Indian Badminton League

 

Indian Badminton League is a Franchise League Proposed by Badminton Association of India(BAI)

The league will have 6 franchises.The matches will be played in two legs home and away.The inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton League will take place in India from  August14 - 31.2013

 

The teams comprise 4 foreign and 6 Indian players.The Teams are -

 

• Banga Beats

• Hyderabad Hotshots

• Delhi Smashers

• Mumbai Masters

• Pune Pistons

• Lucknow Wariors

Squads

Hyderabad Hotshots

 

 

Saina Nehwal, Pradnya Gadre, Tarun Kona, Ajay Jayaram, Kanthi Visalakshi P, Shubhankar Dey and C Rahul Yadav (India); Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia); Tanongsak (Thailand); Goh V Shem and Lim Khim Wah (Malaysia)

Mumbai Masters

 

Pranav Chopra, Siki Reddy, Manu Attri, PC Thulasi, Sumeet Reddy, Rasika Raje and Harsheel Dani (India); Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia); Tine Baun (Denmark); Marc Zwiebler (Germany); Vladimir Ivanov (Russia) 

Delhi Smashers

 

Jwala Gutta, HS Prannoy, Sai Praneeth, Arundhati Pantawane, V Diju and Prajakta Sawant (India); Wong Wing Ki (Hong Kong); Boon Heong Tan and Kien Keat Koo (Malaysia); Nichaon Jindapon (Thailand)

Banga Beats

 

Parupalli Kashyap, Akshay Dewalkar, Aparna Balan, Arvind Bhat, Aditya Prakash, J Meghana and Daniel Farid (India); Hu Yun (Hong Kong); Carsten Mogensen (Denmark); Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei); Carolina Marín (Spain) 

Pune Pistons

 

Ashwini Ponnappa, Saurabh Verma, Anup Sridhar, Sanave Thomas, Arun Vishnu and Rupesh Kumar KT (India); Nguyen Tien Minh (Vietnam); Juliane Schenk (Germany); Joachiam Fischer Nielsen (Denmark); Tan Wee Kiong (Malaysia)   

 Lucknow Warriors

 

PV Sindhu, Gurusai Dutt, K Srikanth, Ruthvika Shivani, K Maneesha, Nanda Gopal and Vinay Singh (India); Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand); Markis Kido (Indonesia); Chong Wei Feng (Malaysia)

 

Tournament Schedule

 

Delhi
August 14 (Wednesday) Krrish Delhi Smashers Vs Pune Pistons, 8PM
August 15 (Thursday) Hyderabad Hotshots Vs Lucknow Warriors, 4PM; Banga Beats vs Mumbai Masters, 8PM
Lucknow
August 17 (Saturday) Krrish Delhi Smashers Vs Hyderabad Hotshots, 4PM; Mumbai Masters Vs Pune Pistons, 8PM
Mumbai
August 18 (Sunday) Banga Beats Vs Lucknow Warriors, 8PM
August 19 (Monday) Hyderabad Hotshots Vs Pune Pistons, 8PM
August 20 (Tuesday) Krrish Delhi Smashers Vs Mumbai Masters, 8PM
Pune
August 22 (Thursday) Hyderabad Hotshots Vs Mumbai Masters, 4PM; Lucknow Warriors Vs Krrish Delhi Smashers, 8PM
August 23 (Friday) Pune Pistons Vs Banga Beats, 8PM
Bangalore
August 24 (Saturday) Lucknow Warriors Vs Mumbai Masters, 8PM
August 25 (Sunday) Banga Beats Vs Krrish Delhi Smashers, 8PM
Hyderabad
August 26 (Monday) Lucknow Warriors Vs Pune Pistons, 8PM
August 27 (Tuesday) Hyderabad Hotshots Vs Banga Beats, 8PM
Hyderabad
August 28 (Wednesday) First Semi-final, 8PM
Bangalore
August 29 (Thursday) Second Semi-final, 8PM
Mumbai
August 31 (Saturday) Final, 8PM

TV Broadcasting

ESPN and Star Sports 2 will broadcast the games live, with matches beginning at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. IST.

 

Prizemoney

The league winners take home Rs 3.5 crore, the runners-up will win a purse of Rs 2 crore 

 

The players auction for the first IBL was held in Delhi on  July 22,2013

 

   

Indian players -

Parupalli Kashyap represent Banga Beats

 

Saina Nehwal represent Hyderabad Hotshots

 

Jwala Gutta represent Delhi Smashers

 

Aswini Ponnappa represent Pune Pistons

   

Jwala Gutta of Delhi Smashers, Denmark's Mathias Boe of Awadhe Warriors, Saina Nehwal of Hyderabad Hotshots and PV Sindhu of Awadhe Warriors at the unveiling of the Indian Badminton League Trophy

   

2013 Indian Badminton League Match Results

Date	Venue	Winner	Loser	Score
Aug 14,2013	Delhi	Pune Pistons	Delhi Smashers	3-2
Aug 15,2013	Delhi	Hyderabad HotShots	Awadhe Warriors	3-2
Aug 15,2013	Delhi	Mumbai Masters	Banga Beats	3-2
Aug 17,2013	Lucknow	Delhi Smashers	Hyderabad HotShots	3-2
Aug 17,2013	Lucknow	Pune Pistons	Mumbai Masters	3-2
Aug 18,2013	Lucknow	Banga Beats	Awadhe Warriors	4-1
Aug 19,2013	Mumbai	Hyderabad HotShots	Pune Pistons	4-1
Aug 20,2013	Mumbai	Mumbai Masters	Delhi Smashers	4-1
Aug 22,2013	Pune	Hyderabad HotShots	Mumbai Masters	3-2
Aug 22,2013	Pune	Awadhe Warriors	Delhi Smashers	4-1
Aug 23,2013	Pune	Pune Pistons	Banga Beats	4-1
Aug 24,2013	Bangalore	Awadhe Warriors	Mumbai Masters	3-2
Aug 25,2013	Bangalore	Delhi Smashers	Banga Beats	4-1
Aug 26,2013	Hyderabad	Awadhe Warriors	Awadhe Warriors	3-2
Aug 27,2013	Hyderabad	Banga Beats	Hyderabad HotShots	3-2
SF 1 –Aug 28	Hyderabad
SF 3-Aug 29	Bangalore
Final – Aug 31	Mumbai