Waiting for the return: Liew Daren and Chan Peng Soon (inset) say the Premier Badminton League organisers offered good prize money and took good care of the players.
PETALING JAYA: Independent shuttlers Chan Peng Soon and Liew Daren are ruing their misfortunes as they set to lose thousands of ringgit with the cancellation of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) in India.
The duo are already feeling the financial pinch following the Covid-19 pandemic as unlike their more lucky compatriots from the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) who are still getting their monthly allowances, these professionals have to rely on tournament prize money as their main source of income.
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