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
The six franchises had a purse of $275,000 to buy 10 players, four foreign, six Indian and one junior in the players' auction that was held a few days back in Delhi.
Here, get to know about Mumbai franchise - Mumbai Masters.
Team: Mumbai Masters
Owners: Sunil Gavaskar, Nagarjuna, V Chamundeswarnath
Host Association: Maharashtra Badminton Association
Host Stadium: Sardar Vallabh Patel Stadium
Costliest player: Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) $135,000
List of players purchased in auction
Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) $135,000
Marc Zweibler (Germany) $15,000
Vladimir Ivanov (Russia) $15,000
Tine Baun (Denmark) $30,000
Pranav Jerry Chopra (India) $36,000
Manu Attri (India) $10,000
Siki Reddy (India) $11,000
PC Thulasi (India) $10,000
Rasika Raje (India) $3,000
Sumeet Reddy (India) $7,500
Mumbai Masters schedule
vs Banga Beats - August 14
vs Pune Pistons - August 17
vs Krrish Delhi Smashers - August 20
vs Hyderabad Hotshots- August 22
vs Lucknow warriors- August 24
OneIndia News
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