Chennai Superstarz (formerly known as Chennai Smashers) is a franchise badminton team based in Chennai that plays in the Premier Badminton League (PBL). The team has won the PBL title once, has been in the semi-finals of the league twice in their five appearances. They won the 2017 season beating Mumbai Rockets 3–2. The franchise was renamed from Chennai Smashers to Chennai Superstarz in 2020.

History The team's first season in the PBL was in 2016. Vijay Prabhakaran initially owned the franchise from 2016 to 2019. In December 2019, Sivakumar who owns a regional badminton league named Tamil Nadu Badminton Super League acquired the franchise to become its new owner. The franchise also changed its name into Chennai Superstarz for the 2020 season.

Rio Olympics silver medallist P. V. Sindhu was part of the team for the first three seasons. They won their first and only PBL title in 2017. With P. V. Sindhu in their roster, they defeated Mumbai Rockets 3–2 in the final at New Delhi. During the third and fourth seasons, the team finished sixth. They failed to get past Northeastern Warriors in the semi-finals (-1)–3. The team is currently coached by Aravindan Samiappan.

Home venue From 2017, the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium serves as the home for the team. The stadium located in Chennai, has a seating capacity of 5,000. In 2016, there was no home venue for the team due to unavailability of Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium in Chennai and Coimbatore.

Current squad PlayerCategorySalaryNotesCoach Aravindan SamiappanDomestic Satwiksairaj RankireddyMen's/Mixed Doubles B. Sumeeth ReddyRetained player Dhruv Kapila Sanjana SantoshWomen's/Mixed Doubles Gayatri GopichandWomen's Singles Lakshya SenMen's Singles Sathish Karunakaran Sankar SubramanianOverseas Tommy SugiartoCaptain Kirsty GilmourWomen's Singles Jessica PughWomen's/Mixed DoublesTransferred from Mumbai

Seasons Result summary YearTotalWin %League standingFinal standing12016251041173rd out of 6Semi-finalist2201725850181st out of 6Champions32017–1825832126th out of 8 style="background: white;" 42018–19301233156th out of 9 style="background: white;" 52020301060223rd out of 7Semi-finalistTotal13548216 Last updated: 7 February 2020; Source:

Season 3

Results Date Venue Team 1ResultTeam 2Report2 JanMumbaiMumbai Rockets3-4Chennai Smashers4 JanLucknow Chennai Smashers4-3Delhi Acers10 JanHyderabad Chennai Smashers 4-3Hyderabad Hunters11 JanHyderabad Awadhe Warriors4-1Chennai Smashers13 JanBengaluru Chennai Smashers4-1Bengaluru Topguns14 Jan (SF)BengaluruDelhi Acers4-3Chennai Smashers

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. TeamsQualification1Delhi Acers25105020Qualified for Semi-finals2Awadhe Warriors251041173Chennai Smashers251041174Mumbai Rockets25932135Hyderabad Hunters25732116Bengaluru Topguns2592310

Player statistics PlayerCategoryPWSets WonSets LostWin %MVP Brice LeverdezMen's Singles4126250 Sony Dwi Kuncoro313533.30 Simon Santoso3244500 P. V. SindhuWomen's Singles55931002 Krishna Priya000000 Pranaav ChopraMen's/Mixed Doubles5148200 Chris Adcock951110562 Toby Ng100200 Sikki ReddyWomen's/Mixed Doubles000000 Pia Zebadiah5484800Total Matches Played: 5 NA804

Season 4

Results Date Venue Team 1ResultTeam 225 DecHyderabadHyderabad Hunters5 – 0Chennai Smashers30 DecPune Ahmedabad Smash Masters(-1) – 6Chennai Smashers3 JanAhmedabad Pune 7 Aces3 – 4Chennai Smashers7 JanBengaluruAwadhe Warriors4 – 3Chennai Smashers10 JanBengaluru Bengaluru Raptors3 – 2Chennai Smashers

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. Team Awadhe Warriors 30 13 11 6 0 25Hyderabad Hunters 30 15 9 5 1 24Bengaluru Raptors 30 12 12 5 1 21Mumbai Rockets 30 13 11 4 2 19Pune 7 Aces 30 8 16 5 1 17Chennai Smashers 30 12 12 3 3 15Ahmedabad Smash Masters 30 7 17 4 2 13North Eastern Warriors 30 11 13 2 4 11Delhi Dashers 30 9 15 1 5 6

Season 5

Points table

Results DateVenueHomeResultsAway20 JanuaryChennaiChennai Superstarz5–2Hyderabad Hunters22 JanuaryChennai Superstarz4–3Mumbai Rockets24 JanuaryChennai Superstarz4–3Bengaluru Raptors30 JanuaryHyderabadPune 7 Aces5–2Chennai Superstarz1 FebruaryAwadhe Warriors3–4Chennai Superstarz4 FebruaryNortheastern Warriors4–3Chennai Superstarz

Semifinal DateVenueHomeResultsAway7 FebruaryHyderabadChennai Superstarz(-1) – 3Northeastern Warriors

Player statistics PlayerCategoryPWSets WonSets LostWin %MVP Lakshya SenMen's Singles54931 K. Sathish Kumar2 0 0 40 Sankar Muthusamy1 0 0 20 Tommy Sugiarto44822 Gayatri GopichandWomen's Singles40280 Kirsty Gilmour2 2400 Satwiksairaj RankireddyMen's/Mixed Doubles749101 B. Sumeeth Reddy42451 Dhruv Kapila73791 Sanjana SantoshWomen's/Mixed Doubles10020 Jessica Pugh53661Total Matches Played: 30NA Last updated: 5 February 2020; Source:

Chennai Superstarz finished third in the league stage with 22 points qualifying for the semifinals. They won all of their trump matches becoming the only team in the season to do so. They lost to Northeastern Warriors in the semifinal. This was their second PBL semifinal loss in five appearances.

Former squads Year2018-19(4)2017-18(3)2017(2)2016(1)Domestic Vijaydeep Singh Sumeeth Reddy P. V. Sindhu P. V. Sindhu P. V. Sindhu Rutaparna Panda Aditya Joshi Arundhati Pantawane Krishna Priya Saili Rane B. Sumeeth Reddy Parupalli Kashyap Pranaav Chopra Saili Rane Daniel Farid Ramya Tulasi Sikki Reddy Parupalli Kashyap Vrushali Gummadi B. Sumeeth ReddyOverseas Chris Adcock Chris Adcock Chris Adcock Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock Brice Leverdez Tommy Sugiarto Brice Leverdez Or Chin Chung Gabby Adcock Gabby Adcock Sony Dwi Kuncoro Rajiv Ouseph Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk Simon Santoso Sung Ji-hyun Lee Yang Mads Pieler Kolding Toby Ng Chong Wei Feng Pia Zebadiah

Team captains listed in bold.

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