Chennai Superstarz

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.

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

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] Category Salary[14] Notes
Coach Aravindan Samiappan[2][3]
Domestic Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Men's/Mixed Doubles ₹62 lakh (US$87,000)
B. Sumeeth Reddy ₹11 lakh (US$15,000) Retained player
Dhruv Kapila
Sanjana Santosh Women's/Mixed Doubles ₹2 lakh (US$2,800)
Gayatri Gopichand Women's Singles ₹2 lakh (US$2,800)
Lakshya Sen Men's Singles ₹36 lakh (US$50,000)
K. Sathish Kumar ₹1 lakh (US$1,400)
Sankar Muthusamy ₹1 lakh (US$1,400)
Overseas Tommy Sugiarto ₹41 lakh (US$57,000) Captain
Kirsty Gilmour Women's Singles ₹10 lakh (US$14,000)
Jessica Pugh Women's/Mixed Doubles ₹13 lakh (US$18,000) Transferred from Mumbai[15]

    Seasons

    Result summary
    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

    Player Statistics
    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 N. G. 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

    Season 5

    Player Statistics
    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
    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.

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