Celebrity Cricket League 2024: Opening match sees Mumbai Heroes triumph – WATCH

Kerala Strikers are defeated by Mumbai Heroes, led by Ritesh Deshmukh, by an 8-run margin.

The Celebrity Cricket League kicked off with a bang today in Sharjah, Dubai. Mumbai Heroes and Kerala Strikers played a close encounter that was streamed live on JioCinema. After winning the toss, the Mumbai Heroes decided to bat first.

The Kerala strikers took an 8-run advantage in the first inning while chasing a 76-run goal. With dominant performances from Sharad Kelkar and Navdeep in their second innings, the Mumbai Heroes amassed a winning hundred runs, setting a daunting target of 92 runs in 10 overs for the Kerala Strikers.

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Celebrity Cricket League 2024 stars Salman Khan, Bobby Deol, Suniel Shetty, Kiccha Sudeep, Daggubati Vekatesh, and Sohail Khan were among those who attended the league’s opening game and witnessed the Mumbai Strikers’ first victory.

Salman Khan gave an interview with JioCinema during the first match.

He said, “When we started in the first year, I never thought that we would see 10 years. The simple reason was that they were not competing against each other. Our Mumbai team was not competing, but the south teams were so competitive, and then Bhojpuri came in and then Kolkata came in, and we had no choice but to compete with them. Even though we haven’t won the championship, there will be a time. I hope it is this time because our boys have been working really hard. They shoot, then they train, then they get injured, and then they go back to shooting. At home for us, it is like the World Cup or IPL because Sohail is here and dad watches it, so all the matches that are played, we watch them quite seriously. Dad gets really upset when he sees that our team has messed up. We watch this very seriously and also take it very seriously.”

Watch the double header on JioCinema at 2:00 PM when the Bhojpuri Dabbangs take on the Telugu Warriors and at 6:30 PM when the Karnataka Bulldozers take on the Mumbai Heroes.

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