2017 Premier Badminton League (also known as Vodafone PBL 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of
Premier Badminton League
Premier Badminton League (PBL) is a team badminton league operating in India. Sportz & Live Private Limited (Sportzlive) has the rights to operate and execute the Premier Badminton League.
The inaugural season of PBL was held from 2 to 17 Janu ...
. 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
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became a co-owner of Bengaluru Topguns before the season and they were renamed as
Bengaluru Blasters
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.
Awadhe Warriors
Awadhe Warriors is a badminton team owned by Sahara Adventure Sports Limited a group company of Sahara India for the Premier Badminton League (PBL). The team's home ground is Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow. The team is coached by An ...
,
Mumbai Rockets,
Chennai Smashers
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 th ...
and
Hyderabad Hunters entered the semi-finals after topping the league table.
Chennai Smashers
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 th ...
beat
Awadhe Warriors
Awadhe Warriors is a badminton team owned by Sahara Adventure Sports Limited a group company of Sahara India for the Premier Badminton League (PBL). The team's home ground is Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow. The team is coached by An ...
4-1 and
Mumbai Rockets beat
Hyderabad Hunters 3-(-1) to proceed to the final.
Chennai Smashers
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 th ...
won the tournament after beating
Mumbai Rockets 4-3.
Squads
The complete list of players of all the six participating teams
Points Table
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
Knockout stage
References
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