President of the Badminton Association of India and Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, mentioned, “We are thrilled with the return of PBL. It’s a vital a part of Indian badminton and has contributed to development of the game within the nation. It has supplied a much-needed platform for our younger gamers to showcase their expertise on such an enormous world platform, and its return is way awaited by all the badminton fraternity.“

Sanjay Mishra, Secretary, BAI added, “Indian shuttlers have vastly benefited from PBL whereas enjoying alongside the world’s best gamers. The budding gamers have grown in confidence and experiences whereas interacting and I firmly imagine the league will give a robust platform to BAI to create much more bench power within the coming instances.“

The league has witnessed participation akin to Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth in addition to the Olympic champion Carolina Marin, Viktor Axelsen, Tai Tzu-Ying and Lee Chong Wei amongst others.

Prasad Mangipudi, managing director of SportzLive mentioned, “It was a tricky interval for all of us. We are lucky sufficient to have been liked by the folks and their love makes this league one of many greatest occasions within the badminton world. Since the beginning of the league to at the moment’s date, the extent of the sport has gone up immensely in India. We are dedicated to growing badminton in India and thus, delighted to announce the return of the league. We promise the identical degree of breathtaking motion for the followers via this season.“

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