"I am very excited to be part of Mumbai Rockets for the second year. We had a great season last year and missed the title by a whisker. We want to win it this time. We have a great team and everyone is in great form," said Prannoy at the jersey launch function of the PBL franchise here today.
The six-team PBL is scheduled from January 1-14, 2017 and Mumbai have a chance to avenge their defeat to Delhi in last year's final in their lung-opener at home on January 3 at the NSCI Stadium in Worli.
The Mumbai Rockets have Sung Ji Hyun of South Korea, the current world no. 5 who had the measure of India's highest ranked shuttler and Rio Olympics silver medalist P V Sindhu in the semi finals of the season-ending Dubai Super Series Finals last week, to bank upon in women's singles along with Vrushali Gummadi.
The team, under head coach Vijaydeep Singh, also comprises Lee Yong Dae (Korea), N Phusnhphupet (Thailand), Chirag Shetty (India), Mohita Sachdev (India) and N Zieba (Poland) to play in the pairs events.
A victory in their designated trump match would get the team two points but a loss would push them behind by one negative point.
The winners of the championship would take home Rs 3 crore, the runners-up Rs 1.5 crore while the two losing semi finalists would be richer by Rs 75 lakh each.
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