Pro Kabaddi League
Current season, competition or edition: 2014 Pro Kabaddi League | |
Logo of Pro Kabaddi League | |
Sport | Kabaddi |
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Founded | 2014 |
Owner(s) | Mashal Sports |
Director | Charu Sharma |
Inaugural season | 2014 |
No. of teams | 8 |
Country | India |
Continent | Asia |
Most recent champion(s) | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
Most titles | Jaipur Pink Panthers (1 title) |
TV partner(s) | STAR Sports |
Official website |
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The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is a professional kabaddi league in India, based on the format of the Indian Premier League.[1] The first edition of the tournament started on 26 July 2014 with eight franchises consisting of players from around the world.It is currently supervised by Mashal Sports Managing Director Charu Sharma.[2]
History
Pro Kabaddi, an initiative of Mashal Sports, is a league level game of Kabaddi.
Pro Kabaddi is found by an an eight-city league played in a "caravan format," travelling together to all 8 venues to play 56 league matches, two semifinals, one 3rd and 4th position match and a Grand Finale, making a total of 60 Matches. 435 million viewers in India over its five-week run. This makes it the second-most viewed sporting tournament in the country after the annual twenty-20 tournament Indian Premier League, which in its 2014 edition was viewed by 552 million. [3]
Franchises
Club Name | City | Owner(s)[2] | Captain | Head coach | Home ground[4] | ||||||||||
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Current Teams | |||||||||||||||
Bengal Warriors | Kolkata | Kishore Biyani Future Group |
Nilesh Shinde | Raj Narain Sharma | Netaji Indoor Stadium Kolkata, West Bengal | ||||||||||
Bengaluru Bulls | Bengaluru | Kosmik Global Media | Manjit Chillar | Randhir Singh | Kanteerava Indoor Stadium Bengaluru, Karnataka | ||||||||||
Dabang Delhi | Delhi | Radha Kapoor DO IT Sports Management |
Jasmer Singh | Arjun Singh | Thyagaraj Sports Complex New Delhi, Delhi | ||||||||||
Jaipur Pink Panthers | Jaipur | Abhishek Bachchan | Navneet Gautam | Kasinathan Baskaran | Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur, Rajasthan | ||||||||||
Patna Pirates | Patna | Rajesh Shah | Rakesh Kumar | R S Khokhar | Patliputra Sports Complex Patna, Bihar | ||||||||||
Puneri Paltan | Pune | Sumanlal Shah Insurekot Sports |
Wazir Singh | Ramphal Kaushik | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi Pune, Maharashtra | ||||||||||
Telugu Titans | Vizag | Veera Sports | Rajaguru Subramanian | J Udayakumar | Port Trust Golden Jubilee Stadium Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||
U Mumba | Mumbai | Ronnie Screwvala Unilazer Sports |
Anup Kumar | Ravi Shetty | National Sports Club of India Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Broadcasting rights
Star Sports was named as the official broadcaster in May 2014 with the online rights going to Starsports.com.[5]
2014 player signings
The first signing and auction of players for the 8 teams was held on 20 May 2014[5] in Mumbai. India's national kabaddi captain Rakesh Kumar was the priciest among the players bought for 12.80 lakh by Patna franchise. Sports Authority of India's Deepak Nivas was bought by Vizag franchise for 12.90 lakh.[5] Mostafa Noudehi was the highest paid overseas player bought for 6.6 lakh by Pune franchise,[6] amongst players from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Iran, Japan, the UK, Indonesia, South Korea, Oman, Taiwan, Kenya and Turkmenistan.
References
- ↑ "'Patna Pirates' Join Pro Kabaddi League; Team Logo Unveiled". PatnaDaily.com. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Monday, May 26, 2014 (2014-05-21). "Pro Kabaddi League auction sees big spends on national players". Business Standard. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "About: ProKabaddi.com — Official Website for the Pro Kabaddi League". ProKabaddi.com. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "Official Website for the Pro Kabaddi League". ProKabaddi.com. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Pro Kabaddi league fixes players' auction on May 20 - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ Special Correspondent (2014-05-21). "Rakesh Kumar gets the highest bid". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
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