75-517: Worldwide: Pro Kabaddi League or abbreviated to PKL is an Indian men's professional Kabaddi league. It was launched in 2014 and is broadcast on Star Sports . It is the most popular kabaddi league in the world. It is also the second most watched sports league in India after the Indian Premier League (IPL). Puneri Paltan are the current champions of PKL. The league's inception
150-435: A "super raid". If a team gets all seven players on the opposing team out ("All Out"), they earn two additional points and then all the opposition players are placed back in the game. In the event of a tie, PKL rules stipulate (for playoff matches) that each team is to perform five raids on the other team, with no time limits involved, no players being dismissed or revived, and the baulk line being simultaneously treated as
225-455: A bonus line. There are four major forms of Indian kabaddi recognised by the amateur federation. In Sanjeevani Kabaddi, one player is revived against one player of the opposite team who is out. The game is played over 40 minutes with a five-minute break between halves. There are seven players on each side and the team that outs all the players on the opponent's side scores four extra points. In Gaminee style, seven players play on each side and
300-434: A bonus point (the bonus point is only scored if the raider's trailing foot is in the air while they step over the line). If the raider is successfully stopped (tackled), the opposite team earns a point instead. All players tagged or tackled are taken out of the game, but one is "revived" for each point a team scores from a subsequent tag or tackle. However, bonus points do not revive players. In addition, players who step out of
375-510: A cant. The term kabaddi is from a Tamil word composed of "Kai" and "Pidi", meaning "hand catch." Ronojoy Sen speculates in his book Nation At Play that kabaddi originated during the Vedic period (between 1500 BC and 500 BC). There are accounts of Gautama Buddha and Lord Krishna having played an ancient form of the sport. According to the sport's origins, Kabaddi is a sport developed centered on Jallikattu . A player going to
450-730: A competitive sport, with the first organized competitions occurring in the 1920s, their introduction to the programme of the Indian Olympic Games in 1938, the establishment of the All-India Kabaddi Federation in 1950, and it being played as a demonstration sport at the inaugural 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi . These developments helped to formalize the sport, which had traditionally been played on muddy surfaces in villages, for legitimate international competition. The first framework of rules for
525-409: A court of 10 by 13 metres (33 ft × 43 ft) in the case of men and 8 by 12 metres (26 ft × 39 ft) in the case of women. Each has five supplementary players held in reserve for substitution. The game is played with 20-minute halves with a 5-minute half time break in which the teams exchange sides. During each play, known as a "raid", a player from the attacking side, known as
600-405: A match (39) against Haryana Steelers. In this season, for the first time three raiders crossed the 300-raid points mark. Among the defenders, Neeraj Kumar of Patna Pirates scored most tackle points (11) in a match and equalled the record of Mohit Chillar (11). The 2021–22 season is the eighth edition of Pro Kabaddi League. The season began on 22 December 2021. The usual travelling caravan format
675-484: A player put out has to remain out until all his team members are out. The team that is successful in outing all the players of the opponent's side secures a point. The game continues until five or seven such points are secured and has no fixed time duration. Amar style resembles the Sanjeevani form in the time frame rule, but a player who is declared out stays inside the court while play continues. For every player of
750-806: A rectangular court indoors, is played in major professional leagues and international competitions such as the Asian Games . This game is known by numerous names in different parts of the Indian subcontinent, such as: kabaddi or chedugudu in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana ; kabaddi in Maharashtra , Karnataka and Kerala ; kabaddi , komonti or ha-du-du in West Bengal and Bangladesh ; baibalaa in Maldives , kauddi or kabaddi in
825-488: A third-place play-off and a final. The first game was played on 18 July between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers and the final was played on 23 August at Mumbai between u Mumba and Bengaluru Bulls . U Mumba beat Bengaluru Bulls with the points 36–30 to win the 2015 season of the Pro Kabaddi League. U Mumba stood first, Bengaluru Bulls stood second and Telugu Titans stood in the third position in
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#1732794626378900-407: A total of 60 games. 8 teams took part in the first edition. The first game was played on 26 July between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers and the final was played on 31 August at Mumbai . Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U Mumba by 35–24 to win the inaugural Pro Kabaddi League. Star Sports Pro Kabaddi season 2 was from 18 July 2015 to 23 August 2015. There were 60 matches played with two semifinals,
975-673: Is owned by Unilazer Ventures Pvt. Ltd with co-founders Ronnie Screwvala and Supratik Sen . U Mumba play their home matches at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium . In the inaugural season of the PKL, U Mumba were one of the most dominant teams in the league but lost the ultimate match of the competition, thus ending as runner's up to the Jaipur Pink Panthers . In 2015 , they were out to make up for their mistakes and successfully won
1050-529: Is the ninth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League. The auction for the season spanned 5–6 August 2022. The most expensive transfer of the season was Pavan Kumar Sehrawat, who was bought by Tamil Thalaivas for Rs 2.26 crore, a record sum for the PKL. The season began on 7 October 2022 and was held with the season divided into three legs, each taking place in a different venue ( Kanteerava Indoor Stadium , Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex and Gachibowli Indoor Stadium ). Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Puneri Paltan 33-29 in
1125-670: Is the second-most popular sport in India, with the Pro Kabaddi League being watched by hundreds of millions of people each year. The governing body for kabaddi in Pakistan is Pakistan Kabaddi Federation. In Bangladesh , Kabaddi is known with a different name called "Ha-du-du". Ha-du-du has no definite rules and is played with different rules in different areas. Kabaddi is the national sport of Bangladesh, given official status in 1972. The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of Bangladesh
1200-490: Is the seventh edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, and it features 12 teams. Auctions for the new season were held in Mumbai on 8 and 9 April. The franchises splashed out over 50 crores to acquire 200 players. Siddharth Sirish Desai became the most expensive buy of the season after Telugu Titans got the winning bid of him at ₹1.45 crore. The most expensive foreign player of this season was Iranian Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh who
1275-456: Is the state game of the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh , Bihar , Chhattisgarh , Haryana , Karnataka , Kerala , Maharashtra , Odisha , Punjab , Tamil Nadu , Telangana , and Uttar Pradesh . There are two major disciplines: " Punjabi kabaddi ", also called "circle style", comprises traditional forms of the sport that are played on a circular field outdoors, and the "standard style", on
1350-458: The 2014 Indian Premier League 's 55.2 crores (552 million), while the first season final between Jaipur Pink Panthers and U-Mumba was watched by 8.64 crores (86.4 million). Star Sports , the Pro Kabaddi League's broadcaster, subsequently announced in 2015 that it would acquire a 74% stake in the league's parent company Mashal Sports. For the 2017 and 2018–19 season, the Pro Kabaddi League added four new teams, and changed its format to split
1425-757: The Asian Beach Games . The Indoor kabaddi variant is played in two 15-minute halves by two teams of five players and is a shorter variant of standard style kabaddi. It is played at an international level in competitions such as the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games . The Kabaddi World Cup is an outdoor international standard style kabaddi competition conducted by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF), contested by men's and women's national teams. The competition has been previously contested in 2004, 2007 and 2016. All
1500-682: The COVID-19 pandemic , eventually happening in 2023. Poland beat England in the final to retain their title. The inaugural edition of the Kabaddi Masters was held in Dubai , 22–30 June 2018. It was the first kabaddi tournament to be held in the UAE . It featured 6 teams. India won the tournament by defeating Iran in the final with a scoreline of 44–26, with the Indian Defense outperforming
1575-425: The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) in 2014 revolutionised the standard style of the sport, with various rule changes being made; for example, whereas previously raids had no time limit other than the breathing capacity of the raider, the PKL rules introduced the concept of a standard 30-second time limit for every raid. In the international team version of kabaddi, two teams of seven members each occupy opposite halves of
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#17327946263781650-804: The Punjab region ; hu-tu-tu in Western India , ha-do-do in Eastern India ; chadakudu in South India ; kapardi in Nepal ; kabadi or sadugudu in Tamil Nadu ; and chakgudu in Sri Lanka . The raider is required to execute each raid on a single breath; in order to prove that they are not inhaling, they are required to repeatedly chant the word "kabaddi", in a process referred to as
1725-436: The "raider", runs into the opposing team's side of the court and attempts to tag as many of the seven defending players as possible. The raider must cross the baulk line into the defending team's territory, and then return to their half of the field without being tackled. (If an attacker touches a defender and hasn't yet reached the baulk line, they do not need to reach the baulk line to score points and may return to their half of
1800-440: The 15 encounters between the two teams. In season 7, they went out in the 2nd semi-final losing to the eventual champions Bengal Warriors, by a score of 35–37. Full Squad of U Mumba for Pro Kabaddi League Session 11;2022 U Mumba finished runners-up in the first season after losing to Jaipur Pink Panthers in the finals. (C) Champion; (R) Runners-up; (3) Third Place; (4) Fourth Place. This season U Mumba finished
1875-471: The 21st century, South Korea is one of the fastest-rising nations in international kabaddi, having beaten India in the opening match of the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup . U Mumba U Mumba is a professional kabaddi team based in Mumbai , Maharashtra , that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League . The franchise is currently led by Sunil Kumar , and coached by Anil Chaprana and Gholamreza Mazandarani. The team
1950-467: The 56 crore (560 million) of IPL viewership. The online viewership also increased 1.3 crore unique visitors, which is 18.5 times than of last year's 7 lakh unique visitors. The third season which was flagged off on 30 January, recorded a surge in viewership with the opening week ratings 36 per cent higher than the week one viewership for its last season. Five teams - U Mumba , Bengaluru Bulls , Bengal Warriors , Dabang Delhi and Puneri Paltan have won
2025-548: The Asian Games from 2002 through 2014. At the 2018 Asian Games , Iran became the first country other than India to win gold medals in kabaddi, with India's men's team winning bronze, and India's women's team being beaten by Iran to win silver. AKC 's tenth season was played in Gorgan , Iran, in 2017 in which India won its tenth gold by defeating Pakistan in the finals. The first edition of European Kabaddi Championship
2100-542: The IPL's business model and success and that, unlike cricket, there were relatively fewer well-known players in Kabaddi. However, it was also noted that kabaddi was widely played in grassroots community settings, and could thus attract a wide variety of rural and metropolitan viewers for advertisers to target if the league gained significant attraction. The inaugural season was seen by 43.5 crores (435 million) viewers, second to
2175-471: The Iran Defense. The Pro Kabaddi League was established in 2014. The league modeled its business upon that of the Indian Premier League of Twenty20 cricket , with a large focus on marketing, the backing of local broadcaster Star Sports . The Pro Kabaddi League quickly became a ratings success on Indian television; the 2014 season was watched by at least 435 million viewers over the course of
2250-787: The KMP YKS in Maharashtra (which was won by Ahmednagar) and Summer Edition Mysore. For the first time in the history of Indian kabaddi, players from the North East will be playing in a tournament of this stature. Each edition is contested over several rounds, with teams eliminated in each round, and the Summit Round acting as the playoffs of the tournament and leading to the final. Several players who started off in YKS have gone on to play at higher levels of kabaddi competition, such as
2325-441: The PKL auction, U Mumba lost many of their key players who were a part of the squad that reached three consecutive finals. The team wasn't able to deal with the changes as they failed to make the playoffs in the following two seasons- 2016(June) season and 2017 . An inspired change of personnel by the owners ahead of the 2018-19 season , saw U Mumba regain their lost touch and qualified for the playoffs after two failed attempts. In
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2400-648: The Pro Kabaddi League (through the New Young Player initiative) and the Junior Kabaddi World Cup. Yuva Kabaddi Series was founded by uMumba CEO Suhail Chandhok and Vikas Kumar Gautam. Kabaddi is a popular sport in the Indian subcontinent . The governing federation for kabaddi in India is the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI), which was founded in 1973 and compiled a standard set of rules. Kabaddi
2475-484: The Pro Kabaddi League to encourage scoring: when a defensive side has three or fewer players remaining, tackles are worth two points instead of one. Furthermore, if a team performs two empty raids in a row, the next raider must score a point ("do-or-die raid"), or else they will be declared out and the opposing team will score a point. The inaugural edition of the IIPKL was on 13 May, 2019 at Pune , India. The title for
2550-658: The Tamil Nadu team named Tamil Thalaivas . The Uttar Pradesh team is named as UP Yoddha owned by GMR group and the Gujarat team is named as Gujarat Fortune Giants owned by Gautam Adani . Auctions for the new season were held in May, before which the existing teams were allowed to retain one player each. The auction saw over 400 players go under the hammer and ₹46.99 crores spent by the 12 teams. The Pro Kabaddi League season 5 started on 28 July 2017. The most expensive pick of
2625-658: The auction was raider Nitin Tomar , who was bought by the Uttar Pradesh team for a sum of ₹93 lakh. Following in second place was Rohit Kumar after the Bengaluru Bulls picked him for a ₹81 lakhs price. The most expensive foreign player was South Korea's Lee Jang-kun after he was retained by the Bengal Warriors for ₹80.3 lakhs. The new season was slated to be the biggest league tournament of its kind in
2700-399: The award for second season in a row. Sehrawat finished the campaign with 18 super raids and 304 raid points to his name. Iranian left corner, Mohammadreza chiyaneh from team Patna Pirates took the best defender award home for second season in a row. The rookie set a new PKL record with 10 High 5's and 89 tackle points. Mohit Goyat from pune was named the best new young player. The 2022 season
2775-407: The boundary are out. However, the boundary of the field can vary mid-raid; there are two strips on either side of the court known as "lobby areas" which only become part of the field of play in raids where the raider touches an opponent. A raid where no points are scored by the raider is referred to as an "empty raid". By contrast, a play where the raider scores three or more points is referred to as
2850-497: The court.) While raiding, the raider must loudly chant kabaddi , confirming to referees that their raid is done on a single breath without inhaling. Each raid has a 30-second time limit. A point is scored for each defender tagged; tags can be made with any part of the raider's body and touching any part of the defender's body. If the raider steps beyond the bonus line marked in the defending team's territory when there are six or more players, they earn an additional point known as
2925-403: The current champions, having won the 2023-24 season for the first time, by defeating Haryana Steelers in the final. The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is a professional kabaddi league in India where franchise-based teams compete against each other. The league follows a round-robin format, where each team plays against every other team twice during the league phase. At the end of the league phase,
3000-502: The final in Delhi to take home the trophy. Puneri Paltan came third this season. The fourth season took place from 25 June to 31 July 2016, with the existing eight teams participating. Patna Pirates beat Jaipur Pink Panthers in the final. Season 4 also saw the launch of the first professional women's kabaddi league, Women's Kabaddi Challenge (WKC). The first season saw 3 teams namely Ice Divas, Fire Birds and Storm Queens battle out to be
3075-427: The final to become the 2nd team after Patna Pirates to win more than 1 title of the Pro Kabaddi League. The 2023 season is the tenth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League. The auction of season 10 The auction for the season originally scheduled for September 8 and 9 was postponed and rescheduled to October 9 and 10 due to Asian Games. The caravan format will be back for PKL 10, and all the 12 teams will travel to matches in
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3150-484: The first-ever WKC champions. In the men's final, Patna Pirates defeated Jaipur Pink Panthers to win the Pro Kabaddi League title for the 2nd time. The 2017 season was the fifth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, and it featured 12 teams, including new teams from Uttar Pradesh , Haryana , Tamil Nadu , and Gujarat . The team from Haryana is known as Haryana Steelers owned by JSW Sports. Sachin Tendulkar co-owns
3225-466: The game if they are touched or tackled, but return to the game after each point scored by their team from a tag or tackle. It is popular in the Indian subcontinent and other surrounding 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 second most popular and viewed sport in India after cricket . It
3300-414: The game is for a single player on offense, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of the court, touch out as many of their players as possible, and return to their own half of the court, all without being tackled by the defenders in 30 seconds. Points are scored for each player tagged by the raider, while the opposing team earns a point for stopping the raider. Players are taken out of
3375-586: The highest paid player in the history of Pro Kabaddi league. The most expensive foreign player this season is Fazel Atrachali from Iran . He was bought by U Mumba for ₹1 crore. Zone B toppers, Bengaluru Bulls beat the Zone A toppers, Gujarat Fortune Giants by 38–33 in the final with the Man of the Tournament Pawan Kumar Sehrawat stealing the show with a record 22 raid points against
3450-504: The history of Indian sports in terms of geographical coverage and duration. It featured 138 matches spread across a time period of 13 weeks across 11 states. A children's Kabaddi tournament, known as KBD Juniors , was also organised between schools of the cities in which the matches were held. Patna Pirates beat Gujarat Fortune Giants by 55–38 in the final with the Man of the Tournament Pardeep Narwal stealing
3525-638: The home cities. As the Season 10 auction drew to a close, Pawan Sehrawat emerged as the top participant. For ₹2.60 Cr, the Telugu Titans purchased him. The schedule for the tenth season of the Pro Kabaddi League has been made public. The event is planned to happen from December 2, 2023, and February 2024. The Telugu Titans and Gujarat Giants faced each other in the inaugural match of the Pro ;Kabaddi League and Gujarat Giants won that match.final between
3600-559: The inaugural season was won by the Bangalore Rhinos. In May 2018, the Super Kabaddi League was first held in Pakistan, as part of a larger push to promote renewed interest in the sport in Pakistan. Yuva Kabaddi Series (YKS) is a franchise-based junior-category kabaddi tournament in India . It is for players who are under 23 years old and below 80 kg (180 lb). The inaugural Yuva Kabaddi Series
3675-512: The league. Star Sports Pro Kabaddi season 3 had two editions. The CEO of Star India , Sanjay Gupta , confirmed that Star Sports Pro Kabaddi wants to make Pro Kabaddi, a 5-week event, happen 10 weeks a year by having two editions a year. The idea is to play the tournament once in January–February 2016 and once in June–July 2016. It also had 8 teams. Patna Pirates beat U Mumba by 3 points in
3750-579: The opposition is treated like a Bull . It is like taming a bull without touching it, as it is mentioned in Sangam Literature that the game called Sadugudu was practised since ages. There are also accounts of kabaddi having been played in Iran 2,000 years ago. Modern kabaddi is a synthesis of the game played in various forms under different names in the Indian subcontinent. India has been first credited with having helped to popularise kabaddi as
3825-433: The opposition touched "out", a team earns a point. Punjabi kabaddi is a variation that is played on a circular pitch of a diameter of 22 metres (72 ft). The Beach kabaddi variant is played in two 15-minute halves by two teams of four players who are not allowed to wear shoes and is played on levelled ground of sand either on seas shore or river banks. It is played at an international level in competitions such as
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#17327946263783900-476: The process U Mumba once again became the force they once were, and ended the league stage with dominant wins and the most highest score difference than any other team. But inability to peak in big games with narrow margins, saw them getting knocked out by the UP Yoddha in the playoffs. U Mumba contest the Maharashtra derby against state rivals Puneri Paltan and have the bragging rights as well by winning 9 of
3975-476: The puneri paltans and haryana Steelers and puneri paltans won the final and there first pkl trophy. Full time points are puneri paltans 28-25 haryana Steelers The 2024 Pro Kabaddi League is the eleventh season of the Pro Kabaddi League, a franchise-based Kabaddi league in India. PKL auction was held in Mumbai on August 15 and 16. Raider Sachin Tanwar was made the most expensive player of the 2024 PKL auction, as he
4050-408: The season, and the inaugural championship match was seen by 98.6 million viewers. Bengal Warriors , Bengaluru Bulls , Patna Pirates , Tamil Thalaivas , UP Yoddhas , Gujrat Giants , Haryana Steelers , Puneri Paltan , U Mumba , Jaipur Pink Panthers , Dabang Delhi KC , and Telugu Titans are the 12 teams that play in the Pro Kabaddi League. The organisers of the Pro Kabaddi League change
4125-742: The season. The league won the Best Sports League’ at the Confederation of Indian Industry Sports Business Awards in October 2024 at New Delhi, India . The first signing and auction of players for the 8 teams were held on 20 May 2014 in Mumbai . India's national kabaddi captain Rakesh Kumar was the priciest among the players bought for ₹ 12.80 lakh by the Patna Pirates . Sports Authority of India's Deepak Niwas Hooda
4200-482: The show with 19 raid points against the Fortune Giants defence for the first time in the tournament. The award ceremony of the finale was hosted by Pooja Bhamrah. Pardeep Narwal was adjudged the man of the finale. The 2018 season is the sixth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, and it features 12 teams. Auctions for the new season were held in which Haryana Steelers paid ₹1.51 crores for Monu Goyat who became
4275-497: The sport was prepared in Maharashtra in the 1920s, with English sports serving as a model for this formalisation. One of the earliest modern tournaments of the sport, the All India Kabaddi Tournament in 1923, was played according to these amended rules. After being demonstrated again at the 1982 Asian Games in Delhi , kabaddi was added to the Asian Games programme beginning in 1990. The advent of
4350-456: The sport's rules and its presentation to make it more suitable for a television audience. All players in the league must be strictly under 85 kg in weight. When the raider scores 10 or more raid points in a single match, it is called a super 10, and they earn an extra point. If the defender successfully manages to tackle the five raiders in a single game, it is a high 5, and the team will be awarded one extra point. [1] Additional rules are used in
4425-522: The teams into two divisions known as "zones". Soon the league returned to its regular double round-robin format from the 2019 season. Since its inception there have been seven different champions. Patna Pirates has won the competition a record three times, in three consecutive seasons. They are also the only team to win back to back titles. Jaipur Pink Panthers has won twice, while U Mumba , Bengaluru Bulls , Bengal Warriors , Dabang Delhi K.C and Puneri Paltan have one title each. Puneri Paltan are
4500-487: The top teams qualify for the playoffs. The playoffs consist of eliminators and finals where teams compete to reach the ultimate final match. The team that wins the final match is crowned the champion of the Pro Kabaddi League. The league also has various individual awards like the Most Valuable Player (MVP), Best Raider, and Best Defender, among others, to recognize outstanding performances of players during
4575-513: The tournament after defeating Bengaluru Bulls in the Final. Later next season in 2016(January) , U Mumba lived up to the tag of the best team in PKL history and made their third successive PKL final before eventually ending as runner's up, as they were defeated by the Patna Pirates by a narrow margin despite a lion hearted comeback in the second half of the final. Ahead of the June 2016 season , in
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#17327946263784650-416: The tournament once, Jaipur Pink Panthers have won the tournament twice, while Patna Pirates have won the Pro Kabaddi League thrice and the only team to have defended their title twice. The current champions are Puneri Paltan . Prize money for the winner of season 6 was ₹3 crore. The first and second runners-up were awarded ₹1.80 crore and ₹1.20 crore respectively. The consolidated prize money for season 7
4725-515: The tournaments have been won by India. India defeated Iran by 38–29 in the final of the championship game to clinch the title of 2016. After the establishment of a new kabaddi organization named World Kabaddi Federation in 2005, a 2019 Kabaddi World Cup was held in April 2019 at Malacca , Malaysia . It was the largest world cup in kabaddi history, consisting of 32 men's teams and 24 women's teams. The inaugural Junior Kabaddi World Championship
4800-460: The winners in the semi-finals and qualified to the final for the first time. In the final, Bengal Warriors outplayed Dabang Delhi by a margin of 39–34 and clinched their maiden Pro Kabaddi League title. The season witnessed several records. Pardeep Narwal became the first ever player to reach 1000 points in the Pro Kabaddi League. Naveen Kumar scored 21 consecutive Super 10s and overall 22. While Pawan Sehrawat registered most individual points in
4875-516: The young Fortune Giants defence. For a consecutive second time, Gujarat Fortune Giants have lost in the finals. The coach of Bengaluru Bulls, Randhir Singh was happy as his team finally won the tournament after underwhelming finishes in the previous couple of seasons. On the other hand, Manpreet Singh, the coach of the Gujarat Fortune Giants rued the opportunity to win the tournament after losing two successive finals. The 2019 season
4950-428: Was bought by Bengal Warriors for ₹77.75 lakh. As termed by the organisers 'Most Toughest Season', the zonal system present in the previous season is removed, and each team will play against all the other teams twice. Top 6 teams will qualify for the playoffs. The top two teams will automatically make the semi-finals while the remaining four will battle it out in eliminators. Dabang Delhi and Bengal Warriors emerged as
5025-515: Was bought by the Telugu Titans franchise for ₹ 12.60 lakh. Tae Deok Eom was the highest paid overseas player bought for ₹ 7 lakh by the Patna franchise. The duration of the season was from 26 July 2014 to 31 August 2014. There were double round-robin matches along with two semifinals, third place and final games. 56 games were to be played in the first round and 4 in the playoff stage, making
5100-469: Was bought for Rs. 2.15 crore by the Tamil Thalaivas on the first day of the season 11 auction. The season will begin on 18 October 2024. As per the available data of the opening two weeks, Star Sports Pro Kabaddi viewership on TV increased by nearly 56% from the 2014 year's viewership. During the inaugural season, viewership was 43.5 crore (435 million) viewers, which was the second in India after
5175-622: Was changed to a single venue hosting all the matches of the season. Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bangalore was initially announced as the venue, but was later changed to the Sheraton Grand Hotel and Convention Center located in Whitefield, Bangalore . Dabang Delhi beat Patna Pirates in final to win their maiden PKL title. Naveen Kumar from Delhi created history by winning 2 back to back MVP awards. Bengaluru skipper Pawan Sehrawat successfully defended his best raider crown and won
5250-523: Was conducted in Jaipur in June 2022, and was broadcast on OTT platform FanCode . It is the second-largest kabaddi tournament in India, and the largest tournament in India in terms of number of matches played per year. Four seasonal editions are held every year. Three tournaments were conducted in 2022: Summer Edition in Jaipur, Monsoon Edition at Ranchi, and Winter Edition at Pondicherry; and two in 2023:
5325-669: Was formed in 1973. Kabaddi is among the national sports of Nepal. Kabaddi is played and taught in most primary schools beginning in about the third grade in most Nepali schools. Kabaddi was also played by the British Army for fun, to keep fit and as an enticement to recruit soldiers from the British Asian community. Kabaddi was brought to the United Kingdom by its South Asian diaspora ( Bangladeshi , Indian , Pakistani , Nepali and Sri Lankan immigrants.) In
5400-556: Was held in Kish island , Iran, 11–14 November 2019. It featured 13 teams. Iran won the tournament by defeating Kenya in the final, 42–22. Team India did not participate in this tournament. Kabaddi was played as a demonstration event at the First Asian Games in 1951, and again in 1982, before becoming a medal event for the first time in 1990. The Indian national team won every men's and women's kabaddi competition in
5475-507: Was held in Scotland in 2019. The final match was between Poland and Holland , Poland won the tournament. Final score was Poland 47–27 Holland. The second edition was held in Cyprus in 2021 which was organized by World Kabaddi Federation . Poland retained their title by beating hosts Cyprus in the final, 29-15. Italy was set to host the third edition in 2022, but it was delayed due to
5550-431: Was influenced by the popularity of the kabaddi tournament at the 2006 Asian Games . The format of the competition was influenced by IPL. The Pro Kabaddi League uses a franchise-based model and its first season was held in 2014 with eight teams each of which has paid fees of up to US$ 250,000 to join. There were doubts over whether the Pro Kabaddi League would be successful, noting that many leagues were attempting to emulate
5625-420: Was ₹8 crore. The champions of season 7 bagged ₹3 crore while the runners-up received ₹1.8 crore. The losing semifinalists received ₹90 lakh each and, the fifth and the sixth-placed teams earned ₹45 lakh. Kabaddi Kabaddi ( / k ə ˈ b æ d i / , / ˈ k ʌ b ə d i / ) is a contact team sport played between two teams of seven players, originating in ancient India . The objective of
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