The Pro Kabaddi 2022 is scheduled to be held from October, with 12 teams assembling their squads on August 5th-6th in Mumbai.
The Pro Kabaddi 2022 is scheduled to be held from October, with 12 teams assembling their squads on August 5th-6th in Mumbai. Pawan Sehrawat’s INR 2.26 crore bid by Tamil Thalaivas broke the all-time PKL record, while Pradeep Narwal re-signed with the Haryana Steelers, hoping to continue their journey towards a successful season this time out.
The 12 teams will begin on October 22, with the tournament going on till December, as the franchises battle it out to win the 9th edition of the tournament. It was launched in 2014 and is broadcast on Star Sports. For the 2017 and 2018–19 season, the Pro Kabaddi League added four new teams, with Dabang Delhi winning the previous edition of the Round-Robin tournament. Patna Pirates have won the most titles with 3 in succession in the tournament’s history.
Team Name | Team Captain | Team Owner | Team Head Coach |
Bengal Warriors | Maninder Singh | Birthright Games & Entertainment Private Limited, Akshay Kumar | BC Ramesh |
Bengaluru Bulls | Pawan Kumar Sehrawat | Kosmik Global Media | Randhir Singh |
Dabang Delhi KC | Joginder Narwal | DO IT Sports Management India | Krishan Kumar Hooda |
Gujarat Giants | Sunil Kumar | Gautam Adani under Adani Wilmar Ltd. | Manpreet Singh |
Haryana Steelers | Vikash Kandola | JSW Group | Rakesh Kumar |
Jaipur Pink Panthers | Deepak Niwas Hooda | Abhishek Bachchan | Sanjeev Baliyan |
Patna Pirates | Prashanth Kumar Rai | Rajesh Shah | Ram Mehar Singh |
Puneri Paltan | Nitin Tomar | Insurekot Sports Pvt. Ltd. | Anup Kumar |
Tamil Thalaivas | Surjeet Singh | Allu Arjun, Ram Charan, Allu Aravind under IQuest Enterprises, Nimmagadda Prasad and Sachin Tendulkar | J Udaya Kumar |
Telugu Titans | Rohit Kumar | Core Green Group, Mahesh Kolli of Greenko Group, and Gautham Nedurumalli of NED Group. | Jagadeesh Kumble |
U Mumba | Fazel Atrachali | Ronnie Screwvala- Unilazer Ventures Pvt. Ltd. | Rajaguru Subramanian |
UP Yoddha | Nitesh Kumar | GMR League Games Private Limited | Jasveer Singh |