Mumbai Rockets win against Delhi Dashers in PBL

Sameer Verma shone for Mumbai Rockets in their first tie of the third season of Premier Badminton League (PBL) as they beat Delhi Dashers by a convincing 4-1 margin at the Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium in Guwahati on Monday.

Mumbai Rockets were the finalists in the previous edition of the tournament and lost to Chennai Smashers.

Sameer Verma threw Delhi into troubled waters as he thumped Wong Wing Ki Vincent 15-11, 15-12 in what was the Trump match for the capital outfit.With the loss in their Trump match, Delhi lost a point even when they had not opened their account.

Lee Yong Dae and Boon Heong Tan gave Mumbai Rockets a brilliant start to the tie after they came from behind to beat Delhi's Ivan Sozonov and Vladimir Ivanov 14-15, 15-14, 15-10 in men's doubles to put Mumbai 1-0 up.

Lee Yong Dae, an Olympic gold-medallist, brought all his experience to the fore to down the Delhi team after the latter had a great start to the day.

Sameer Verma shone for Mumbai Rockets in their first tie of the third season of Premier Badminton League (PBL) as they beat Delhi Dashers by a convincing 4-1 margin at the Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium in Guwahati on Monday.

Mumbai Rockets were the finalists in the previous edition of the tournament and lost to Chennai Smashers.

Sameer Verma threw Delhi into troubled waters as he thumped Wong Wing Ki Vincent 15-11, 15-12 in what was the Trump match for the capital outfit.With the loss in their Trump match, Delhi lost a point even when they had not opened their account.

Lee Yong Dae and Boon Heong Tan gave Mumbai Rockets a brilliant start to the tie after they came from behind to beat Delhi's Ivan Sozonov and Vladimir Ivanov 14-15, 15-14, 15-10 in men's doubles to put Mumbai 1-0 up.

Lee Yong Dae, an Olympic gold-medallist, brought all his experience to the fore to down the Delhi team after the latter had a great start to the day.