NEW DELHI: The 3rd edition of the Premier Badminton League will open with a grudge fit, with PV Sindhu's Chennai Smashers taking over Saina Nehwal's Awadhe Warriors on December 23.
The first leg will take place in new entrants North Eastern Warriors' hometown, Guwahati, who input the world at the very 2d day to face the may of Carolina Marin's Hyderabad Hunters.
The 23-day lengthy league has sparsely been laid out, with handiest tie covered up every day at top time to present the avid gamers and groups enough time to recover for their subsequent encounter.
"This is going to be an exciting edition of the PBL, the world's biggest badminton league," Atul Pandey, managing director, Sportzlive mentioned.
"It's a longer tournament, with eight teams in fray. Virtually all the best players have signed up too, which makes it the one and only true world league in the country," he added.
A bevy of top avid gamers, including males's No. 1 Victor Axelson (Bengaluru Blasters) and women's No.1 Tai Tzu-Ying (Ahmadabad Smash Masters), will probably be observed in motion all through this badminton extravaganza.
The speedy rising army of trip fans in the nation can hope to look world-class fare from shut quarters, lots of them in their own towns.
After 4 days of intense battles in Guwahati the bandwagon shifts to Delhi.
Delhi will see five ties, with the Delhi Dashers playing the good thing about playing two fits at house. They will hope to pick up most issues towards Bengaluru Blasters and Hyderabad Hunters to make it at least to the semi-finals this year.
The subsequent stop would be the 'City of Nawabs', Lucknow. Victor Axelson's Bengaluru Blasters will clash with San Wan-Ho's Mumbai Rockets to ring in the New Year. Four ties were slotted here, giving North Eastern Warriors and Hyderabad Hunters a forged four-day spoil.
The PBL will transfer to the hotter climes of Chennai on January 5 for the penultimate leg. The battles are anticipated to achieve fever-pitch by means of then, with each team scrambling for issues and a spot in the knockout stage.
After an intense five-day stint, the avid gamers will shift to Hyderabad on January 10. Only two ties were covered up here, with the Dashers assembly the Warriors and the Hunters the Blasters.
The semi-finals will take place on January 12 and 13 followed by means of the overall, which will probably be held the very subsequent day, on January 14.
The first leg will take place in new entrants North Eastern Warriors' hometown, Guwahati, who input the world at the very 2d day to face the may of Carolina Marin's Hyderabad Hunters.
The 23-day lengthy league has sparsely been laid out, with handiest tie covered up every day at top time to present the avid gamers and groups enough time to recover for their subsequent encounter.
"This is going to be an exciting edition of the PBL, the world's biggest badminton league," Atul Pandey, managing director, Sportzlive mentioned.
"It's a longer tournament, with eight teams in fray. Virtually all the best players have signed up too, which makes it the one and only true world league in the country," he added.
A bevy of top avid gamers, including males's No. 1 Victor Axelson (Bengaluru Blasters) and women's No.1 Tai Tzu-Ying (Ahmadabad Smash Masters), will probably be observed in motion all through this badminton extravaganza.
The speedy rising army of trip fans in the nation can hope to look world-class fare from shut quarters, lots of them in their own towns.
After 4 days of intense battles in Guwahati the bandwagon shifts to Delhi.
Delhi will see five ties, with the Delhi Dashers playing the good thing about playing two fits at house. They will hope to pick up most issues towards Bengaluru Blasters and Hyderabad Hunters to make it at least to the semi-finals this year.
The subsequent stop would be the 'City of Nawabs', Lucknow. Victor Axelson's Bengaluru Blasters will clash with San Wan-Ho's Mumbai Rockets to ring in the New Year. Four ties were slotted here, giving North Eastern Warriors and Hyderabad Hunters a forged four-day spoil.
The PBL will transfer to the hotter climes of Chennai on January 5 for the penultimate leg. The battles are anticipated to achieve fever-pitch by means of then, with each team scrambling for issues and a spot in the knockout stage.
After an intense five-day stint, the avid gamers will shift to Hyderabad on January 10. Only two ties were covered up here, with the Dashers assembly the Warriors and the Hunters the Blasters.
The semi-finals will take place on January 12 and 13 followed by means of the overall, which will probably be held the very subsequent day, on January 14.
Sindhu's Smashers clash with Saina's Warriors in PBL opener
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November 28, 2017
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