title: 2017 Premier Badminton League
text: # 2017 Premier Badminton League
  
  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 Acers | Awadhe Warriors | Mumbai Rockets | Hyderabad Hunters | Bengaluru Blasters | Chennai Smashers |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Jan Ø. Jørgensen | Srikanth Kidambi | Ajay Jayaram | B. Sai Praneeth | Viktor Axelsen | P. V. Sindhu |
  | Siril Verma | Wong Wing Ki | Prannoy Kumar | Sameer Verma | Sourabh Varma | Arundhati Pantawane |
  | Son Wan-ho | Saina Nehwal | Shreyansh Jaiswal | Rajiv Ouseph | Boonsak Ponsana | Parupalli Kashyap |
  | Aakarshi Kashyap | Rituparna Das | Sung Ji-hyun | Carolina Marín | Gadde Ruthvika Shivani | Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk |
  | Nichaon Jindapon | Bodin Issara | Vrushali Gummadi | Sri Krishna Priya | Cheung Ngan Yi | Tommy Sugiarto |
  | Akshay Dewalkar | Goh V Shem | Nipitphon Puangpuapech | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | N. Sikki Reddy | Gabby Adcock |
  | Ivan Sozonov | Markis Kido | Mohita Sahdev | Tan Boon Heong | Ashwini Ponnappa | Ramya Tulasi |
  | Vladimir Ivanov | Prajakta Sawant | Nadieżda Zięba | Tan Wee Kiong | Pranav Chopra | B. Sumeeth Reddy |
  | Jwala Gutta | Savitree Amitrapai | Chirag Shetty | Chau Hoi Wah | Ko Sung-hyun | Chris Adcock |
  | K. Maneesha | Aditya Joshi | Lee Yong-dae | Meghana Jakkampudi | Yoo Yeon-seong | Mads Pieler Kolding |
  | | | Sanjana Santosh | | | |
  | | | Tarun Kona | | | |
  
  ## Points Table
  
  | Team | TP | RMW | TMW | TML | Pts. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Awadhe Warriors | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
  | Mumbai Rockets (RU) | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
  | Chennai Smashers (C) | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
  | Hyderabad Hunters | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
  | Bengaluru Blasters | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
  | Delhi Acers | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
  
  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 1 | Result | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | League Stage |||||
  | 1 Jan | Hyderabad | Hyderabad Hunters | 4-3 | Chennai Smashers |
  | 1 Jan | Hyderabad | Bengaluru Blasters | 4-3 | Delhi Acers |
  | 2 Jan | Hyderabad | Hyderabad Hunters | 0-5 | Awadhe Warriors |
  | 3 Jan | Mumbai | Bengaluru Blasters | 0-5 | Chennai Smashers |
  | 3 Jan | Mumbai | Delhi Acers | (-1)-6 | Mumbai Rockets |
  | 4 Jan | Mumbai | Hyderabad Hunters | 1-2 | Mumbai Rockets |
  | 5 Jan | Lucknow | Awadhe Warriors | 6-(-1) | Delhi Acers |
  | 6 Jan | Lucknow | Awadhe Warriors | 3-4 | Mumbai Rockets |
  | 7 Jan | Bangalore | Bengaluru Blasters | 3-4 | Hyderabad Hunters |
  | 8 Jan | Bangalore | Delhi Acers | 5-2 | Chennai Smashers |
  | 8 Jan | Bangalore | Bengaluru Blasters | 1-4 | Mumbai Rockets |
  | 9 Jan | Bangalore | Bengaluru Blasters | 3-4 | Awadhe Warriors |
  | 10 Jan | Bangalore | Mumbai Rockets | 3-4 | Chennai Smashers |
  | 11 Jan | Bangalore | Awadhe Warriors | 3-4 | Chennai Smashers |
  | 12 Jan | New Delhi | Delhi Acers | 2-5 | Hyderabad Hunters |
  | Semi-finals |||||
  | 13 Jan | New Delhi | Awadhe Warriors | 1-4 | Chennai Smashers |
  | 13 Jan | New Delhi | Mumbai Rockets | 3-(-1) | Hyderabad Hunters |
  | Finals |||||
  | 14 Jan | New Delhi | Chennai Smashers | 4-3 | Mumbai Rockets |
  
  ### Knockout stage
  
  | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 13 January – New Delhi | 13 January – New Delhi |
  | Awadhe Warriors | 1 |
  | Awadhe Warriors | 1 | 14 January – New Delhi | 14 January – New Delhi |
  | Chennai Smashers | 4 | 14 January – New Delhi | 14 January – New Delhi |
  | Chennai Smashers | 4 | Chennai Smashers | 4 |
  | 13 January – New Delhi | 13 January – New Delhi | | Chennai Smashers | 4 |
  | 13 January – New Delhi | 13 January – New Delhi | Mumbai Rockets | 3 |
  | Mumbai Rockets | 3 | Mumbai Rockets | 3 |
  | Hyderabad Hunters | -1 | | |
  