Hyderabad Hotshots was a

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franchise team representing the city of

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in the Indian Badminton League(IBL). The team was one of the six franchises in the inaugural IBL 2013. The franchise was owned by Andhra Pradesh’s multi business group PVP Ventures.PVP Group owned Hyderabad Hotshots in IBL. The primary home ground of Hyderabad Hotshots was

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in Hyderabad. Hyderabad Hotshots was captained by Indian shuttler

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and coached by Rajendra.

Franchise history

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(BAI) announced a franchise league known as " Indian Badminton League" with six franchises representing six Indian cities. PVP Ventures chairman, Prasad V Potluri, was the first to bid for Hyderabad Hotshots and also to own one of the first franchises announced by IBL. The first season player auctions were held on 22 July 2013. Player auctions were held in

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and the Hyderabad Hotshots bid of $120,000 for player

was successful. Nehwal was the highest paid female shuttler and second highest paid shuttler overall in the tournament behind World No. 1

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with a bid of $135,000 by Mumbai Masters. The franchise has been terminated and got replaced by Hyderabad Hunters in 2016 PBL.

Squad

Indian Players

(WS) * Shubhankar Dey (MD) *

Tarun Kona Tarun Kona (born 17 November 1989) is an Indian badminton player. He entered the national team in 2006, and in 2011, he won the men's doubles title at the National Championships. Achievements BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up) The BWF Grand Pri ...

(XD) * Ajay Jayaram (MS) * Kanthi Visalakshi (WS) * Pradnya Gadre (XD) * Rahul C Yadav (MD)

Foreign players

Taufik Hidayat Taufik Hidayat (born 10 August 1981) is an Indonesian retired badminton player. He is a former World, Olympic, Asian Games, and Asian champion, and the youngest world number one in the men's singles. Hidayat has won the Indonesia Open six tim ...

(MS) *

Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (;born 13 October 1990) is a Thai badminton player. He won his first career Superseries title by winning the Denmark Open The Denmark Open, or formerly known as Danish Open, is an annual badminton tournament held in De ...

(MS) *

Goh V Shem Goh V Shem (; born Goh Wei Shem, 20 May 1989) is a Malaysian badminton player in the doubles event. He was partnered with Tan Wee Kiong after their outstanding performance at the 2014 Thomas Cup. Together, Goh and Tan won the gold medal for ...

(MD) *

Lim Khim Wah Lim Khim Wah (born 29 April 1989) is a Malaysian badminton player from Penang who plays in the doubles category. His men's doubles partner was Goh V Shem until late 2014. They two won their first Superseries title at the 2014 Malaysia Open ...

(MD)

Support Staff

* Jakkampudi Rajendra Kumar (Coach) * Anil Kumar N (Asst. Coach) * Kiran C (Physio) * P V Sarada (Team Manager)

2013 Season statistics

Semi-Final

Hyderabad Hotshots qualified for semi-final after scoring 17 points from the league matches. The semi-final was held at their home ground

in Hyderabad on 28 August 2013. Hyderabad Hotshots faced Pune Pistons in the semi-final. * Ajay Jayram (HH) beat Tien Minh Nguyen (PP) by 21–17, 21–11. * Saina Nehawal (HH) beat Schenk Juliane (PP) by 21–10, 19–21, 11–8. * Goh V Shem & Wah Lim Khim (HH) beat Fischer Nielsen Joachim & Sanave Thomas (PP) by 16–21, 21–14, 11–7

Final

Hyderabad Hotshots qualified for final after defeating Pune Pistons in semi-finals. The final was held at National Sports Club of India,

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on 31 August 2013. Hyderabad Hotshots faced Awadhe Warriors in the final. * K Srikanth (AW) beat S Tanongsak (HH) by 21–12, 21–20. *

(HH) beat P V Sindhu (AW) by 21–15, 21–7. * Goh V Shem & Wah Lim Khim (HH) beat Markis Kido & Mathias Boe (AW) by 21–14, 13–21, 11–4. * Ajay Jayaram (HH) beat R M V Guru Sai Dutt (AW) by 10–21, 21–17, 11–7.

References

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