India, Jan. 16 -- At the end of the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) season in 2025, Kiccha Sudeep, the captain of the Karnataka Bulldozers and one of the most ardent supporters of the tournament, had announced that they would introduce a system that allows teams to have fan participation as players. Season 12, which kickstarts on January 16, 2026, was supposed to ring in the initiative, but didn't. The plan, though, is still afoot, say the organizers, promising that CCL Season 13 in 2027 will have fans playing with their favourite stars.

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Last year, when Sudeep had said that they were looking at 2 players per team and had laid down a bunch of ground rules ...