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.
Also read: Banga Beats; Mumbai Masters; Krrish Delhi Smashers
The six franchises had a purse of $275,000 to buy 10 players, four foreign, six Indian and one junior in the players auction which was held a few days back in Delhi.
Here, get to know about Lucknow franchise - Lucknow Warriors.
Team - Lucknow Warriors
Owners: Sahara India Pariwar
Host Association: Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association
Host Stadium: Babu Banarsi Das UP Badminton Academy
Costliest player: PV Sindhu (India) $80,000
List of players bought in the auction
PV Sindhu (India) $80,000
Wei Feng Chong (Malaysia) $25,000
RMV Gurusaidutt (India) $40,000
Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand) $15,000
Marcis Kido (Indonesia) $15,500
Maneepong Jongjit (Thailand) $10,000
K Srikanth (India) $34,000
Ruthvika Shivani (India) $3,000
K Maneesha (India) $26,000
Nanda Gopal (India) $10,000
Lucknow Warriors schedule
Vs Pune Pistons - August 26
Vs Krrish Delhi Smashers - August 22
Vs Mumbai Masters - August 24
Vs Banga Beats - August 18
Vs Hyderabad Hotshots - August 14
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