Patna Pirates

Patna Pirates
Captain:	Rakesh Kumar
City:	Patna, Bihar, India
Owner:	Rajesh Shah
Founded:	2014 (2014)
Home ground:	Kankarbagh Indoor Stadium, Patna, Bihar

Patna Pirates is a Kabaddi team based in Patna, Bihar that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Rakesh Kumar, cost the highest bid of 12.8 lakhs and coached by R S Khokhar. The team is owned by Rajesh Shah.^[1] Pirates play their home matches at the Kankarbagh Indoor Stadium.

Franchise history

Pro Kabaddi League is a Kabaddi tournament backed by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) and the Asian Kabaddi Federation (AKF). For the inaugural tournament to be held from 26 July - 31 August 2014, the PKL has finalized a list of 8 teams who will be participating in the tournament. The teams representing 8 different cities of India, including Patna.^[2]

Current squad

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Position	Height	Weight	Category
7	Rakesh Kumar (Captain)		(1982-04-25) 25 April 1982	Raider	180 cms	78 kgs	A
5	Waseem Sajjad		(1983-02-11) 11 February 1983	Defender	177 cms	79 kgs	A
	Tae Deok		(1984-04-01) 1 April 1984	Raider	170 cms	80 kgs	A
	Somvir Chhillar		(1988-08-12) 12 August 1988	All Rounder	175 cms	78 kgs	B
	Kuldeep Singh		(1989-07-11) 11 July 1989	Defender, Left corner	178 cms	73 kgs	B
9	Ravi Dalal		(1991-05-05) 5 May 1991	Raider	183 cms	80 kgs	B
10	Mandeep Kumar		(1980-03-23) 23 March 1980	Raider	170 cms	76 kgs	B
	Dovlet		(1996-07-26) 26 July 1996	All Rounder	182 cms	75 kgs	B
3	Ram Kumar Sah		(1985-09-29) 29 September 1985	All Rounder	175 cms	78 kgs	B
	Gurvinder Singh		(1995-03-14) 14 March 1995	All Rounder	176 cms	74 kgs	C
1	Sandeep Narwal		(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990	All Rounder	180 cms	78 kgs	C
	Sunil Singh		(1987-01-15) 15 January 1987	Defender, Right Corner	170 cms	60 kgs	SW

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