Pro Kabaddi League 2023 is set to kick off with a match between Gujarat Giants and Telugu Titans in Ahmedabad on Saturday, December 2. The league will consist of 132 league matches played across 12 cities in India. Pawan Sehrawat emerged as the most expensive player, being picked by Telugu Titans for a whopping Rs 2.60 crore.
Schedule and Format: The pro kabaddi league stage will run until February 21, with matches starting at 7:30 PM IST. Playoffs include two eliminators, two semifinals, and the final, with the schedule to be announced later.
Teams and Venues: The 12 participating teams are Bengal Warriors, Bengaluru Bulls, Dabang Delhi K.C., Gujarat Giants, Haryana Steelers, Jaipur Pink Panthers, Patna Pirates, Puneri Paltan, U Mumba, U.P. Yoddhas, Telugu Titans, and Tamil Thalaivas. The league will follow a 12-city caravan format, starting in Ahmedabad and moving to each franchise’s home city in the specified order.
Venues: Matches will be held in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, Noida, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Patna, Delhi, Kolkata, and Panchkula.
Prize Money: The prize money for Pro Kabaddi League 2023 is yet to be disclosed. Last season, Jaipur Pink Panthers received Rs 3,00,00,000 as the winning team, while Puneri Paltan, the runners-up, got Rs 1,80,00,000.
Live Telecast and Streaming: Star Sports Network will broadcast the matches live in India, and all games will be available for streaming on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website.
Full Squads:
Bengal Warriors Team
- Raiders (19 players): Maninder Singh, Shrikant Jadhav, Suyog Baban Gaikar, Prashant Kumar, Aslam Saja Mohamed Thambi, Akshay Jaywant Bodake, Vishwas S, Chai-Ming Chang, Nitin Kumar, R Guhan, Maharudra Garje.
- Defenders: Shubham Shinde, Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje, Aditya S. Shinde, Akshay Kumar, Shreyas Umbardand, Dipak Arjun Shinde.
- All-rounders: Nitin Rawal, Bhoir Akshay Bharat.
- Total Players in the squad: 19
Bengaluru Bulls Team
- Raiders (25 players): Bharat, Vikash Kandola, Neeraj Narwal, Monu, Abhishek Singh, Sushil, Banty, Piotr Pamulak, Akshit.
- Defenders: Aman, Saurabh Nandal, Yash Hooda, Surjeet Singh, Vishal, Ankit, Parteek, Sunder, Rakshith, Rohit Kumar, Ponparthiban Subramanian, Md. Liton Ali, Arulnanthababu, Aditya Shankar Powar.
- All-rounders: Sachin Narwal, and Ran Singh.
- Total Players in the squad: 25
Dabang Delhi K.C. Team
- Raiders: Ashu Malik, Naveen Kumar, Ashish Narwal, Suraj Panwar, Manjeet, Meetu, Manu.
- Defenders: Vijay, Vishal Bhardwaj, Sunil, Nitin Chandel, Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav, Felix Li, Yuvraj Pandeya, Mohit, Vikrant, Ashish, Himmat Antil, Yogesh.
- All-rounder: Akash Prasher
- Total Players in the squad: 20
Gujarat Giants Team
- Raiders: Sonu, Parteek Dahiya, Rakesh, More G B, Nitin, Jagdeep.
- Defenders: Sourav Gulia, Manuj, Fazel Atrachali, Sombir, Ravi Kumar, Deepak Rajender Singh, Nitesh.
- All-rounders: Rohan Singh, Arkam Shaikh, Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh, Rohit Gulia, Balaji D, Vikas Jaglan, Jitender Yadav.
- Total Players in the squad: 20
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Haryana Steelers Team
- Raiders: Vinay, K. Prapanjan, Siddharth Sirish Desai, Chandran Ranjit, Ghanshyam Roka Magar, Hasan Balbool, Shivam Anil Patare, Vishal S. Tate, Jaya Soorya NS
- Defenders: Naveen, Harsh, Mohit, Monu, Sunny, Jaideep, Mohit, Rahul Sethpal, Hardeep, Himanshu Choudhary, Ravindra Chouhan
- All-rounder: Ashish
- Total Players in the squad: 21
Jaipur Pink Panthers Team
- Raiders: Navneet, Rahul Chaudhari, Ajith V Kumar, Arjun Deshwal, Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki, Devank, Bhavani Rajput, Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi, Shashank B, Abhijeet Malik.
- Defenders: Lucky Sharma, Sunil Kumar, Sahul Kumar, Ankush, Abhishek KS, Ashish, Reza Mirbagheri, Lavish, Sumit.
- All-rounder: Ashish
- Total Players in the squad: 20
Patna Pirates Team
- Raiders: Sachin, Ranjit Venkatramana Naik, Anuj Kumar, Rakesh Narwal, Manjeet, Kunal Mehta, Sudhakar M, Zheng-Wei Chen, Sandeep Kumar.
- Defenders: Neeraj Kumar, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Naveen Sharma, Manish, Krishan, Mahendra Choudhary, Abinand Subhash, Sanjay, Deepak Kumar.
- All-rounders: Daniel Omondi Odhiambo, Sajin Chandrasekar, Ankit, Rohit.
- Total Players in the squad: 22
Puneri Paltan Team
- Raiders: Pankaj Mohite, Aditya Tushar Shinde, Mohit Goyat, Akash Santosh Shinde, Nitin.
- Defenders: Abinesh Nadarajan, Gaurav Khatri, Sanket Sawant, Badal Taqdir Singh, Vaibhav Balasaheb Kamble, Ishwar, Hardeep, Vahid RezaEimehr, Dadaso Shivaji Pujari, Tushar Dattaray Adhavade.
- All-rounders: Aslam Mustafa Inamdar, Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh, Ahmed Mustafa Enamdar.
- Total Players in the squad: 18
Tamil Thalaivas Team
- Raiders: Ajinkya Ashok Pawar, Himanshu, Narender, Himanshu Singh, Selvamani K, Vishal Chahal, Nitin Singh, Jatin, Masanamuthu Lakshnanan, Satish Kannan.
- Defenders: Sagar, Himanshu, M. Abishek, Sahil, Mohit, Aashish, Amirhossein Bastami, Nitesh Kumar, Ronak, Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi.
- All-rounder: Ritik
- Total Players in the squad: 21
Telugu Titans Team
- Raiders: Rajnish, Vinay, Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Omkar Narayan Patil, Praful Sudam Zaware, Robin Chaudhary.
- Defenders: Parvesh Bhainswal, Mohit, Nitin, Ankit, Gaurav Dahiya, Ajit Pandurang Pawar, Mohit, Milad Jabbari.
- All-rounders: Shankar Bhimraj Gadai, Sanjeevi S, Omkar R. More, Hamid Mirzaei Nader.
- Total Players in the squad: 18
U Mumba Team
- Raiders: Jai Bhagwan, Guman Singh, Pranav Vinay Rane, Rupesh, Sachin, Shivam, Heidarali Ekrami, Saurav Parthe, Rohit Yadav, Alireza Mirzaeian, Kunal.
- Defenders: Surinder Singh, Rinku, Shivansh Thakur, Girish Maruti Ernak, Mahender Singh, Sombir, Mukilan Shanmugam, Gokulakannan M., Bittu.
- All-rounders: Visvanath V., Amir Mohammad Zafardanesh.
- Total Players in the squad: 22
U.P. Yoddhas Team
- Raiders: Pardeep Narwal, Surender Gill, Anil Kumar, Mahipal, Gulveer Singh, Shivam Chaudhary, Gagana Gowda HR.
- Defenders: Nitesh Kumar, Sumit, Ashu Singh, Kiran Laxman Magar, Harendra Kumar, Hitesh.
- All-rounder: Gurdeep, Nitin Panwar, Vijay Malik, Helvic Simuyu Wanjala, Samuel Wanjala Wafula.
- Total Players in the squad: 18
