Pune 7 Aces Explained

Pune 7 Aces (or 7 ACES – Pune) is a franchise badminton team based in Pune that plays in the Premier Badminton League.^[1] The franchise was formed in 2018 and has competed only in the season of 2018–19. The team is owned by Indian actress Tapsee Pannu and KRI Entertainment.^{[2] [3]} The team is coached by Mathias Boe.

Current squad

The squad for the PBL season five is:^[4]

Indian players

• Arjun M.R.
• Chirag Shetty
• Mithun Manjunath
• Rituparna Das

Overseas players

• Chris Adcock
• Gabby Adcock
• Tse Ying Suet
• Hendra Setiawan
• Kazumasa Sakai
• Loh Kean Yew
  • Lee Zii Jia Vũ Thị Trang

Season 4

Season four of PBL was the first season for Pune 7 Aces. The team had Olympic Champion Carolina Marin in their squad for the season.^{[5] [6]} They finished fifth.

Squad

Squad that played season four:

• Carolina Marín
• Chirag Shetty
• Mathias Boe
• Vladimir Ivanov
• Line Kjærsfeldt
• Lakshya Sen
• Brice Leverdez
• Sony Dwi Kuncoro
• Ajay Jayaram
• Prajakta Sawant

Results

Date	Venue	Team 1	Result	Team 2
22 Dec	Mumbai	Pune 7 Aces	(-1) – 6	Hyderabad Hunters
24 Dec		Pune 7 Aces	3 – 4	Awadhe Warriors
29 Dec	Pune	Pune 7 Aces	4 – 3	Mumbai Rockets
30 Dec		Pune 7 Aces	3 – 4	Bengaluru Raptors
3 Jan	Ahmedabad	Pune 7 Aces	3 – 4	Chennai Smashers
6 Jan		Delhi Dashers	0 – 5	Pune 7 Aces

Notes and References

1. Web site: Team Overview. Premier Badminton League. en. 2020-01-23.
2. Web site: 7 ACES – Pune. en-US. 2020-01-23.
3. Web site: Taapsee on Owning a PBL Team & Why Badminton is Important to India. 2018-10-09. The Quint. en. 2020-01-23.
4. Web site: PBL Auction- As it happened: PV Sindhu, Tai Tzu fetch big bucks, Chennai, Pune build strong teams. Sportstar. en. 2020-01-10.
5. Web site: Pune 7 Aces rope in world champion Carolina Marin. 9 October 2018. Pune Mirror. en. 2020-01-23.
6. Web site: PBL 2018-19: Pune 7 Aces lose to Awadhe Warriors despite Carolina Marin, Lakshya Sen's straight games win. Firstpost. 2020-01-23.