Bengaluru Raptors

Bengaluru Raptors
Sport Badminton
Founded 2013 (2013) (as Banga Beats); rebranded as Bengaluru Raptors in 2018
Based in Bangalore, India
Home ground Koramangala Indoor Stadium
Owner Matrix Badminton Teamworks Pvt. Ltd.
Head coach Arvind Bhat
Captain TBD
PBL wins None
Website http://blrraptors.com

Bengaluru Raptors (previously Banga Beats, Bengaluru Topguns and Bengaluru Blasters) is a franchise badminton team representing Bengaluru in the Premier Badminton League (PBL). The team is one of the six founding members of PBL (previously IBL) in 2013. The franchise was owned by the conglomerate, BOP group in 2013. In 2016, Sachin Tendulkar bought the franchise and named it after his Blasters sports franchises.

Current squad

IndiaKidambi Srikanth
IndonesiaMohammad Ahsan
IndonesiaHendra Setiawan
IndiaSai Praneeth
IndiaMithun Manjunath
EnglandLauren Smith
IndiaSanjana Santosh
EnglandMarcus Ellis
VietnamVu Thi Trang
VietnamNguyễn Tiến Minh

2013 season

15 August, 20:00 at Delhi Banga Beats 2 - 3 Mumbai Masters
18 August, 20:00 at Lucknow Banga Beats 4 - 1 Awadhe Warriors
23 August, 18:00 at Pune Banga Beats 1 - 4 Pune Pistons
25 August, 18:00 at Bangalore Banga Beats 1 - 4 Delhi Smashers
27 August, 18:00 at Hyderabad Banga Beats 3 - 2 Hyderabad HotShots

Banga Beats failed to qualify for semi-finals and finished last in the league table, with 13 points.[1][2][3][4]

2017 season

1 January at Hyderabad Bengaluru Blasters 4 - 3 Delhi Acers
3 January at Mumbai Bengaluru Blasters 0 - 5 Chennai Smashers
7 January at Bangalore Bengaluru Blasters 3 - 4 Hyderabad Hunters
8 January at Bangalore Bangaluru Blasters 1 - 4 Mumbai Rockets
9 January at Bangalore Bangaluru Blasters 3 - 4 Awadhe Warriors

2017-18 season

League Stage

28 December at New Delhi Bengaluru Blasters 5 - 2 Delhi Dashers
1 January at Lucknow Bengaluru Blasters 6 - (-1) Mumbai Rockets
7 January at Chennai Bengaluru Blasters 2 - 3 North Eastern Warriors
8 January at Chennai Bangaluru Blasters 2 - 3 Chennai Smashers
11 January at Hyderabad Bangaluru Blasters (-1) - 6 Hyderabad Hunters

Semi Final

13 January at Hyderabad Bengaluru Blasters 4 - 3 Ahmedabad Smash Masters

Final

14 January at Hyderabad Bengaluru Blasters 3 - 4 Hyderabad Hunters

Bengaluru Blasters finished 4th in league stage, qualifying them to the semifinals where they beat the Ahmedabad Smash Masters 4 - 3. In the final tie against Hyderabad Hunters, they lost by a scoreline of 3 - 4 and ended as runners up. This was their best result in the PBL.

References

  1. ↑ "Banga Beats (theBangaBeats) on Twitter". Twitter.com. 2013-09-19. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  2. ↑ "Banga Beats". Facebook. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  3. ↑ "IBL-Indian Badminton League 2013 - Indian Sports". Banga Beats. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  4. ↑ "BOP Group – Top Real Estate Property Consultants In Noida". Bopgroup.in. 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2014-02-24.


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