 25 February 2018.^[13] Lucknow Nawabs defeated the two-time champions Delhi Dragons and emerged as the winners of Season 3.^[14] The third aired on MTV India.^[15] RJ Sidhu was the commentator for BCL 3.^[16]

Fourth season

The fourth season premiered on 29 April 2019. The fourth season continued aired on MTV India. RJ Sidhu was the commentator for BCL 4.^{[citation needed]}

Series details

Teams

The show consists of teams competing for grand prize.^[17]

Teams' performances

Team Members: Season 1

Chandigarh Cubs

Rowdy Bangalore

Kolkata Baabu Moshayes

Pune Anmol Ratn

Delhi Dragons

Mumbai Warriors

Jaipur Raj Joshiley

Ahmedabad Express