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. The team participated in the league only in the inaugural season.
Current squad Sources: Country Player Ashwini Ponnappa Nguyễn Tiến Minh Sourabh Verma Anup Sridhar Juliane Schenk Joachim Fischer Nielsen Sanave Thomas Arun Vishnu Tan Wee Kiong Rupesh Kumar K. T. Revati Devasthale
2013 season
League stage
14 August, 20:00 at DelhiDelhi Smashers2 - 3Pune Pistons17 August, 20:00 at LucknowMumbai Masters2 - 3Pune Pistons19 August, 20:00 at MumbaiHyderabad HotShots4 - 1Pune Pistons23 August, 18:00 at PuneBanga Beats1 - 4Pune Pistons26 August, 20:00 at HyderabadAwadhe Warriors3 - 2Pune Pistons
Pune Pistons finished the 3rd in the group stage, qualifying for the semi-final. TeamPtsPldWLGWGLHyderabad HotShots175321411Awadhe Warriors165321312Pune Pistons165321312Mumbai Masters155231312Delhi Smashers135231114Banga Beats135231114
Semi-final Pune Pistons were beaten by Hyderabad HotShots in semi final of Indian Badminton League. 28 August, 20:00 at HyderabadPune Pistons0 - 3Hyderabad HotShots
Ajay Jayaram (HH) beat Tien Minh Nyugen (PP), 21 - 17, 21 – 11. Saina Nehwal (HH) beat Juliane Schenk (PP), 21 – 10, 19 – 21, 11 – 8. Goh V Shem and Lim Khim Wah (HH) beat Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Sanave Thomas (PP), 16 – 21, 21 -14, 11 – 7.
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