Disgusting way to start Indian Badminton League: Jwala Gutta

What rubbed salt into Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa wounds was that they were bought for a much lesser amount (Jwala for $31,000 and Ashwini for $25,000) than what their earlier base price would have fetched them. (TOI Photo)

What rubbed salt into Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa wounds was that they were bought for a much lesser amount (Jwala for $31,000 and Ashwini for $25,000) than what their earlier base price would have fetched them. (TOI Photo)

HYDERABAD: India’s top two women’s doubles players Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa are hurt at the way they were treated at the Indian Badminton League (IBL) auction.The only doubles team to win a bronze in the World Championships, Jwala and Ashwini were rightly named as the icons of the league. However, they were stunned to know that their base price was reduced by half (from $50,000 to $25,000) on the eve of the auction.

This decision was taken without taking them into confidence. What rubbed salt into their wounds was that they were bought for a much lesser amount (Jwala for $31,000 and Ashwini for $25,000) than what their earlier base price would have fetched them…..

 

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