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

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.

Current squad

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

League stage

Main article: 2013 Indian Badminton League
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

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

References

  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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