More Sports Badminton Badminton PBL: Pune 7 Aces hopes to make it count at home The Pune outfit will be relying on its captain Carolina Marin in the home leg of the Premier Badminton League Season 4. Team Sportstar Pune 28 December, 2018 19:47 IST All eyes will be on Carolina Marin. - VIVEK BENDRE Team Sportstar Pune 28 December, 2018 19:47 IST Playing in front of the home crowd, Pune 7 Aces will be hoping to hit form in the ongoing Premier Badminton League Season 4, when the action gets underway at the Balewadi indoor stadium on Saturday.Captained by Carolina Marin, the league debutant was outclassed by champion Hyderabad Hunters in the event opener at Mumbai’s NSCI stadium, then it elbowed out in the deciding mixed doubles tie by Awadhe Warriors in the first leg.READ: A Boe to shoot Pune arrows!Marin and her teammates got time to work on the early shortcomings and having been granted a breather during the second leg at Hyderabad, Pune will hope to bounce back.Marin looked in fine nick during a commanding win over Beiwen Zhang in women’s singles, calling the shots against the Awadhe Warriors player and can be expected to get sharper and ruthless in time for the third leg. The home team is pitted against Bengaluru Raptors after the Balewadi opener against Mumbai Rockets.Indian players in the franchise include Ajay Jayaram, Lakshya Sen, Harsheel Dani (men’s singles), Chirag Shetty (men’s doubles) and Prajakta Samant (mixed doubles).Saturday’s second tie will feature North Eastern Warriors and Delhi Dashers. Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address. Dugout videos