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{{Distinguish|text = [[Bangalore Raptors]], a tennis team that participated in the [[Champions Tennis League]]}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox sports team
| name = Bengaluru Raptors
| logo = Bengaluru_Raptors_Logo.png
| alt = 
| sport = [[Badminton]]
| founded = {{Start date|2013|df=y}} (as Banga Beats); renamed as Bengaluru Blasters in 2016 and renamed again as Bengaluru Raptors in 2018
| folded = 
| ground = [[Kanteerava Indoor Stadium]]
| league = [[Premier Badminton League]]
| city = [[Bangalore]], [[India]]
| colors = 
| owner = Slash21 Sports Management Pvt. Ltd.
| coach = [[Arvind Bhat]]
| captain = [[B. Sai Praneeth]]
| titles_label = [[Premier Badminton League|PBL]] wins
| titles = 2 ([[2018–19 Premier Badminton League|2018-19]], [[2020 Premier Badminton League|2020]])
| website = {{url|http://blrraptors.com}}
}}

'''Bengaluru Raptors''' (previously '''Banga Beats''', '''Bengaluru Topguns''' and '''Bengaluru Blasters''') is a franchise badminton team representing [[Bengaluru]] in the [[Premier Badminton League]] (PBL). The team is one of the six founding members of PBL (previously IBL) in 2013. The franchise was owned by the conglomerate, BOP group in 2013. In 2016, [[Sachin Tendulkar]] bought the franchise and named it after his '''Blasters''' sports franchises. In 2018, Matrix Badminton Teamworks Pvt. Ltd. took over the team and renamed it to '''Bengaluru Raptors'''.

==Current squad==
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbl-india.com/teams/288-bengaluru-raptors-teamprofile/squad|title=Team Squad|website=Premier Badminton League|language=en|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Coach'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Arvind Bhat]]
|-
| rowspan="4" |'''Domestic'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ansal Yadav]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Arun George]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|IND}} [[B. Sai Praneeth]] (C)'''
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Medha Shashidharan]]
|-
| rowspan="5" |'''Overseas'''
|{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Tai Tzu-ying]]
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Brice Leverdez]]
|-
|{{flagicon|INA}} [[Rian Agung Saputro]]
|-
|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Chan Peng Soon]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Eom Hye-won]]
|}

== Seasons ==
{| class="wikitable"  style="background:#blue grey; width50"
|-
! Year
! League standing
! Final standing
|-
![[2013 Indian Badminton League|2013]]
! style="background: white;" | 6th out of 6
| {{CFinalist|place=6th Place}}
|-
![[2016 Premier Badminton League|2016]]
! style="background: white;" | 6th out of 6
| {{CFinalist|place=6th Place}}
|-
![[2017 Premier Badminton League|2017]]
! style="background: white;" | 5th out of 6
| {{CFinalist|place=5th Place}}
|-
![[2017–18 Premier Badminton League|2017–18]]
! style="background: white;" | 2nd out of 8
! style="background: silver;"| Runners-up
|-
![[2018–19 Premier Badminton League|2018–19]]
! style="background: white;" | 1st out of 9
! style="background: gold;" | Champions
|-
![[2020 Premier Badminton League|2020]]
! style="background: white;" | 1st out of 7
! style="background: gold;" | Champions
|}

===2013 season===
{| style="font-size:90%"
|-
|width=200|15 August, 20:00 at Delhi
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|Banga Beats
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|2 - '''3'''
|width=150|'''[[Mumbai Masters]]'''
|-
|width=200|18 August, 20:00 at Lucknow
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|'''Banga Beats'''
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|'''4''' - 1
|width=150|[[Awadhe Warriors]]
|-
|width=200|23 August, 18:00 at Pune
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|Banga Beats
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|1 - '''4'''
|width=150|'''[[Pune Pistons]]'''
|-
|width=200|25 August, 18:00 at Bangalore
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|Banga Beats
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|1 - '''4'''
|width=150|'''[[Delhi Smashers]]'''
|-
|width=200|27 August, 18:00 at Hyderabad
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|'''Banga Beats'''
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|'''3''' - 2
|width=150|[[Hyderabad HotShots]]
|}
Banga Beats failed to qualify for semi-finals and finished last in the league table, with 13 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/theBangaBeats |title=Banga Beats (theBangaBeats) on Twitter |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2013-09-19 |access-date=2014-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/thebangabeats |title=Banga Beats |publisher=Facebook |access-date=2014-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangabeats.com |title=IBL-Indian Badminton League 2013 - Indian Sports |publisher=Banga Beats |access-date=2014-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bopgroup.in |title=BOP Group – Top Real Estate Property Consultants In Noida |publisher=Bopgroup.in |date=2013-07-25 |access-date=2014-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705060020/http://www.bopgroup.in/ |archive-date=5 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===2017 season===
{| style="font-size:90%"
|-
|width=200|1 January at [[Hyderabad]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|'''Bengaluru Blasters'''
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|'''4 '''- 3
|width=150|[[Delhi Acers]]
|-
|width=200|3 January at [[Mumbai]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|Bengaluru Blasters
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|0 - '''5'''
|width=150|'''[[Chennai Smashers]]'''
|-
|width=200|7 January at [[Bangalore]] 
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|Bengaluru Blasters
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|3 - '''4'''
|width=150|'''[[Hyderabad Hunters]]'''
|-
|width=200|8 January at [[Bangalore]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|Bangaluru Blasters
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|1 - '''4'''
|width=150|'''[[Mumbai Rockets]]'''
|-
|width=200|9 January at [[Bangalore]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|Bangaluru Blasters
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|3 - '''4'''
|width=150|'''[[Awadhe Warriors]]'''
|}

===2017-18 season===
'''League Stage'''
{| style="font-size:90%"
|-
|width=200|28 December at [[New Delhi]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|'''Bengaluru Blasters'''
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|'''5 '''- 2
|width=150|[[Delhi Dashers]]
|-
|width=200|1 January at [[Lucknow]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|'''Bengaluru Blasters'''
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|'''6''' - (-1)
|width=150|[[Mumbai Rockets]]
|-
|width=200|7 January at [[Chennai]] 
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|Bengaluru Blasters
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"| 2 - '''3'''
|width=150|'''[[North Eastern Warriors]]'''
|-
|width=200|8 January at [[Chennai]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|Bangaluru Blasters
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|  2 - '''3'''
|width=150|'''[[Chennai Smashers]]'''
|-
|width=200|11 January at [[Hyderabad]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|Bangaluru Blasters
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"| (-1) - '''6'''
|width=150|'''[[Hyderabad Hunters]]'''
|}
'''Semi Final'''
{| style="font-size:90%"
|-
|width=200|13 January at [[Hyderabad]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|'''Bengaluru Blasters'''
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"| '''4''' - 3
|width=200|[[Ahmedabad Smash Masters]]
|}
'''Final'''
{| style="font-size:90%"
|-
|width=200|14 January at [[Hyderabad]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|Bengaluru Blasters
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"| 3 - '''4'''
|width=200|'''[[Hyderabad Hunters]]'''
|}

Bengaluru Blasters finished 4th in league stage, qualifying them to the semifinals where they beat the [[Ahmedabad Smash Masters]] 4 - 3. In the final tie against [[Hyderabad Hunters]], they lost by a scoreline of 3 - 4 and ended as runners up. This was their best result in the [[Premier Badminton League|PBL]].

===2018-19 season===
'''League Stage'''
{| style="font-size:90%"
|-
|width=200|28 December at [[Hyderabad]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|Bengaluru Raptors
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|3 - '''4'''
|width=150|'''[[Ahmedabad Smash Masters]]'''
|-
|width=200|1 January at [[Pune]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|'''Bengaluru Raptors'''
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"|'''4''' - 3
|width=150|[[Pune 7 Aces]]
|-
|width=200|7 January at [[Ahmedabad]] 
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|'''Bengaluru Raptors'''
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"| '''2''' - 1
|width=150|[[Delhi Dashers]]
|-
|width=200|5 January at [[Ahmedabad]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|'''Bangaluru Blasters'''
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"| '''4''' - 3
|width=150|[[North Eastern Warriors]]
|}
{| style="font-size:90%"
|-
|width=200|8 January at [[Bangalore]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|'''Bengaluru Raptors'''
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"| '''5''' - 0
|width=200|[[Mumbai Rockets]]
|}
{| style="font-size:90%"
|-
|width=200|10 January at [[Bangalore]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|Bengaluru Raptors
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"| '''3''' - 2
|width=200|[[Chennai Smashers]]
|}
'''Semi Final'''
{| style="font-size:90%"
|-
|width=200|11 January at [[Bangalore]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|'''Bengaluru Raptors'''
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"| '''4''' - 2
|width=200|[[Awadhe Warriors]]
|}
'''Final'''
{| style="font-size:90%"
|-
|width=200|13 January at [[Bangalore]]
|  style="width:150px; text-align:right;"|Bengaluru Raptors
|  style="width:100px; text-align:center;"| '''4''' - 3
|width=200|[[Mumbai Rockets]]
|}

Bengaluru Raptors finished 3rd in league stage with 21 points from 6 ties, qualifying them to the semifinals where they beat the [[Awadhe Warriors]] 4 - 2. In the final tie against [[Mumbai Rockets]], they won by a scoreline of 4 - 3 To win their maiden title.

===2020 season===
'''League Stage'''
{| style="font-size:90%"
|-
| width="200" |21 January at [[Chennai]]
| style="width:150px; text-align:right;" |'''[[Northeastern Warriors]]'''
| style="width:100px; text-align:center;" |'''4'''–3
| width="150" |Bengaluru Raptors
|-
| width="200" |24 January at [[Chennai]]
| style="width:150px; text-align:right;" |'''[[Chennai Superstarz]]'''
| style="width:100px; text-align:center;" |'''4'''–3
| width="150" |Bengaluru Raptors
|-
| width="200" |27 January at [[Lucknow]]
| style="width:150px; text-align:right;" |'''Pune 7 Aces'''
| style="width:100px; text-align:center;" |'''4'''–3
| width="150" |Bengaluru Raptors
|-
| width="200" |31 January at [[Hyderabad]]
| style="width:150px; text-align:right;" |[[Hyderabad Hunters]]
| style="width:100px; text-align:center;" | 0–'''3'''
| width="150" |'''Bengaluru Raptors'''
|-
| width="200" |4 February at [[Hyderabad]]
| style="width:150px; text-align:right;" |'''Bengaluru Raptors'''
| style="width:100px; text-align:center;" |'''5'''–0
| width="150" |[[Mumbai Rockets]]
|-
| width="200" |6 February at [[Hyderabad]]
| style="width:150px; text-align:right;" |'''Bengaluru Raptors'''
| style="width:100px; text-align:center;" |'''5'''–0
| "width:150px; |[[Awadhe Warriors]]
|}
'''Semi Final'''
{| style="font-size:90%"
|-
| width="200" |8 February at [[Hyderabad]]
| style="width:150px; text-align:right;" |'''Bengaluru Raptors'''
| style="width:100px; text-align:center;" |'''4'''–3
| width="200" |[[Pune 7 Aces]]
|}
'''Final'''
{| style="font-size:90%"
|-
| width="200" |9 February at [[Hyderabad]]
| style="width:150px; text-align:right;" |'''Bengaluru Raptors'''
| style="width:100px; text-align:center;" | '''4'''–2
| width="200" |[[Northeastern Warriors]]
|}
<br />
Bengaluru Raptors beat Northeastern Warriors 4-2 in the finals to become champions. This made them the only team to win the PBL title twice in consecutive editions.


==References==
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