2016 Premier Badminton League

2016 Premier Badminton League (also known as Star Sports Premier Badminton League 2016 for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of the Premier Badminton League.The league was formerly known as the Indian Badminton League (formed and held the inaugural season in the year 2013).[1] The season was held from 2–17 January 2016. The opening ceremony was held in Mumbai and the finals in Delhi.[2] Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) became the champions after beating Mumbai Rockets in the final.

2016 Premier Badminton League

Tournament details
Dates	2 January – 17 January
Edition	1
Total prize money	US$1,000,000
Location	India
Official website	www.pbl-india.com
Results
Champions	Delhi Dashers
Runners Up	Mumbai Rockets
Semi Finalists	Awadhe Warriors, Chennai Smashers
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The second edition was slated to be held in October 2014. However, due to International schedule, the tournament was rescheduled to January 2015.[3] It was later shifted to 2016 due to conflict between Sporty Solutionz and BAI. This season was renamed from the Indian Badminton League to the Premier Badminton League.[4] Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar was the brand ambassador of the league.[5][6][7]

The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh being introduced to the players during the final day of the PBL 2016, in New Delhi

Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers) won the title by defeating Mumbai Rockets 4–3.[8][9]

Teams

Six teams participated in the season:

Awadhe Warriors

Mumbai Rockets

Bengaluru Topguns

Delhi Dashers(formerly Delhi Acers)

Hyderabad Hunters

Chennai Smashers

Locations of PBL teams

1. Awadhe Warriors
2. Bengaluru Topguns
3. Chennai Smashers
4. Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)
5. Hyderabad Hunters
6. Mumbai Rockets

Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)

Player	Category	P	W	Set Won	Set Lost	Win %	MVP
Ajay Jayaram	Men's Singles	2	2	4	0	100	0
Rajiv Ouseph		3	3	6	1	100	1
Tommy Sugiarto		3	3	6	1	100	3
P. C. Thulasi	Women's Singles	3	1	3	5	33.3	0
Shikha Gautam		1	0	0	2	0	0
Akshay Dewalkar	Men's/Mixed Doubles	2	0	0	4	0	0
Koo Keat Kien		6	4	9	6	66.6	0
Tan Boon Heong		4	3	6	3	75	0
Aparna Balan	Women's/Mixed Doubles	1	0	0	2	0	0
Gabrielle Adcock		3	1	4	5	33.3	0
Total Matches Played: 5				NA		60	4

Mumbai Rockets

Player	Category	P	W	Set Won	Set Lost	Win %	MVP
H. S. Prannoy	Men's Singles	4	2	5	4	50	1
Gurusai Dutt		4	2	4	5	50	0
Ruthvika Gadde	Women's Singles	2	1	3	2	50	0
Han Li		1	0	1	2	0	1
Liu Zi Die		1	0	1	2	0	0
Manu Attri	Men's/Mixed Doubles	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chayut T		1	0	0	2	0	0
Vladimir Ivanov		7	4	7	8	28	1
Mathias Boe		2	2	3	2	100	0
Kamilla Juhl	Women's/Mixed Doubles	4	2	6	4	50	0
Total Matches Played: 5				NA		60	3

Chennai Smashers

Player	Category	P loss→	Set Lost	Win %	MVP
Brice Leverdez	Men's Singles	4	1	2	6	25	0
Sony Dwi Kuncoro		3	1	3	5	33.3	0
Simon Santoso		3	2	4	4	50	0
P. V. Sindhu	Women's Singles	5	5	9	3	100	2
Krishna Priya		0	0	0	0	0	0
Pranaav Chopra	Men's/Mixed Doubles	5	1	4	8	20	0
Chris Adcock		9	5	11	10	56	2
Toby N. G.		1	0	0	2	0	0
Sikki Reddy	Women's/Mixed Doubles	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pia Zebadiah		5	4	8	4	80	0
Total Matches Played: 5				NA		80	4

Hyderabad Hunters

Player	Category	P	W	Set Won	Set Lost	Win %	MVP
Lee Chong Wei	Men's Singles	4	2	6	5	50	1
P. Kashyap		7	1	3	12	14	0
Siril Verma		1	0	0	2	0	0
Supanida K.	Women's Singles	7	3	8	11	43	0
Carolina Marin	Women's Singles	43	35	70	11	82	0
K. Nandagopal	Men's/Mixed Doubles	1	0	1	2	0	0
R.S. Sai Raj		1	0	1	2	0	0
Markis Kido		9	6	12	9	67	0
Carsten Mogensen		8	5	6	5	63	0
Jwala Gutta	Women's/Mixed Doubles	5	2	4	8	40	0
Meghana J.		0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Matches played: 5				NA		20	1

Bengaluru Topguns

Player	Category	P	W	Set Won	Set Lost	Win %	MVP
Anand Pawar	Men's Singles	1	0	2	0	0	0
Sameer Verma		4	1	3	6	25	0
K. Srikanth		5	3	7	5	60	2
Suo Di	Women's Singles	5	3	8	3	60	0
B. S. Reddy	Men's/Mixed Doubles	0	0	0	0	0	0
Khim Wah Lim		5	0	3	10	0	0
Hoon Thien How		6	2	6	9	33.3	0
Joachim Nielsen		3	2	4	2	66.6	0
Robert Blair		1	0	1	2	0	0
Ashwini Ponnappa	Women's/Mixed Doubles	5	2	6	7	40	0
Total Matches Played: 5				NA		0	2

Awadhe Warriors

Player	Category	P	W	Set Won	Set Lost	Win %	MVP
Sai Praneeth	Men's Singles	5	3	7	5	60	0
Sourabh Verma		0	0	0	0	0	0
Tanongsak S		5	2	4	7	40	2
Saina Nehwal	Women's Singles	2	2	4	0	100	0
Vrushali Gummadi		3	1	2	4	33.3	0
Cai Yun	Men's/Mixed Doubles	5	4	8	2	80	0
Hendra Gunawan		3	1	3	4	33.3	0
Bodin Issara		6	5	11	3	83	2
K. Maneesha	Women's/Mixed Doubles	2	0	2	4	0	0
Christinna P.		3	2	5	3	66.6	1
Total Matches Played: 5				NA		66.6	5

Schedule

The following is the schedule for 2016 Premier Badminton League. A total of 15 league matches, two semifinal, and 1 final match were played.

Date	Venue	Team 1	Result	Team 2	Report
2 Jan	Mumbai	Mumbai Rockets	2-1	Awadhe Warriors	[10]
3 Jan		Hyderabad Hunters	3-2	Bengaluru Topguns	[11]
		Mumbai Rockets	3-4	Chennai Smashers	[12]
4 Jan	Lucknow	Awadhe Warriors	4-3	Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	[13]
5 Jan		Chennai Smashers	4-3	Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	[14]
		Mumbai Rockets	4-3	Bengaluru Topguns	[15]
6 Jan		Awadhe Warriors	4-1	Bengaluru Topguns	[16]
7 Jan	New Delhi	Delhi Acers	4-1	Hyderabad Hunters	[17]
8 Jan		Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	5-2	Bengaluru Topguns	[18]
9 Jan	Hyderabad	Awadhe Warriors	4-3	Hyderabad Hunters	[19]
10 Jan		Chennai Smashers	4-3	Hyderabad Hunters	[20][21]
11 Jan		Mumbai Rockets	4-1	Hyderabad Hunters	[22][23]
11 Jan		Awadhe Warriors	4-1	Chennai Smashers	[24][25]
13 Jan	Bengaluru	Mumbai Rockets	0-5	Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	[26]
		Chennai Smashers	4-1	Bengaluru Topguns	[27]
Semifinals
14 jan	Bengaluru	Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	4-3	Chennai Smashers	[28]
15 Jan	Hyderabad	Awadhe Warriors	1-3	Mumbai Rockets	[29]
Final
17 Jan	New Delhi	Mumbai Rockets	3-4	Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	[30]

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 January, 18:30 – Bangalore
	Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	4
					17 January, 18:30 – New Delhi
	Chennai Smashers	3
					Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	4
	15 January, 18:30 – Hyderabad
					Mumbai Rockets	3
	Awadhe Warriors	1
	Mumbai Rockets	3

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.

Pos.	Teams	MP	RMW	TMW	TML	Pts.	Qualification
1	Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	25	10	5	0	20	Qualified for Semi-finals
2	Awadhe Warriors	25	10	4	1	17
3	Chennai Smashers	25	10	4	1	17
4	Mumbai Rockets	25	9	3	2	13
5	Hyderabad Hunters	25	7	3	2	11
6	Bengaluru Topguns	25	9	2	3	10

Player statistics

	Most Valuable Player (MVP)		Fastest Smasher of the Day (M)		Fastest Smasher of the Day (F)
Date	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
2 Jan	S Tanongsak	Awadhe Warriors	Gurusai Dutt	Mumbai Rockets	Ruthvika Gadde	Mumbai Rockets
3 Jan	K Srikanth	Bengaluru Topguns	Khim Wah Lim	Bengaluru Topguns	Jwala Gutta	Hyderabad Hunters
	P V Sindhu	Chennai Smashers	Prannav Chopra	Chennai Smashers	P V Sindhu	Chennai Smashers
4 Jan	Bodin Issara	Awadhe Warriors	S Tanongsak	Awadhe Warriors	Saina Nehwal	Awadhe Warriors
5 Jan	Chris Adcock	Chennai Smashers	Koo Keat Kien	Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	P V Sindhu	Chennai Smashers
	Vladimir Ivanov	Mumbai Rockets	Vladimir Ivanov	Mumbai Rockets	Suo Di	Bengaluru Topguns
	K Srikanth	Bengaluru Topguns
6 Jan	S Tanongsak	Awadhe Warriors	Bodin Issara	Awadhe Warriors	Saina Nehwal	Awadhe Warriors
7 Jan	Tommy Sugiarto	Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	K. Nandagopal	Hyderabad Hunters	Supanida Katethong	Hyderabad Hunters
8 Jan	Rajiv Ouseph	Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	Koo Keat Kien	Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	Gabrielle Adcock	Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)
9 Jan	Lee Chong Wei	Hyderabad Hunters	Carsten Mogensen	Hyderabad Hunters	Jwala Gutta	Hyderabad Hunters
10 Jan	Chris Adcock	Chennai Smashers	P. Kashyap	Hyderabad Hunters	Supanida Katethong	Hyderabad Hunters
11 Jan	Bodin Issara	Awadhe Warriors	Hendra Aprida Gunawan	Awadhe Warriors	P V Sindhu	Chennai Smashers
	Christinna P.
	H. S. Prannoy	Mumbai Rockets	Vladimir Ivanov	Mumbai Rockets	Kamilla Juhl	Mumbai Rockets
13 Jan	P V Sindhu	Chennai Smashers	Prannav Chopra	Chennai Smashers	Ashwini Ponnappa	Bengaluru Topguns
	Tommy Sugiarto	Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	H. S. Prannoy	Mumbai Rockets	Ruthvika Gadde	Mumbai Rockets
SF1	Tommy Sugiarto	Delhi Dashers (formerly Delhi Acers)	Brice Leverdez	Chennai Smashers	P V Sindhu	Chennai Smashers
SF2	Han Li	Mumbai Rockets	Bodin Issara	Awadhe Warriors	Saina Nehwal	Awadhe Warriors
			S Tanongsak
Final

End of the Season Award

Award	Player/Team
Fastest Smash of the Tournament (M)	Vladimir Ivanov (450 km/h)[8]
Fastest Smash of the Tournament (F)	Saina Nehwal (361 km/h)[8]
Longest Rally of the Tournament	Koo Keat Kien/ Tan Boon Heong (91 shots)[8]
Most Vibrant Team	Delhi[8]
MVP of the Tournament (M)	Tommy Sugiarto[8]
MVP of the Tournament (F)	P. V. Sindhu[8]

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