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Bengaluru Bulls
Bengaluru Bulls (BGB) is a professional kabaddi team based in Bengaluru that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team were champions in Season 6 and are led by Pardeep Narwal and coached by BC Ramesh. The team is owned by Ashwin Mallaya Ullal from Mangalore. Bulls play their home matches at the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium. Bulls are one of the most successful teams in PKL history after winning the trophy for the first time by defeating the Gujarat FortuneGiants in the 2018–19 season. The team was also the runner-up to U Mumba in 2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ... and reached the semifinals in the inaugural 2014 season. Current squad Seasons Season I Bulls secured fourth place in the first season. Season II Bengaluru Bulls finished second in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabaddi
Kabaddi (, ) is a contact team sport played between two teams of seven players. It is one of the traditional games of South Asia. In this game, a raider enters the opposing half of the court to touch defenders and attempt to return within 30 seconds without being tackled. Points are awarded for successful tags, while defenders earn a point for stopping the raider. Tagged or tackled players are temporarily out but can re-enter when their team scores. Raids alternate between teams throughout the game. It is popular in South Asia and nearby Asian countries. Although accounts of kabaddi appear in the history of India, the game was popularised as a competitive sport in the 20th century. It is the national sport of Bangladesh. It is the third most popular and viewed sport in India after cricket and football. It is the state game of the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Pro Kabaddi League Season (January)
2016 Pro Kabaddi League season was the third season of Pro Kabaddi League, a professional kabaddi league played in India since 2014. Pro Kabaddi, which saw success in its second season, was all set to make its much awaited return for a third season from 30 January 2016, just five months after completion of the second season. Hyderabad hosted the opening leg of Season 3, with the first match being played between Telugu Titans and U Mumba at the Titan's home turf, Gachibowli Indoor Stadium.The winner is Patna Pirates. Star Sports Pro Kabaddi, organized by Mashal Sports and Star India, in association with the International Kabaddi Federation, Asian Kabaddi Federation and the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India is now going to be a bi-annual league with two seasons every year, promising much more action for the audiences and also encouraging them to take up to playing Kabaddi. The third season of the league will feature 60 games played on specially developed mats, in state of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puneri Paltan
Puneri Paltan is a professional kabaddi team that represents the city of Pune, Maharashtra in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team, coached by Ashok Shinde, plays at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex. In the 10th season of the Pro Kabaddi League, they won their first ever trophy after beating Haryana Steelers in the Final and are defending champions of the league. They won the Sport Franchise of the year award at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Sports Business Awards ceremony which held at New Delhi in October 2024. Overview The Pro Kabaddi League's first season was in 2014, with eight teams including Paltan. Four teams were added for the league's fifth season, bringing the total to 12. The logo features a lion, representing the team's mascot, in a saffron hue—a color deeply rooted in Maharashtrian culture. Colours, logo and mascot Colours Puneri Paltan's current team colors are orange and vermilion, traditional colors in Maratha culture. Though the lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patna Pirates
Patna Pirates (PTP) is a professional kabaddi team based in Patna, Bihar, that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is led by Ankit Jaglan and coached by Anup Kumar (kabaddi). Their home ground is the Patliputra Sports Complex. The Pirates are the most successful team in PKL history with a record of winning 3 out of 8 titles and winning all of them in successive. They are also one time runners up in season 8 of pkl which started after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pirates won their first title by defeating defending champions U Mumba in 2016 (January), after reaching the semi-finals in the previous two seasons (2014 and 2015). In the following 2016 (June) season, Patna Pirates defeated the Jaipur Pink Panthers, thus becoming the first team in PKL history to successfully defend their title and later completed a hat-trick of titles by defeating Gujarat Fortune Giants in the final of the 2017 tournament. The 2018-19 season was a contrasting season for the usually successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Jaipur Pink Panthers (JPP) is a professional Kabaddi team from Jaipur, competing in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Arjun Deshwal. The team is owned by Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan. Jaipur Pink Panthers play their home matches at Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium. The team is the second-most successful team in league history with two titles. Although the team has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners, Jaipur Pink Panthers won the inaugural season by defeating U Mumba by 35-24. The leading raider of the side was Maninder Singh (kabaddi), Maninder Singh, while the leading defender was Ran Singh. Jaipur Pink Panthers are exclusively managed bGS Entertainment Worldwide which is headed by Bunty Walia and Juspreet Singh Walia. On 4 December 2020, Amazon Prime Video released ''Sons of the Soil: Jaipur Pink Panthers, Sons of the Soil'', a series based on their journey in season 7. Team identity The official theme of the team is " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haryana Steelers
Haryana Steelers is a professional kabaddi team based in Haryana that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is led by Jaideep Dahiya and coached by Manpreet Singh. It is owned by JSW Sports, of the JSW Group. The home matches are played at Tau Devi Lal Athletic Stadium. The Steelers had a good start to life in the PKL as they reached the playoffs in their debut 2017 season. In Season 10, Haryana Steelers reached the final for the first time in their history but fell short by just a few points. They went on to clinch their maiden Pro Kabaddi League title in Season 11, marking a historic achievement for the franchise. Ownership Haryana Steelers is owned by JSW Sports which also owns Hockey India League team Soorma Hockey Club, Indian Premier League team Delhi Capitals, Indian Super League team Bengaluru FC, SA20 team Pretoria Capitals, and ILT20 team Dubai Capitals. Squad Identity The brand-new logo, which is a dynamically posed Bhima wielding his heavy Gada (ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dabang Delhi
Dabang Delhi K.C. is a professional kabaddi team based in New Delhi, India, that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Ashu Malik and coached by Joginder Narwal. The team is owned by Radha Kapoor and they play their home matches at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament .... The team have won their maiden VIVO Pro Kabaddi League title defeating Patna Pirates in the 2021–22 season final. Dabang Delhi is owned by Radha Kapoor. Current squad Seasons Season I Delhi finished sixth in the first season. Season II Dabang Delhi finished 7th in the second season. Season III Dabang Delhi finished 8th in the Third season. Season IV Season V Dabang Delhi finished 7th in the Fourth season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengal Warriors
Bengal Warriorz (BEN) is a professional kabaddi team based in Kolkata, West Bengal that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. In 2019, they won the trophy for the first time by defeating Dabang Delhi. The team is currently led by Devank Dalal and coached by Naveen Kumar Bazzad and Praveen Malik. The team play their home matches at the Netaji Indoor Stadium. Franchise history Bengal Warriorz are owned by Future Group, promoted by Kishore Biyani. The team had poor campaign in the first two seasons. The team's performance, however improved from the third season as they qualified for the playoffs in 2016. But again after a disappointing season in the 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (June), they totally revamped their squad. After that, the team has consistently qualified for the playoffs in 2017, 2018 and in 2019 respectively. In 2019, they qualified to the PKL final for the first time in their history by beating U Mumba in The Arena. In the final, against Dabang Delhi Dabang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 Pro Kabaddi League
The 2023–2024 Pro Kabaddi League was the tenth season of the Pro Kabaddi League, a franchise based kabaddi league in India. Jaipur Pink Panthers were the defending champions. In the final, Puneri Paltan defeated Haryana Steelers to win their maiden title. Background The fixtures of the tournament were announced on 19 October 2023. The league returned to its original traveling caravan format returning after the 2019 season. Each team plays against all the other teams twice, and the top 6 teams proceed to the play-offs with the season beginning on 2 December 2023. All the playoff matches were played in Hyderabad and final was played on 1 March 2024. Participating teams The same 12 teams from the previous season returned with few changes to the team personnel. Personnel The player auction happened on 9 and 10 October 2023 in Mumbai. The salary purse available to each franchise was increased from to . Foreign players Each team can sign a maximum of three non-Indian pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Pro Kabaddi League Season
The 2022 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League was the ninth season of Pro Kabaddi League. The season began on 7 October 2022 and ended on 17 December 2022. Jaipur Pink Panthers defeated Puneri Paltan in the final match to win their second title. The player auction for season 9 was conducted on 5 August 2022 in Mumbai. The fixtures of the tournament were announced on 21 September 2022 and 11 October 2022 for the remaining tournament. Each team played against all the other teams twice, and the top 6 teams proceeded to the playoffs. The tournament was played across Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad, while the playoffs were played in Mumbai. Teams Personnel and sponsorships :''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.'' Foreign players Each team can sign a maximum of 3 foreign players to the squad. Sponsorship ;Title Sponsor * Vivo ;Associate Sponsors * Tata Motors * Dream11 * MFine * A23 * BYJU'S * Mutual Funds ;Partners * Parimatch News * Officer's Choice * Dhani * UltraTech Cemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Pro Kabaddi League Season
The 2019 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League was the seventh season of Pro Kabaddi League. The season began on 20 July 2019 and concluded on 19 October 2019. The zonal system present in the previous seasons was removed, and each team played against all the other teams twice. Bengal Warriors defeated Dabang Delhi in the final match to win their maiden title. Teams Stadiums and locations Personnel and sponsorship Foreign players Each team can sign maximum 3 foreign players in the squad. Sponsorship Title Sponsor * Vivo ;Associate Sponsors * Tata Motors * Dream11 * Honda ;Partners * UltraTech Cement ;Broadcast Sponsor * Star Sports Viewership Unlike the last season that witnessed a 31 percent dip in viewership data to 1.1 billion impressions from the 1.6 billion impressions of season five, PKL 7 has registered a growth of 9 percent in viewership numbers and has garnered 1.2 billion impressions, as per BARC India. Points table League stage Leg 1 – Gachibowli Indoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
