# 2016 Premier Badminton League

2016 Premier Badminton League (also known as Star Sports Premier Badminton League 2016 for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of the Premier Badminton League. The season was held from 2–17 January 2016. The opening ceremony was held in Mumbai and the Finals in Delhi. Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) became the champions after beating Mumbai Rockets in the final.
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar was brand ambassador of the league.
Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) won the title by defeating Mumbai Rockets 4–3.

## Teams

Six teams participated in the season:
* Awadhe Warriors
* Bengaluru Topguns
* Chennai Smashers
* Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)
* Hyderabad Hunters
* Mumbai Rockets

### Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)

| Player | Category | P | W | Set Won | Set Lost | Win % | MVP |
| Ajay Jayaram | Men's Singles | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Rajiv Ouseph | Men's Singles | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 100 | 1 |
| Tommy Sugiarto | Men's Singles | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 100 | 3 |
| P. C. Thulasi | Women's Singles | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 33.3 | 0 |
| Shikha Gautam | Women's Singles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Akshay Dewalkar | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Koo Keat Kien | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 6 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 66.6 | 0 |
| Tan Boon Heong | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 75 | 0 |
| Aparna Balan | Women's/Mixed Doubles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabrielle Adcock | Women's/Mixed Doubles | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 33.3 | 0 |
| Total Matches Played: 5 | Total Matches Played: 5 | Total Matches Played: 5 | Total Matches Played: 5 | NA | NA | 60 | 4 |

### Mumbai Rockets

| Player | Category | P | W | Set Won | Set Lost | Win % | MVP |
| H. S. Prannoy | Men's Singles | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 1 |
| Gurusai Dutt | Men's Singles | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 0 |
| Ruthvika Gadde | Women's Singles | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 0 |
| Han Li | Women's Singles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Liu Zi Die | Women's Singles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Manu Attri | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chayut T | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Ivanov | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 1 |
| Mathias Boe | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 100 | 0 |
| Kamilla Juhl | Women's/Mixed Doubles | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 0 |
| Total Matches Played: 5 | Total Matches Played: 5 | Total Matches Played: 5 | Total Matches Played: 5 | NA | NA | 60 | 3 |

### Chennai Smashers

| Player | Category | P loss→ | Set Lost | Win % | MVP |
| Brice Leverdez | Men's Singles | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 0 |
| Sony Dwi Kuncoro | Men's Singles | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 33.3 | 0 |
| Simon Santoso | Men's Singles | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 0 |
| P. V. Sindhu | Women's Singles | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 100 | 2 |
| Krishna Priya | Women's Singles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pranaav Chopra | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 0 |
| Chris Adcock | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 9 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 56 | 2 |
| Toby Ng | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sikki Reddy | Women's/Mixed Doubles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pia Zebadiah | Women's/Mixed Doubles | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Total Matches Played: 5 | Total Matches Played: 5 | Total Matches Played: 5 | NA | NA | 80 | 4 |

### Hyderabad Hunters

| Player | Category | P | W | Set Won | Set Lost | Win % | MVP |
| Lee Chong Wei | Men's Singles | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 1 |
| P. Kashyap | Men's Singles | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| Siril Verma | Men's Singles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Supanida K. | Women's Singles | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 0 |
| Carolina Marin | Women's Singles | 43 | 35 | 70 | 11 | 82 | 0 |
| K. Nandagopal | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| R.S. Sai Raj | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Markis Kido | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 9 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 67 | 0 |
| Carsten Mogensen | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 63 | 0 |
| Jwala Gutta | Women's/Mixed Doubles | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 0 |
| Meghana J. | Women's/Mixed Doubles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Matches played: 5 | Total Matches played: 5 | Total Matches played: 5 | Total Matches played: 5 | NA | NA | 20 | 1 |

### Bengaluru Topguns

| Player | Category | P | W | Set Won | Set Lost | Win % | MVP |
| Anand Pawar | Men's Singles | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sameer Verma | Men's Singles | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 0 |
| K. Srikanth | Men's Singles | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 2 |
| Suo Di | Women's Singles | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| B. S. Reddy | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khim Wah Lim | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoon Thien How | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 33.3 | 0 |
| Joachim Nielsen | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 66.6 | 0 |
| Robert Blair | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashwini Ponnappa | Women's/Mixed Doubles | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 0 |
| Total Matches Played: 5 | Total Matches Played: 5 | Total Matches Played: 5 | Total Matches Played: 5 | NA | NA | 0 | 2 |

### Awadhe Warriors

| Player | Category | P | W | Set Won | Set Lost | Win % | MVP |
| Sai Praneeth | Men's Singles | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 0 |
| Sourabh Verma | Men's Singles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanongsak S | Men's Singles | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 2 |
| Saina Nehwal | Women's Singles | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Vrushali Gummadi | Women's Singles | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 |
| Cai Yun | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 80 | 0 |
| Hendra Aprida Gunawan | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 |
| Bodin Isara | Men's/Mixed Doubles | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 83 | 2 |
| K. Maneesha | Women's/Mixed Doubles | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Christinna P. | Women's/Mixed Doubles | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 66.6 | 1 |
| Total Matches Played: 5 | Total Matches Played: 5 | Total Matches Played: 5 | Total Matches Played: 5 | NA | NA | 66.6 | 5 |

## Schedule

The following is the schedule for 2016 Premier Badminton League. A total of 15 league matches, two semifinal, and 1 final match were played.
| Date | Venue | Team 1 | Result | Team 2 |
| 2 Jan | Mumbai | Mumbai Rockets | 2-1 | Awadhe Warriors |
| 3 Jan | Mumbai | Hyderabad Hunters | 3-2 | Bengaluru Topguns |
| 3 Jan | Mumbai | Mumbai Rockets | 3-4 | Chennai Smashers |
| 4 Jan | Lucknow | Awadhe Warriors | 4-3 | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) |
| 5 Jan | Lucknow | Chennai Smashers | 4-3 | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) |
| 5 Jan | Lucknow | Mumbai Rockets | 4-3 | Bengaluru Topguns |
| 6 Jan | Lucknow | Awadhe Warriors | 4-1 | Bengaluru Topguns |
| 7 Jan | New Delhi | Delhi Acers | 4-1 | Hyderabad Hunters |
| 8 Jan | New Delhi | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) | 5-2 | Bengaluru Topguns |
| 9 Jan | Hyderabad | Awadhe Warriors | 4-3 | Hyderabad Hunters |
| 10 Jan | Hyderabad | Chennai Smashers | 4-3 | Hyderabad Hunters |
| 11 Jan | Hyderabad | Mumbai Rockets | 4-1 | Hyderabad Hunters |
| 11 Jan | Hyderabad | Awadhe Warriors | 4-1 | Chennai Smashers |
| 13 Jan | Bengaluru | Mumbai Rockets | 0-5 | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) |
| 13 Jan | Bengaluru | Chennai Smashers | 4-1 | Bengaluru Topguns |
| Semifinals ||||||
| 14 Jan | Bengaluru | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) | 4-3 | Chennai Smashers |
| 15 Jan | Hyderabad | Awadhe Warriors | 1-3 | Mumbai Rockets |
| Final ||||||
| 17 Jan | New Delhi | Mumbai Rockets | 3-4 | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 January, 18:30 – Bangalore | 14 January, 18:30 – Bangalore |
| Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) | 4 |
| Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) | 4 | 17 January, 18:30 – New Delhi | 17 January, 18:30 – New Delhi |
| Chennai Smashers | 3 | 17 January, 18:30 – New Delhi | 17 January, 18:30 – New Delhi |
| Chennai Smashers | 3 | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) | 4 |
| 15 January, 18:30 – Hyderabad | 15 January, 18:30 – Hyderabad | | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) | 4 |
| 15 January, 18:30 – Hyderabad | 15 January, 18:30 – Hyderabad | Mumbai Rockets | 3 |
| Awadhe Warriors | 1 | Mumbai Rockets | 3 |
| Mumbai Rockets | 3 | | |

## Points Table

Each tie (MP) will have five matches each. Regular Match Win (RMW) = 1 point, Trump Match Win (TMW) = 2 points, Trump Match Lost (TML) = -1 point.
| Pos. | Teams | MP | RMW | TMW | TML | Pts. | Qualification |
| 1 | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) | 25 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 20 | Qualified for Semi-finals |
| 2 | Awadhe Warriors | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 17 | Qualified for Semi-finals |
| 3 | Chennai Smashers | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 17 | Qualified for Semi-finals |
| 4 | Mumbai Rockets | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 13 | Qualified for Semi-finals |
| 5 | Hyderabad Hunters | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| 6 | Bengaluru Topguns | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |

## Player statistics

| | Most Valuable Player (MVP) | Most Valuable Player (MVP) | Fastest Smasher of the Day (M) | Fastest Smasher of the Day (M) | Fastest Smasher of the Day (F) | Fastest Smasher of the Day (F) |
| Date | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team |
| 2 Jan | S Tanongsak | Awadhe Warriors | Gurusai Dutt | Mumbai Rockets | Ruthvika Gadde | Mumbai Rockets |
| 3 Jan | K Srikanth | Bengaluru Topguns | Khim Wah Lim | Bengaluru Topguns | Jwala Gutta | Hyderabad Hunters |
| 3 Jan | P V Sindhu | Chennai Smashers | Prannav Chopra | Chennai Smashers | P V Sindhu | Chennai Smashers |
| 4 Jan | Bodin Isara | Awadhe Warriors | S Tanongsak | Awadhe Warriors | Saina Nehwal | Awadhe Warriors |
| 5 Jan | Chris Adcock | Chennai Smashers | Koo Keat Kien | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) | P V Sindhu | Chennai Smashers |
| 5 Jan | Vladimir Ivanov | Mumbai Rockets | Vladimir Ivanov | Mumbai Rockets | Suo Di | Bengaluru Topguns |
| 5 Jan | K Srikanth | Bengaluru Topguns | Vladimir Ivanov | Mumbai Rockets | Suo Di | Bengaluru Topguns |
| 6 Jan | S Tanongsak | Awadhe Warriors | Bodin Isara | Awadhe Warriors | Saina Nehwal | Awadhe Warriors |
| 7 Jan | Tommy Sugiarto | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) | K. Nandagopal | Hyderabad Hunters | Supanida Katethong | Hyderabad Hunters |
| 8 Jan | Rajiv Ouseph | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) | Koo Keat Kien | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) | Gabrielle Adcock | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) |
| 9 Jan | Lee Chong Wei | Hyderabad Hunters | Carsten Mogensen | Hyderabad Hunters | Jwala Gutta | Hyderabad Hunters |
| 10 Jan | Chris Adcock | Chennai Smashers | P. Kashyap | Hyderabad Hunters | Supanida Katethong | Hyderabad Hunters |
| 11 Jan | Bodin Isara | Awadhe Warriors | Hendra Aprida Gunawan | Awadhe Warriors | P V Sindhu | Chennai Smashers |
| 11 Jan | Christinna P. | Awadhe Warriors | Hendra Aprida Gunawan | Awadhe Warriors | P V Sindhu | Chennai Smashers |
| 11 Jan | H. S. Prannoy | Mumbai Rockets | Vladimir Ivanov | Mumbai Rockets | Kamilla Juhl | Mumbai Rockets |
| 13 Jan | P V Sindhu | Chennai Smashers | Prannav Chopra | Chennai Smashers | Ashwini Ponnappa | Bengaluru Topguns |
| 13 Jan | Tommy Sugiarto | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) | H. S. Prannoy | Mumbai Rockets | Ruthvika Gadde | Mumbai Rockets |
| SF1 | Tommy Sugiarto | Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) | Brice Leverdez | Chennai Smashers | P V Sindhu | Chennai Smashers |
| SF2 | Han Li | Mumbai Rockets | Bodin Isara | Awadhe Warriors | Saina Nehwal | Awadhe Warriors |
| SF2 | Han Li | Mumbai Rockets | S Tanongsak | Awadhe Warriors | Saina Nehwal | Awadhe Warriors |
| Final | | | | | | |

### End of the Season Award

| Award | Player/Team |
| Fastest Smash of the Tournament (M) | Vladimir Ivanov (450 km/h) |
| Fastest Smash of the Tournament (F) | Saina Nehwal (361 km/h) |
| Longest Rally of the Tournament | Koo Keat Kien/ Tan Boon Heong (91 shots) |
| Most Vibrant Team | Delhi |
| MVP of the Tournament (M) | Tommy Sugiarto |
| MVP of the Tournament (F) | P. V. Sindhu |