Chennai Superstarz

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Chennai Superstarz
Chennai Smashers.png
Sport Badminton
Founded2015 (2015) as Chennai Smashers
First season 2016
League Premier Badminton League
Based in Chennai, India
Home ground Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
ColorsYellow  
OwnerR. Sivakumar [1] [2]
CEOAditya Meesala [2]
Head coachAravindan Samiappan [3]
Captain Tommy Sugiarto
PBL wins1 (2017)

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.

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History

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

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

Player [13] [8] CategorySalary [14] Notes
Coach Flag of India.svg Aravindan Samiappan [2] [3]
Domestic Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Men's/Mixed Doubles₹62 lakh (US$73,000)
Flag of India.svg B. Sumeeth Reddy ₹11 lakh (US$13,000)Retained player
Flag of India.svg Dhruv Kapila
Flag of India.svg Sanjana Santosh Women's/Mixed Doubles₹2 lakh (US$2,300)
Flag of India.svg Gayatri Gopichand Women's Singles₹2 lakh (US$2,300)
Flag of India.svg Lakshya Sen Men's Singles₹36 lakh (US$42,000)
Flag of India.svg K. Sathish Kumar₹1 lakh (US$1,200)
Flag of India.svg Sankar Muthusamy₹1 lakh (US$1,200)
Overseas Flag of Indonesia.svg Tommy Sugiarto ₹41 lakh (US$48,000)Captain
Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Gilmour Women's Singles₹10 lakh (US$12,000)
Flag of England.svg Jessica Pugh Women's/Mixed Doubles₹13 lakh (US$15,000)Transferred from Mumbai [15]

Seasons

Result summary

SYearTotalRMWTMWTMLPts.Win %League standingFinal standing
1 2016 251041173rd out of 6Semi-finalist
2 2017 25850181st out of 6Champions
3 2017–18 25832126th out of 86th Place
4 2018–19 301233156th out of 96th Place
5 2020 301060223rd out of 7Semi-finalist
Total13548216—

Last updated: 7 February 2020; Source: Official PBL website

Season 3

Player statistics

PlayerCategoryPWSets WonSets LostWin %MVP
Flag of France.svg Brice Leverdez Men's Singles4126250
Flag of Indonesia.svg Sony Dwi Kuncoro 313533.30
Flag of Indonesia.svg Simon Santoso 3244500
Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu Women's Singles55931002
Flag of India.svg Krishna Priya000000
Flag of India.svg Pranaav Chopra Men's/Mixed Doubles5148200
Flag of England.svg Chris Adcock 951110562
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toby Ng 100200
Flag of India.svg Sikki Reddy Women's/Mixed Doubles000000
Flag of Indonesia.svg Pia Zebadiah 5484800
Total Matches Played: 5NA804

Season 4

Season 5

Player statistics

PlayerCategoryPWSets WonSets LostWin %MVP
Flag of India.svg Lakshya Sen Men's Singles54931
Flag of India.svg K. Sathish Kumar20040
Flag of India.svg Sankar Muthusamy10020
Flag of Indonesia.svg Tommy Sugiarto 44822
Flag of India.svg Gayatri Gopichand Women's Singles40280
Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Gilmour 22400
Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Men's/Mixed Doubles749101
Flag of India.svg B. Sumeeth Reddy 42451
Flag of India.svg Dhruv Kapila 73791
Flag of India.svg Sanjana Santosh Women's/Mixed Doubles10020
Flag of England.svg Jessica Pugh 53661
Total Matches Played: 30NA

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

Year
(S)		 2018-19 [25]
(4)		 2017-18
(3)		 2017
(2)		 2016 [6]
(1)
Domestic Flag of India.svg Vijaydeep Singh
Flag of India.svg Sumeeth Reddy Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu
Flag of India.svg Rutaparna Panda Flag of India.svg Aditya Joshi Flag of India.svg Arundhati Pantawane Flag of India.svg Krishna Priya
Flag of India.svg Saili Rane Flag of India.svg B. Sumeeth Reddy Flag of India.svg Parupalli Kashyap Flag of India.svg Pranaav Chopra
Flag of India.svg Saili Rane Flag of India.svg Daniel Farid Flag of India.svg Ramya Tulasi Flag of India.svg Sikki Reddy
Flag of India.svg Parupalli Kashyap Flag of India.svg Vrushali Gummadi Flag of India.svg B. Sumeeth Reddy
Overseas Flag of England.svg Chris Adcock Flag of England.svg Chris Adcock Flag of England.svg Chris Adcock Flag of England.svg Chris Adcock
Flag of England.svg Gabby Adcock Flag of France.svg Brice Leverdez Flag of Indonesia.svg Tommy Sugiarto Flag of France.svg Brice Leverdez
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Or Chin Chung Flag of England.svg Gabby Adcock Flag of England.svg Gabby Adcock Flag of Indonesia.svg Sony Dwi Kuncoro
Flag of England.svg Rajiv Ouseph Flag of Thailand.svg Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk Flag of Thailand.svg Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk Flag of Indonesia.svg Simon Santoso
Flag of South Korea.svg Sung Ji-hyun Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lee Yang Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Pieler Kolding Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toby Ng
Flag of Malaysia.svg Chong Wei Feng Flag of Indonesia.svg Pia Zebadiah

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