Indian Badminton League IBL 2013 Matches Details

Indian Badminton League IBL 2013 Matches Details

Indian Badminton League (IBL) has received overwhelming response from India Inc.  Till now, the IBL organizers have received 18 expressions of interest from the corporates for six franchises.

Further, 12-14 bids are expected more over the coming fortnight. A total of eight cities are in the fray for the six franchises in the inaugural edition of the $1 million IBL, which is the highest prize-money badminton tournament in the world. The league will be held in world-class venues across six cities in India from June 24 to July 11, 2013.

So far, the Hyderabad franchise has attracted the maximum number of interest from corporates, followed by Bangalore and Mumbai.  The eight cities in the fray are – Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Lucknow and Nagpur.It began with a tough match and it ended with one. Parupalli Kashyap of Banga Beats lost to Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in straight sets but not before the Indian star gave a tough fight. The men’s singles match was followed by the women’s singles match where Saina Nehwal was given a neck-to-neck fight by Tai Tzu Ying before Saina won the match 21-17, 14-21, 11-8. After four matches, the tie was leveled at 2-2 and it took a fifth match to decide the winner for the 12th Day of the Indian Badminton League. Carsten Mogensen and Aparna Balan of Banga Beats played a superb match where they were a set down, but overcame all the pressure to win the match and the tie for Banga Beats -18-21, 21-18, 11-9. Banga Beats haven’t made it to the semis but they can for sure leave with their heads held high.