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Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) 2021-22: Teams, starting date, live streaming and all details here
12 teams filled with talent will battle it out for the Pro Kabaddi League 2021-22 title, the event will be held without spectators.
Pro Kabaddi League is all set to resume action after a 20-month hiatus forced by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday (December 22). Former champions U Mumba and Bengaluru Bulls will face off in Season 8’s first match, which will be followed by Telugu Titans’ southern derby against Tamil Thalaivas.
PKL will also see a ‘Triple Header’ format this term – the first four days of Season 8 and the subsequent Saturdays will have three matches. The third match of the opening day will see defending champions Bengal Warriors take on UP Yoddha.
In the first match of the day, PKL Season 7’s top scorer Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (346 raid points) will be the go-to man for Bengaluru Bulls as they take on a young U Mumba side under the leadership of stalwart Iranian defender Fazel Atrachali (top defender of Season 7 with 82 tackle points).
Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) 2021: Live streaming details
The Pro Kabaddi League 2021 will be broadcast on the Star Sports Network TV channels and will be streamed live on Disney+ Hotstar.
The matches will begin at 7:30 PM, 8:30 PM and 9:30 PM IST at the Sheraton Grand Bengaluru Whitefield Hotel & Convention Center.
Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) 2021: Teams and players
Patna Pirates: Prashanth Kumar Rai (captain), Monu Goyat, Monu, Mohit, Guman Singh, Rajveersinh Chavan, Sachin Tanwar, Sandeep, Shubham Shinde, Sourav Gulia, Sunil, C Sajin, Shadloui Chianeh, Selvamani K, Neeraj Kumar, Daniel Omondi, Sahil Mann.
Bengal Warriors: Maninder Singh (captain), Rishank Devadiga, Sukesh Hegde, Abozar Mohajermighani, Esmaeil Nabibakhsh, Manoj Gowda, Rohit, Tapas Pal, Ravindra Kumawat, Akash Pikalmunde, Anand V, Darshan J, Vijin Thangadurai, Amit, Rinku Narwal, Rohit Banne, Parveen, Sachin Vittala.
U Mumba: Fazel Atrachali (captain), Abhishek Singh, Harendra Kumar, Sunil Siddhgavali, Jashandeep Singh, Navneet, Rahul Rana, Mohsen Maghsoudlou, Pankaj, V Ajith, Ajeet, Rinku HC, Ajinkya Kapre, Ashish Kumar.
Haryana Steelers: Vikas Khandola (captain), Akshay Kumar, Ashish, Mohammad Esmaeil, Vinay, Ravi Kumar, Chand Singh, Hamid Nader, Rajesh Narwal, Rohit Gulia, Shrikant Tewthia, Vikas Jaglan, Rajesh Gurjar, Surender Nada, Ajay.
Dabang Delhi: Joginder Narwal (captain), Ajay Thakur, Emad Sedaghatnia, Neeraj Narwal, Mohit, Sumit, Mohammed Malak, Vikash Kumar, Balram, Manjeet Chhillar, Sandeep Narwal, Vijay Jaglan, Sushant Sail, Jeeva Kumar, Naveen Kumar, Ashu Malik.
Bengaluru Bulls: Pawan Sehrawat (captain), Abolfazl Maghsodloumahali, Banty, Chandran Ranjit, More GB, Naseeb, Rohit Sangwan, Mayur Kadam, Deepak Narwal, Dong Geon Lee, Mohit Sehrawat, Mahender Singh, Ankit, Vikas, Saurabh Nandal, Amit Sheoran.
Telugu Titans: Rohit Kumar (captain), Siddharth Desai, Galla Raju, Akash Dattu Arsul, Akash Choudhary, Manissh, Adarsh T, C Arun, Sandeep Kandola, Prince D, Ruturaj Koravi, Surinder Singh, Tetsuro Abe, Hyunsu Park, Rajnish, Rakesh Gowda, Amit Chauhan, Ankit Beniwal.
UP Yoddha: Nitesh Kumar (captain), Pardeep Narwal, James Kamweti, Mohammed Taghi, Rohit, Surender Gill, Ashu Singh, Aashish Nagar, Bintu Narwal, Shubham Kumar, Rohit Tomar, Sahil, Shrikant Jadhav, Gaurav Kumar, Sumit, Gurdeep, Nitin Panwar, Aman Hooda, Ankit, Gulveer Singh.
Jaipur Pink Panthers: Deepak Niwas Hooda (captain), Dharmaraj Cheralathan, Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki, Arjun Deshwal, Ashok, Elavarasan A, Nitin Rawal, Pavan TR, Sachin Narwal, Sandeep Dhull, Shaul Kumar, Mohammad Amin Nosrati, Naveen Dilbag, Sushil Gulia, Vishal Lather, Amit Hooda, Amit Kharb, Amit Nagar.
Puneri Paltan: Nitin Tomar (captain), Abinesh Nadarajan, Baldev Singh, E Subash, Mohit Goyat, Pankaj Mohite, Pawan Kumar Kadian, Rahul Chaudhari, Sanket Sawant, Sombir, Sourav Kumar, Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav, Victor Onyango Obiero, Vishal Bhardwaj, Vishwas S, Govind Gurjar, Hadi Tajik, Karamvir.
Tamil Thalaivas: Surjeet Singh (Captain), Ajinkya Ashok Pawar, Anwar Saheed Baba, Athul Ms, Bhavani Rajput, Himanshu, Mohammad Tuhin Tarafder, Sagar, Sagar B. Krishna, Sahil, K. Prapanjan, M. Abishek, Manjeet, Santhapanaselvam, Sourabh Tanaji Patil.
Gujarat Giants: Parvesh Bhainswal (captain), Ajay Kumar, Hadi Oshtorak, Harmanjit Singh, Maninder Singh, Pardeep Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Rathan K, Ravinder Pahal, Soleiman Pahlevani, Sonu, Sumit, Harshit Yadav, Mahender Rajput, Ankit, Girish Maruti Ernak.