▁Del hi . ▁Each ▁franch ise ▁had ▁a ▁pur se ▁of ▁, ▁and ▁were ▁not ▁allowed ▁to ▁spend ▁more ▁than ▁ ▁on ▁a ▁single ▁player . ▁The ▁highest ▁paid ▁players ▁were ▁the ▁Taiwan ese ▁Tai ▁T zu - ying ▁and ▁Indian ▁P . ▁V . ▁S ind hu , ▁both ▁sold ▁for ▁the ▁maximum ▁amount ▁of ▁ ▁to ▁Beng al uru ▁R apt ors ▁and ▁Hy der abad ▁Hun ters ▁respectively . ▁Indian ▁doubles ▁player ▁Sat wik s ai raj ▁Rank ire dd y ▁was ▁the ▁next ▁highest , ▁bought ▁for ▁▁ ▁by ▁Chen na i ▁Super star z . ▁▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁being ▁the ▁Olympic ▁year , ▁key ▁players ▁like ▁Sain a ▁Ne h wal , ▁Kid amb i ▁S rik anth , ▁Carolina ▁Mar in , ▁Victor ▁Ax elsen ▁and ▁others ▁have ▁decided ▁to ▁skip ▁the ▁season . ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁players ▁were ▁trad ed ▁between ▁M umb ai , ▁Chen na i ▁and ▁P une ▁teams ▁ahead ▁of ▁the ▁season . ▁ ▁Fran ch ises ▁ ▁Currently ▁seven ▁franch ises ▁comp ete ▁in ▁the ▁league . ▁There ▁were ▁nine ▁franch ises ▁in ▁the ▁previous ▁season ( 2 0 1 8 – 1 9 ). ▁ ▁Current ▁teams ▁ ▁Form er ▁teams ▁ ▁Se asons ▁ ▁I BL ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁ ▁Indian ▁Bad m inton ▁League ▁started ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁with ▁a ▁total ▁prize ▁pool ▁of ▁US D $ 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁The ▁first ▁season