Mumbai Masters

Not to be confused with Mumbai Magicians.
Mumbai Masters
MM
City Mumbai, India
Founded 2013
Home ground(s) National Sports Club of India
Owner(s) Sunil Gavaskar
Akkineni Nagarjuna
V. Chamundeshwarnath
Captain Lee Chong Wei
Head coach Aparna Popat
IBL wins none

Mumbai Masters is a badminton team owned by Sunil Gavaskar, Akkineni Nagarjuna, and V. Chamundeshwarnath for the Indian Badminton League. The team's home ground is National Sports Club of India in Mumbai. The team is captained by two-time Olympic silver medallist and World Number 1, Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia.[1] Lee was the highest paid player in the tournament with a bid of 135,000 US Dollars by Mumbai Masters during the auction.

Current squad

2013 season

The following are the fixtures for Mumbai Masters in the 2013 Indian Badminton League.[3]

15 August, 20:00, Delhi Banga Beats 2 - 3 Mumbai Masters
17 August, 20:00, Lucknow Mumbai Masters 2 - 3 Pune Pistons
20 August, 18:00, Mumbai Mumbai Masters 4 - 1 Delhi Smashers
22 August, 16:00, Pune Hyderabad HotShots 3 - 2 Mumbai Masters
24 August, 20:00, Bangalore Awadhe Warriors 3 - 2 Mumbai Masters

Semi final

Mumbai Masters qualified for the semi-finals of the Indian Badminton League 2013, after finishing 4th in the league table with 15 points. The semi final was against Awadhe Warriors.

29 August, 20:00, Bangalore Mumbai Masters 2 - 3 Awadhe Warriors

Mumbai Masters were defeated in semi final and finished 3rd in the tournament alongside Pune Pistons.

References

  1. ↑ "Mumbai Masters on IBL site". http://www.indianbadmintonleague.co''. Indian Badminton League. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "IBL announces 11th players of five teams". http://www.indianbadmintonleague.co''. Indian Badminton League. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. ↑ IBL Schedule