A long-standing customary game that has been embedded in our culture for many years is kabaddi. With the launch of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL), Mashal Sports and Disney Star have, on the other hand, turned this traditional sport—which was previously only played by kids in little alleys—into a national occasion.
The league has not only given the sport a more professional feel, but it has also given gifted players a stage on which to demonstrate their abilities and win respect on a national and international scale.
All You Need to Know about Pro Kabaddi League 2023
The league has seen tremendous growth since its debut in 2014; the first season had 435 million viewers, just a few million fewer than the IPL. On December 2, 2023, the tournament's 10th iteration is scheduled to start. Details are as follows:
Pro Kabaddi League 2023 Teams
The Pro Kabaddi League 2023 will include 137 matches between 12 teams as they battle it out for the championship this year. In the PKL season 2023–2024, the following groups of clubs will compete:
- Bengal Warriors
- Bengaluru Bulls
- Dabang Delhi K.C.
- Gujarat Giants
- Haryana Steelers
- Jaipur Pink Panthers
- Patna Pirates
- Puneri Paltan
- Tamil Talaivas
- Telugu Titans
- U Mumba
- UP Yodha
Pro Kabaddi League 2023 Players List
On October 9 and 10, Mumbai hosted the player auction for PKL 10. Telegu Titans acquired Pawan Sehrawat for a startling Rs. 2.6 crores, making him the most expensive player in PKL history when Tamil Thailavas purchased him for Rs. 2.9 crores.
Here is the official roster for each of the twelve teams:
BENGAL WARRIORS
Retained Players:- Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje
- R Guhan
- Suyon Baban Gaikar
- Parshant Kumar
- Maninder Singh
- Nitin Rawal
- Shubham Shinde
- Shrikant Jadhav
- Chai-Ming Chang
- Aslam Thambi
- Bhoir Akshay Bharat
- Akshay Kumar
- Akshay Bodake
- Nitin Kumar
- Vishwas S
BENGALURU BULLS
Retained Players:- Neeraj Narwal
- Bharat
- Saurabh Nandal
- Yash Hooda
- Vishal
- Vikash Khandola
- Ran Singh
- Md. Liton Ali
- Piotr Pamulak
- Ponparthiban Subramanian
- Sunder
- Surjeet Singh
- Abhishek Singh
- Banty
- Monu
- Ankit
- Sushil
- Rakshit
- Rohit Kumar
DABANG DELHI
Retained Players:- Naveen Kumar
- Vijay
- Manjeet
- Ashish Narwal
- Suraj Panwar
- Vishal Bhardwaj
- Sunil
- Ashu Malik
- Meetu
- Nitin Chandel
- Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav
- Akash Prasher
- Vikrant
- Felix Li
- Yuvraj Pandeya
- Mohit
GUJARAT GIANTS
Retained Players:- Manuj
- Sonu
- Rakesh
- Rohan Singh
- Parteek Dahiya
- Fazel Atrachali
- Rohit Gulia
- Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh
- Arkam Shaikh
- Sombir
- Vikas Jaglan
- Sourav Gulia
- Deepak Rajender Singh
- Ravi Kumar
- More GB
- Jitendar Yadav
- Nitesh
- Jagdeep
- Balaji D
HARYANA STEELERS
Retained Players:- K Prapanjan
- Vinay
- Jaideep
- Mohit
- Naveen
- Monu
- Harsh
- Sunny
- Siddharth Desai
- Chandran Ranjit
- Hasan Balbool
- Ghanshyam Magar
- Rahul Sethpal
- Himanshu Chaudhary
- Ravindra Chauhan
- Ashish
- Mohit
JAIPUR PINK PANTHERS
Retained Players:- Sunil Kumar
- Arjun Deshwal
- Ajith Kumar V
- Reza Mirbhageri
- Bhavani Rajput
- Sahul Kumar
- Ankush
- Abhishek KS
- Ashish
- Devank
- Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki
- Shashank B
- Lucky Sharma
- Lavish
- Navneet
- Rahul Chaudhari
- Sumit
PATNA PIRATES
Retained Players:- Sachin
- Neeraj Kumar
- Manish
- Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj
- Naveen Sharma
- Ranjit Venkatramana Naik
- Anuj Kumar
- Manjeet
- Zheng-Wei Chen
- Daniel Odhiambo
- Rohit
- Sajin Chandrasekar
- Krishan
- Ankit
- Deepak Kumar
- Mahendra Choudhary
- Sandeep Kumar
- Rakesh Narwal
- Sanjay
PUNERI PALTAN
Retained Players:- Abhinesh Nadarajan
- Gaurav Khatri
- Sanket Sawant
- Pankaj Mohite
- Aslam Inamdar
- Mohit Goyat
- Akash Shinde
- Badal Singh
- Aditya Shinde
- Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyanneh
- Vahid Rezaeimehr
- Ahmed Mustafa Enamdar
- Ishwar
- Hardee
TAMIL THALAIVAS
Retained Players:- Ajinkya Pawar
- Sagar
- Himanshu
- M Abhishek
- Sahil
- Mohit
- Aashish
- Narender
- Himanshu
- Jatin
- Himanshu Singh
- Selvamani K
- Ritik
- Masanmutu Lakshnanan
- Satish Kanan
- Amirhossein Bastami
- Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi
TELUGU TITANS
Retained Players:- Parvesh Bhainswal
- Rajnish
- Mohit
- Nitin
- Vijay
- Pawan Sehrawat
- Hamid Mirzaei Nader
- Milad Jabbari
- Shankar Bhimraj Gadai
- Omkar R. More
- Gaurav Dahiya
- Mohit
- Ajit Pandurang Pawar
- Robin Chaudhary
U MUMBA
Retained Players:- Surinder Singh
- Jai Bhagwan
- Rinku
- Heidarali Ekrami
- Shivam
- Shivansh Thakur
- Pranay Vinay Rane
- Rupesh
- Sachin
- Girish Maruti Ernak
- Mahendra Singh
- Guman Singh
- Amirmohammad Zafardanesh
- Alireza Mirzaeian
- Rohit Yadav
- Kunal
- Visvanath V
- Saurav Parthe
UP YODDHAS
Retained Players:- Pardeep Narwal
- Nitesh Kumar
- Sumit
- Ashu Singh
- Surender Gill
- Anil Kumar
- Mahipal
- Vijay Malik
- Samuel Wafala
- Helvic Wanjala
- Harendra Kumar
- Gulveer Singh
- Gurdeep
- Kiran Laxman Magar
- Nitin Panwar
Pro Kabaddi League 2023 Schedule
The Pro Kabaddi League schedule for 2023 has not been officially announced. Stay Tuned with us for latest updates.
Pro Kabaddi League 2023 Venues
The PKL's 2023–24 season will be played in a 12-city caravan format, meaning that all twelve clubs' home towns will host the games. The precise locations and stadiums have not yet been chosen.
Where to watch the Match?
Star Sports Network will broadcast the Vivo Pro Kabaddi League, which will be available in many languages. Alternatively, Disney + Hotstar offers live streaming of the games.
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