Ahmedabad Smash Masters was a badminton team owned by Padmanabh Sports Pvt. Ltd. for the Premier Badminton League (PBL). The team's home ground was The Arena by TransStadia,

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. In the 2017-18 season, the team was captained by Indian badminton player

H.S. Prannoy Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar (born 17 July 1992), also known as H. S. Prannoy, is an Indian badminton player who currently trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. Prannoy originally hails from Thiruvananthapuram and has a ca ...

, and coached by Madhumita Bisht. In the 2018-19 season, the team was captained by Viktor Axelsen from Denmark. The team was folded after 4th season due to financial issues.

History

The team's first season in the PBL was in 2017. The Badminton team was owned by Padmanabh Sports Private Limited. Ahmedabad Smash Masters was folded and had their license cancelled after 4th Season because they failed to fulfill their financial obligations.

2017-2018 squad

Indian players

(Captain) *

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* Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli

Foreign players

* Kamilla Rytter Juhl * Law Cheuk Him * Reginald Lee Chun Hei *

Stefani Stoeva Stefani Stoeva ( bg, Стефани Стоева; born 23 September 1995) is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her older sister, Gabriela Stoeva. They competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. The d ...

* Tai Tzu Ying

2018-2019 squad

Indian players

* Anoushka Parikh *

N. Sikki Reddy Nelakurihi Sikki Reddy (born 18 August 1993) is an Indian badminton player who plays doubles and mixed doubles. In 2016, she won the 2016 Brazil Open Grand Prix, Brazil and 2016 Russia Open Grand Prix, Russia Open Grand Prix title in the mixed ...

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (born 13 August 2000) is an Indian badminton player. He and his partner, Chirag Shetty, are the first men's doubles pair from India to be ranked inside the top 10 of the BWF World Ranking, with a career-high ranking of 5 ...

* Vaishnavi Bhale * Sourabh Varma

Foreign players

* Viktor Axelsen (Captain) * Reginald Lee Chun Hei *

Kirsty Gilmour Kirsty Gilmour (born 21 September 1993) is a Scottish badminton player who has represented both Scotland and Great Britain. Career Gilmour won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, losing out to Michelle Li of Canada in the final ...

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References

{{Indian Badminton League Premier Badminton League teams Sport in Ahmedabad