{"id":1775,"date":"2012-11-07T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T09:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/?p=1775"},"modified":"2012-11-07T09:00:55","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T09:00:55","slug":"indian-badminton-league-to-inaugurate-on-november-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/indian-badminton-league-to-inaugurate-on-november-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Badminton League to inaugurate on November 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/badminton-getty-630-802332.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/badminton-getty-630-802332.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"badminton-getty-630-802332\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/badminton-getty-630-802332.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.franchisemart.in\/franchise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/badminton-getty-630-802332-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a>The much-talked about Indian Badminton League (IBL), which is being promised as the vehicle to bring in big money to the nation&#8217;s shuttlers, will be launched on November 10 in presence of London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal.<\/p>\n<p>The launch would be done at a Bandra hotel in the presence of Saina, national coach P Gopichand, other Indian badminton team members and Badminton Association of India (BAI) president Dr Akhilesh Das Gupta, it was learnt.<\/p>\n<p>The League, that is to involve city-based franchise teams similar to cricket&#8217;s cash-rich Indian Premier League, vouches a total of $1 million as the prize money on offer, the &#8220;highest prize money in badminton anywhere in the world,&#8221; according to information put up on Sporty Solutionz Pvt Ltd&#8217;s website &#8212; the commercial partner of the BAI.<\/p>\n<p>A quarterfinalist in the event, featuring both Indian and foreign players, would be richer by anywhere between Rs 2.5 to 3 lakh, as per the website.<\/p>\n<p>The IBL&#8217;s governing council, chaired by Dr Gupta, also includes Gopi and former internationals Pradeep Gandhe and Vimal Kumar as its members.<\/p>\n<iframe src='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.franchisemart.in%2Ffranchise%2Findian-badminton-league-to-inaugurate-on-november-10%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=280&amp;action=recommend&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=30' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; height:30px' allowTransparency='true'><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The much-talked about Indian Badminton League (IBL), which is being promised as the vehicle to bring in big money to the nation&#8217;s shuttlers, will be launched on November 10 in&#8230; 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