2023–24 Pro Kabaddi League Explained

Pro Kabaddi League 2023-2024
Season 10
Start Date:2 December 2023
End Date:1 March 2024
Tournament Format:Double round robin and playoffs
Host:India
Champion:Puneri Paltan (1st title)
Runner-Up1:Haryana Steelers
Teams:12
Previous:2022
Administrator:Mashal Sports
Matches:137
Stat1 Label:Most tackle points
Stat2 Label:Most successful raid
Stat3 Label:Most successful tackle
Stat2: Ashu Malik (Dabang Delhi) (228)
Stat1: Mohammadreza Chiyaneh (99) (Puneri Paltan)
Stat3: Mohammadreza Chiyaneh (97) (Puneri Paltan)
Top Scorer: Ashu Malik (276) (Dabang Delhi)

The 2023–2024 Pro Kabaddi League was the tenth season of the Pro Kabaddi League, a franchise based kabaddi league in India. Jaipur Pink Panthers were the defending champions.

In the final, Puneri Paltan defeated Haryana Steelers to win their maiden title.[1]

Background

The fixtures of the tournament were announced on 19 October 2023.[2] The league returned to its original traveling caravan format returning after the 2019 season.[3] Each team plays against all the other teams twice, and the top 6 teams proceed to the play-offs with the season beginning on 2 December 2023.[4] All the playoff matches were played in Hyderabad and final was played on 1 March 2024.[5]

Participating teams

The same 12 teams from the previous season returned with few changes to the team personnel.[6]

Teams Head coach[7] Captain Kit Manufacturer
Bengal Warriors Kasinatha Baskaran
Bengaluru Bulls Randhir Singh Sehrawat Saurabh NandalVats
Dabang Delhi Rambir Singh Khokha Naveen KumarOmtex
Gujarat Giants Ram Mehar Singh Fazel AtrachaliShiv-Naresh
Haryana Steelers Manpreet Singh Jaideep DahiyaPuma
Jaipur Pink Panthers Sanjeev Kumar Baliyan Sunil KumarTYKA Sports
Patna Pirates Narender Kumar Redhu Neeraj KumarPace
Puneri Paltan BC Ramesh Aslam InamdarShiv-Naresh
Tamil Thalaivas Ashan Kumar Sagar RatheeTrak-Only
Telugu Titans Srinivasreddy Lingampally Pawan SehrawatPace
U Mumba Gholamreza Surinder SinghNivia Sports
UP Yoddha Jasveer Singh Pardeep NarwalShiv-Naresh

Personnel

The player auction happened on 9 and 10 October 2023 in Mumbai.[8] [9] The salary purse available to each franchise was increased from to .[10] [11]

Foreign players

Each team can sign a maximum of three non-Indian players.

TeamPlayer 1 Player 2 Player 3
Bengal Warriors Chai-Ming Chang Aslam Thambi
Bengaluru Bulls Piotr Pamulak Md. Liton Ali
Dabang Delhi Felix Li Yuvraj Pandeya
Gujarat Giants Fazel Atrachali Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh
Haryana Steelers Ghanshyam Magar Hasan Balbool
Jaipur Pink Panthers Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki
Patna Pirates Zheng-Wei Chen Daniel Odhiambo
Puneri Paltan Mohammadreza Chiyaneh Vahid Reza Eimehr
Tamil Thalaivas Amirhossein Bastami Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi
Telugu Titans Milad Jabbari Hamid Nader
U Mumba Amirmohammad Zafardanesh Alireza Mirzaeian
UP Yoddhas Helvic Simuyu Wanjala Samuel Wanjala Wafula

Sponsorship

Associate Sponsor
Broadcast Sponsor
Digital Streaming Partner

Venues

The league stage was scheduled in 12 cities.[12]

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Bengal WarriorsKolkata, West BengalNetaji Indoor Stadium
Bengaluru BullsBengaluru, KarnatakaKanteerava Indoor Stadium
Dabang Delhi KCDelhiThyagaraj Sports Complex
Gujarat GiantsAhmedabad, GujaratThe Arena
Haryana SteelersPanchkula, HaryanaTau Devilal Sports Complex
Jaipur Pink PanthersJaipur, RajasthanSawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium
Patna PiratesPatna, BiharPatliputra Sports Complex
Puneri PaltanPune, MaharashtraShree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Tamil ThalaivasChennai, Tamil NaduJawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium
Telugu TitansHyderabad, TelanganaGachibowli Indoor Stadium
U MumbaMumbai, MaharashtraDome@NSCI SVP Stadium
UP YoddhaNoida, Uttar PradeshShaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex

Playoffs

Final

Broadcasting

The matches were broadcast by Star Sports in India. It was also streamed live by Disney+ Hotstar.[13]

Statistics

Most raid points

Player Team Matches Raid Points
1 Ashu Malik 23 276
2 23 276
3 21 202
4 21 197
5 Narendar 21 186
[14]

Most tackle points

Player Team Matches Tackle Points
1 Mohammadreza Chiyaneh 24 99
2 Krishan 24 78
3 Yogesh 23 74
4 Rahul Sethpal 23 73
5 22 70
[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1 March 2024 . Puneri Paltan crowned PKL Season 10 champion; beats Haryana Steelers in low-scoring final . SportStar.
  2. Web site: 19 October 2023. Pro Kabaddi Season 10 Schedule Announced. 6 November 2023. Pro Kabaddi League. en.
  3. News: 19 October 2023 . Pro Kabaddi League: Season 10 to start on December 2; competition returns to 12-city caravan format. Scroll.
  4. News: 19 October 2023. Pro Kabaddi League 2023 to begin on Dec. 2. 6 November 2023. ESPN. en.
  5. Web site: 1 February 2024 . Pro Kabaddi League season 10 playoffs and final to be held in Hyderabad . SportStar.
  6. News: 9 October 2023. Pro Kabaddi League Season 10: Full list of players bought and for what price . ESPN. 9 October 2023.
  7. News: Pro Kabaddi League 2023: Complete List Of Coaches For PKL Season 10. 20 October 2023. 20 October 2023.
  8. News: Pro Kabaddi League Announces Revised Dates for Season 10 Player Auction - 9th to 10th October, 2023. Pro Kabbaddi. 8 May 2023. 30 July 2023. 29 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231029054005/https://www.prokabaddi.com/news/pro-kabaddi-league-announces-revised-dates-for-season-10-player-auction---9th-to-10th-october-2023.
  9. News: Pro Kabaddi (PKL-10) 2023 Auction Day 2: Pawan Sehrawat-Maninder Singh Steals Show. India.
  10. News: Pro Kabaddi Season 10: Complete squads of 12 franchises. Pro Kabbaddi. 12 October 2023.
  11. News: 10 October 2023. PKL 2023: Full squad list of all 12 teams after Pro Kabaddi League season 10 auction . SportStar.
  12. Web site: Fixtures and Results. Prokabbadi. 1 December 2023.
  13. Web site: All you need to know about the Pro Kabaddi Season 10 fixtures, live streaming and broadcast details . Prokabbadi. 1 December 2023.
  14. Web site: Pro Kabbadi Player Raid Points |Records for Pro Kabbadi League Teams and Players. Pro Kabbadi League.
  15. Web site: Pro Kabbadi Player Raid Points |Records for Pro Kabbadi League Teams and Players. Pro Kabbadi League.