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Chennai Superstarz

November 26, 2023

Not to be confused with Chennai Superstars, a cricket team that participated in the Indian Cricket League.

Chennai Superstarz (formerly known as Chennai Smashers) is a franchise badminton team based in Chennai that plays in the Premier 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 the 2017 season beating Mumbai Rockets 3–2. The franchise was renamed from Chennai Smashers to Chennai Superstarz in 2020.

Chennai Superstarz
SportBadminton
Founded2015 (2015) as Chennai Smashers
First season2016
LeaguePremier Badminton League
Based inChennai, India
Home groundJawaharlal Nehru Stadium
ColorsYellow  
OwnerR. Sivakumar[1][2]
CEOAditya Meesala[2]
Head coachAravindan Samiappan[3]
CaptainTommy Sugiarto
PBL wins1 (2017)

History edit

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 medallist P. 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 at New Delhi.[10] During the third and fourth seasons, the team finished sixth. They failed to get past Northeastern Warriors in the semi-finals (-1)–3. The team is currently coached by Aravindan Samiappan.

Home venue edit

From 2017, the Jawaharlal 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]

Current squad edit

Player[13][8] Category Salary[14] Notes
Coach   Aravindan Samiappan[2][3]
Domestic   Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Men's/Mixed Doubles ₹62 lakh (US$78,000)
  B. Sumeeth Reddy ₹11 lakh (US$14,000) Retained player
  Dhruv Kapila
  Sanjana Santosh Women's/Mixed Doubles ₹2 lakh (US$2,500)
  Gayatri Gopichand Women's Singles ₹2 lakh (US$2,500)
  Lakshya Sen Men's Singles ₹36 lakh (US$45,000)
  K. Sathish Kumar ₹1 lakh (US$1,300)
  Sankar Muthusamy ₹1 lakh (US$1,300)
Overseas   Tommy Sugiarto ₹41 lakh (US$51,000) Captain
  Kirsty Gilmour Women's Singles ₹10 lakh (US$13,000)
  Jessica Pugh Women's/Mixed Doubles ₹13 lakh (US$16,000) Transferred from Mumbai[15]

Seasons edit

Result summary edit

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

Season 3 edit

Player statistics edit

Player Category P W Sets Won Sets 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 Ng 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

Season 4 edit

Season 5 edit

Player statistics edit

Player Category P W Sets Won Sets Lost Win % MVP
  Lakshya Sen Men's Singles 5 4 9 3 80% 1
  K. Sathish Kumar 2 0 0 4 0% 0
  Sankar Muthusamy 1 0 0 2 0% 0
  Tommy Sugiarto 4 4 8 2 100% 2
  Gayatri Gopichand Women's Singles 4 0 2 8 0% 0
  Kirsty Gilmour 2 2 4 0 100% 0
  Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Men's/Mixed Doubles 7 4 9 10 57% 1
  B. Sumeeth Reddy 4 2 4 5 50% 1
  Dhruv Kapila 7 3 7 9 43% 1
  Sanjana Santosh Women's/Mixed Doubles 1 0 0 2 0% 0
  Jessica Pugh 5 3 6 6 60% 1
Total Matches Played: 30 NA

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 to Northeastern Warriors in the semifinal. This was their second PBL semifinal loss in five appearances.

Former squads edit

Year
(S) 		2018-19[25]
(4) 		2017-18
(3) 		2017
(2) 		2016[6]
(1)
Domestic   Vijaydeep Singh
  Sumeeth Reddy   P. V. Sindhu   P. V. Sindhu   P. V. Sindhu
  Rutaparna Panda   Aditya Joshi   Arundhati Pantawane   Krishna Priya
  Saili Rane   B. Sumeeth Reddy   Parupalli Kashyap   Pranaav Chopra
  Saili Rane   Daniel Farid   Ramya Tulasi   Sikki Reddy
  Parupalli Kashyap   Vrushali Gummadi   B. Sumeeth Reddy
Overseas   Chris Adcock   Chris Adcock   Chris Adcock   Chris Adcock
  Gabby Adcock   Brice Leverdez   Tommy Sugiarto   Brice Leverdez
  Or Chin Chung   Gabby Adcock   Gabby Adcock   Sony Dwi Kuncoro
  Rajiv Ouseph   Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk   Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk   Simon Santoso
  Sung Ji-hyun   Lee Yang   Mads Pieler Kolding   Toby Ng
  Chong Wei Feng   Pia Zebadiah
  • Team captains listed in bold.

References edit

  1. ^ Behind The Scenes: Short Interview with owners Aditya Meesala and R.Sivakumar, retrieved 23 January 2020
  2. ^ a b c d Keerthivasan, K. (27 November 2019). "Premier Badminton League | It will now be Chennai Superstarz". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b Superstarz Diaries: Episode 1: The day after the win against Hyderabad Hunters, retrieved 23 January 2020
  4. ^ "Badminton Association of India announces the 2nd Edition of the Indian Badminton League". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  5. ^ "After two year gap, Indian Badminton League will return in 2016". firstpost.com. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d "Smashers latch on to CSK identity". The Hindu. 25 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Actor Vijayakanth's son Vijay acquires new team in Indian Cue Masters League". United News of India. 26 July 2017.
  8. ^ a b Sportstar, Team. "PBL Auction- As it happened: PV Sindhu, Tai Tzu fetch big bucks, Chennai, Pune build strong teams". Sportstar. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  9. ^ "PBL 2017: PV Sindhu Beats Saina Nehwal To Guide Chennai Smashers to Final". News18. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  10. ^ Das, Deepika (15 January 2017). "PBL: Smashers zoom past Rockets in final". The Asian Age. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Fixtures". Premier Badminton League. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  12. ^ . SDAT, Government of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  13. ^ "Team Overview". Premier Badminton League. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  14. ^ Sportstar, Team. "PBL 5 Auction: Full team list, released and sold players". Sportstar. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  15. ^ India, P. B. L. (20 January 2020). "Done deal!". @PBLIndiaLive. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  16. ^ . NDTVSports.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  17. ^ . www.pbl-india.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  18. ^ "Smashers score over Hunters". The Hindu. 10 January 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 January 2016.[permanent dead link]
  19. ^ . pbl-india.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  20. ^ "Awadhe Warriors beat Chennai Smashers 4-1, enter Premier Badminton League semis". IBNLive. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  21. ^ . pbl-india.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  22. ^ . pbl-india.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  23. ^ . pbl-india.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  24. ^ "Rules and Regulations". PBL. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  25. ^ "Team Squad". Premier Badminton League. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

External links edit

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Not to be confused with Chennai Superstars a cricket team that participated in the Indian Cricket League Chennai Superstarz formerly known as Chennai Smashers is a franchise badminton team based in Chennai that plays in the Premier 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 the 2017 season beating Mumbai Rockets 3 2 The franchise was renamed from Chennai Smashers to Chennai Superstarz in 2020 Chennai SuperstarzSportBadmintonFounded2015 2015 as Chennai SmashersFirst season2016LeaguePremier Badminton LeagueBased inChennai IndiaHome groundJawaharlal Nehru StadiumColorsYellow OwnerR Sivakumar 1 2 CEOAditya Meesala 2 Head coachAravindan Samiappan 3 CaptainTommy SugiartoPBL wins1 2017 Contents 1 History 2 Home venue 3 Current squad 4 Seasons 4 1 Result summary 4 2 Season 3 4 2 1 Results 4 2 2 Points table 4 2 3 Player statistics 4 3 Season 4 4 3 1 Results 4 3 2 Points table 4 4 Season 5 4 4 1 Points table 4 4 2 Results 4 4 3 Semifinal 4 4 4 Player statistics 5 Former squads 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe 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 medallist P 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 at New Delhi 10 During the third and fourth seasons the team finished sixth They failed to get past Northeastern Warriors in the semi finals 1 3 The team is currently coached by Aravindan Samiappan Home venue editFrom 2017 the Jawaharlal 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 Current squad editPlayer 13 8 Category Salary 14 NotesCoach nbsp Aravindan Samiappan 2 3 Domestic nbsp Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Men s Mixed Doubles 62 lakh US 78 000 nbsp B Sumeeth Reddy 11 lakh US 14 000 Retained player nbsp Dhruv Kapila nbsp Sanjana Santosh Women s Mixed Doubles 2 lakh US 2 500 nbsp Gayatri Gopichand Women s Singles 2 lakh US 2 500 nbsp Lakshya Sen Men s Singles 36 lakh US 45 000 nbsp K Sathish Kumar 1 lakh US 1 300 nbsp Sankar Muthusamy 1 lakh US 1 300 Overseas nbsp Tommy Sugiarto 41 lakh US 51 000 Captain nbsp Kirsty Gilmour Women s Singles 10 lakh US 13 000 nbsp Jessica Pugh Women s Mixed Doubles 13 lakh US 16 000 Transferred from Mumbai 15 Seasons editResult summary edit S Year Total RMW TMW TML Pts Win League standing Final standing1 2016 25 10 4 1 17 56 3rd out of 6 Semi finalist2 2017 25 8 5 0 18 52 1st out of 6 Champions3 2017 18 25 8 3 2 12 44 6th out of 8 6th Place4 2018 19 30 12 3 3 15 50 6th out of 9 6th Place5 2020 30 10 6 0 22 53 3rd out of 7 Semi finalistTotal 135 48 21 6 51 Last updated 7 February 2020 Source Official PBL website Season 3 edit Results edit Date Venue Team 1 Result Team 2 Report2 Jan Mumbai Mumbai Rockets 3 4 Chennai Smashers 16 4 Jan Lucknow Chennai Smashers 4 3 Delhi Acers 17 10 Jan Hyderabad Chennai Smashers 4 3 Hyderabad Hunters 18 19 11 Jan Hyderabad Awadhe Warriors 4 1 Chennai Smashers 20 21 13 Jan Bengaluru Chennai Smashers 4 1 Bengaluru Topguns 22 14 Jan SF Bengaluru Delhi Acers 4 3 Chennai Smashers 23 Points table edit 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 Qualification1 Delhi Acers 25 10 5 0 20 Qualified for Semi finals2 Awadhe Warriors 25 10 4 1 173 Chennai Smashers 25 10 4 1 174 Mumbai Rockets 25 9 3 2 135 Hyderabad Hunters 25 7 3 2 116 Bengaluru Topguns 25 9 2 3 10 Player statistics edit Player Category P W Sets Won Sets Lost Win MVP nbsp Brice Leverdez Men s Singles 4 1 2 6 25 0 nbsp Sony Dwi Kuncoro 3 1 3 5 33 3 0 nbsp Simon Santoso 3 2 4 4 50 0 nbsp P V Sindhu Women s Singles 5 5 9 3 100 2 nbsp Krishna Priya 0 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Pranaav Chopra Men s Mixed Doubles 5 1 4 8 20 0 nbsp Chris Adcock 9 5 11 10 56 2 nbsp Toby Ng 1 0 0 2 0 0 nbsp Sikki Reddy Women s Mixed Doubles 0 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Pia Zebadiah 5 4 8 4 80 0Total Matches Played 5 NA 80 4Season 4 edit Results edit Date Venue Team 1 Result Team 225 Dec Hyderabad Hyderabad Hunters 5 0 Chennai Smashers30 Dec Pune Ahmedabad Smash Masters 1 6 Chennai Smashers3 Jan Ahmedabad Pune 7 Aces 3 4 Chennai Smashers7 Jan Bengaluru Awadhe Warriors 4 3 Chennai Smashers10 Jan Bengaluru Bengaluru Raptors 3 2 Chennai Smashers Points table edit 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 25Hyderabad Hunters 30 15 9 5 1 24Bengaluru Raptors 30 12 12 5 1 21Mumbai Rockets 30 13 11 4 2 19Pune 7 Aces 30 8 16 5 1 17Chennai Smashers 30 12 12 3 3 15Ahmedabad Smash Masters 30 7 17 4 2 13North Eastern Warriors 30 11 13 2 4 11Delhi Dashers 30 9 15 1 5 6 Season 5 edit Points table edit Rank Team MP RMW RML TMW TML Pts 1 Northeastern Warriors 30 13 11 5 1 222 Bengaluru Raptors C 30 13 11 5 1 223 Chennai Superstarz 30 10 14 6 0 224 Pune 7 Aces 30 14 10 4 2 205 Awadhe Warriors 30 11 13 3 3 146 Hyderabad Hunters 30 11 13 2 4 117 Mumbai Rockets 30 4 20 4 2 10 Qualified for knockouts 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 Results edit Date Venue Home Results Away20 January Chennai Chennai Superstarz 5 2 Hyderabad Hunters22 January Chennai Superstarz 4 3 Mumbai Rockets24 January Chennai Superstarz 4 3 Bengaluru Raptors30 January Hyderabad Pune 7 Aces 5 2 Chennai Superstarz1 February Awadhe Warriors 3 4 Chennai Superstarz4 February Northeastern Warriors 4 3 Chennai SuperstarzSemifinal edit Date Venue Home Results Away7 February Hyderabad Chennai Superstarz 1 3 Northeastern Warriors Player statistics edit Player Category P W Sets Won Sets Lost Win MVP nbsp Lakshya Sen Men s Singles 5 4 9 3 80 1 nbsp K Sathish Kumar 2 0 0 4 0 0 nbsp Sankar Muthusamy 1 0 0 2 0 0 nbsp Tommy Sugiarto 4 4 8 2 100 2 nbsp Gayatri Gopichand Women s Singles 4 0 2 8 0 0 nbsp Kirsty Gilmour 2 2 4 0 100 0 nbsp Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Men s Mixed Doubles 7 4 9 10 57 1 nbsp B Sumeeth Reddy 4 2 4 5 50 1 nbsp Dhruv Kapila 7 3 7 9 43 1 nbsp Sanjana Santosh Women s Mixed Doubles 1 0 0 2 0 0 nbsp Jessica Pugh 5 3 6 6 60 1Total Matches Played 30 NALast updated 5 February 2020 Source Official PBL websiteChennai 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 to Northeastern Warriors in the semifinal This was their second PBL semifinal loss in five appearances Former squads editYear S 2018 19 25 4 2017 18 3 2017 2 2016 6 1 Domestic nbsp Vijaydeep Singh nbsp Sumeeth Reddy nbsp P V Sindhu nbsp P V Sindhu nbsp P V Sindhu nbsp Rutaparna Panda nbsp Aditya Joshi nbsp Arundhati Pantawane nbsp Krishna Priya nbsp Saili Rane nbsp B Sumeeth Reddy nbsp Parupalli Kashyap nbsp Pranaav Chopra nbsp Saili Rane nbsp Daniel Farid nbsp Ramya Tulasi nbsp Sikki Reddy nbsp Parupalli Kashyap nbsp Vrushali Gummadi nbsp B Sumeeth ReddyOverseas nbsp Chris Adcock nbsp Chris Adcock nbsp Chris Adcock nbsp Chris Adcock nbsp Gabby Adcock nbsp Brice Leverdez nbsp Tommy Sugiarto nbsp Brice Leverdez nbsp Or Chin Chung nbsp Gabby Adcock nbsp Gabby Adcock nbsp Sony Dwi Kuncoro nbsp Rajiv Ouseph nbsp Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk nbsp Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk nbsp Simon Santoso nbsp Sung Ji hyun nbsp Lee Yang nbsp Mads Pieler Kolding nbsp Toby Ng nbsp Chong Wei Feng nbsp Pia ZebadiahTeam captains listed in bold References edit Behind The Scenes Short Interview with owners Aditya Meesala and R Sivakumar retrieved 23 January 2020 a b c d Keerthivasan K 27 November 2019 Premier Badminton League It will now be Chennai Superstarz The Hindu ISSN 0971 751X Retrieved 25 January 2020 a b Superstarz Diaries Episode 1 The day after the win against Hyderabad Hunters retrieved 23 January 2020 Badminton Association of India announces the 2nd Edition of the Indian Badminton League sportskeeda com Retrieved 29 October 2015 After two year gap Indian Badminton League will return in 2016 firstpost com Retrieved 30 October 2015 a b c d Smashers latch on to CSK identity The Hindu 25 December 2015 Actor Vijayakanth s son Vijay acquires new team in Indian Cue Masters League United News of India 26 July 2017 a b Sportstar Team PBL Auction As it happened PV Sindhu Tai Tzu fetch big bucks Chennai Pune build strong teams Sportstar Retrieved 10 January 2020 PBL 2017 PV Sindhu Beats Saina Nehwal To Guide Chennai Smashers to Final News18 13 January 2017 Retrieved 8 May 2020 Das Deepika 15 January 2017 PBL Smashers zoom past Rockets in final The Asian Age Retrieved 8 May 2020 Fixtures Premier Badminton League Retrieved 8 May 2020 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Chennai SDAT Government of Tamil Nadu Archived from the original on 18 March 2014 Retrieved 4 July 2015 Team Overview Premier Badminton League Retrieved 21 January 2020 Sportstar Team PBL 5 Auction Full team list released and sold players Sportstar Retrieved 25 January 2020 India P B L 20 January 2020 Done deal PBLIndiaLive Retrieved 25 January 2020 Premier Badminton League PV Sindhu s Chennai Smashers Edge Past Mumbai Rockets NDTVSports com Archived from the original on 4 January 2016 Retrieved 4 January 2016 Premier Badminton League 2016 www pbl india com Archived from the original on 6 January 2016 Retrieved 5 January 2016 Smashers score over Hunters The Hindu 10 January 2016 ISSN 0971 751X Retrieved 10 January 2016 permanent dead link Premier Badminton League 2016 The Highest Prize Money Tournament in World pbl india com Archived from the original on 13 January 2016 Retrieved 14 January 2016 Awadhe Warriors beat Chennai Smashers 4 1 enter Premier Badminton League semis IBNLive Retrieved 11 January 2016 Premier Badminton League 2016 The Highest Prize Money Tournament in World pbl india com Archived from the original on 13 January 2016 Retrieved 14 January 2016 Premier Badminton League 2016 The Highest Prize Money Tournament in World pbl india com Archived from the original on 14 January 2016 Retrieved 14 January 2016 Premier Badminton League 2016 The Highest Prize Money Tournament in World pbl india com Archived from the original on 14 January 2016 Retrieved 15 January 2016 Rules and Regulations PBL Retrieved 23 December 2018 Team Squad Premier Badminton League Retrieved 10 January 2020 External links editChennai Superstarz on Twitter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chennai Superstarz amp oldid 1124108817, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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