[1] It features nine state or city-based franchise teams and the top Indian and international badminton talent.

The league has reached an audience of more than 100 million through television, on-ground support, and social media.

The second season began on 22 December 2016 and came to end on 14 January 2017 with the Chennai Smashers headed by P. V. Sindhu clinching the title in the finals.

The third season began on 23 December 2017 and came to end on 14 January 2018 with Hyderabad Hunters headed by Carolina Marín emerging as the champions.

[7] Each franchise has a purse of ₹2 crore (US$230,000) and the maximum a team can spend on a single player was ₹77 lakh (US$89,000) in the most recent 2020 auction.

[8][9] The highest paid players were the Taiwanese Tai Tzu-ying and Indian P. V. Sindhu, both sold for the maximum amount of ₹77 lakh (US$89,000) to Bengaluru Raptors and Hyderabad Hunters respectively.

Indian doubles player Satwiksairaj Rankireddy was the next highest, bought for ₹62 lakh (US$72,000) by Chennai Superstarz.

[10] 2020 being the Olympic year, key players like Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, Carolina Marín, Victor Axelsen and others have decided to skip the season.

The four teams to proceed to the semi-finals were Delhi Dashers, Chennai Smashers, Awadhe Warriors and Mumbai Rockets.

It followed the same format as the earlier league, and the four teams to proceed to the semi-finals were Awadhe Warriors, Mumbai Rockets, Chennai Smashers and Hyderabad Hunters.