Indian Badminton League (IBL) is a franchise-based city teams tournament which is worth $1 million. This is the richest badminton league in the world. Six teams will be seen in action from August 14 to 31, 2013. This year's is the inaugural edition of IBL. Krrish Delhi Smashers, Lucknow Warriors, Mumbai Masters, Banga Beats, Pune Pistons and Hyderabad Hotshots are the teams.
Here, get to know about Bangalore franchise - Banga Beats.
Team: Banga Beats - Bangalore
Owners: BOP Group
Host Association: Karnataka Badminton Association
Host stadium: Kanteerava Indoor Stadium
Costliest player: Parupalli Kashyap ($75,000)
Chief coach: U Vimal Kumar
List of players purchased in auction
Parupalli Kashyap (India) $75,000
Hu Yun (Hong Kong) $50,000
Carolina Marin (Spain) $10,000
Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei) $25,000
Carston Margensen (Denmark) $50,000
Akshay Dhanwalkar (India) $36,000
Aparna Balan (India) $12,000
Aditya Prakash (India) $5,000
Arvind Bhat (India) $7,500
J Meghana (India) $4,000
"Banga Beats" is an ode to that spirit and soul of sports-loving people of one of the most ethnically-diverse cities in the world! In fact, the Banga Beats logo, truly captures the mind, soul and imagination of the people of Karnataka," says the franchise.
Banga Beats schedule
vs Mumbai Masters - August 14
vs Lucknow Warriors - August 18
vs Krrish Delhi Smashers - August 25
vs Hyderabad Hotshots - August 27
vs Pune Pistons - August 23
OneIndia News
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