# 2020 Premier Badminton League

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. 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.

## Squads

| Teams | Teams | Awadhe Warriors | Bengaluru Raptors | Chennai Superstarz | Hyderabad Hunters | Mumbai Rockets | Northeastern Warriors | Pune 7 Aces |
| Coach | 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. |
| Squads | Domestic | Subhankar Dey | Arun George | Dhruv Kapila | N. Sikki Reddy | Parupalli Kashyap | Kaushal Dharmamer | Chirag Shetty |
| Squads | Domestic | Tanvi Lad | B. Sai Praneeth | Gayathri Gopichand | Priyanshu Rajawat | Pranav Chopra | Krishna Prasad Garaga | Mithun Manjunath |
| Squads | Domestic | | Medha Shashidharan | Lakshya Sen | P. V. Sindhu | Ramchandran Shlok | Rutaparna Panda | Rituparna Das |
| Squads | Domestic | | | Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian | Sourabh Verma | Shreyansh Jaiswal | | |
| Squads | Domestic | | | Sanjana Santosh | | Shreyanshi Pardeshi | | |
| Squads | Domestic | | | Sathish Kumar Karunakaran | | | | |
| Squads | Domestic | | | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | | | | |
| Squads | Overseas | Christinna Pedersen | Tai Tzu-ying | Jessica Pugh | Ben Lane | Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth | Michelle Li | Chris Adcock |
| Squads | Overseas | Wong Wing Ki | Brice Leverdez | Tommy Sugiarto | Sean Vendy | Kim Gi-jung | Lee Cheuk Yiu | Gabby Adcock |
| Squads | Overseas | Ivan Sozonov | Rian Agung Saputro | Kirsty Gilmour | Liew Daren | Kim Sa-rang | Kim Ha-na | Tse Ying Suet |
| Squads | Overseas | Ko Sung-hyun | Chan Peng Soon | | Vladimir Ivanov | Lee Dong-keun | Lee Yong-dae | Hendra Setiawan |
| Squads | Overseas | Shin Baek-cheol | Eom Hye-won | | | | Bodin Isara | Kazumasa Sakai |
| Squads | Overseas | Beiwen Zhang | | | | | Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk | Loh Kean Yew |
| Squads | Overseas | | | | | | | 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)
Source: Official PBL website

## Fixtures

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

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

### 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 | Hyderabad | Pune 7 Aces | 3–4 | Bengaluru Raptors | G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium |
| F | 9 February | 19:00 | Hyderabad | Northeastern Warriors | 2–4 | Bengaluru Raptors | G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium |

#### Semifinal 1: Chennai Superstarz vs. Northeastern Warriors

7, 19 February:00 G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad :
| # | Event | Team 1 | Team 1 | Result | Result | Result | Team 2 | Team 2 |
| # | Event | Chennai Superstarz | Chennai Superstarz | (-1)–3 | (-1)–3 | (-1)–3 | Northeastern Warriors | 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 | Team 1 | Result | Result | Result | Team 2 | Team 2 |
| # | Event | Pune 7 Aces | Pune 7 Aces | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | Bengaluru Raptors | 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 | Team 1 | Result | Result | Result | Team 2 | Team 2 |
| # | Event | Northeastern Warriors | Northeastern Warriors | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | Bengaluru Raptors | 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$600) |
| Priyanshu Rajawat | Hyderabad Hunters | Emerging Player of the League | ₹50,000 (US$600) |