2015 Pro Kabaddi League Explained

Pro Kabaddi League – 2015
Season 2
Administrator:Mashal Sports
Tournament Format:Double round robin and playoffs
Host:India
Champion:U Mumba (1st title)
Teams:8
Matches:60
Best Player:Rohit Kumar
Stat1 Label:Most raid points
Stat2 Label:Most tackle points
Stat3 Label:Most successful raid
Stat2: Ravindar Pahal (60)
Stat1: Kashiling Adake (114)
Stat3: Kashiling Adake (87)
Previous:2014
Next:2016

The 2015 Pro Kabaddi League was the second season of Pro Kabaddi League.[1] The season started on 18 July 2015.[2] 56 games were played amongst 8 teams. First game was played between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers. The event was broadcast live by Star Sports in India with commentary in 5 different languages - Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, English & Telugu.

Franchises

Personnel

TeamOwner(s)[3] CaptainHead coach
Bengal WarriorsFuture GroupJang Kun LeeRaj Narain Sharma
Bengaluru BullsKosmik Global MediaManjit ChillarRandhir Singh
Dabang DelhiDO IT Sports ManagementRavinder PahalArjun Singh
Jaipur Pink PanthersAbhishek BachchanJasvir SinghKasinathan Baskaran
Patna PiratesRajesh ShahSandeep NarwalR S Khokhar
Puneri PaltanInsurekot SportsWazir SinghRamphal Kaushik
Telugu TitansVeera SportsMiraj SheikhJ Udayakumar
U MumbaUnilazer SportsAnup KumarE bhaskaran

Fixtures and results

Points table

League stage

Leg 1:Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai

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Leg 2:Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

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Leg 3:Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium, Jaipur

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Leg 4:Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna

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Leg 5:Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad

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Leg 6:Thyagaraj Sports Complex, Delhi

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Leg 7:Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru

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Leg 8:Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Playoff stage

Semi-Final 1--------Semi-Final 2--------3/4 Place--------FINAL----

Statistics

Most raid points

Player Team MatchSuccessful RaidsPoints
Kashiling Adake 14 87 114
14 75 98
13 56 79
14 61 74
Rajesh Narwal14 54 69

Most Tackle Points

Player Team MatchTacklesSuperPoints
14 53 7 60
Sandeep Kandola16 55 4 59
15 41 1 42
14 39 3 42
14 39 2 41

Most Points

Player Team MatchRaidTackleTotal
Kashiling Adake 14 114 3 117
166740107
14989 107
15 60 36 96
14 69 18 87

Notes and References

  1. News: Star India to broadcast Pro Kabaddi League on 8 channels . Anushree . Chandran . 26 June 2015 . Financial Express . 5 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150707205255/http://www.financialexpress.com/article/lifestyle/showbiz/star-india-to-broadcast-pro-kabaddi-league-on-8-channels/90163/ . 7 July 2015 . dead .
  2. News: Amitabh Bachchan opens 2015 por kabbadi league. CNN IBN. 19 July 2015.
  3. Web site: Pro Kabaddi League auction sees big spends on national players . Business Standard . 2014-05-21 . 2014-05-26.