All 12 captains of the team with Pro Kabaddi League trophy.
The eighth season of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) begins here on Wednesday and all 12 teams are gearing up for the one-stop tournament due to the COVID-19 threat. There will be no spectators and the event will be played in a bio-bubble.
Former champions U Mumba and Bengaluru Bulls will face off in the first match of Season 8, which will be followed by a southern derby of Telugu Titans against Tamil Thalaivas. This time around, the PKL will also see a ‘triple header format’ – the first four days of season eight and three matches on the following Saturdays. Defending champion Bengal Warriors will face UP Yoddha in the third match of the first day.
match details
Pro Kabaddi League 2021-22, Day 1
- Bengaluru Bulls vs U Mumba
- Telugu Titans Vs Tamil Thalaivas
- Bengal Warriors Vs UP Yoddha
December 22 (Wednesday), 2021
7:30 PM IST
Sheraton Grand Bangalore Whitefield Hotel & Convention Center
live streaming
As has happened in the last seven seasons, the 2021 edition of Pro Kabaddi League will be telecast on Star Sports Network and Disney+ Hotstar.
Location
Sheraton Grand Bangalore Whitefield Hotel & Convention Center
match time
from 7:30 pm
squads
Bengal Warrior
Elite retained players – Maninder Singh (Raider), Mohammad Esmail Nabibakhsh (All-rounder), Rinku Narwal (Defender)
Retained Young Player – Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat (Raider)
Overseas Player – Abozar Mohajer Mighani (Defender, 30.5L)
Category B Domestic Players – Sukesh Hegde (Raider, 30L), Sumit Singh (Raider, 20L), Rishank Devadiga (Raider, 20L)
Category C Domestic Players – Manoj Gowda K (All-rounder, 10L), Parveen (Defender, 10L), Vijin Thangadurai (Defender, 10L), Rohit Banne (Defender, 10L), Darshan J (Defender, 10L), Sachin Vittala (Defender, 17.5L), Akash Pickalmunde (Raider, 17L)
Category D Domestic Player – Rohit (All-rounder, 6L)
Bangalore Bulls
Elite retained players – Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (Raider), Amit Sheoran (Defender)
Current New Young Players – Saurabh Nandal (Defender), Mohit Sehrawat (Defender), Bunty (Raider)
Overseas Players – Ziaur Rahman (Defender, 12.2L), Dong Jeon Lee (Raider, 12.5L), Abolfazal Maghsodalou Mahli (Raider, 13L)
Category A Domestic Players – Chandran Ranjit (Raider, 80L), Mahendra Singh (Defender, 50L)
Category B Domestic Players – Deepak Narwal (Raider, 26.5L), GB More (Raider, 25L)
Category C Domestic Players – Mayur Jagannath Kadam (Defender, 15L), Ankit (Defender, 10L), Vikas (Defender, 10L)
Tamil Thalaivi
Current New Young Players – Sagar (Defender), Himanshu (Defender), M Abhishek (Defender)
Foreign Players – Anwar Shaheed Baba (All-rounder, 10L), Mohammad Tuhin Tarfadar (Defender, 10L)
Category A Domestic Players – Surjit Singh (Defender, 75 L), K Prapanjan (Raider, 71 L), Manjeet (Raider, 92 L)
Category B Domestic Player – Atul MS (Raider, 30L)
Category C Domestic Players – Bhavani Rajput (Raider, 10L), Saurabh Tanaji Patil (All-rounder, 15L), Ajinkya Ashok Pawar (19.5L), Sahil (Defender, 10L), Sagar B Krishna (All-rounder, 10L), SanthapanSelvam (All-rounder, 10L)
telugu titans
Elite retained player – Rakesh Gowda (Raider)
Retained Young Players – Ankit Beniwal (Raider), Rajneesh (Raider)
Current Young Players – Manish (Defender), Akash Choudhary (Defender), Akash Dattu Arsul (Defender)
New Young Player – Prince (Telugu Titans)
Overseas Players – Abe Tetsuro (Defender, 10L), Hyunsu Park (Raider, 10L)
Category A Domestic Players – Surendra Singh (Defender, 55 L), Siddharth Desai (Raider, 1.3 Cr), Rohit Kumar (Raider, 36 L)
Category C Domestic Players – Sandeep Kandola (Defender, 59.5 L), Ruturaj Shivaji Korvi (Defender, 19.8 L), Adarsh T (Defender, 10 L), C Arun (Defender, 10 L)
Category D Domestic Players – Amit Chauhan (Raider, 6L), G Raju (Raider, 6L)
u mumbai
Elite retained players – Fazal Atrachali (Defender), Abhishek Singh (Raider), Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre (All-rounder), Harendra Kumar (Defender)
Current New Young Player – Navneet (Raider)
Foreign Player – Mohsen Maghsoudlu Jaffrey (All-rounder, 12.8 litres)
Category B Domestic Player – Ajith V Kumar (Raider, 25L)
Category C Domestic Players – Rinku (Defender, 32 L), Ajit (Defender, 10 L), Sunil Siddhagwali (Defender, 10 L), Pankaj (All-rounder, 10 L), Rahul Rana (Raider, 10 L), Jashandeep Singh ( Raider, 10 L ), Ashish Kumar Sangwan (All-rounder, 10 L)
UP Yoddha
Retained Young Player- Nitesh Kumar (Defender)
Current New Young Players – Sumit (Defender), Ashu Singh (Defender), Surinder Gill (Raider)
New Young Player – Nitin Panwar (All-rounder)
Foreign Players – Mohammad Taghi Paine Mahli (Raider, 12L), Mohammad Masood Karim (Raider, 10L)
Category A Domestic Players – Pradeep Narwal (Raider, 1.65 cr), Shrikant Jadhav (Raider, 72 L)
Category C Domestic Players – Sahil (Raider, 10L), Gaurav Kumar (Defender, 10L), Gurdeep (All-rounder, 10L), Gulvir Singh (Raider, 10L), Ankit (Raider, 10L), Ashish Nagar (Defender, 10L)
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