2020 Premier Badminton League

Tournament details
Dates| 20 January 2020 (2020-01-20) – 9 February 2020 (2020-02-09)
Edition| 5
Total prize money| US$840,000
Location| India
Official website| www.pbl-india.com
Results
Champions| Bengaluru Raptors
Runners-up| Northeastern Warriors
Semi-finalists| Chennai Superstarz, Pune 7 Aces
| ← 2018–19 | 2021 →

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2020 Premier Badminton League (also known as Star Sports PBL for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth edition of Premier Badminton League. It was played from 20 January and concluded on 9 February 2020. The season featured seven competing teams.[1][2] Also, the Chennai team previously known as Chennai Smashers featured as Chennai Superstarz. Bengaluru Raptors beat Northeastern Warriors 4–2 in the finals to become champions. It was also their second consecutive title in the PBL.[3]

## Squads[edit]

Teams  | Awadhe Warriors | Bengaluru Raptors | Chennai Superstarz | Hyderabad Hunters | Mumbai Rockets | Northeastern Warriors | Pune 7 Aces

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Coach  |  Anup Sridhar |  Arvind Bhat |  Aravindan Samiappan  |  Rajendra Kumar Jakkampudi |  Amrish Shinde |  Edwin Iriawan |  Mathias Boe
Squads  | Domestic  |  Ajay Jayaram |  Ansal Yadav |  B. Sumeeth Reddy |  Gadde Ruthvika Shivani |  Kuhoo Garg |  Ashmita Chaliha |  Arjun M.R.
Subhankar Dey |  Arun George |  Dhruv Kapila |  N. Sikki Reddy |  Parupalli Kashyap |  Kaushal Dharmamer |  Chirag Shetty
Tanvi Lad |  B. Sai Praneeth |  Gayathri Gopichand |  Priyanshu Rajawat |  Pranav Chopra |  Krishna Prasad Garaga |  Mithun Manjunath
|  Medha Shashidharan |  Lakshya Sen |  P. V. Sindhu |  Ramchandran Shlok |  Rutaparna Panda |  Rituparna Das
|  |  Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian |  Sourabh Verma |  Shreyansh Jaiswal |  |
|  |  Sanjana Santosh |  |  Shreyanshi Pardeshi |  |
|  |  Sathish Kumar Karunakaran |  |  |  |
|  |  Satwiksairaj Rankireddy |  |  |  |
Overseas  |  Christinna Pedersen |  Tai Tzu-ying |  Jessica Pugh |  Ben Lane |  Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth |  Michelle Li |  Chris Adcock
Wong Wing Ki |  Brice Leverdez |  Tommy Sugiarto |  Sean Vendy |  Kim Gi-jung |  Lee Cheuk Yiu |  Gabby Adcock
Ivan Sozonov |  Rian Agung Saputro |  Kirsty Gilmour |  Liew Daren |  Kim Sa-rang |  Kim Ha-na |  Tse Ying Suet
Ko Sung-hyun |  Chan Peng Soon |  |  Vladimir Ivanov |  Lee Dong-keun |  Lee Yong-dae |  Hendra Setiawan
Shin Baek-cheol |  Eom Hye-won |  |  |  |  Bodin Isara |  Kazumasa Sakai
Beiwen Zhang |  |  |  |  |  Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk |  Loh Kean Yew
|  |  |  |  |  |  Vũ Thị Trang

## Points Table[edit]

Rank  | Team  | MP | RMW | RML | TMW | TML | Pts.

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1 | Northeastern Warriors  | 30 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 22
2 | Bengaluru Raptors (C) | 30 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 22
3 | Chennai Superstarz  | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 22
4 | Pune 7 Aces  | 30 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 20
5 | Awadhe Warriors  | 30 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 14
6 | Hyderabad Hunters  | 30 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 11
7 | Mumbai Rockets  | 30 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 10

* Qualified for knockouts
* Five matches (MP) constitute one tie
* Each team will play six ties
* 1 point for each Regular Match Won (RMW)
* 0 points for Regular Matches Lost (RML)
* 2 points for each Trump Match Won (TMW)
* -1 point for each Trump Match Lost (TML)[4]

Source: Official PBL website

## Fixtures[edit]

All times are as Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

### League stage[edit]

Further information: 2020 Premier Badminton League – League stage

#  | Date  | Time  | City  | Home  | Results  | Away  | Venue

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1  | 20 January  | 19:00  | Chennai | Chennai Superstarz | 5–2  | Hyderabad Hunters | Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium
2  | 21 January  | 19:00  | Northeastern Warriors | 4–3  | Bengaluru Raptors
3  | 22 January  | 19:00  | Chennai Superstarz | 4–3  | Mumbai Rockets
4  | 23 January  | 19:00  | Northeastern Warriors | 3–4 | Awadhe Warriors
5  | 24 January  | 19:00  | Chennai Superstarz | 4–3  | Bengaluru Raptors
6  | 25 January  | 19:00  | Lucknow | Pune 7 Aces | 5–2  | Mumbai Rockets | Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium
7  | 26 January  | 19:00  | Awadhe Warriors | 1–2 | Hyderabad Hunters
8  | 27 January  | 19:00  | Pune 7 Aces | 4–3  | Bengaluru Raptors
9  | 28 January  | 19:00  | Awadhe Warriors | 5–0  | Mumbai Rockets
10  | 29 January  | 19:00  | Hyderabad | Hyderabad Hunters | 2–1  | Northeastern Warriors | G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium
11  | 30 January  | 15:30  | Pune 7 Aces | 5–2  | Chennai Superstarz
12  | 30 January  | 19:00  | Mumbai Rockets | 2–5 | Northeastern Warriors
13  | 31 January  | 19:00  | Hyderabad Hunters | 0–3 | Bengaluru Raptors
14  | 1 February  | 15:30  | Pune 7 Aces | 0–5 | Northeastern Warriors
15  | 1 February  | 19:00  | Awadhe Warriors | 3–4 | Chennai Superstarz
16  | 2 February  | 19:00  | Hyderabad Hunters | 4–3  | Mumbai Rockets
17  | 3 February  | 19:00  | Awadhe Warriors | 1–4 | Pune 7 Aces
18  | 4 February  | 15:30  | Northeastern Warriors | 4–3  | Chennai Superstarz
19  | 4 February  | 19:00  | Bengaluru Raptors | 5–0  | Mumbai Rockets
20  | 5 February  | 19:00  | Hyderabad Hunters | 1–2 | Pune 7 Aces
21  | 6 February  | 19:00  | Bengaluru Raptors | 5–0  | Awadhe Warriors

### Knockout stage[edit]

#  | Date  | Time  | City  | Team 1  | Results  | Team 2  | Venue

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SF1  | 7 February  | 19:00  | Hyderabad | Chennai Superstarz | (-1)–3 | Northeastern Warriors | G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium
SF2  | 8 February  | 19:00  | Pune 7 Aces | 3–4 | Bengaluru Raptors
F  | 9 February  | 19:00  | Northeastern Warriors | 2–4 | Bengaluru Raptors

#### Semifinal 1: Chennai Superstarz vs. Northeastern Warriors[edit]

7, 19 February:00
G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad

#  | Event  | Team 1  | Result  | Team 2
Chennai Superstarz | (-1)–3  | Northeastern Warriors
1  | XD |  | B. Sumeeth Reddy
Jessica Pugh | 0 | 12–15
15–9
14–15 | 1 |  Lee Yong-dae
Kim Ha-na |
2  | MS |  | Tommy Sugiarto | 0 | 12–15
12–15 | 1 |  Lee Cheuk Yiu |
3  | MD | TM | B. Sumeeth Reddy
Dhruv Kapila | -1 | 13–15
15–14
10–15 | 1 |  Krishna Prasad Garaga
Bodin Isara |
4  | WS |  | Kirsty Gilmour |  | –  |  |  Michelle Li | TM
5  | MS |  | Lakshya Sen |  | –  |  |  Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk |

#### Semifinal 2: Pune 7 Aces vs. Bengaluru Raptors[edit]

8, 19 February:00
G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad

#  | Event  | Team 1  | Result  | Team 2
Pune 7 Aces | 3–4  | Bengaluru Raptors
1  | MD | TM | Chirag Shetty
Hendra Setiawan | 2 | 15–12
15–10  | 0 |  Arun George
Rian Agung Saputro |
2  | MS |  | Mithun Manjunath  | 0 | 14–15
15–9
6–15 | 1 |  Brice Leverdez |
3  | MS |  | Kazumasa Sakai | 1 | 15–11
15–13  | 0 |  B. Sai Praneeth |
4  | WS |  | Rituparna Das | 0 | 12–15
12–15 | 2 |  Tai Tzu-ying | TM
5  | XD |  | Chris Adcock
Gabby Adcock | 0 | 13–15
10–15 | 1 |  Chan Peng Soon
Eom Hye-won |

#### Final: Northeastern Warriors vs. Bengaluru Raptors[edit]

9, 19 February:00
G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad

#  | Event  | Team 1  | Result  | Team 2
Northeastern Warriors | 2–4  | Bengaluru Raptors
1  | MS |  | Lee Cheuk Yiu | 0 | 15–14
9–15
3–15 | 1 |  B. Sai Praneeth |
2  | MD | TM | Bodin Isara
Lee Yong-dae | 2 | 15–11
13–15
15–14  | 0 |  Arun George
Rian Agung Saputro |
3  | WS |  | Michelle Li |  0 | 9–15
12–15 |  1 |  Tai Tzu-ying |
4  | XD |  | Krishna Prasad Garaga
Kim Ha-na | 0 | 14–15
15–14
12–15 | 2 |  Chan Peng Soon
Eom Hye-won | TM
5  | MS |  | Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk |  | –  |  |  Brice Leverdez |

## End-of-season awards[edit]

Player  | Team  | Award  | Value

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Tai Tzu-ying | Bengaluru Raptors | Player of the League  | ₹1 lakh (US$1,300)
N. Sikki Reddy | Hyderabad Hunters | Indian Player of the League  | ₹50,000 (US$630)
Priyanshu Rajawat  | Hyderabad Hunters | Emerging Player of the League  | ₹50,000 (US$630)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Premier Badminton League Official Website". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
2. ^ "PBL 2020: Reigning world champion PV Sindhu, World No 2 Tai Tzu Ying to headline fifth edition of Premier Badminton League". Firstpost. PTI. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
3. ^ Sportstar, Team. "PBL FINAL, As it Happened: Bengaluru Raptors beats North Eastern Warriors 4-2". Sportstar. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
4. ^ "Rules and Regulations". PBL. Retrieved 23 December 2018.

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Premier Badminton League

Seasons|

* 2016
* 2017
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2020

Participating teams|

* Awadhe Warriors
* Bengaluru Raptors
* Chennai Superstarz
* Hyderabad Hunters
* Mumbai Rockets
* Northeastern Warriors
* Pune 7 Aces

Defunct teams|

* Ahmedabad Smash Masters
* Delhi Dashers

Venues|

* Ahmedabad
* Bangalore
* Bangalore
* Chennai
* Delhi
* Guwahati
* Hyderabad
* Lucknow
* Mumbai
* Pune

*[MP]: Matches Played
*[RMW]: Regular Matches Won
*[RML]: Regular Matches Lost
*[TMW]: Trump Matches Won
*[TML]: Trump Matches Lost
*[Pts.]: Points
*[XD]: Mixed doubles
*[MS]: Men's singles
*[MD]: Men's doubles
*[TM]: Trump Match
*[WS]: Women's singles
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