FORMAT
Six teams of maximum 11 players each (4 foreigners, 6 Indians and 1 junior Indian) will face each other in the league stage. Top four teams at the end of the league phase will move into the semi-finals.
Each tie between two teams will be a five-match affair: two men's singles matches and one each of women's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles.
RULES
All matches will be best of three games. There will be no two-point difference in the first two games; the player who first reaches 21 points will win the game. The third game (if the match is tied at one game all) will be decided in a race to 11 points.
Players will be allowed one-minute breaks after the seventh and 14th point in the first two games and after the sixth point in the deciding third game.
BROADCAST
ESPN and Star Sports 2 will broadcast the games live, with matches beginning at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. IST.
PRIZE MONEY:
While the league winners take home Rs 3.5 crore, the runners-up will win a purse of Rs 2 crore.
TEAMS
Mumbai Masters: Pranav Chopra, Siki Reddy, Manu Attri, PC Thulasi, Sumeet Reddy, Rasika Raje and Harsheel Dani (India); Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia); Tine Baun (Denmark); Marc Zwiebler (Germany); Vladimir Ivanov (Russia).
Krrish Delhi Smashers: Jwala Gutta, HS Prannoy, Sai Praneeth, Arundhati Pantawane, V Diju and Prajakta Sawant (India); Wong Wing Ki (Hong Kong); Boon Heong Tan and Kien Keat Koo (Malaysia); Nichaon Jindapon (Thailand).
Hyderabad Hotshots: Saina Nehwal, Pradnya Gadre, Tarun Kona, Ajay Jayaram, Kanthi Visalakshi P, Shubhankar Dey and C Rahul Yadav (India); Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia); Tanongsak (Thailand); Goh V Shem and Lim Khim Wah (Malaysia).
Awadhe Warriors: PV Sindhu, Gurusai Dutt, K Srikanth, Ruthvika Shivani, K Maneesha, Nanda Gopal and Vinay Singh (India); Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand); Markis Kido (Indonesia); Chong Wei Feng (Malaysia).
Banga Beats: Parupalli Kashyap, Akshay Dewalkar, Aparna Balan, Arvind Bhat, Aditya Prakash, J Meghana and Daniel Farid (India); Hu Yun (Hong Kong); Carsten Mogensen (Denmark); Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei); Carolina Marín (Spain).
Pune Pistons: Ashwini Ponnappa, Saurabh Verma, Anup Sridhar, Sanave Thomas, Arun Vishnu and Rupesh Kumar KT (India); Nguyen Tien Minh (Vietnam); Juliane Schenk (Germany); Joachiam Fischer Nielsen (Denmark); Tan Wee Kiong (Malaysia)
Six teams of maximum 11 players each (4 foreigners, 6 Indians and 1 junior Indian) will face each other in the league stage. Top four teams at the end of the league phase will move into the semi-finals.
Each tie between two teams will be a five-match affair: two men's singles matches and one each of women's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles.
All matches will be best of three games. There will be no two-point difference in the first two games; the player who first reaches 21 points will win the game. The third game (if the match is tied at one game all) will be decided in a race to 11 points.
Players will be allowed one-minute breaks after the seventh and 14th point in the first two games and after the sixth point in the deciding third game.
BROADCAST
ESPN and Star Sports 2 will broadcast the games live, with matches beginning at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. IST.
PRIZE MONEY:
While the league winners take home Rs 3.5 crore, the runners-up will win a purse of Rs 2 crore.
TEAMS
Mumbai Masters: Pranav Chopra, Siki Reddy, Manu Attri, PC Thulasi, Sumeet Reddy, Rasika Raje and Harsheel Dani (India); Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia); Tine Baun (Denmark); Marc Zwiebler (Germany); Vladimir Ivanov (Russia).
Krrish Delhi Smashers: Jwala Gutta, HS Prannoy, Sai Praneeth, Arundhati Pantawane, V Diju and Prajakta Sawant (India); Wong Wing Ki (Hong Kong); Boon Heong Tan and Kien Keat Koo (Malaysia); Nichaon Jindapon (Thailand).
Hyderabad Hotshots: Saina Nehwal, Pradnya Gadre, Tarun Kona, Ajay Jayaram, Kanthi Visalakshi P, Shubhankar Dey and C Rahul Yadav (India); Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia); Tanongsak (Thailand); Goh V Shem and Lim Khim Wah (Malaysia).
Awadhe Warriors: PV Sindhu, Gurusai Dutt, K Srikanth, Ruthvika Shivani, K Maneesha, Nanda Gopal and Vinay Singh (India); Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand); Markis Kido (Indonesia); Chong Wei Feng (Malaysia).
Banga Beats: Parupalli Kashyap, Akshay Dewalkar, Aparna Balan, Arvind Bhat, Aditya Prakash, J Meghana and Daniel Farid (India); Hu Yun (Hong Kong); Carsten Mogensen (Denmark); Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei); Carolina Marín (Spain).
Pune Pistons: Ashwini Ponnappa, Saurabh Verma, Anup Sridhar, Sanave Thomas, Arun Vishnu and Rupesh Kumar KT (India); Nguyen Tien Minh (Vietnam); Juliane Schenk (Germany); Joachiam Fischer Nielsen (Denmark); Tan Wee Kiong (Malaysia)
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