Bolly Tolly News, Kolkata,1st August,2017 : Badminton is one of the fastest growing sports and the second most watched game in the country. With the super success of Indian Players in the International Arena starting from Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu and Jwala Gutta in the women’s section and K. Srikant, H.S. Pranay, Guru Sai Datt, Sai Praneeth and P. Kashyap amongst others in the men’s section with many aspiring and talented players in the running, the popularity of this game is increasing by leaps and bounds.
Bengal has had a tradition of producing eminent
International and National players although at present the representation is at
a huge discount. Also good players are moving to different States for better
opportunity and infrastructure thereby depriving the State from its talent and glory.
Multicon
Group, has over three decades diversified its
interests in the fields of Real Estate, Foreign Exchange, Digital Media and
Education.
The ethos of the organization has always been to
be the first mover in potential business opportunities and thereafter expand
the boundaries with research and expertise gained from hands-on experience.
The team behind Multicon Group comprises of
ardent sports lovers who are interested in promoting sports which Bengal is known
for. Multicon Group has formed a team christened ‘Shining Stars-Kolkata’ which
will participate in the ensuing Indian Masters Badminton League Season II at
Tiruppur, Tamilnadu from 12th-15th August, 2017, a
Badminton Association of India (BAI) approved tournament. Team Shining Stars
recognizes the fact that active participation in sports helps build
personality, induce fair-play and sportsmanship and contribute to the overall
growth of an individual and the Society he/she is a part of. While the players
in the team were to be selected on the format of auction
like in other premier leagues, Multicon Group has ensured selection of as many
players from Bengal as possible with the intent of showcasing the talent of
such players and creating the required hype so that more aspiring and talented
players come forward from Bengal representing the State in National and India in
International events.
Apart from the top players of Bengal, Kolkata
Shining Stars has the privilege of having 35+ plus National Champion Nikhil
Kanetkar, ex-Olympian as one of its key players as also others from different
States.
Prominent players from Bengal like Arup Baidya,
Soumen Bhattacharjee, Sanjay Ray, Hirak Kanti Sengupta, Amrita Bhattacharjee,
Sanjoy Das actually need no introduction.
The Visionary Duo, Mr Dilip Singh Mehta, Chairman
Multicon Group and Mr Arjun Singh Mehta, Director Multicon Group, believe in
the standard and excellence of the players.” We want more players to come up,
play for the state and all over the country. The main idea is to encourage
badminton in every sphere. The future plan is going to be all about promoting
sports of all kinds.”
Prasanta Saha, COO said,” IMBL, will help us to
promote Bengal Badminton to reach the youth of our country.”
Shri Subrata Banerjee, former Indian Player is
the Technical Director of the Team said, “The players are balanced, trained and
strong, and therefore there are high chances of the team winning.”
Shining Stars, Kolkata is supported by the
following voluntary organizations:
1.
Bengal Badminton Academy
2.
Universal Sports Promotion Foundation
We appeal to the members of the Media to
publicize this participation so that Badminton can regain its pride of place
that it enjoyed in the erstwhile years.
IMBL would see over
120 players from across the country of International and National repute
compete against each other through the six franchisee teams from cities as
under:
|
Team
|
City
|
|
Shining Stars-Kolkata
|
Kolkata
|
|
SNJ Kings
|
Chennai
|
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Amravathi Legends
|
Amravathi
|
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Classic Polo
|
Tiruppur
|
|
Hyderabad Hurricanes
|
Hyderabad
|
|
Wristy Masters
|
Delhi
|
The complete list of players of Shining Stars,
Kolkata is as under :
|
Sl. No.
|
Name
|
State
|
|
1
|
Tanishak
|
Telengana
|
|
2
|
Ajay Dayal
|
Chattisgarh
|
|
3
|
Arup Baidya
|
West Bengal
|
|
4
|
Nikhil Kanetkar
|
Maharashtra
|
|
5
|
Rudra Kaushik
|
Delhi
|
|
6
|
Deepak Amarnath
|
Kerala
|
|
7
|
Sanjoy Das
|
West Bengal
|
|
8
|
Gyan Ranjan Borah
|
Assam
|
|
9
|
Rajesh Chaudhary
|
Jharkhand
|
|
10
|
Hirak Kanti Sengupta
|
West Bengal
|
|
11
|
Ashutosh Pednekar
|
Maharashtra
|
|
12
|
Soumen Bhattacharjee
|
West Bengal
|
|
13
|
Bastav Neog
|
Assam
|
|
14
|
Sanjay Ray
|
West Bengal
|
|
15
|
Mitesh Mehta
|
Gujarat
|
|
16
|
Supriya Banerjee
|
Karnataka
|
|
17
|
Prabhu Naik Naidu
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
18
|
Vivek Tatwawadi
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
19
|
Amrita Bhattacharjee
|
West Bengal
|
|
20
|
Supriya Devgun
|
Maharashtra
|
|
21
|
Poonam Tatwawadi
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
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