Pune Pistons was a badminton franchise owned by Mohit Burman (Dabur Group) & Savan Daru for the Indian Badminton League. The team's home ground was the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune. The team was captained by Ashwini Ponnappa.[1] The team participated in the league only in the inaugural season.

Pune Pistons
SportBadminton
Founded2013 (2013)
Folded2013 (2013)
Based inPune, India
Home groundShree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune
Owner
Head coachNikhil Kanetkar
CaptainAshwini Ponnappa
IBL winsnone
Websitewww.punepistons.com

Current squad[2] [3] [4]

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Country Player
  India Ashwini Ponnappa
  Vietnam Nguyễn Tiến Minh
  India Sourabh Verma
  India Anup Sridhar
  Germany Juliane Schenk
  Denmark Joachim Fischer Nielsen
  India Sanave Thomas
  India Arun Vishnu
  Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong
  India Rupesh Kumar K. T.
  India Revati Devasthale

2013 season

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League stage

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14 August, 20:00 at Delhi Delhi Smashers 2 - 3 Pune Pistons
17 August, 20:00 at Lucknow Mumbai Masters 2 - 3 Pune Pistons
19 August, 20:00 at Mumbai Hyderabad HotShots 4 - 1 Pune Pistons
23 August, 18:00 at Pune Banga Beats 1 - 4 Pune Pistons
26 August, 20:00 at Hyderabad Awadhe Warriors 3 - 2 Pune Pistons

Pune Pistons finished the 3rd in the group stage, qualifying for the semi-final.

Team Pts Pld W L GW GL
Hyderabad HotShots 17 5 3 2 14 11
Awadhe Warriors 16 5 3 2 13 12
Pune Pistons 16 5 3 2 13 12
Mumbai Masters 15 5 2 3 13 12
Delhi Smashers 13 5 2 3 11 14
Banga Beats 13 5 2 3 11 14

Semi-final

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Pune Pistons were beaten by Hyderabad HotShots in semi final of Indian Badminton League.[5]

28 August, 20:00 at Hyderabad Pune Pistons 0 - 3 Hyderabad HotShots
  • Ajay Jayaram (HH) beat Tien Minh Nyugen (PP), 21 - 17, 21 – 11.
  • Saina Nehwal (HH) beat Juliane Schenk (PP), 21 – 10, 19 – 21, 11 – 8.
  • Goh V Shem and Lim Khim Wah (HH) beat Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Sanave Thomas (PP), 16 – 21, 21 -14, 11 – 7.

References

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  1. ^ "Pune Pistons". IBL. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Pune Pistons". TOI. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Pune Pistons". Hindustan Times. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  4. ^ "11th player". NEWS NATION. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Match Report of First Semi-final of IBL". 28 August 2013. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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