2020 Premier Badminton League

2020 Premier Badminton League
Tournament information
SportBadminton
LocationIndia
Dates20 January 2020 (2020-01-20)–9 February 2020 (2020-02-09)
AdministratorPremier Badminton League
Teams7
Final positions
ChampionsBengaluru Raptors
Runner-upNortheastern Warriors
Tournament statistics
Top players Tai Tzu-ying
N. Sikki Reddy
Emerging player Priyanshu Rajawat

2020 Premier Badminton League was the fifth edition of Premier Badminton League. It was played from 20 January to 9 February 2020. The season featured seven teams.[1] The Chennai Smashers were renamed as Chennai Superstarz. Bengaluru Raptors beat Northeastern Warriors with a score of 4–2 in the finals to become champions. It was their second consecutive title in PBL.[2]

Squads

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

Rank Team MP RMW RML TMW TML Pts.
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)[3]

Source: Official PBL website

Fixtures

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

League stage

Further information: 2020 Premier Badminton League – League stage
# Date Time City Home Results Away Venue
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

# Date Time City Team 1 Results Team 2 Venue
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

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

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

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

Player Team Award Value
Tai Tzu-ying Bengaluru Raptors Player of the League ₹1 lakh (US$1,200)
N. Sikki Reddy Hyderabad Hunters Indian Player of the League ₹50,000 (US$590)
Priyanshu Rajawat Hyderabad Hunters Emerging Player of the League ₹50,000 (US$590)

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Sportstar, Team (9 February 2020). "PBL FINAL, As it Happened: Bengaluru Raptors beats North Eastern Warriors 4-2". Sportstar. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Rules and Regulations". PBL. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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