- After the rousing success of the sixth season, the 2019 Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is all set to begin from July 20.
- The season is scheduled to be held between July and October, with the matches starting at 7.30 p.m. IST.
- Bengaluru Bulls are the defending champions
After the rousing success of the sixth season, the 2019 Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is all set to begin from July 20, the tournament organiser Mashal Sports Pvt Ltd. confirmed on Tuesday.
The season is scheduled to be held between July and October, with the matches starting at 7.30 p.m. IST.
Anupam Goswami, CEO of Mashal Sports said, “To improve the overall experience of the spectators and television viewers, PKL season VII will commence each of its city legs on Saturdays and matches will begin at 7.30 p.m.”
Bengaluru Bulls won the sixth season of the tournament after defeating Gujarat Fortunegiants in the final earlier in January.
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PKL Auctions
The recently concluded 2019 PKL auctions was a glitzy affair with raider Siddharth Desai stealing the thunder. The star raider from Sangli was snapped up by Telugu Titans for a massive ₹1.45 crore. Desai had been one of the best raiders in the last season of the PKL.
Raider Nitin Tomar was another player of the autions who hogged the limelight, having been retained by Puneri Paltan for a whopping ₹1.20 crore. Tamil Thalaivas paid ₹94 lakh for Rahul Chaudhari whereas UP Yoddha and U Mumba bought Monu Goyat and all-rounder Sandeep Narwal for ₹93 lakh and ₹89 lakh respectively.
Here is the complete list of players of each team:
Here are the full squads of all the teams.
Bengal Warriors
Defenders: Jeeva Kumar, Viraj Vishnu Landge, Dharmendra Singh, Vijin Thangadurai, Amit, Rinku Narwal, Sahil, Baldev Singh, Adarsh T. Raiders: Maninder Singh, Sukesh Hegde, K. Prapanjan, Bhuvneshwar Gaur, Rakesh Narwal, Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat, Mohammad Taghi Paeinmahalli All-Rounders: AR Avinash, Amir Santosh Dhumal, Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh |
Bengaluru Bulls
Defenders: Mahender Singh, Vijay Kumar, Sandeep, Raju Lal Choudhary, Mohit Sehrawat, Aman, Ajay, Amit Sheoran, Ankit Raiders: Lal Mohar Yadav, Banty, Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Vinod Kumar, Rohit Kumar, Sumit Singh All-Rounders: Ashish Kumar Sangwan, Sanjay Shrestha |
Dabang Delhi K.C.
Defenders: Ravinder Pahal, Anil Kumar, Vishal Mane, Sombir, Satywan, Pratik Patil, Saeid Ghaffari, Joginder Singh Narwal Raiders: Chandran Ranjit, Neeraj Narwal, Aman Kadian, Naveen Kumar, Sumit Kumar All-Rounders: Meraj Sheykh, Vijay |
Gujarat Fortunegiants
Defenders: Parvesh Bhainswal, Amit, Ruturaj Shivaji Koravi, Sonu Gahlawat, Sunil Kumar Raiders: Abolfazl Maghsodloumahalli, Sonu, Gurvinder Singh,More G.B., Abhishek, Lalit Chaudhary, Sachin All-Rounders: Mohammad Shazid Hossain, Rohit Gulia, Vinod Kumar, Pankaj |
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Defenders: Amit Hooda, Karamvir, Pavan TR, Sunil Siddhgavali, Sandeep Dhull Raiders: Milinda Chathuranga, Nilesh Salunke, Guman Singh, Deepak Narwal, Sushil Gulia, Lokesh Kaushik, Ajinkya Ashok Pawar All-Rounders: Deepak Niwas Hooda, Vishal, Sachin Narwal, Dong Gyu Kim, Nitin Rawal, Santhapanaselvam |
Haryana Steelers
Defenders: Dharmaraj Cheralathan, Vikram Kandola ,Vikas Kale, Ravi Kumar, Kuldeep Singh, Parveen, Subhash Narwal, Sunil Raiders: Prashanth Kumar Rai, Selvamani K, Naveen, Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki, Vinay, Vikash Khandola, Arun Kumar HN All-Rounders: Tin Phonchoo |
Patna Pirates
Defenders: Jaideep, Neeraj Kumar, Mahendra Choudhary, Surender Nada, Jawahar, Bintu Narwal Raiders: Jang Kun Lee, Mohammad Esmaeil Maghsodlou, Ashish, Mohit, Pardeep Narwal, Naveen, Purna Singh All-Rounders: Hadi Oshtorak, Vikas Jaglan, Ravinder, |
Puneri Paltan
Defenders: Hadi Tajik, Girish Maruti Ernak, PO Surjeet Singh, Satpal, Deepak Yadav, Jadhav Balasaheb Shahaji, Shubham Shinde Raiders: Nitin Tomar, Darshan Kadian, Manjeet , Pawan Kumar Kadian, Amit Kumar, Emad Sedaghat Nia All-Rounders: Sagar B. Krishna, Amit Kumar, Sandeep |
Tamil Thalaivas
Defenders: Mohit Chhillar, Ajeet, Himanshu , M. Abishek, Milad Sheibak, Ponparthiban Subramanian Raiders: Rahul Chaudhari, Shabeer Bappu, Vineet Sharma, Yashwant Bishnoi, V. Ajith Kumar, Ajay Thakur, Anand All-Rounders: Ran Singh, Manjeet Chhillar, Victor Onyango Obiero, Hemant Chauhan |
Telugu Titans
Defenders: Abozar Mohajermighani, C. Arun, Manish, Akash Choudhary, Vishal Bhardwaj, Krushna Madane Raiders: Siddharth Sirish Desai, Amit Kumar, Suraj Desai, Mula Siva Ganesh Reddy, Rakesh Gowda, Ankit, Beniwal, Kamal Singh, Rajnish All-Rounders: Dewitt Jennings, Armaan, Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan |
U Mumba
Defenders: Young Chang Ko, Harendra Kumar , Harsh Vardhan, Fazel Atrachali, Rajaguru Subramanian, Anil , Surender Singh Raiders: Dong Geon Lee, Athul MS, Rohit Baliyan, Abhishek Singh, Vinoth Kumar, Arjun Deshwal, Gaurav Kumar All-Rounders: Sandeep Narwal, Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre, Mohit Balyan |
U.P. Yoddha
Defenders: Aashish Nagar, Amit, Nitesh Kumar Raiders: Monu Goyat, Md. Masud Karim, Shrikant Jadhav, Rishank Devadiga, Ankush, Gulveer Singh, Surender Singh,Azad singh All-Rounders: Narender, Gurdeep, Sachin Kumar, Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari, Arkam Shaikh |