# 2017 Premier Badminton League

2017 Premier Badminton League (also known as Vodafone PBL 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of Premier Badminton League. 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. 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
| Delhi Acers | Awadhe Warriors | Mumbai Rockets | Hyderabad Hunters | Bengaluru Blasters | Chennai Smashers |
| Jan Ø. Jørgensen | Srikanth Kidambi | Ajay Jayaram | B. Sai Praneeth | Viktor Axelsen | P. V. Sindhu |
| Siril Verma | Wong Wing Ki | Prannoy Kumar | Sameer Verma | Sourabh Varma | Arundhati Pantawane |
| Son Wan-ho | Saina Nehwal | Shreyansh Jaiswal | Rajiv Ouseph | Boonsak Ponsana | Parupalli Kashyap |
| Aakarshi Kashyap | Rituparna Das | Sung Ji-hyun | Carolina Marín | Gadde Ruthvika Shivani | Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk |
| Nichaon Jindapon | Bodin Issara | Vrushali Gummadi | Sri Krishna Priya | Cheung Ngan Yi | Tommy Sugiarto |
| Akshay Dewalkar | Goh V Shem | Nipitphon Puangpuapech | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | N. Sikki Reddy | Gabby Adcock |
| Ivan Sozonov | Markis Kido | Mohita Sahdev | Tan Boon Heong | Ashwini Ponnappa | Ramya Tulasi |
| Vladimir Ivanov | Prajakta Sawant | Nadieżda Zięba | Tan Wee Kiong | Pranav Chopra | B. Sumeeth Reddy |
| Jwala Gutta | Savitree Amitrapai | Chirag Shetty | Chau Hoi Wah | Ko Sung-hyun | Chris Adcock |
| K. Maneesha | Aditya Joshi | Lee Yong-dae | Meghana Jakkampudi | Yoo Yeon-seong | Mads Pieler Kolding |
| | | Sanjana Santosh | | | |
| | | Tarun Kona | | | |

## Points Table

| Team | TP | RMW | TMW | TML | Pts. |
| Awadhe Warriors | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| Mumbai Rockets (RU) | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| Chennai Smashers (C) | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| Hyderabad Hunters | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Bengaluru Blasters | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Delhi Acers | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
Qualified for semifinals
* Each tie (TP) will have five matches each.
* Regular Match Win (RMW) = 1 point
* Trump Match Win (TMW) = 2 points
* Trump Match Lost (TML) = -1 point.

## Fixtures

The fixtures for the 2017 Premier Badminton League are as follows
| Date | Venue | Team 1 | Result | Team 2 |
| League Stage |||||
| 1 Jan | Hyderabad | Hyderabad Hunters | 4-3 | Chennai Smashers |
| 1 Jan | Hyderabad | Bengaluru Blasters | 4-3 | Delhi Acers |
| 2 Jan | Hyderabad | Hyderabad Hunters | 0-5 | Awadhe Warriors |
| 3 Jan | Mumbai | Bengaluru Blasters | 0-5 | Chennai Smashers |
| 3 Jan | Mumbai | Delhi Acers | (-1)-6 | Mumbai Rockets |
| 4 Jan | Mumbai | Hyderabad Hunters | 1-2 | Mumbai Rockets |
| 5 Jan | Lucknow | Awadhe Warriors | 6-(-1) | Delhi Acers |
| 6 Jan | Lucknow | Awadhe Warriors | 3-4 | Mumbai Rockets |
| 7 Jan | Bangalore | Bengaluru Blasters | 3-4 | Hyderabad Hunters |
| 8 Jan | Bangalore | Delhi Acers | 5-2 | Chennai Smashers |
| 8 Jan | Bangalore | Bengaluru Blasters | 1-4 | Mumbai Rockets |
| 9 Jan | Bangalore | Bengaluru Blasters | 3-4 | Awadhe Warriors |
| 10 Jan | Bangalore | Mumbai Rockets | 3-4 | Chennai Smashers |
| 11 Jan | Bangalore | Awadhe Warriors | 3-4 | Chennai Smashers |
| 12 Jan | New Delhi | Delhi Acers | 2-5 | Hyderabad Hunters |
| Semi-finals |||||
| 13 Jan | New Delhi | Awadhe Warriors | 1-4 | Chennai Smashers |
| 13 Jan | New Delhi | Mumbai Rockets | 3-(-1) | Hyderabad Hunters |
| Finals |||||
| 14 Jan | New Delhi | Chennai Smashers | 4-3 | Mumbai Rockets |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 13 January – New Delhi | 13 January – New Delhi |
| Awadhe Warriors | 1 |
| Awadhe Warriors | 1 | 14 January – New Delhi | 14 January – New Delhi |
| Chennai Smashers | 4 | 14 January – New Delhi | 14 January – New Delhi |
| Chennai Smashers | 4 | Chennai Smashers | 4 |
| 13 January – New Delhi | 13 January – New Delhi | | Chennai Smashers | 4 |
| 13 January – New Delhi | 13 January – New Delhi | Mumbai Rockets | 3 |
| Mumbai Rockets | 3 | Mumbai Rockets | 3 |
| Hyderabad Hunters | -1 | | |