Bengal Warriors (BEN) is a

Kabaddi Kabaddi is a contact team sport. Played between two teams of seven players, the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of the court, touch out as many of their ...

team based in

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that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. In

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, they won the trophy for the first time by defeating

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. The team is currently led by Maninder Singh and coached by Kasinatha Baskaran. The team play their home matches at the

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Franchise history

Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is a professional

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league in India, based on the format of the

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tournament. The first edition of the tournament was played in 2014 with eight franchises representing various cities in India. Bengal Warriors is a

based franchise owned by

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, promoted by

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. 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

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. 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

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and in

respectively. In

, they qualified to the PKL final for the first time in their history by beating

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in The Arena. In the final, against

, they were trailing on 3–11 at one stage. However they made a strong comeback and won the final by a 39-34 margin without their captain Maninder Singh who sustained a shoulder injury in the penultimate league stage. Thus they clinched their first ever PKL title.

Current squad

Seasons

Season I

Bengal Warriors finished seventh in the first season.

Season II

Bengal Warriors finished 6th in the second season.

Season III

Bengal Warriors finished 4th in the third season.

Season IV

Season V

Bengal Warriors finished 8th in the Fourth season.

Season VI

Season VII

Bengal Warriors became the Champions.

Season VIII

Season IX

Records

Overall results Pro Kabbaddi season

By opposition

:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

References

External links

Bengal Warriors Team
{{West Bengal Sports Pro Kabaddi League teams 2014 establishments in West Bengal Kabaddi clubs established in 2014 Future Group