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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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round-robin Tournament
A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indiv ... in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & C. Merriam Co), p.1980. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, in which participants/teams are eliminated after a certain number of losses. Terminology The term ''round-robin'' is derived from the French term ''ruban'', meaning "ribbon". Over a long period of time, the term was Folk etymology, corrupted and idiomized to ''robin''. In a ''single round-robin'' schedule, each participant plays every other participant once. If each participant plays all others twice, this is freque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Titans
Telugu Titans is a Kabaddi team based in Vishakapatnam and Hyderabad that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. Telugu Titans is a franchise of Veera Sports owned by Mr. Srinivas Sreeramaneni of Vaya Group, of NED Group and Mr. Mahesh Kolli of Greenko Group. The Titans play their home matches at G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium when in Hyderabad and at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, when in Vishakapatnam. The Titans reached the playoffs of Season 2 and 4 in PKL.In Season 2 Telugu Titans Went to Semi Final But Lost to Benguluru Bulls 38-39.In Season 9 They Signed Best Defender in PKL Manjeet Chillar as Assistant Coach. Franchise history Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is a professional kabaddi league in India, based on the format of the Indian Premier League T20 cricket Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in India after Delhi and the eighth-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million (2 crore). As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pardeep Narwal
Pardeep Narwal (born 16 February 1897) is an Indian kabaddi player who currently plays for the UP Yoddha in VIVO Pro Kabaddi League and the Indian National Kabaddi team. He led the Patna Pirates Patna Pirates (PTP) is a kabaddi team based in Patna, Bihar that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is led by Neeraj Kumar and coached by Ravi Shetty. Their home ground is the Patliputra Sports Complex. The Pirates are the most succes ... to three straight VIVO Pro Kabaddi titles and holds a multitude of the league's raiding records. Early life Pardeep Narwal was born in Rindhana village of Haryana's Sonipat district, where he started playing kabaddi. Kabaddi career Narwal made his debut in VIVO Pro Kabaddi with the Bengaluru Bulls against Patna Pirates in Season 2 and featured six times that campaign, scoring a total of nine raid points. Narwal moved to the Patna Pirates in Season 3 and blossomed into one of the best raiders in the league. He scored his first car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawan Sehrawat
Pawan Kumar Sehrawat is an Indian kabaddi player who plays for Telugu Titans in the Pro Kabaddi League and represents Indian Railways. Pawan became the most expensive player in the history of the Pro kabbadi league when Tamil Thalaivas picked him for 2.26 crores for the ninth season. He was bought by the Telugu Titans for Rs 2.60 crore for the tenth season and with this, he became the most expensive player in the history of the Pro Kabaddi League again. Career Pro-Kabaddi league ;Initial seasons Pawan made his debut for Bengaluru Bulls in third season of Pro Kabaddi League. He played in 13 games and finished as his team's leading raid-point scorer with 45 points. Pawan played ten games in season 4 and scored only 11 points from 33 raids. Pawan was picked up by Gujarat Giants for season 5 and was mainly used as an impact raider off the bench. He played nine matches including the final and scored ten points. ;Break through and key player Pawan returned to Bengaluru Bulls for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashan Kumar
Ashan Kumar Sangwan is a former Indian professional Kabaddi player and Coach of Tamil Thalaivas. Kumar was the Indian captain of the first Asian Games gold medal-winning team.in recognition of his achievements in the sport, he was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India and Dronacharya Award in 2021. Presently he is the coach of the Indian Kabaddi team. Early life Ashan Kumar was born on 15 April 1960, Bhera village, in the Bhiwani district of Haryana. He took up Kabaddi during his school days. After having played for his school team, he represented India at the first Asian games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ... as a captain in 1990. Career The Indian Kabaddi team under Kumar's captaincy won the gold medal in the Asian Games in 1990. At the 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aslam Inamdar
Aslam Inamdar (born 23 February 2000) is an Indian professional Kabaddi player who plays in the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL). He began his career playing in the sub-junior nationals in Maharashtra, then joined Puneri Paltan as a raider for the 2022 PKL season. In 2023, he competed for India at the 2022 Asian Games; the team won gold, controversially defeating Iran 33–29 in the finals. Inamdar continues to play for Jai Bajrang, a club that helped him to have stints with Union Bank and Air India. Early life Inamdar hails from Taklibhan village in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te .... He comes from a lower-middle-class family; his mother worked as domestic help, and he cleaned at a small hotel. His father passed away in 2011. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunil Kumar (kabaddi)
Sunil Kumar (born 12 May 1997) is an Indian kabaddi player who plays in the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) for the U Mumba franchise as a defender. After winning the Junior Nationals in 2015 and 2016, he was picked up by Patna Pirates for the PKL season 4. He later transferred to Jaipur Pink Panthers. In 2023, Kumar competed for India at the 2022 Asian Games; where the Indian team won gold, controversially defeating Iran 33–29 in the finals. Early life and background Sunil was born 12 May 1997 and hails from a farmer's family in Bhainswal Kalan, Sonipat District, Haryana. Many of his cousins including, Parvesh Bhainswal, used to play kabaddi. Inspired by them, he took to the game at the age of 11 years. He did well at the university games and was spotted by coach Jaivir Sharma and later joined the Sports Authority of India training centre at Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fazel Atrachali
Fazel Atrachali ( fa, فاضل اتراچالی, born 29 March 1992) is an Iranian kabaddi player who currently captains Puneri Paltan in the Pro Kabaddi League, VIVO Pro Kabaddi League and the Iran national kabaddi team, Iran National kabaddi team. Atrachali is one of the most successful foreign players in the history of the Pro Kabaddi League and is currently the only foreign player to rank among the top 10 tackle points scorer in league history. In the 4th edition of the VIVO Pro Kabaddi league, he won the award of the Best Defender of the Season award. He is the highest-paid foreign player in the Pro Kabbadi League. He has 424 tackle points in Pro Kabaddi League. He is the top tackle point scorer and the most successful captain in PKL history.He and Manjit chillar are the only defender in PKL,who holds the record for being two times defender of the season in the league. Early life Atrachali started playing kabaddi from the young age of 11 in his hometown Gorgan in Iran. He h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naveen Kumar (kabaddi)
Naveen Kumar Goyat is an Indian professional kabaddi player who plays for the Indian national kabaddi team and Dabang Delhi KC in the Pro Kabaddi League. His speedy raiding and consistency makes him one of the best raiders in the league. He was part of the Indian kabaddi team that won the gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games. India defeated Iran 33-29 in a controversial final. Early life Naveen was born in Bhaini Jattan (Kungar)village in Bhiwani district, Haryana, on 14 February 2000. His father (Sansar Goyat) is a Roadways Bus driver; and he was introduced to the sport by his grandfather. He completed his education at Kurukshetra University. He is the youngest person playing in the Pro Kabaddi League. Pro Kabaddi League career Season 6 Naveen made his debut in 2018, Season 6 of the Pro Kabaddi League for the club Dabang Delhi. He finished the season as the team's top scorer with 177 points and helped it to the playoffs. Season 7 He performed consistently in Season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maninder Singh (kabaddi)
Maninder Singh is an Indian professional Kabaddi player who plays for the India national kabaddi Team.He is the captain and lead raider of Bengal Warriors In the Pro Kabaddi League.Maninder is regarded as one of the best raiders in the league. He led Bengal Warriors to their maiden PKL trophy in 2019. Early life Maninder Singh was born in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, India. He completed graduation from Khalsa College, Amritsar and currently lives in Jalandhar. He is employed to Punjab Police. Career Season 1 He started his career in the Pro Kabaddi League in 2014, playing for Jaipur Pink Panthers. The team won the inaugural season of the league and statistically he was rated as the third best raider of the Season with 130 raid points. Season 5 After this start to his career, he was injured and missed the next three seasons of the league before being bought by Bengal Warriors in 2017. He made a brilliant comeback and scored 190 raid Points in the season. He was a le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasinatha Baskaran
K. Baskaran or Baskaran Kasinathan (born 28 June 1968) is a professional Indian Kabaddi sportsman who has represented Indian National Men's Kabaddi team in International games and is mentoring as a Kabaddi Coach. He has won national as well as international medals. He has been a professional coach for International teams and Kabaddi League franchises. He serves as a coach for the Indian National Men's Kabaddi team and the coach for the Pro Kabaddi franchise Bengal Warriors. He is an active sports enthusiast and apart from being a coach he also concentrates on identifying and training young athletes. Personal life K. Baskaran is the fourth child of Kasinathan-Krishnammal couple born at Sooliyakottai, Tanjore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He studied at Government School of Sooliyakottai, Ammapettai Saliyamangalam. He graduated from Madurai Kamarajar University. He earned a degree as Specialist Coach from National Institute of Sports, Bangalore. He started playing Kabaddi a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
