CBL Season 2 - Karnataka Warriors Lift the Trophy
Posted on: 04/Mar/2018 11:58:18 AM
Karnataka Warriors won the Celebrity Badminton League (CBL) – Season 2. The match was played on 25th February 2018.
The tournament was for 5 titles – Men’s singles, Men’s doubles, Women’s singles, Women’s doubles, and Mixed doubles.
Category results
Karnataka Warriors emerged as champion in the categories of Men’s singles, Men’s doubles, and Mixed Doubles. Thus, it won the overall trophy.
Kerala Royals took the 2nd place winning the balance 2 categories – Women’s Singles and Women’s Doubles.
Individual results
Manoranjan from Karnataka Warriors won the Men’s Singles Final against Sreeshanth from Kerala Royals. The duo Manoranjan and Harsha from Karnataka Warriors won the Men’s Double, Munna Simon and Rajiv Pillai of Kerala Royals were the runners-up.
Parvathy Nambiar and Ranjani Haridas and Rosin Jolly from Kerala Royals won the Women’s Singles and Women’s Doubles respectively. Ravi Chetan and Disha Poovaiah of Karnataka Warriors emerged as champions in Mixed Doubles.
The tournament was a huge success with thrilling matches of close results and a good audience.
Talent Hunt
As part of Season 2, CBL team had organized NextGen ‘Talent Hunt’, as a launch pad for the talented youngsters, with an aim to select and nurture potential aspirants.
NextGen ‘Talent Hunt’ was organized across 3 cities in Tamil Nadu in Chennai, Coimbatore, and Madurai. There were a total of 557 registrations across 3 different age categories – Under 10, Under 13 and Under 15 . The tournament took place on the 17th and 18th of February at the above 3 cities. At the end of the tournament, total prize money of 1 Lakh rupees was handed over to the winners and runners-up.
Winners of Talent Hunt
As the NextGen Champions, 4 players were selected based on their performance in the tournament for the sponsorship awards.
Srinidhi of Kanchipuram (Chennai) – Winner: Under 15 girls Singles & Doubles, Under 13 Girls Singles.
Sanjay NairofThiruvallur (Chennai) – Winner: Under 15 Boys Doubles & Runners Up under 15 Boys Singles
Reshika of Thirunelveli (Madurai) – Winner: Under 13 Girls Singles & Runners Up under 15 Girls Doubles
Niranjan Nandakumar (Coimbatore) – Winner: Under 13 Boys Singles & Doubles
Mr. Hemachandran, Founding Director & CEO – CBL, had encouraging words while addressing the gathering. He said, “I am delighted with the success of the CBL Season 2. We had an exciting time conducting the event and I am very sure that everyone associated with this would also feel the same. The mélange of different communities and the diverse talent adds a lot of memorable and colorful moments worth cherishing. With our endeavor to promote and groom future talents, this year we also have been able to sponsor aspiring Badminton players under the NextGen program. We plan to take this forward on a large scale in the coming years.”
