Indian badminton club
Not to be confused with Chennai Superstars, a cricket team that participated in the
Indian Cricket League .
Chennai Superstarz (formerly known asChennai Smashers ) is a franchisebadminton team based inChennai that plays in thePremier Badminton League (PBL). The team has won the PBL title once, has been in the semi-finals of the league twice in their five appearances. They won the2017 season beatingMumbai Rockets 3–2. The franchise was renamed fromChennai Smashers toChennai Superstarz in 2020.
The team's first season in the PBL was in 2016.[ 4] [ 5] Vijay Prabhakaran initially owned the franchise from 2016 to 2019.[ 6] [ 7] In December 2019, Sivakumar who owns a regional badminton league named Tamil Nadu Badminton Super League acquired the franchise to become its new owner.[ 2] The franchise also changed its name into Chennai Superstarz for the 2020 season.[ 8]
Rio Olympics silver medallistP. V. Sindhu was part of the team for the first three seasons.[ 6] [ 9] They won their first and only PBL title in 2017. With P. V. Sindhu in their roster, they defeated Mumbai Rockets 3–2 in the final atNew Delhi .[ 10] During the third and fourth seasons, the team finished sixth. They failed to get pastNortheastern Warriors in the semi-finals (-1)–3. The team is currently coached by Aravindan Samiappan.
From 2017, theJawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium serves as the home for the team.[ 11] The stadium located in Chennai, has a seating capacity of 5,000.[ 12] In 2016, there was no home venue for the team due to unavailability of Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium in Chennai and Coimbatore.[ 6]
Player[ 13] [ 8] Category Salary[ 14] Notes Coach Aravindan Samiappan[ 2] [ 3] Domestic Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Men's/Mixed Doubles ₹ 62 lakh (US$73,000)B. Sumeeth Reddy ₹ 11 lakh (US$13,000)Retained player Dhruv Kapila Sanjana Santosh Women's/Mixed Doubles ₹ 2 lakh (US$2,400)Gayatri Gopichand Women's Singles ₹ 2 lakh (US$2,400)Lakshya Sen Men's Singles ₹ 36 lakh (US$43,000)Sathish Karunakaran ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200)Sankar Subramanian ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200)Overseas Tommy Sugiarto ₹ 41 lakh (US$48,000)Captain Kirsty Gilmour Women's Singles ₹ 10 lakh (US$12,000)Jessica Pugh Women's/Mixed Doubles ₹ 13 lakh (US$15,000)Transferred fromMumbai [ 15]
S Year Total RMW TMW TML Pts. Win % League standing Final standing 1 2016 25 10 4 1 17 56%3rd out of 6 Semi-finalist 2 2017 25 8 5 0 18 52%1st out of 6 Champions 3 2017–18 25 8 3 2 12 44%6th out of 8 6th Place 4 2018–19 30 12 3 3 15 50%6th out of 9 6th Place 5 2020 30 10 6 0 22 53%3rd out of 7 Semi-finalist Total 135 48 21 6 — 51%
Last updated: 7 February 2020; Source:Official PBL website
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 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
Date Venue Team 1 Result Team 2 25 Dec Hyderabad Hyderabad Hunters 5 – 0 Chennai Smashers 30 Dec Pune Ahmedabad Smash Masters (-1) – 6 Chennai Smashers 3 Jan Ahmedabad Pune 7 Aces 3 – 4 Chennai Smashers 7 Jan Bengaluru Awadhe Warriors 4 – 3 Chennai Smashers 10 Jan Bengaluru Bengaluru Raptors 3 – 2 Chennai Smashers
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.
Team MP RMW RML TMW TML Pts. Awadhe Warriors 30 13 11 6 0 25 Hyderabad Hunters 30 15 9 5 1 24 Bengaluru Raptors 30 12 12 5 1 21 Mumbai Rockets 30 13 11 4 2 19 Pune 7 Aces 30 8 16 5 1 17 Chennai Smashers 30 12 12 3 3 15 Ahmedabad Smash Masters 30 7 17 4 2 13 North Eastern Warriors 30 11 13 2 4 11 Delhi Dashers 30 9 15 1 5 6
Rank Team MP RMW RML TMW TML Pts. 1 Northeastern Warriors 30 13 11 5 1 22 2 Bengaluru Raptors (C) 30 13 11 5 1 22 3 Chennai Superstarz 30 10 14 6 0 22 4 Pune 7 Aces 30 14 10 4 2 20 5 Awadhe Warriors 30 11 13 3 3 14 6 Hyderabad Hunters 30 11 13 2 4 11 7 Mumbai Rockets 30 4 20 4 2 10
Qualified forknockouts Five matches (MP) constitute one tie Each team will play six ties 1 point for each Regular Match Won (RMW) 0 points for Regular Matches Lost (RML) 2 points for each Trump Match Won (TMW) -1 point for each Trump Match Lost (TML)[ 24] Source:Official PBL website
Last updated: 5 February 2020; Source:Official PBL website
Chennai Superstarz finished third in the league stage with 22 points qualifying for the semifinals. They won all of their trump matches becoming the only team in the season to do so. They lost toNortheastern Warriors in the semifinal. This was their second PBL semifinal loss in five appearances.
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