Indian Badminton League, Day 12: As it happened - Jan Jorgensen helps Banga Beats defeat Hyderabad Hotshots

00:08 (IST): Carsten Mogensen and Aparna Balan defeat Tarun Kona and Pradnya Gadre 18-21 21-16 11-9 to help Banga Beats win 3-2 against Hyderabad Hotshots.

23:53 (IST): Carsten Mogensen and Aparna Balan of Banga Beats beat Tarun Kona and Pradnya Gadre of Hyderabad Hotshots 21-16 in the second game of mixed doubles.

23:48 (IST): Carsten Mogensen and Aparna Balan of Banga Beats lead Tarun Kona and Pradnya Gadre of Hyderabad Hotshots 14-12 in the second game of mixed doubles.

23:38 (IST): Tarun Kona and Pradnya Gadre of Hyderabad Hotshots take the first game against Carsten Mogensen and Aparna Balan of Banga Beats 21-18.

23:33 (IST): Mixed doubles: Tarun Kona and Pradnya Gadre of Hyderabad Hotshots go into second break with 14-11 lead over Carsten Mogensen and Aparna Balan of Banga Beats.

23:27 (IST): Mixed doubles: Tarun Kona and Pradnya Gadre of Hyderabad Hotshots take 7-6 lead in the first game against Carsten Mogensen and Aparna Balan of Banga Beats.

23:23 (IST): Mixed doubles: Carsten Mogensen and Aparna Balan of Banga Beats take on Tarun Kona and Pradnya Gadre of Hyderabad Hotshots.

23:16 (IST): Jan Jorgensen thrashes Ajay Jayaram of Hyderabad Hotshots 21-11 21-8 in the second men's singles to put Banga Beats on level terms. Winner to be decided after mixed doubles tie.

23:11 (IST): Jan Jorgensen of Banga Beats leads Ajay Jayaram of Hyderabad Hotshots 14-6 in the second set.

23:08 (IST): Jan Jorgensen of Banga Beats leads Ajay Jayaram of Hyderabad Hotshots 7-5 in the second set.

23:04 (IST): "One side of the court was faster than yesterday which gave me a little problem in the second set. Looking at the crowd in my hometown, I was little bit under pressure that I have to win the match. In third game, I fought hard and kept myself cool so that I can win my game. I am very excited to play the Semi-Finals tomorrow as it will be the first time for me to play in team championship and I am sure my team will give their best," Saina Nehwal after her women's singles win.

23:02 (IST): Jan Jorgensen of Banga Beats leads Ajay Jayaram of Hyderabad Hotshots 14-9 in the first game.

22:55 (IST): Jan Jorgensen of Banga Beats leads Ajay Jayaram of Hyderabad Hotshots 7-6 in the first game.

22:51 (IST): World number 24 Ajay Jayaram has played three, lost two and won one while world number eight Jan Jorgensen of Denmark is making his tournament debut.

22:46 (IST): Ajay Jayaram of Hyderabad Hotshots takes on Jan Jorgensen of Banga Beats in second men's singles tie.

22:42 (IST): Carsten Mogensen and Akshay Dewalkar of Banga Beats beat V Shem Goh and Khim Wah Lim of Hyderabad Hotshots 15-21 21-15 11-1 in men's doubles. Hyderabad lead 2-1. (In pic: Banga Beats players Jan Jorgensen and Marin Carolina before the start of play on Day 12)

22:36 (IST): Carsten Mogensen and Akshay Dewalkar of Banga Beats go 6-0 up in the decider against V Shem Goh and Khim Wah Lim of Hyderabad Hotshots.

22:31 (IST): Carsten Mogensen and Akshay Dewalkar of Banga Beats take the tie to the third game after beating V Shem Goh and Khim Wah Lim of Hyderabad Hotshots 21-15 in the second set.

23:02 (IST): Jan Jorgensen of Banga Beats takes the first game against Ajay Jayaram of Hyderabad Hotshots 21-11.

22:58 (IST): Jan Jorgensen of Banga Beats leads Ajay Jayaram of Hyderabad Hotshots 14-9 in the first game.

22:21 (IST): Carsten Mogensen and Akshay Dewalkar of Banga Beats lead V Shem Goh and Khim Wah Lim of Hyderabad Hotshots 7-5 in the second game.

22:17 (IST): V Shem Goh and Khim Wah Lim of Hyderabad Hotshots take the first game against Carsten Mogensen and Akshay Dewalkar of Banga Beats 21-15. (In pic: India Test cricketer Pragyan Ojha and TV anchor Mayanti Langer)

22:10 (IST): V Shem Goh and Khim Wah Lim of Hyderabad Hotshots take 14-11 lead Carsten Mogensen and Akshay Dewalkar of Banga Beats in the first game of men's singles.

22:06 (IST): Men's doubles: V Shem Goh and Khim Wah Lim of Hyderabad Hotshots take 7-6 lead Carsten Mogensen and Akshay Dewalkar of Banga Beats.

22:04 (IST): "It's always great to play against Kashyap. The last smash was something which I would always like to remember and also like to thank the crowd who has been very supportive," Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk after beating P Kashyap in men's singles.

21:58 (IST): Men's doubles: V Shem Goh and Khim Wah Lim of Hyderabad Hotshots playing against Carsten Mogensen and Akshay Dewalkar of Banga Beats.

21:51 (IST): Saina Nehwal beats Tai Tzu Ying of Banga Beats 21-17 14-21 11-8 to give Hyderabad Hotshots 2-0 lead.

21:45 (IST): Saina Nehwal takes 6-5 lead against Tai Tzu Ying of Banga Beats in the third game.

21:38 (IST): Tai Tzu Ying of the Banga Beats wins the second game against Saina Nehwal of Hyderabad Hotshots 21-14 to take the match to the decider.

21:31 (IST): Tai Tzu Ying of Banga Beats leads Saina Nehwal of Hyderabad Hotshots 14-11 in the second game.

21:24 (IST): Tai Tzu Ying of Banga Beats goes 7-6 up in the second game against Saina Nehwal of Hyderabad Hotshots.

21:16 (IST): Saina Nehwal of Hyderabad Hotshots beats Tai Tzu Ying of the Banga Beats 21-17 in first game of women's singles.

21:09 (IST): Saina Nehwal of Hyderabad Hotshots goes 14-10 up against Tai Tzu Ying of the Banga Beats in first game of women's singles.

21:00 (IST): Saina Nehwal of Hyderabad Hotshots takes 7-4 lead against Tai Tzu Ying of the Banga Beats in first game of women's singles.

20:52 (IST): Next up is Saina Nehwal, who faces Tai Tzu Ying of the Banga Beats, in women's singles.

20:48 (IST): S Tanongsak of Hyderabad Hotshots beats Parupalli Kashyap of Banga Beats 21-20 21-18. Hyderabad lead Bangalore 1-0.

20:38 (IST): S Tanongsak of Hyderabad Hotshots continues to dominate as he goes up 14-4 against Parupalli Kashyap of Banga Beats in the second game.

20:33 (IST): S Tanongsak of Hyderabad Hotshots goes up 7-1 against Parupalli Kashyap of Banga Beats in the second game.

20:27 (IST): S Tanongsak of Hyderabad Hotshots takes first game against Parupalli Kashyap of Banga Beats 21-20.

20:16 (IST): Parupalli Kashyap of Banga Beats fights back to make it 14-11 against S Tanongsak of Hyderabad Hotshots in the first game.

20:08 (IST): S Tanongsak of Hyderabad Hotshots takes 7-2 lead against Banga Beats' Parupalli Kashyap in the first game.

20:02 (IST): Banga Beats' Parupalli Kashyap is ranked 14th in the world while S Tanongsak of Hyderabad Hotshots is 19th.

19:55 (IST): First up: Banga Beats' Parupalli Kashyap takes on S Tanongsak of Hyderabad Hotshots in men's singles tie.

19:30 (IST): Teams -

Hyderabad Hotshots: Saina Nehwal, Taufik Hidayat, Ajay Jayaram, V Shem Goh , Tarun Kona, Pradnya Gadre, Khim Wah Lim, Tanongsak, Kanthi Visalakshi, Subhankar Dey and C Rahul Yadav.

Banga Beats: Parupalli Kashyap, Hu Yun, Tai Tzu Ying, Carolina Marin, Carsten Mogensen, Akshay Dewalkar, Aparna Balan, Aditya Prakash, Arvind Bhat, J Meghana, Jan Jorgensen.

Preview

# World number 4 Saina Nehwal will take to the court for the first time in front of her home crowd in the Indian Badminton League (IBL) as table-toppers Hyderabad Hotshots face bottom-placed Banga Beats here on Tuesday.

# While it will be an opportunity for Hotshots to consolidate their position, the visitors would look to play for pride.

# After their 1-4 loss to Delhi Smashers on Sunday, the Bangalore side now has just nine points from one win and three losses in four ties.

# Banga Beats boast of a balanced line-up, including icon player Parupalli Kashyap, world number 8 Hun Yu and rising star Tai Tzu Ying. But the men's singles players have not been consistent and it has proved to be their bane.

# The presence of stars like Saina, veteran Taufik Hidayat and the young Ajay Jayaram in the rival camp will only make things difficult for the visitors.

# Also, doubles specialists V Shem Goh, Khim Wah Lim, Tarun Kona and Pradnya Gadre in the opposition may prove to be too much for the Banga Beats.

Yesterday's result

# Awadhe Warriors won 3-2 against the Pune Pistons as both teams booked their semifinal berths at the inaugural Indian Badminton League (IBL) here on Monday. (In pic: PV Sindhu (Awadhe Warriors) and Juliane Schenk (Pune Pistons)

# The Lucknow-based team bagged four points with the win and top the standings with 16 points. The Pistons too are on 16 but have lost more games in the tournament.

# In the opening men's singles rubber, Warriors' K. Srikanth gave his team a 1-0 lead as he beat Saurabh Verma 21-18, 21-16.

# In the women's singles category, P.V. Sindhu won the match in straight games against Pune Pistons' Juliane Schenk. The Warriors took a 2-0 lead as their icon player won 21-20, 21-20.

# Mathias Boe and Markis Kido of the Warriors won their men's doubles rubber against Arun Vishnu and Sanave Thomas 21-15, 21-16 to seal the tie 3-0.

# The Pistons came back well and won the second men's singles and mixed doubles rubbers and qualified for the semifinals along with their opponents.

Playing rules

# The standard two-point gap to win a game has been abandoned in favour of a race to 21 points for the first two games and 11 points for the decider, if needed. There will also be a minute's break after the seventh and 14th points in the first two games and after the sixth point in the decider.

# All ties, including the August 31 final in Mumbai, will have five matches -- two men's singles, and one each in women's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles.

# Each team, comprising four foreign players, six Indians and one upcoming Indian junior, will play on a home-and-away basis in the preliminary league, with the top four qualifying for the semi-finals.