Hyderabad Hotshots will take on Pune Pistons in the fifth day of the Indian Badmindton League (IBL) 2013 at Sardar Patel Stadium, NSCI, Mumbai on Monday.
The match will begin at 08:00 pm IST and will be broadcast live on ESPN and Star Sports 2 channels. It will also be live streamed online on Star Sports official website.
Team News:
Hyderabad Hotshots have six points on the table after beating Awadhe Warriors 3-2 before conceding 2-3 loss to Krrish Delhi Smashers in their previous outing. They are currently placed on par with Mumbai Masters and Krrish Delhi Smashers.
India's badminton star Saina Nehwal is the captain of Hyderabad Hotshots.
Pune Pistons are currently topping the table with eight points after beating Krrish Delhi Smashers 3-2 and Mumbai Masters 3-2.
Led by Ashwini Ponnappa, Pune Pistons have big names like Juliane Schenk and Nguyen Tien Minh.
Squads:
Hyderabad Hotshots Team List: Saina Nehwal (c) (India), Pradnya Gadre (India), Tarun Kona (India), Ajay Jayaram (India), Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia), Tanongsak (Thailand), Goh V Shem (Malaysia), Lim Khim Wah (Malaysia), Kanthi Visalakshi P (India), Shubhankar Dey (India), C. Rahul Yadav (India)
Pune Pistons Team List: Ashwini Ponnappa (c) (India), Nguyen Tien Minh (Vietnam), Saurabh Verma (India), Anup Sridhar (India), Juliane Schenk (Germany), Joachiam Fischer Nielsen (India), Sanave Thomas (India), Arun Vishnu (India), Tan Wee Kiong (Malaysia), Rupesh Kumar (India)
