Banga Beats

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Banga Beats
BB
City Bangalore, India
Founded 2013
Home ground(s) Kanteerava Indoor Stadium
Owner(s) BOP Group
Captain Parupalli Kashyap
Head coach U. Vimal Kumar
IBL wins none
Official website http://www.bangabeats.com/

Banga Beats is a franchise badminton team representing Bengaluru in the Indian Badminton League (IBL). The team is one of the six founding members of IBL in 2013. The franchise is owned by conglomereate BOP group. The primary home ground of the Banga Beats is the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru. The team is captained by Indian badminton player, Parupalli Kashyap, and coached by U. Vimal Kumar.[1]

Chief Coach of the Bengaluru outfit of the Indian Badminton League. In the auction held in August, the team bought the players- Carolina Marin, Carsten Mogensen and P. Kashyap among others.

Kashyap was purchased for USD 75000. Cartsen Morgensen was offered a place after on of their previous doubles players expressed concern about his fitness. Cartsen Morgensen happily accepted the offer and bagged a salary of $50000. Other players include Honkong badminton player Hu Yun, Indian players Aditya Prakash, Arvind Bhat, S. Daniel Farid, Akshay Dewalkar, J. Meghana and Aparna Balan.

Current squad

2013 season

Main article: 2013 Indian Badminton League
15 August, 20:00 at Delhi Banga Beats 2 - 3 Mumbai Masters
18 August, 20:00 at Lucknow Banga Beats 4 - 1 Awadhe Warriors
23 August, 18:00 at Pune Banga Beats 1 - 4 Pune Pistons
25 August, 18:00 at Bangalore Banga Beats 1 - 4 Delhi Smashers
27 August, 18:00 at Hyderabad Banga Beats 3 - 2 Hyderabad HotShots

Banga Beats failed to qualify for semi-finals and finished last in the league table, with 13 points.

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References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "IBL announces 11th players of five teams". http://www.indianbadmintonleague.co. Indian Badminton League. Retrieved 2 August 2013. 
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/theBangaBeats
  4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/thebangabeats
  5. ↑ http://www.bangabeats.com
  6. ↑ http://www.bopgroup.in


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