The marathon 5th season of Pro Kabaddi League is set to begin on 28th July , with inclusion of four new teams in the league now it will be the battle between twelve teams in a span of 3 months with finals to be played on 28th october making the 5th season as a marathon battle.
The twelve franchises spend over Rs. 46.99 crores on 227 players overall. Allrounder Nitin Tomar was the costliest buy of the season whose services was acquired by UP Yoddha for 93 lakhs , he is also the costliest buy in the PKL history. Rohit Kumar(Raider) was sold for Rs. 81 lakhs to Bengaluru Bulls , Manjeet Chillar (Allrounder) was sold for Rs. 75.5 lakhs to Jaipur Pink Panthers , Surjeet Singh(Defender) was sold for Rs. 73 lakhs to Bengal Warriors . Suraj Desai became the costliest player from “B” category who went to Dabang Delhi for 52.5 lakhs. Here’s a sneap peak at the full squads of the participating teams for the fifth edition of Pro Kabaddi League.
Bengal Warriors: Raiders- Deepak Narwal, Maninder Singh, Vinod Kumar, Virender Wazir Singh, Ameares Mondal, Rahul Kumar. Defenders- Sandeep Malik, Shashank Wankhede, Surjeet Singh(Captain), Young Chang Ko, Bhupender Singh. All Rounders- Ran Singh, Ravindra, Ramesh Kumavat, Shrikant Tewthia, Vikash. Retained player: Jang Kun Lee.
Owner : Birthright Games & Entertainment Private Limited , Coach : Jagdish Kumble
Bengaluru Bulls: Raiders- Ajay Kumar, Gurvinder Singh, Harish Naik, Rohit, Rohit Kumar(Captain) , Sinotharan Kanesharajah, Sumit Singh. Defenders- Kuldeep Singh, Mahender Singh, Pradeep Narwal, Ravinder Pahal, Sachin Kumar. All Rounders- Amit, Ankit Sangwan, Sanjay Shrestha. Retained player: Ashish Kumar.
Owner :WL League Pvt. Ltd , Coach : Randhir Singh
Dabang Delhi: Raiders- Abolfazl Maghsoudlou Mahalli, Anand Patil, Ravi Dalal, Rohit Baliyan, Suraj Desai, Suresu Kumar, Vipin Malik. Defenders- Bajirao Hodage, Nilesh Shinde, Sunil Kumar, Viraj Vishnu Landge. All Rounders- Chetan S, Rupesh Tomar, Tapas Pal, Vishal. Retained player: Meyraj Sheykh(Captain)
Owner : Mrs. Radha Kapoor Khanna , Coach : Dr. Ramesh Bhendigiri
Gujarat Fortunegiants: Raiders- Amit Rathi, Mahendra Ganesh Rajput, Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Rakesh Narwal, Sachin, Sukesh Hegde(Captain), Sultan Dange. Defenders- Abozar Mohajer Mighani, C Kalai Arasan, Manoj Kumar, Parvesh Bhainswal, Sunil Kumar, Vikas Kale. All Rounders- Mahipal Narwal, Rohit Gulia, Seong Ryeol Kim.
Owner : Mr. Gautam Adani , Coach : Manpreet Singh
Haryana Steelers: Raiders- Ashish Chhokar, Deepak Kumar Dahiya, Khomsan Thongkham, Prashant Kumar Rai, Sonu Narwal, Surjeet Singh, Vikash Khandola, Wazir Singh. Defenders- Babu M, Jeeva Gopal, Mahendra Singh Dhaka,Surender Nada(Captain), Mohit Chhillar, Neeraj Kumar, Rakesh Singh Kumar, Vikas. All Rounders- David Shilisia J Mosambayi, Deepak Kumar Rathee, Kuldeep Singh, Mayur Shivtarkar, Parmod Narwal.
Owner : JSW Sports , Coach : Rambhir Singh Khokhar
Jaipur Pink Panthers: Raiders- Ajit Singh, Jasvir Singh, Kamal Kishor, Pawan Kumar Kadian, Selvamani K, Sunil Siddhgavali, Tushar Patil. Defenders- Jae Min Lee, Manoj Dhull, Navneet Gautam, Somvir Shekhar, Vignesh B, All Rounders- Dong Gyu Kim, Manjeet Chhillar(Captain), Santhapanaselvam, Siddharth.
Owner: Abhishek Bachchan , Coach : Balwan Singh
Patna Pirates: Raiders- Md. Zakir Hossain, Monu Goyat, Vijay, Vikas Jaglan, Vinod Kumar, Vishnu Uthaman. Defenders- Jaideep, Manish Kumar, Sachin Shingade, Sandeep, Satish Kumar, Virender Singh, Vishal Mane. All Rounders- Arvind Kumar, Jawahar, Mohammad Maghsoudlou, Parveen Birwal. Retained player: Pardeep Narwal (Captain)
Owner : Rajesh V. Shah , Coach : Ram Mehar Singh
Puneri Paltan: Raiders- Akshay Jadhav, More GB, Rajesh Mondal, Rohit Kumar Choudary, Suresh Kumar, Umesh Mhatre. Defenders- Dharmaraj Cheralathan, Girish Maruti Ernak, Md. Ziaur Rahman. All Rounders- Ravi Kumar, Sandeep Narwal, Takamitsu Kono. Retained player: Deepak Niwas Hooda(Captain)
Telugu Titans: Raiders- Athul M S, Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari, Munish, Nilesh Salunke, Vikas, Vikas Kumar, Vikrant, Vinoth Kumar. Defenders- Amit Singh Chhillar, Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan, Rohit Rana, Sombir, Vinod Kumar. All Rounders- Rakesh Kumar, Vishal Bharadwaj. Retained player: Rahul Chaudhari (Captain)
Owner : Srinivas Sreeramaneni , Coach : Naveen Kumar
U Mumba: Raiders- Darshan Kashiling Adake, Nitin Madane Shabeer Bappu, Shrikant Jadhav. Defenders- Suresh Kumar, Joginder Narwal, Surender Singh. All Rounders- Dong Ju Hong, E Subash, Hadi Oshtorak, Kuldeep Singh, Shiv Om, Yong Joo Ok. Retained player: Anup Kumar(Captain)
Owner : Ronnie Screwvala , Coach : Bhaskaran Edacherry
Tamil Thalaivas: Raiders- Bhavani Rajput, Dong Geon Lee, K. Prapanjan, M. Thivakaran, Sarang Arun Deshmukh, Sombir, Vineet Sharma, Waleed Al Hasani. Defenders- Amit Hooda, Anil Kumar, Anil Kumar, C. Arun, Darshan J, Mugilan, Rajesh, Sanket Chavan, T. Prabhakaran, Vijay Kumar, Vijin Thangadurai. All Rounders- Ananthkumar, Chan Sik Park, Prathap, Sujit Maharana.
Owner : Quest Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. & Blasters Sports Ventures Pvt. Ltd. , Coach : K Baskaran
UP Yoddha: Raiders- Ajvender Singh, Gulveer Singh, Mahesh Goud, Nitin Tomar(Captain), Rishank Devadiga, Sulieman Kabir, Surender Singh. Defenders- Gurvinder Singh, Hadi Tajik, Jeeva Kumar, Nitesh Kumar, Rohit Kumar Jr., Sanoj Kumar, Santosh B.S. All Rounders- Pankaj, Rajesh Narwal, Sunil.
Owner : GMR League games Pvt. Ltd , Coach : J Udaya Kumar
