New Delhi: The second season of Premier Badminton League (PBL) will be held from January 1 to 14.


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Hyderabad will host the opening games while Delhi will host the season finale, along with the semi-finals.


There will be six franchises, including Bengaluru Blasters, owned by cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. This is Tendulkar's second venture outside cricket.


Other franchises are Delhi Acers, Mumbai Rockets, Awadhe Warriors, Hyderabad Hunters and Chennai Smashers.


Awadhe Warriors: Srikanth Kidambi (India), Wong Wing Ki Vincent (Hong Kong), Aditya Joshi (India), Rituparna Das (India), Saina Nehwal (India), Bodin Isara (Thailand), Goh Wei Shem (Malaysia), Markis Kido (Indonesia), Savitree Amitrapali (Thailand) and Prajakta Sawant (India)


Bengaluru Blasters: Viktor Axelsen (Denmark), Boonsak Ponsana (Thailand), Sourabh Verma (India), Gadde Ruthvika Shivani (India), Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (Thailand), Yoo Yeon Seong (South Korea), Pranaav Jerry Chopra (India), Ko Sung Hyun (South Korea), Ashwini Ponnappa (India), Sikki Reddy (India)


Chennai Smashers: Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (Thailand), Tommy Sugiarto (Indonesia), Parupalli Kashyap (India), Arundhati Pantawane (India), PV Sindhu (India), Chris Adcock (England), Mads Pieler Kolding (Denmark), Sumeeth Reddy (India), Ramya Tulasi (India) and Gabrielle Adcock (England)


Delhi Acers: Jan Jorgensen (Denmark), Son Wan Ho (South Korea), Vladimir Ivanov (Russia), Siril Verma (India), Aakarshi Kashyap (India), Nitchaon Jindapol (Malaysia), Ivan Sozonov (Russia), Akshay Dewalkar (India), Jwala Gutta (India), Maneesha Kukkapalli (India)


Hyderabad Hunters: Rajiv Ouseph (India), Sai Praneeth (India), Sameer Verma (India), Carolina Marin (Spain), Krishna Priya (India), Tan Boon Heong (Malaysia), Wee Kiong Tan (Malaysia), Satwik Sairaj (India), Meghna Jakkampudi (Indonesia) and Cahu Hoi Wah (China)


Mumbai Rockets: Ajay Jayaram (India), HS Prannoy (India), Shreyansh Jaiswal (India), Vrushali Gummadi (India), Sung Ji Hyun (South Korea), Lee Yong Dee (South Korea), Nipithphon Phusnhphupet (Thailand), Mohita Sahdev (India) and Nadiezda Zieba (Poland)


It's being organised by the Badminton Association of India.


Complete schedule:


Jan 1: Hyderabad vs Chennai; Bangalore vs Delhi at Hyderabad


Jan 2: Lucknow vs Hyderabad at Hyderabad


Jan 3: Bangalore vs Chennai; Delhi vs Mumbai at Mumbai


Jan 4: Hyderabad vs Mumbai at Mumbai


Jan 5: Lucknow vs Delhi at Lucknow


Jan 6: Lucknow vs Mumbai at Lucknow


Jan 7: Bangalore vs Hyderabad at Bangalore


Jan 8: Delhi vs Chennai; Bangalore vs Mumbai at Bangalore


Jan 9: Lucknow vs Bangalore at Bangalore


Jan 10: Mumbai vs Chennai at Chennai


Jan 11: Lucknow vs Chennai at Chennai


Jan 12: Delhi vs Hyderabad at Delhi


Jan 13: Semi finals at Delhi


Jan 14: Final at Delhi.