The players’ auction for the fifth season of the Premiere Badminton League (PBL, India) took place today.
Auction Rules
– Each team can spend a maximum of 2 Crores Indian Rupees (INR)
– Maximum value of a player is capped at 77L INR (77,00,000 INR). A draw is held if there are multiple teams bidding for the same player
Here is a list of the top 20 costliest players of the 2019-20 PBL
| INR | Price in USD | Player | Team |
| 77L | 107K $ | PV Sindhu | Hyderabad Hunters |
| 77L | 107K $ | Tai Tzu Ying | Bengaluru Raptors |
| 62L | 86K $ | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | Chennai Super Starz |
| 55L | 76K$ | Ko Sung Hyun | Awadhe Warriors |
| 50L | 70K $ | Lee Cheuk Yiu | North Eastern Warriors |
| 45L | 63K $ | Kim Gi Jung | Mumbai Rockets |
| 45L | 63K $ | Shin Baek Cheol | Awadhe Warriors |
| 44L | 61K $ | Lee Yong Dae | North Eastern Warriors |
| 43L | 60K $ | Parupalli Kashyap | Mumbai Rockets |
| 41L | 60K $ | Tommy Sugiarto | Chennai Super Starz |
| 41L | 60K $ | Sourabh Verma | Hyderabad Hunters |
| 40L | 56K $ | Hendra Setiawan | Pune 7 Aces |
| 40L | 56K $ | Kim Sa Rang | Mumbai Rockets |
| 39L | 55K $ | Zhang Beiwen | Awadhe Warriors |
| 36L | 50K $ | Lakshya Sen | Chennai Super Starz |
| 36L | 50K $ | Loh Kean Yew | Pune 7 Aces |
| 33L | 46K $ | Daren Liew | Hyderabad Hunters |
| 32L | 44K $ | B Sai Praneeth | Bengaluru Raptors |
| 32L | 44K $ | Chris Adcock | Pune 7 Aces |
| 30L | 42K $ | Tse Ying Suet | Pune 7 Aces |
| 30L | 42K $ | Lee Dong Keun | Mumbai Rockets |
| 30L | 42K $ | Chan Peng Soon | Bengaluru Raptors |
| 27L | 38K $ | Kim Ha Na | North Eastern Warriors |
| 25L | 35K $ | Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk | North Eastern Warriors |
| 25L | 35K $ | Eom Hye-won | Bengaluru Raptors |
| 20L | 28K $ | Gabrielle Adcock | Chennai Super Starz |
| 20L | 28K $ | Michelle Li | North Eastern Warriors |
*Player values in USD has been rounded off
There were few big names who went UNSOLD in the auction. The most surprising one was World no. 2 Mohammad Ahsan.
Here is the list of some of the top players who were not bought by any of the 7 teams of the PBL:
- Mohammad Ahsan
- Ashwini Ponappa
- Tang Chung Man
- Mads Conrad Petersen
- Suppanyu Avihingsanon
- Lee Hyun il
- Chai Biao
- Tan Boon Heong
- Tian Houwei
- Kamilla Rhytter Juhl
- Lee Chia Hsin