The Singapore Slammers (officially the DBS Singapore Slammers pursuant to a

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agreement with

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) were a

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team based in the city state of

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that competed in the

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(IPTL). It is one of the four charter franchises which took part in the IPTL's inaugural 2014 season.

Team history

Founding of franchise

On 21 January 2014, IPTL announced that one of the charter franchises for the league's inaugural 2014 season would be based in

. The team was founded by Indian

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legend

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and international business executives Kishan Gehlot,

Shashi Kiran Shetty Shashi Kiran Shetty (born 7 June 1957) is the founder and chairman of Allcargo Group, which comprises companies Allcargo Logistics, ECU Worldwide, Gati Limited and others. Early life and education Shetty was born on 7 June 1957 in Bantwal, ...

, Avi Bhojani, and Ajay Sethi. Gehlot is the chairman of East African real estate development and healthcare conglomerate Intex Group. Shetty is chairman of Allcargo Logistics Limited. Sethi is chairman of Channel 2 in

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. They collectively invested US$15 million to own the franchise.

Inaugural draft

The Singapore franchise participated in the IPTL inaugural draft on 2 March 2014, in Dubai,

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. Players selected by Singapore were

Team name

By May 2014, the team was being referred to as the Singapore Lions. By June 2014, the Lions had become known as the Singapore Slammers.

Home venue

On 4 August 2014, the Slammers announced that their home matches would be played at

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First coach

On 27 October 2014,

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was named the Slammers' first coach.

Inaugural season

On 28 November 2014, the

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defeated the Slammers, 26–16, in the first match in IPTL history. The Slammers' first home match will be on 2 December 2014, against the

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Television coverage

On 7 November 2014, IPTL announced it had reached an agreement for the Singapore television broadcasting rights with SingTel.

Sponsorship

On 20 November 2014, DBS Bank Ltd announced that it had become the Slammers' title sponsor. For the 2015 Season, local Singapore company UD Group, together with one of the best known faces and voices of global cinema, Amitabh Bachchan acquired the team and renamed the team OUE Singapore Slammers.

Current roster

* Andy Murray *

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* Stan Wawrinka * Marcelo Melo * Nick Kyrgios *

Karolína Plíšková Karolína Hrdličková (née Plíšková; ; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles, reaching the top of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings on 17 July 2017 and holding the posi ...

Belinda Bencic Belinda Bencic ( sk, Belinda Benčičová, ; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won six singl ...

* Dustin Brown

References

External links

*
International Premier Tennis League official website
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