IBL: Hyderabad buy Saina for $ 120000

saina-winningNew Delhi:The Indian Badminton league on Monday conducted its first auction with all six franchisees who battled it out to create their dream team. While Saina Nehwal bought by Hyderabad HotShots and   Lee Chong Wei bought by Mumbai Masters were sold for $ 1,20,000 and $1,35,000 respectively and young players like  K Srikanth who was bid for $34,000 which was more than double his base price.


Other icon players like Jwala Guta and Ashiwini Ponnappa were taken up by franchisees in their original base price $50,000 each.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Akhilesh Das Gupta, Badminton Association of India President and MP said, “We are content with the IBL Auction as many Indian players were sought for both in Men Singles and Doubles as well as the Girls Singles. A generous amount has been spent on Indian players by the Franchisees, which is a very positive sign for the Indian players and the sport as a whole. Money is pouring to Indian players as other than auction money they would also be getting endorsement deals. Today’s auctions reflected a healthy and exciting competitive streak among the franchisees and shed light on their game plan. The IBL auctions have set the ball rolling for what promises to be an inimitable experience in sports entertainment.”

The BAI Institute and support has ensured that the IBL takes off well. The players have benefited tremendously in terms of value and also it will be a great support to all players.” added Dr. Das Gupta


Speaking on the just concluded auctions Ashish Chadha, CEO, Sporty Solutionz, the ‘Commercial Partner’ for IBL said, “we are pleased to have a successful and roaring auction. In regard to Jwala and Ashwini the promised base price of $50,000 and ICON status stays. It’s just that in OPEN bidding sometimes don’t go even in favour of big players. Players like Boonsak Ponsana, HuYun, Mithas Boe have not even been sold.”


“The BAI president and the IBL team have to be commended for bringing this wonderful event and hope that the money which the players earn will motivate them further in improving their performance” said Gopichand.


The path-breaking IBL will be held in six cities from August 14-31. The richest badminton league in the world will feature almost all the top-50 players in the world and will be played under the Sudirman Cup format and televised LIVE to more than 100 countries.

Final Bid

Banga Beats
Nationality Player Base Price Player Bought
1 Indian P kashyap (MS) $50,000 75, 000
2 Intl Hu Yun (MS) $50,000 50, 000
3 Intl Tai Tzu Ying (MS) $25,000 25, 000
4 Intl Carolina Marin (WS) $10,000 10, 000
5 Intl Carston Margensen (MD) $50000 50, 000
6 Indian Akshay Dewalkar(MD) $15,000 36, 000
7 Indian Aparna Balan $10,000 12, 000
8 Indian Aditya Prakash $5000 5, 000
9 Indian Arvind Bhat $7,500 7, 500
10 Indian J Meghana $4,000 4, 000
Hyderabad Hotshots
Nationality Player Base Price Player Bought
1 Indian Saina Nehwal (WS) $50,000 120, 000
2 Intl Taufik Hidayat (MS) $15,000 15, 000
3 Indian Ajay Jayaram (MS) $25,000 25, 000
4 Intl V Shem Goh $10,000 10, 000
5 Indian Tarun Kona (MD) $15,000 28, 000
6 Indian Pradenya Gadre $10,000 46, 000
7 Intl Khim Wah Lim $10,000 10, 000
8 Intl Tanongsak $15,000 15, 000
9 Indian Kanthi Visalakshi P. $3,000 3, 000
10 Indian Shubhankar Dey $3,000 $3,000
Delhi Smashers
Nationality Player Player Bought
1 Indian Jwala (WD) $25,000 $31, 000
2 Intl Wong Wing Ki (MS) $20,000 $20 , 000
3 Indian H.S. Prannoy (MS) $15,000 $16, 000
4 Indian Sai Praneeth (MS) $15,000 $40, 000
5 Indian Arundhati Panthawane (WS) $15,000 $15, 000
6 Intl Boon Hoeng tan (MD) $25,000 $50, 000
7 Intl Kien Keat Koo (MD) $25,000 $50, 000
8 Indian V. Diju (MD) $15,000 $30, 000
9 Intl Nichaon Jindapon $15,000 $15, 000
10 Indian Prajakta Sawant $7,000 $7, 000
Mumbai Masters
Nationality Player Player Bought
1 Intl Lee Chong Wei (MS) $50,000 $135, 000
2 Intl Marc Zweibler (MS) $15,000 $15, 000
3 Intl Tine Baun (WS) $30,000 $30, 000
4 India Pranav Jerry Chopra (MD) $15,000 $36, 000
5 India Manu Attri (MD) $10,000 $10, 000
6 India Siki Reddy $10,000 $11, 000
7 India PC Thulasi $10,000 $10, 000
8 Intl Vladimir Ivanov $15,000 $15, 000
9 India Rasika Raje $3,000 $3, 000
10 India Sumeet Reddy $7000 $7,500
Pune Pistons
Nationality Player Base Price Player Bought
1 Indian Ashwini Ponappa(WD) $25,000 $25, 000
2 Intl Nyugen tien Minh (MS) $25,000 $44, 000
3 Indian Saurabh Verma (MS) $20,000 $20000
4 Indian Anup Sridhar (MS) $5,000 $6,000
5 Intl Juliane Schenk (WS) $50,000 $90,000
6 Intl Joachiam Fischer Nielsen $35,000 $35,000
7 Indian Sanave Thomas $5,000 $5,000
8 Indian Arun Vishnu $10,000 $26,000
9 Intl Wee Kiong Tan $15,000 $15,000
10 Indian Rupesh Kumar $5,000 $5,000
Lucknow Warriors
Nationality Player Player Bought
1 Indian PV Sindhu (WS) $50,000 $80,000
2 Intl Weng Fei Chong (MS) $25,000 $25,000
3 Indian Guru Sai Dutt (MS) $25,000 $40,000
4 Indian K Srikanth (MS) $15,000 $34,000
5 Intl Sapsiree (WS) $15,000 $15,000
6 Indian Ruthvika Shivani (WS) $3000 $3,000
7 Intl Marcis Kido $15,500 $15,500
8 Intl Maneepong Jongjit $10,000 $10,000
9 Indian K Maneesha $4,000 $26,000
10 Indian Nanda Gopal (MS) $10,000 $10,000