2016 Premier Badminton League (PBL)Season 2 January 02-17,2016

 

The Premier Badminton League (PBL)Season 2 which is set for 15 days of back to back games, is scheduled to be held  from January 02-17,2016

The Opening Ceremony will be held in Mumbai and the Grand Finale will be held in Delhi

Teams

1. Awadhe Warriors
2. Bengaluru Topgun
3. Delhi Acers
4. Hyderabad Hunters
5. Mumbai Rockets
6. Chennai Smashers

Venues

• Delhi
• Lucknow
• Hyderabad
• Bengaluru
• Mumbai

Schedule

			About Premier Badminton League (PBL) 1) The league comprises of six teams with players representing from Asia and Europe besides India. 2) The six teams are Delhi Aces, Hyderabad Hunters, Mumbai Rockets, Awadhe Warriors, Bengaluru Topguns and Chennai Smashers. 3) Hyderabad won the league in 2013 led by Saina Nehwal. The franchise name was Hyderabad Hotshots. 4) The semifinals of this edition are scheduled for January 14 and 15 respectively. The grand finale will be played in Delhi on January 17. 5) Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar is the brand ambassador of the PBL. 6) Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu will represent Awadhe Warriors and Chennai Smashers respectively. 7) Introduction of a new feature called “Trump Match” will be seen this time. The feature allows coaches and players to gain a bonus point with some risk taking. A loss could inflict a negative point. 8) Trump Match will be decided 90 minutes prior to the start of the tie. 9) There will be five ties in each match. 10) Matches will be best-of-three across 15 points