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{{Distinguish|text = [[Chennai Superstars]], a cricket team that participated in the [[Indian Cricket League]]}}
{{Infobox sports team
| name = Chennai Superstarz
| logo = Chennai Smashers.png
| alt =
| sport = [[Badminton]]
| founded = {{Start date|2015|df=y}} as ''Chennai Smashers''
| folded =
| ground = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]]
| league = [[Premier Badminton League]]
| city = [[Chennai]], India
| colors = Yellow {{Color box|yellow|border=darkgray}}
| owner = R. Sivakumar<ref>{{Citation|title=Behind The Scenes: Short Interview with owners Aditya Meesala and R.Sivakumar|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz29vNxB9_c|language=en|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref><ref name="org"/>
| coach = Aravindan Samiappan<ref name="coach">{{Citation|title=Superstarz Diaries: Episode 1: The day after the win against Hyderabad Hunters|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gYSOQ-SRYs|language=en|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref>
| captain = [[Tommy Sugiarto]]
| titles_label = [[Premier Badminton League|PBL]] wins
| titles = 1 ([[2017 Premier Badminton League|2017]])
| website =
| ceo = Aditya Meesala<ref name="org"/>
| first_season = [[2016 Premier Badminton League|2016]]
}}

'''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 Premier Badminton League|2017 season]] beating [[Mumbai Rockets]] 3–2. The franchise was renamed from ''Chennai Smashers'' to ''Chennai Superstarz'' in 2020.

== History ==
The team's first season in the PBL was in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/badminton/badminton-association-of-india-announces-the-2nd-edition-of-the-indian-badminton-league|title=Badminton Association of India announces the 2nd Edition of the Indian Badminton League|publisher=sportskeeda.com|access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=After two year gap, Indian Badminton League will return in 2016|url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/after-two-year-gap-indian-badminton-league-will-return-in-2016-2488040.html|publisher=firstpost.com|access-date=30 October 2015}}</ref> Vijay Prabhakaran initially owned the franchise from 2016 to 2019.<ref name="Chennai">{{cite news|date=25 December 2015|title=Smashers latch on to CSK identity|work=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/premier-badminton-league-chennai-smashers-latch-on-to-csk-identity/article8026304.ece}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Actor Vijayakanth's son Vijay acquires new team in Indian Cue Masters League|url=http://www.uniindia.com/actor-vijayakanth-s-son-vijay-acquires-new-team-in-indian-cue-masters-league/sports/news/941635.html|date=26 July 2017|website=United News of India}}</ref> In December 2019, Sivakumar who owns a regional badminton league named Tamil Nadu Badminton Super League acquired the franchise to become its new owner.<ref name="org" /> The franchise also changed its name into Chennai Superstarz for the 2020 season.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=PBL Auction- As it happened: PV Sindhu, Tai Tzu fetch big bucks, Chennai, Pune build strong teams|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/badminton/pbl-premier-badminton-league-live-auction-news-squads-commentary-pv-sindhu-saina-nehwal-kidambi-srikanth-mumbai-bengaluru-hyderabad-north-eastern/article30083998.ece|last=Sportstar|first=Team|website=Sportstar|language=en|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref>

[[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio Olympics]] silver medallist [[P. V. Sindhu]] was part of the team for the first three seasons.<ref name="Chennai" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=PBL 2017: PV Sindhu Beats Saina Nehwal To Guide Chennai Smashers to Final|url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/pbl-2017-sindhu-beats-saina-to-guide-chennai-smashers-to-final-1335587.html|date=2017-01-13|website=News18|access-date=2020-05-08}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=PBL: Smashers zoom past Rockets in final|url=http://www.asianage.com/sports/in-other-sports/150117/pbl-season-2-smashers-zoom-past-rockets-in-final.html|last=Das|first=Deepika|date=2017-01-15|website=The Asian Age|access-date=2020-05-08}}</ref> 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 Stadium (Chennai)|Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium]] serves as the home for the team.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fixtures|url=http://www.pbl-india.com/fixtures|website=Premier Badminton League|language=en|access-date=2020-05-08}}</ref> The stadium located in Chennai, has a seating capacity of 5,000.<ref name="SDAT">{{cite web|title=Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai|url=http://www.sdat.tn.gov.in/index.php/infrastructure/stadia/jawaharlal-nehru-stadium-chennai|publisher=SDAT, Government of Tamil Nadu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318154030/http://www.sdat.tn.gov.in/index.php/infrastructure/stadia/jawaharlal-nehru-stadium-chennai|archive-date=18 March 2014|access-date=4 July 2015}}</ref> In 2016, there was no home venue for the team due to unavailability of Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium in Chennai and Coimbatore.<ref name="Chennai" />

==Current squad==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:65%; font-size:90%;"
|-
!style="background:#FFFF7F;width:5%" |
!style="background:#FFFF7F;width:20%" |Player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbl-india.com/teams/289-chennai-smashers-teamprofile|title=Team Overview|website=Premier Badminton League|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
!style="background:#FFFF7F;width:15%" |Category
!style="background:#FFFF7F;width:15%"|Salary<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/badminton/badminton-pbl-season-5-auction-full-squads-list-satwiksairaj-tai-tzu-ying-sindhu-hyderabad-hunters-gopichand-superstarz-pune-7-aces/article30085727.ece|title=PBL 5 Auction: Full team list, released and sold players|last=Sportstar|first=Team|website=Sportstar|language=en|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref>
!style="background:#FFFF7F;width:15%" |Notes
|-
|'''Coach'''
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |{{flagicon|IND}} Aravindan Samiappan<ref name="org">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/premier-badminton-league-it-will-now-be-chennai-superstarz/article30092867.ece|title=Premier Badminton League {{!}} It will now be Chennai Superstarz|last=Keerthivasan|first=K.|date=2019-11-27|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-01-25|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name="coach"/>
|-
| rowspan="8" |'''Domestic'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]]
| rowspan="3" |Men's/Mixed Doubles
|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|62|l}}
|
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[B. Sumeeth Reddy]]
|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|11|l}}
|Retained player
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Dhruv Kapila]]
|style="text-align:right;"|
|
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sanjana Santosh]]
|Women's/Mixed Doubles
|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|2|l}}
|
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gayathri Gopichand|Gayatri Gopichand]]
|Women's Singles
|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|2|l}}
|
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Lakshya Sen]]
| rowspan="4" |Men's Singles
|style="text-align:right;" |{{INRConvert|36|l}}
|
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} K. Sathish Kumar
|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|1|l}}
|
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} Sankar Muthusamy
|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|1|l}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''Overseas'''
|'''{{Flagicon|INA}} [[Tommy Sugiarto]]'''
|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|41|l}}
|Captain
|-
|{{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Kirsty Gilmour]]
|Women's Singles
|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|10|l}}
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Jessica Pugh]]
|Women's/Mixed Doubles
|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|13|l}}
|Transferred from [[Mumbai Rockets|Mumbai]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PBLIndiaLive/status/1219195734118912002|title=Done deal!|last=India|first=P. B. L.|date=2020-01-20|website=@PBLIndiaLive|language=en|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref>
|-
|}

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==Seasons==
===Result summary===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!{{abbr|S|Season}}
!Year
!Total
!{{abbr|RMW|Regular Matches Won}}
!{{abbr|TMW|Trump Matches Won}}
!{{abbr|TML|Trump Matches Lost}}
!{{abbr|Pts.|Points}}
!Win %
!League standing
!Final standing
|-
!1
![[2016 Premier Badminton League|2016]]
|25
|10
|4
|1
|17
|{{Percentage|14|25}}
|3rd out of 6
! style="background: #7FFFD4;" |Semi-finalist
|-
!2
![[2017 Premier Badminton League|2017]]
|25
|8
|5
|0
|18
|{{Percentage|13|25}}
|1st out of 6
! style="background: gold;" |Champions
|-
!3
![[2017–18 Premier Badminton League|2017–18]]
|25
|8
|3
|2
|12
|{{Percentage|11|25}}
|6th out of 8
| style="background: white;" {{CFinalist|place=6th Place}}
|-
!4
![[2018–19 Premier Badminton League|2018–19]]
|30
|12
|3
|3
|15
|{{Percentage|15|30}}
|6th out of 9
| style="background: white;" {{CFinalist|place=6th Place}}
|-
!5
![[2020 Premier Badminton League|2020]]
|30
|10
|6
|0
|22
|{{Percentage|16|30}}
|3rd out of 7
! style="background: #7FFFD4;" |Semi-finalist
|-
!
!Total
|135
|48
|21
|6
|{{sdash}}
|{{Percentage|69|135}}
|
|
|}
 Last updated: 7 February 2020; Source: ''[http://www.pbl-india.com/ Official PBL website]''

=== Season 3 ===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break|width=50%}}
====Results====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Date
!Venue
!Team 1
!Result
!Team 2
!Report
|-
|2 Jan
|[[Mumbai]]
|Mumbai Rockets
|3-4
| style="background:lightgreen;" |'''Chennai Smashers'''
|<ref>{{Cite web|title = Premier Badminton League: PV Sindhu's Chennai Smashers Edge Past Mumbai Rockets|url = http://sports.ndtv.com/badminton/news/253897-premier-badminton-league-pv-sindhu-s-channai-smashers-edge-past-mumbai-rockets|website = NDTVSports.com|access-date = 2016-01-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160104192948/http://sports.ndtv.com/badminton/news/253897-premier-badminton-league-pv-sindhu-s-channai-smashers-edge-past-mumbai-rockets|archive-date = 2016-01-04|url-status = dead}}</ref>
|-
|4 Jan
|[[Lucknow]]
| style="background:lightgreen;" | '''Chennai Smashers'''
|4-3
|Delhi Acers
|<ref>{{Cite web|title = Premier Badminton League 2016|url = http://www.pbl-india.com/news/30/chennai-edge-delhi-to-register-second-straight-win-sindhu-adcock-lead-smashers-to-a-second-straight-win/|website = www.pbl-india.com|access-date = 2016-01-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160106113822/http://www.pbl-india.com/news/30/chennai-edge-delhi-to-register-second-straight-win-sindhu-adcock-lead-smashers-to-a-second-straight-win/|archive-date = 2016-01-06|url-status = dead}}</ref>
|-
|10 Jan
|[[Hyderabad]]
|style="background:lightgreen;" | '''Chennai Smashers '''
|4-3
|Hyderabad Hunters
|<ref>{{Cite news|title = Smashers score over Hunters|url = http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/smashers-score-over-hunters/article8089404.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2016-01-10|access-date = 2016-01-10|issn = 0971-751X|language = en-IN}}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Premier Badminton League 2016, The Highest Prize Money Tournament in World|url = http://www.pbl-india.com/news/46/match-report-chennai-smashers-beat-hyderabad-hunters-4-3-to-maintain-their-winning-streak/|website = pbl-india.com|access-date = 2016-01-14|language = en-US|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160113045345/http://www.pbl-india.com/news/46/match-report-chennai-smashers-beat-hyderabad-hunters-4-3-to-maintain-their-winning-streak/|archive-date = 2016-01-13|url-status = dead}}</ref>
|-
|11 Jan
|[[Hyderabad]]
|style="background:lightgreen;" |Awadhe Warriors
|4-1
|'''Chennai Smashers'''
|<ref>{{Cite web|title = Awadhe Warriors beat Chennai Smashers 4-1, enter Premier Badminton League semis|url = http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sports/awadhe-warriors-beat-chennai-smashers-4-1-enter-premier-badminton-league-semis-1188472.html|website = IBNLive|access-date = 2016-01-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Premier Badminton League 2016, The Highest Prize Money Tournament in World|url = http://www.pbl-india.com/news/49/match-report-awadhe-warriors-defeat-chennai-smashers-to-finish-hyderabad-leg-on-a-high/|website = pbl-india.com|access-date = 2016-01-14|language = en-US|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160113045357/http://www.pbl-india.com/news/49/match-report-awadhe-warriors-defeat-chennai-smashers-to-finish-hyderabad-leg-on-a-high/|archive-date = 2016-01-13|url-status = dead}}</ref>
|-
|13 Jan
|[[Bengaluru]]
| style="background:lightgreen;" | '''Chennai Smashers'''
|4-1
|Bengaluru Topguns
|<ref>{{Cite web|title = Premier Badminton League 2016, The Highest Prize Money Tournament in World|url = http://www.pbl-india.com/news/52/match-report-chennai-smashers-thrash-home-favourites-bengaluru-topguns/|website = pbl-india.com|access-date = 2016-01-14|language = en-US|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160114223600/http://www.pbl-india.com/news/52/match-report-chennai-smashers-thrash-home-favourites-bengaluru-topguns/|archive-date = 2016-01-14|url-status = dead}}</ref>
|-
|14 Jan (SF)
|[[Bengaluru]]
|style="background:lightgreen;" |Delhi Acers
|4-3
|'''Chennai Smashers'''
|<ref>{{Cite web|title = Premier Badminton League 2016, The Highest Prize Money Tournament in World|url = http://www.pbl-india.com/schedule/16/delhi-acers-vs-chennai-smashers/|website = pbl-india.com|access-date = 2016-01-15|language = en-US|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160114223642/http://www.pbl-india.com/schedule/16/delhi-acers-vs-chennai-smashers/|archive-date = 2016-01-14|url-status = dead}}</ref>
|}

{{col-break}}

====Points Table====
Each tie (MP) will have five matches each. Regular Match Win (RMW) = 1 point, Trump Match Win (TMW) = 2 points, Trump Match Lost (TML) = -1 point.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!{{abbr|Pos.|Position}}
!Teams
!{{abbr|MP|Matches Played}}
!{{abbr|RMW|Regular Matches Won}}
!{{abbr|TMW|Trump Matches Won}}
!{{abbr|TML|Trump Matches Lost}}
!{{abbr|Pts.|Points}}
!Qualification
|-style="background:#ccffcc"
|1
|style="text-align: left;"|Delhi Acers
|25
|10
|5
|0
|20
| rowspan="4"|Qualified for Semi-finals
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
|2
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Awadhe Warriors]]
|25
|10
|4
|1
|17
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
|3
|style="text-align: left;"|'''Chennai Smashers'''
|25
|10
|4
|1
|17
|-style="background:#ccffcc;"
|4
|style="text-align: left;"|Mumbai Rockets
|25
|9
|3
|2
|13
|-
|5
|style="text-align: left;"|Hyderabad Hunters
|25
|7
|3
|2
|11
|
|-
|6
|style="text-align: left;"|Bengaluru Topguns
|25
|9
|2
|3
|10
|
|}
{{col-end}}

====Player Statistics====
{| class="wikitable"
!Player
!Category
!P
!W
!Sets Won
!Sets Lost
!Win %
!MVP
|-
|{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Brice Leverdez]]
| rowspan="3" |Men's Singles
|4
|1
|2
|6
|25
|0
|-
|{{Flagicon|INA}} [[Sony Dwi Kuncoro]]
|3
|1
|3
|5
|33.3
|0
|-
|{{Flagicon|INA}} [[Simon Santoso]]
|3
|2
|4
|4
|50
|0
|-
|{{Flagicon|IND}} [[P. V. Sindhu]]
| rowspan="2" |Women's Singles
|5
|5
|9
|3
|100
|2
|-
|{{Flagicon|IND}} Krishna Priya
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
|{{Flagicon|IND}} [[Pranav Chopra|Pranaav Chopra]]
| rowspan="3" |Men's/Mixed Doubles
|5
|1
|4
|8
|20
|0
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Adcock]]
|9
|5
|11
|10
|56
|2
|-
|{{Flagicon|CAN}} Toby N. G.
|1
|0
|0
|2
|0
|0
|-
|{{Flagicon|IND}} [[N. Sikki Reddy|Sikki Reddy]]
| rowspan="2" |Women's/Mixed Doubles
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
|{{Flagicon|INA}} [[Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth|Pia Zebadiah]]
|5
|4
|8
|4
|80
|0
|-
! colspan="4" |Total Matches Played: 5
! colspan="2" |NA
|80
|4
|}

=== Season 4 ===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break|width=50%}}
====Results====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Date
!Venue
!Team 1
!Result
!Team 2
|-
|25 Dec
|[[Hyderabad]]
| style="background:lightgreen;" |Hyderabad Hunters
|5 – 0
|'''Chennai Smashers'''
|-
|30 Dec
|[[Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex|Pune]]
| Ahmedabad Smash Masters
|(-1) – 6
| style="background:lightgreen;" |'''Chennai Smashers'''
|-
|3 Jan
|[[The Arena (Ahmedabad)|Ahmedabad]]
| Pune 7 Aces
|3 – 4
| style="background:lightgreen;" |'''Chennai Smashers'''
|-
|7 Jan
|[[Bengaluru]]
|style="background:lightgreen;" |Awadhe Warriors
|4 – 3
|'''Chennai Smashers'''
|-
|10 Jan
|[[Bengaluru]]
| style="background:lightgreen;" | Bengaluru Raptors
|3 – 2
|'''Chennai Smashers'''
|}
{{col-break}}

====Points Table====
Each tie (MP) will have five matches each. Regular Match Win (RMW) = 1 point, Trump Match Win (TMW) = 2 points, Trump Match Lost (TML) = -1 point.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! style="width: 200px;" | Team
! style="width: 40px;" | {{abbr|MP|Matches Played}}
! style="width: 40px;" | {{abbr|RMW|Regular Matches Won}}
! style="width: 40px;" | {{abbr|RML|Regular Matches Lost}}
! style="width: 40px;" | {{abbr|TMW|Trump Matches Won}}
! style="width: 40px;" | {{abbr|TML|Trump Matches Lost}}
! style="width: 40px;" | {{abbr|Pts.|Points}}
|- style="background:#cfc"
| style="text-align: left;" |Awadhe Warriors
| 30
| 13
| 11
| 6
| 0
| 25
|-style="background:#cfc"
| style="text-align: left;" |Hyderabad Hunters
| 30
| 15
| 9
| 5
| 1
| 24
|-style="background:#cfc"
| style="text-align: left;" |Bengaluru Raptors
| 30
| 12
| 12
| 5
| 1
| 21
|-style="background:#cfc"
| style="text-align: left;" |Mumbai Rockets
| 30
| 13
| 11
| 4
| 2
| 19
|-
| colspan="7" style="background:black;" |
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |Pune 7 Aces
| 30
| 8
| 16
| 5
| 1
| 17
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |'''Chennai Smashers'''
| 30
| 12
| 12
| 3
| 3
| 15
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |Ahmedabad Smash Masters
| 30
| 7
| 17
| 4
| 2
| 13
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |North Eastern Warriors
| 30
| 11
| 13
| 2
| 4
| 11
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |Delhi Dashers
| 30
| 9
| 15
| 1
| 5
| 6
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

=== Season 5 ===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break|width=50%}}
====Points table====
{{#section-h: 2020 Premier Badminton League | Points Table}}
{{col-break}}
==== Results ====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
! width="75" |Date
! width="75" |Venue
! width="150" |Home
! width="50" |Results
! width="150" |Away
|-
|20 January
| rowspan="3" align="center" |[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)|Chennai]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#ccffcc" |'''Chennai Superstarz'''
| align="center" |'''5'''–2
|[[Hyderabad Hunters]]
|-
|22 January
| align="right" bgcolor="#ccffcc" |'''Chennai Superstarz'''
| align="center" |'''4'''–3
|[[Mumbai Rockets]]
|-
|24 January
| align="right" bgcolor="#ccffcc" |'''Chennai Superstarz'''
| align="center" |'''4'''–3
|[[Bengaluru Raptors]]
|-
|30 January
| rowspan="3" align="center" |[[G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium|Hyderabad]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#ccffcc" |'''[[Pune 7 Aces]]'''
| align="center" |'''5'''–2
|Chennai Superstarz
|-
|1 February
| align="right" |[[Awadhe Warriors]]
| align="center" |3–'''4'''
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |'''Chennai Superstarz'''
|-
|4 February
| align="right" bgcolor="#ccffcc" |'''[[Northeastern Warriors]]'''
| align="center" |'''4'''–3
|Chennai Superstarz
|}

==== Semifinal ====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
! width="75" |Date
! width="75" |Venue
! width="150" |Home
! width="50" |Results
! width="150" |Away
|-
|7 February
| align="center"|[[Hyderabad]]
| align="right" |Chennai Superstarz
|style="text-align:center;" |(-1) – '''3'''
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" |'''[[Northeastern Warriors]]'''
|}
{{col-end}}

==== Player Statistics ====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!Player
!Category
! style="width:15px;" |P
! style="width:15px;" |W
!Sets Won
!Sets Lost
!Win %
!MVP
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Lakshya Sen]]
| rowspan="4" |Men's Singles
|5
|4
|9
|3
|{{Percentage|4|5}}
|1
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} K. Sathish Kumar
|2
| 0
| 0
| 4
|{{Percentage|0|2}}
|0
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} Sankar Muthusamy
|1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|{{Percentage|0|1}}
|0
|-
|{{Flagicon|INA}} [[Tommy Sugiarto]]
|4
|4
|8
|2
|{{Percentage|4|4}}
|2
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gayathri Gopichand|Gayatri Gopichand]]
| rowspan="2" |Women's Singles
|4
|0
|2
|8
|{{Percentage|0|4}}
|0
|-
|{{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Kirsty Gilmour]]
|2
| 2
|4
|0
|{{Percentage|2|2}}
|0
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]]
| rowspan="3" |Men's/Mixed Doubles
|7
|4
|9
|10
|{{Percentage|4|7}}
|1
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[B. Sumeeth Reddy]]
|4
|2
|4
|5
|{{Percentage|2|4}}
|1
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Dhruv Kapila]]
|7
|3
|7
|9
|{{Percentage|3|7}}
|1
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sanjana Santosh]]
| rowspan="2" |Women's/Mixed Doubles
|1
|0
|0
|2
|{{Percentage|0|1}}
|0
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Jessica Pugh]]
|5
|3
|6
|6
|{{Percentage|3|5}}
|1
|-
! colspan="4" |Total Matches Played: 30
! colspan="2" |NA
|
|
|}
Last updated: 5 February 2020; Source: ''[http://www.pbl-india.com/ 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 ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style= |Year {{abbr|(S)|Season}}
! style= |[[2018–19 Premier Badminton League|2018-19]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbl-india.com/teams/289-chennai-smashers-teamprofile/squad|title=Team Squad|website=Premier Badminton League|language=en|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref> (4)
! style=|[[2017–18 Premier Badminton League|2017-18]] (3)
! style= |[[2017 Premier Badminton League|2017]] (2)
! style= |[[2016 Premier Badminton League|2016]]<ref name="Chennai" /> (1)
|-
| rowspan="6" |'''Domestic'''
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |{{flagicon|IND}} Vijaydeep Singh
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sumeeth Reddy]]
|'''{{flagicon|IND}} [[P. V. Sindhu]]'''
|'''{{flagicon|IND}} P. V. Sindhu'''
|'''{{flagicon|IND}} [[P. V. Sindhu]]'''
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Rutaparna Panda]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Aditya Joshi]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Arundhati Pantawane]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Krishna Priya]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Saili Rane]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[B. Sumeeth Reddy]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Parupalli Kashyap]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Pranaav Chopra]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Saili Rane]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} Daniel Farid
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramya Tulasi]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sikki Reddy]]
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Parupalli Kashyap]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} Vrushali Gummadi
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[B. Sumeeth Reddy]]
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |'''Overseas'''
|'''{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Adcock]]'''
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Adcock]]
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Adcock]]
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Adcock]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Gabby Adcock]]
|{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Brice Leverdez]]
|{{Flagicon|INA}} [[Tommy Sugiarto]]
|{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Brice Leverdez]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|HKG}} Or Chin Chung
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Gabby Adcock]]
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Gabby Adcock]]
|{{Flagicon|INA}} [[Sony Dwi Kuncoro]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Rajiv Ouseph]]
|{{Flagicon|THA}} [[Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk]]
|{{Flagicon|THA}} [[Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk]]
|{{Flagicon|INA}} [[Simon Santoso]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|KOR}} [[Sung Ji-hyun]]
|{{Flagicon|TWN}} [[Lee Yang]]
|{{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Mads Pieler Kolding]]
|{{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Toby Ng]]
|-
|{{Flagicon|MAS}} [[Chong Wei Feng]]
|
|
|{{Flagicon|INA}} [[Pia Zebadiah]]
|}

* Team captains listed in '''bold'''.

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Twitter|id=Superstarz_PBL}}

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