TIL Desk Sports/ PV Sindhu’s Chennai Smashers will take on Saina Nehwal’s Awadhe Warriors in the opening match of the third edition of Vodafone Premier Badminton League on December 23.
The first leg will take place in new entrants North Eastern Warriors’ hometown, Guwahati, who enter the arena on the very second day to face the might of Carolina Marin’s Hyderabad Hunters.
The 23-day long league has carefully been laid out, with only tie lined up each day at prime time to give the players and teams enough time to recover for their next encounter.
“This is going to be an exciting edition of the PBL, the world’s biggest badminton league,” Atul Pandey, Managing Director, Sportzlive said.
“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 players, including men’s No. 1 Victor Axelson (Bengaluru Blasters) and women’s No.1 Tai Tzu-Ying (Ahmadabad Smash Masters), will be seen in action during this badminton extravaganza.
