Hyderabad enter PBL fil

Hyderabad, Jan 12: Former world champion Caroli Marin came back from a game down to steer Hyderabad Hunters into the fil of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here on Friday. Marin, cheered on by a vociferous home crowd, overcame a fighting Sun Ji Hun 13-15, 15-10, 15-9 to dash the hopes of Delhi Dashers in a gripping semi-fil. She picked up two points for her win as her team's Trump player. Earlier, local hero B. Sai Praneeth set up the victory by beating the Dashers' Trump player Tian Houwei. The Hyderabadi was on song, rattling the Chinese World No.22 with a flurry of down the line smashes. IANS