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 Awadhe Warriors Bengaluru Raptors Chennai Superstarz Hyderabad Hunters Mumbai Rockets Northeastern Warriors Pune 7 Aces 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. Subhankar Dey Arun George Dhruv Kapila N. Sikki Reddy Parupalli Kashyap Kaushal Dharmamer Chirag Shetty Tanvi Lad B. Sai Praneeth Gayathri Gopichand Priyanshu Rajawat Pranav Chopra Krishna Prasad Garaga Mithun Manjunath Medha Shashidharan Lakshya Sen P. V. Sindhu Ramchandran Shlok Rutaparna Panda Rituparna Das Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian Sourabh Verma Shreyansh Jaiswal Sanjana Santosh Shreyanshi Pardeshi Sathish Kumar Karunakaran Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Overseas Christinna Pedersen Tai Tzu-ying Jessica Pugh Ben Lane Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth Michelle Li Chris Adcock Wong Wing Ki Brice Leverdez Tommy Sugiarto Sean Vendy Kim Gi-jung Lee Cheuk Yiu Gabby Adcock Ivan Sozonov Rian Agung Saputro Kirsty Gilmour Liew Daren Kim Sa-rang Kim Ha-na Tse Ying Suet Ko Sung-hyun Chan Peng Soon Vladimir Ivanov Lee Dong-keun Lee Yong-dae Hendra Setiawan Shin Baek-cheol Eom Hye-won Bodin Isara Kazumasa Sakai Beiwen Zhang Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk Loh Kean Yew Vũ Thị Trang
Points table Rank Team 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:
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 Northeastern Warriors 4–3 Bengaluru Raptors 3 22 January 19:00 Chennai Superstarz4–3 Mumbai Rockets 4 23 January 19:00 Northeastern Warriors 3–4 Awadhe Warriors 5 24 January 19:00 Chennai Superstarz4–3 Bengaluru Raptors 6 25 January 19:00 Lucknow Pune 7 Aces5–2 Mumbai Rockets Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium 7 26 January 19:00 Awadhe Warriors 1–2 Hyderabad Hunters 8 27 January 19:00 Pune 7 Aces 4–3 Bengaluru Raptors 9 28 January 19:00 Awadhe Warriors5–0 Mumbai Rockets 10 29 January 19:00 Hyderabad Hyderabad Hunters2–1 Northeastern Warriors G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium 11 30 January 15:30 Pune 7 Aces 5–2 Chennai Superstarz 12 30 January 19:00 Mumbai Rockets 2–5 Northeastern Warriors 13 31 January 19:00 Hyderabad Hunters 0–3 Bengaluru Raptors 14 1 February 15:30 Pune 7 Aces 0–5 Northeastern Warriors 15 1 February 19:00 Awadhe Warriors 3–4 Chennai Superstarz 16 2 February 19:00 Hyderabad Hunters 4–3 Mumbai Rockets 17 3 February 19:00 Awadhe Warriors 1–4 Pune 7 Aces 18 4 February 15:30 Northeastern Warriors4–3 Chennai Superstarz 19 4 February 19:00 Bengaluru Raptors5–0 Mumbai Rockets 20 5 February 19:00 Hyderabad Hunters 1–2 Pune 7 Aces 21 6 February 19:00 Bengaluru Raptors 5–0 Awadhe Warriors
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 Pune 7 Aces3–4Bengaluru Raptors F 9 February 19:00 Northeastern Warriors2–4Bengaluru Raptors
Semifinal 1: Chennai Superstarz vs. Northeastern Warriors 7, 19 February:00G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad # Event Team 1 Result Team 2Chennai Superstarz (-1)–3Northeastern Warriors 1 B. Sumeeth Reddy Jessica Pugh 0 12–1515–914–15 1 Lee Yong-dae Kim Ha-na 2 Tommy Sugiarto 0 12–1512–151 Lee Cheuk Yiu 3 B. Sumeeth Reddy Dhruv Kapila -1 13–1515–1410–151 Krishna Prasad Garaga Bodin Isara 4 Kirsty Gilmour – Michelle Li 5 Lakshya Sen – Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk
Semifinal 2: Pune 7 Aces vs. Bengaluru Raptors 8, 19 February:00G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad # Event Team 1 Result Team 2Pune 7 Aces 3–4Bengaluru Raptors 1 Chirag Shetty Hendra Setiawan 2 15–1215–100 Arun George Rian Agung Saputro 2 Mithun Manjunath 0 14–1515–96–151 Brice Leverdez 3 Kazumasa Sakai 1 15–1115–13 0 B. Sai Praneeth 4 Rituparna Das 0 12–1512–15 2 Tai Tzu-ying 5 Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock 0 13–1510–151 Chan Peng Soon Eom Hye-won
Final: Northeastern Warriors vs. Bengaluru Raptors 9, 19 February:00G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad # Event Team 1 Result Team 2Northeastern Warriors 2–4Bengaluru Raptors 1 Lee Cheuk Yiu 015–149–153–151 B. Sai Praneeth 2 Bodin Isara Lee Yong-dae 215–1113–1515–140 Arun George Rian Agung Saputro 3 Michelle Li 0 9–1512–15 1 Tai Tzu-ying 4 Krishna Prasad Garaga Kim Ha-na 0 14–1515–1412–15 2 Chan Peng Soon Eom Hye-won 5 Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk – Brice Leverdez
End-of-season awards PlayerTeamAwardValue Tai Tzu-yingBengaluru RaptorsPlayer of the League N. Sikki ReddyHyderabad HuntersIndian Player of the League Priyanshu RajawatHyderabad HuntersEmerging Player of the League
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