2018–19 Pro Kabaddi League Explained

Vivo Pro Kabaddi – 2018
Season 6
Start Date:7 October 2018
End Date:5 January 2019
Administrator:Mashal Sports
Tournament Format:Double round robin and playoffs
Host:India
Champion:Bengaluru Bulls (1st title)
Teams:12
Matches:138
Stat1 Label:Most tackle points
Stat2 Label:Most successful raids
Stat3 Label:Most successful tackles
Stat1: Nitesh Kumar
(100) (UP Yoddha)
Stat2: Pawan Sehrawat
(209) (Bengaluru Bulls)
Stat3: Nitesh Kumar
(92) (UP Yoddha)
Previous:2017
Next:2019
Top Scorer: Pawan Sehrawat
(271) (Bengaluru Bulls)
Runner-Up1:Gujarat Fortunegiants

The 2018–19 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League was the sixth season of Pro Kabaddi League, a professional kabaddi league in India since 2014. The season began on 7 October 2018 and concluded on 5 January 2019.[1]

Bengaluru Bulls defeated Gujarat Fortune Giants in the final match to win their maiden title.[2]

Stadiums and locations of teams

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamsOwnersCaptain Head coachKit Manufacturer Kit Sponsor
Bengal Warriors PO Surjeet Singh Jagdish KumbleSpunkFuture Pay
Bengaluru BullsBadri Narayan Choudhary Kota,Ananda Giri Rohit Kumar Randhir Singh SherhawatShiv-NareshAbhiPaisa
Dabang Delhi KCRadha Kapoor Joginder Narwal Krishan Kumar HoodaAwfis
Gujarat GiantsGautam Adani Sunil Kumar Manpreet Singh Shiv-NareshFru2go
Haryana SteelersSajjan Jindal Surender Nada Rambir Singh KhokharAlcisHerbalife Nutrition
Jaipur Pink PanthersAbhishek Bachchan Deepak Niwas Hooda Srinivas ReddyD:FYFinolex Cables
Patna PiratesRajesh V. Shah Pardeep Narwal Ram Mehar Singh4U SportsBirla Gold Cement
Puneri PaltanRajesh Harkishandas Doshi, Sumanlal Babulal Shah, Nallepilly Ramaswami Subramanian Girish Maruti Ernak Ashan KumarEquio
Tamil ThalaivasNimmagadda Prasad, Sachin Tendulkar, Allu arjun, Ram Charan &, Allu Aravind Ajay Thakur E BaskaranOrbit Wires & Cables
Telugu Titans Vishal Bharadwaj Kilaru JagmohanVatsGreenko
U MumbaRonnie Screwvala Fazel Atrachali Gholamreza MazandaraiIndigo Paints
UP YoddhaGrandhi Mallikarjuna Rao Rishank Devadiga Jasveer SinghT10 SportsTata Yodha

Foreign players

Each team can sign maximum 3 foreign players in the squad.

TeamsPlayer 1Player 2Player 3
Bengal Warriors Jang Kun Lee Ziaur Rahman
Bengaluru Bulls Dong Ju Hong Gyung Tae Kim
Dabang Delhi KC Khomsan Thongkham Meraj Sheykh
Gujarat Fortune Giants Dong Geon Lee Hadi Oshtorak
Haryana Steelers Md. Zakir Hossain Patrick Nzau Muvai
Jaipur Pink Panthers David Shilisia J Mosambayi Young Chang Ko
Patna Pirates Hyunil Park Tae Deok Eom
Puneri Paltan Lal Mohar Yadav Sanjay Shrestha
Tamil Thalaivas Chan Sik Park Victor Onyango Obiero
Telugu Titans Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan Abozar Mohajermighani
U Mumba Fazel Atrachali Abolfazl Maghsodloumahali Hadi Tajik
UP Yoddha Sulieman Kabir Seong Ryeol Kim

Sponsorship

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Tournament statistics

Best raiders

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RankPlayer Team MatchesTotal Points
1 Pawan SehrawatBengaluru Bulls24 271
2Patna Pirates21 233
321 218
4 Maninder SinghBengal Warriors22206
522 203

Best defenders

RankPlayer Team MatchesTackle Points
1 Nitesh Kumar 25 100
2 Parvesh BhainswalGujarat Giants25 86
3 Fazel AtrachaliU Mumba 23 83
4 Sunil Kumar Gujarat Giants25 76
5 Sandeep Dhull Jaipur Pink Panthers22 67

League stage

Source:prokabaddi.com[5]

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Playoffs

Bracket

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External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.firstpost.com/sports/pro-kabaddi-league-2018-schedule-complete-list-of-fixtures-dates-and-venues-of-matches-in-sixth-edition-5023091.hotel
  2. Web site: Pro Kabaddi League: Bengaluru Bulls beat Gujarat Fortunegiants to lift maiden title.
  3. Web site: Pro Kabaddi S5 highest rated non-cricket event on TV, claims Star – TelevisionPost . Television Post . 22 September 2018 . 23 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180923005605/https://www.televisionpost.com/pro-kabaddi-s5-highest-rated-non-cricket-event-on-tv-claims-star/ . dead .
  4. https://www.prokabbadi.com/stats/%7B0%7D{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  5. Web site: Season 6, results.