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 AcersAwadhe WarriorsMumbai RocketsHyderabad HuntersBengaluru BlastersChennai SmashersJan Ø. JørgensenSrikanth KidambiAjay JayaramB. Sai PraneethViktor AxelsenP. V. SindhuSiril VermaWong Wing KiPrannoy KumarSameer VermaSourabh VarmaArundhati PantawaneSon Wan-hoSaina NehwalShreyansh JaiswalRajiv OusephBoonsak PonsanaParupalli KashyapAakarshi KashyapRituparna DasSung Ji-hyunCarolina MarínGadde Ruthvika ShivaniTanongsak SaensomboonsukNichaon JindaponBodin IssaraVrushali GummadiSri Krishna PriyaCheung Ngan YiTommy SugiartoAkshay DewalkarGoh V ShemNipitphon PuangpuapechSatwiksairaj RankireddyN. Sikki ReddyGabby AdcockIvan SozonovMarkis KidoMohita SahdevTan Boon HeongAshwini PonnappaRamya TulasiVladimir IvanovPrajakta SawantNadieżda ZiębaTan Wee KiongPranav ChopraB. Sumeeth ReddyJwala GuttaSavitree AmitrapaiChirag ShettyChau Hoi WahKo Sung-hyunChris AdcockK. ManeeshaAditya JoshiLee Yong-daeMeghana JakkampudiYoo Yeon-seongMads Pieler KoldingSanjana SantoshTarun Kona
Points Table TeamAwadhe Warriors5115021Mumbai Rockets (RU)5124119Chennai Smashers (C)585018Hyderabad Hunters5103214Bengaluru Blasters573211Delhi Acers54328 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 1ResultTeam 2 League Stage1 Jan Hyderabad Hyderabad Hunters4-3Chennai SmashersBengaluru Blasters4-3Delhi Acers2 Jan Hyderabad Hunters0-5Awadhe Warriors3 Jan Mumbai Bengaluru Blasters0-5Chennai SmashersDelhi Acers(-1)-6Mumbai Rockets4 JanHyderabad Hunters1-2Mumbai Rockets5 Jan Lucknow Awadhe Warriors6-(-1)Delhi Acers6 JanAwadhe Warriors3-4Mumbai Rockets7 Jan Bangalore Bengaluru Blasters3-4Hyderabad Hunters8 JanDelhi Acers5-2Chennai SmashersBengaluru Blasters1-4Mumbai Rockets9 JanBengaluru Blasters3-4Awadhe Warriors10 JanMumbai Rockets3-4Chennai Smashers11 JanAwadhe Warriors3-4Chennai Smashers12 JanNew DelhiDelhi Acers2-5Hyderabad Hunters Semi-finals13 JanNew DelhiAwadhe Warriors1-4Chennai SmashersMumbai Rockets3-(-1)Hyderabad Hunters Finals14 JanNew DelhiChennai Smashers4-3Mumbai Rockets
Knockout stage
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