# 2018–19 Premier Badminton League

2018–19 Premier Badminton League was the fourth edition of Premier Badminton League. It was played from 22 December 2018 to 13 January 2019. The season featured a new team Pune 7 Aces, bringing the total number of teams to 9. Bengaluru Blasters were renamed Bengaluru Raptors.
Bengaluru Raptors beat Mumbai Rockets by 4–3 in the final tie to lift their maiden title.

## Squads

| Ahmedabad Smash Masters | Awadhe Warriors | Bengaluru Raptors |
| Viktor Axelsen | Son Wan-ho | Srikanth Kidambi |
| Anoushka Parikh | Ashwini Ponnappa | Mohammad Ahsan |
| N. Sikki Reddy | Mathias Christiansen | Hendra Setiawan |
| Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | Lee Yang | B. Sai Praneeth |
| Lee Chun Hei | Zhang Beiwen | Mithun Manjunath |
| K. Nandagopal | Lee Dong-keun | Lauren Smith |
| Kirsty Gilmour | Sanyogita Ghorpade | Sanjana Santosh |
| Vaishnavi Bhale | Gurusai Dutt | Marcus Ellis |
| Liew Daren | Rasika Raje | Vũ Thị Trang |
| Sourabh Varma | Arjun M.R. | Nguyễn Tiến Minh |
| Chennai Smashers | Delhi Dashers | Hyderabad Hunters |
| Sung Ji-hyun | H. S. Prannoy | P. V. Sindhu |
| Gabby Adcock | Chai Biao | Eom Hye-won |
| Chris Adcock | Wang Sijie | Kim Sa-rang |
| Rutaparna Panda | Maneepong Jongjit | Bodin Isara |
| Sumeeth Reddy | Evgeniya Kosetskaya | Sai Uttejita Rao Chukka |
| Saili Rane | Tommy Sugiarto | Lee Hyun-il |
| Rajiv Ouseph | Harika Veludurthi | Arun George |
| Parupalli Kashyap | Vighnesh Devlekar | Meghana Jakkampudi |
| Or Chin Chung | Chirag Sen | Mark Caljouw |
| Chong Wei Feng | Lee Chia-hsin | Rahul Yadav Chittaboina |
| Mumbai Rockets | North Eastern Warriors | Pune 7 Aces |
| Lee Yong-dae | Saina Nehwal | Carolina Marín |
| Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth | Kim Ha-na | Chirag Shetty |
| Kim Gi-jung | Yoo Yeon-seong | Mathias Boe |
| Shreyanshi Pardeshi | Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk | Vladimir Ivanov |
| Sameer Verma | Tian Houwei | Line Kjærsfeldt |
| Kuhoo Garg | K. Maneesha | Lakshya Sen |
| Manu Attri | Liao Min-chun | Brice Leverdez |
| Anders Antonsen | Dhruv Kapila | Sony Dwi Kuncoro |
| Pratul Joshi | Siril Verma | Ajay Jayaram |
| Anura Prabhudesai | Rituparna Das | Prajakta Sawant |

## Points table

| Team | MP | RMW | RML | TMW | TML | Pts. |
| Awadhe Warriors | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 25 |
| Hyderabad Hunters | 30 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 |
| Bengaluru Raptors | 30 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| Mumbai Rockets | 30 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| Pune 7 Aces | 30 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| Chennai Smashers | 30 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| Ahmedabad Smash Masters | 30 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| North Eastern Warriors | 30 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| Delhi Dashers | 30 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
* 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
### League Stage

| Date | Time | Venue | Team 1 | Result | Team 2 |
| 22 Dec | 19:00 | Mumbai | Pune 7 Aces | (-1) – 6 | Hyderabad Hunters |
| 23 Dec | 16:00 | Mumbai | Mumbai Rockets | 5 – 0 | Delhi Dashers |
| 23 Dec | 19:00 | Mumbai | Ahmedabad Smash Masters | 4 – 1 | North Eastern Warriors |
| 24 Dec | 19:00 | Mumbai | Pune 7 Aces | 3 – 4 | Awadhe Warriors |
| 25 Dec | 19:00 | Hyderabad | Hyderabad Hunters | 5 – 0 | Chennai Smashers |
| 26 Dec | 19:00 | Hyderabad | Delhi Dashers | 1 – 4 | Ahmedabad Smash Masters |
| 27 Dec | 19:00 | Hyderabad | North Eastern Warriors | 4 – 1 | Mumbai Rockets |
| 28 Dec | 16:00 | Hyderabad | Ahmedabad Smash Masters | 4 – 3 | Bengaluru Raptors |
| 28 Dec | 19:00 | Hyderabad | Hyderabad Hunters | 1 – 4 | Awadhe Warriors |
| 29 Dec | 16:00 | Pune | Pune 7 Aces | 4 – 3 | Mumbai Rockets |
| 29 Dec | 19:00 | Pune | North Eastern Warriors | 3 – 0 | Delhi Dashers |
| 30 Dec | 16:00 | Pune | Ahmedabad Smash Masters | (-1) – 6 | Chennai Smashers |
| 30 Dec | 19:00 | Pune | Pune 7 Aces | 3 – 4 | Bengaluru Raptors |
| 31 Dec | 19:00 | Pune | Awadhe Warriors | 2 – 5 | Mumbai Rockets |
| 1 Jan | 19:00 | Pune | Hyderabad Hunters | 5 – 0 | North Eastern Warriors |
| 2 Jan | 19:00 | Ahmedabad | Delhi Dashers | 1 – 2 | Bengaluru Raptors |
| 3 Jan | 19:00 | Ahmedabad | Pune 7 Aces | 3 – 4 | Chennai Smashers |
| 4 Jan | 19:00 | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad Smash Masters | (-1) – 6 | Awadhe Warriors |
| 5 Jan | 16:00 | Ahmedabad | Mumbai Rockets | 5 – 0 | Chennai Smashers |
| 5 Jan | 19:00 | Ahmedabad | Bengaluru Raptors | 4 – 3 | North Eastern Warriors |
| 6 Jan | 16:00 | Ahmedabad | Delhi Dashers | 0 – 5 | Pune 7 Aces |
| 6 Jan | 19:00 | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad Smash Masters | 3 – 4 | Hyderabad Hunters |
| 7 Jan | 19:00 | Bangalore | Awadhe Warriors | 4 – 3 | Chennai Smashers |
| 8 Jan | 19:00 | Bangalore | Bengaluru Raptors | 5 – 0 | Mumbai Rockets |
| 9 Jan | 16:00 | Bangalore | Hyderabad Hunters | 3 – 4 | Delhi Dashers |
| 9 Jan | 19:00 | Bangalore | Awadhe Warriors | 5 – 0 | North Eastern Warriors |
| 10 Jan | 19:00 | Bangalore | Bengaluru Raptors | 3 – 2 | Chennai Smashers |

### Knockout stage

| Date | Time | Venue | Team 1 | Result | Team 2 |
| Semi-finals ||||||
| 11 Jan | 19:00 | Bangalore | Awadhe Warriors | 2 – 4 | Bengaluru Raptors |
| 12 Jan | 19:00 | Bangalore | Hyderabad Hunters | 2 – 4 | Mumbai Rockets |
| Finals ||||||
| 13 Jan | 19:00 | Bangalore | Bengaluru Raptors | 4 – 3 | Mumbai Rockets |
Semifinal 1 :
| Awadhe Warriors | M. Christiansen, A. Ponnappa (Trump Match) | 15 – 7, 15 – 10 $^{(MixedDoubles)}$ | M. Ellis, L. Smith | Bengaluru Raptors |
| Awadhe Warriors | L. D. Keun | 9 – 15, 4 – 15 $^{(Men'sSingles)}$ | B. S. Praneeth | Bengaluru Raptors |
| Awadhe Warriors | S. W. Ho | 7 – 15, 10 – 15 $^{(Men'sSingles)}$ | K. Srikanth | Bengaluru Raptors |
| Awadhe Warriors | Y. Lee, M. Christiansen | 14 – 15, 9 – 15 $^{(Men'sDoubles)}$ | M. Ahsan, H. Setiawan (Trump Match) | Bengaluru Raptors |
| Awadhe Warriors | B. Zhang | – $^{(Women'sSingles)}$ | T. T. Vu | Bengaluru Raptors |
Semifinal 2 :
| Hyderabad Hunters | B. Isara, K. S. Rang | 14 – 15, 12 – 15 $^{(Men'sDoubles)}$ | K. G. Jung, L. Y. Dae | Mumbai Rockets |
| Hyderabad Hunters | M. Caljouw | 8 – 15, 7 – 15 $^{(Men'sSingles)}$ | S. Verma (Trump Match) | Mumbai Rockets |
| Hyderabad Hunters | P. V. Sindhu (Trump Match) | 15 – 6, 15 – 5 $^{(Women'sSingles)}$ | S. Pardeshi | Mumbai Rockets |
| Hyderabad Hunters | L. Hyun | 13 – 15, 6 – 15 $^{(Men'sSingles)}$ | A. Antonsen | Mumbai Rockets |
| Hyderabad Hunters | K. S. Rang, E. H. Won | – $^{(MixedDoubles)}$ | K. G. Jung, P. Z. Bernadeth | Mumbai Rockets |
Final :
| Bengaluru Raptors | M. Ellis, L. Smith | 8 – 15, 14 – 15 $^{(MixedDoubles)}$ | K. G. Jung, P. Z. Bernadeth (Trump Match) | Mumbai Rockets |
| Bengaluru Raptors | K. Srikanth | 15 – 7, 15 – 10 $^{(Men'sSingles)}$ | A. Antonsen | Mumbai Rockets |
| Bengaluru Raptors | T. T. Vu (Trump Match) | 15 – 8, 15 – 9 $^{(Women'sSingles)}$ | S. Pardeshi | Mumbai Rockets |
| Bengaluru Raptors | B. S. Praneeth | 15 – 7, 12 – 15, 3 – 15 $^{(Men'sSingles)}$ | S. Verma | Mumbai Rockets |
| Bengaluru Raptors | M. Ahsan, H. Setiawan | 15 – 13, 15 – 10 $^{(Men'sDoubles)}$ | K. G. Jung, L. Y. Dae | Mumbai Rockets |