2017 Premier Badminton League Explained

2017 Premier Badminton League
Dates:1 Jan 2017 – 14 Jan 2017
Number Edition:2
Administrator:Badminton Association of India
Location:India
Ch:Chennai Smashers
Ru:Mumbai Rockets
Se:Awadhe Warriors, Hyderabad Hunters
Previous:2016
Next:2017-18

2017 Premier Badminton League (also known as Vodafone PBL 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of Premier Badminton League.[1] It started on 1 January 2017 and concluded on 14 January 2017. It consisted of 15 league ties (each tie consisting of 5 matches) and the top four teams progressed to the knock out stages. Sachin Tendulkar became a co-owner of Bengaluru Topguns before the season and they were renamed as Bengaluru Blasters.[2]
Awadhe Warriors, Mumbai Rockets, Chennai Smashers and Hyderabad Hunters entered the semi-finals after topping the league table. Chennai Smashers beat Awadhe Warriors 4-1 and Mumbai Rockets beat Hyderabad Hunters 3-(-1) to proceed to the final. Chennai Smashers won the tournament after beating Mumbai Rockets 4-3.

Squads

The complete list of players of all the six participating teams[3]

Delhi AcersAwadhe WarriorsMumbai RocketsHyderabad HuntersBengaluru BlastersChennai Smashers
Jan Ø. JørgensenSrikanth KidambiAjay JayaramB. Sai PraneethViktor AxelsenP. V. Sindhu
Siril VermaWong Wing KiPrannoy KumarSameer VermaSourabh VarmaArundhati Pantawane
Son Wan-hoSaina NehwalShreyansh JaiswalRajiv OusephBoonsak PonsanaParupalli Kashyap
Aakarshi KashyapRituparna DasSung Ji-hyunCarolina MarínGadde Ruthvika ShivaniTanongsak Saensomboonsuk
Nichaon JindaponBodin IssaraVrushali GummadiSri Krishna PriyaCheung Ngan YiTommy Sugiarto
Akshay DewalkarGoh V ShemNipitphon PuangpuapechSatwiksairaj RankireddyN. Sikki ReddyGabby Adcock
Ivan SozonovMarkis KidoMohita SahdevTan Boon HeongAshwini PonnappaRamya Tulasi
Vladimir IvanovPrajakta SawantNadieżda ZiębaTan Wee KiongPranav ChopraB. Sumeeth Reddy
Jwala GuttaSavitree AmitrapaiChirag ShettyChau Hoi WahKo Sung-hyunChris Adcock
K. ManeeshaAditya JoshiLee Yong-daeMeghana JakkampudiYoo Yeon-seongMads Pieler Kolding
Sanjana Santosh
Tarun Kona

Points Table

Team
Awadhe Warriors5115021
Mumbai Rockets (RU)5124119
Chennai Smashers (C)585018
Hyderabad Hunters5103214
Bengaluru Blasters573211
Delhi Acers54328
Qualified for semifinals

Fixtures

The fixtures for the 2017 Premier Badminton League are as follows[5]

Date Venue Team 1ResultTeam 2
League Stage
1 JanHyderabad Hunters4-3[6] Chennai Smashers
Bengaluru Blasters4-3[7] Delhi Acers
2 Jan Hyderabad Hunters0-5[8] Awadhe Warriors
3 JanBengaluru Blasters0-5[9] Chennai Smashers
Delhi Acers(-1)-6[10] Mumbai Rockets
4 JanHyderabad Hunters1-2[11] Mumbai Rockets
5 JanAwadhe Warriors6-(-1)[12] Delhi Acers
6 JanAwadhe Warriors3-4[13] Mumbai Rockets
7 JanBengaluru Blasters3-4[14] Hyderabad Hunters
8 JanDelhi Acers5-2[15] Chennai Smashers
Bengaluru Blasters1-4[16] Mumbai Rockets
9 JanBengaluru Blasters3-4[17] Awadhe Warriors
10 JanMumbai Rockets3-4Chennai Smashers
11 JanAwadhe Warriors3-4Chennai Smashers
12 JanNew DelhiDelhi Acers2-5[18] Hyderabad Hunters
Semi-finals
13 JanNew DelhiAwadhe Warriors1-4Chennai Smashers
Mumbai Rockets3-(-1)Hyderabad Hunters
Finals
14 JanNew DelhiChennai Smashers4-3

Knockout stage

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official website. 1 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Sachin picks up stake in Bengaluru Blasters. 8 December 2016. 1 January 2017.
  3. Web site: Squads. NDTV. 31 Dec 2016.
  4. Web site: Premier Badminton League 2017, The Highest Prize Money Tournament in World. 3 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170103015336/http://www.pbl-india.com/team-standings/. 3 January 2017. dead.
  5. Web site: Premier Badminton League 2017, The Highest Prize Money Tournament in World. 3 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170102175442/http://pbl-india.com/schedule/. 2 January 2017. dead.
  6. Web site: Hyderabad Hunters vs Chennai Smashers Badminton Livescore and commentary, PBL 2017. 3 January 2017.
  7. Web site: Bengaluru Blasters vs Delhi Acers Badminton Live score and commentary, PBL 2017. 3 January 2017.
  8. Web site: Hyderabad Hunters vs Awadhe Warriors Badminton Livescore and commentary, PBL 2017. 3 January 2017.
  9. Web site: Chennai Smashers vs Bengaluru Blasters Badminton Livescore and commentary, PBL 2017. 3 January 2017.
  10. Web site: Delhi Acers vs Mumbai Rockets. 3 January 2017.
  11. Web site: Hyderabad Hunters vs Mumbai Rockets. 4 January 2017.
  12. Web site: Awadhe Warriors vs Delhi Acers. 5 January 2017.
  13. Web site: Awadhe Warriors vs Mumbai Rockets. 6 January 2017.
  14. Web site: Bengaluru Blasters vs Hyderabad Hunters. 7 January 2017.
  15. Web site: Delhi Acers vs Chennai Smashers. 8 January 2017.
  16. Web site: Bengaluru Blasters vs Mumbai Rockets. 9 January 2017.
  17. Web site: Bengaluru Blasters vs Awadhe Warriors. 9 January 2017.
  18. Web site: Delhi Acers vs Chennai Smashers. sportskeeda.com. 12 January 2017.