Pro Kabaddi - Wikipedia Pro Kabaddi Pro Kabaddi league ( PKL ) Countries India Administrator Mashal Sports First tournament 2014 Last tournament 2017 Next tournament 2018 Tournament format Double round - robin league and Playoffs Number of teams 12 Most successful Patna pirates ( 3 titles ) 2018 Pro Kabaddi League season The Pro Kabaddi League ( currently known as Vivo Pro Kabaddi is a professional - level kabaddi league in India. It was first established by Charu Sharma in 2014. Contents 1 History 2 Format 3 Season 1 4 Season 2 5 Season 3 6 Season 4 7 Season 5 8 Viewership 9 Teams 9.1 Stadium and locations 9.2 Personnel and kit 10 Tournament results 10.1 Position of all the teams in all seasons 10.2 Performance 11 Tournament statistics 11.1 Best Raiders ( Most raid points all season ) 11.2 Best Defenders ( Most Tackle Points ) 11.3 Best All - rounders ( Most ( Total ) Points ) 12 Prize money 13 References 14 External links History The Pro Kabaddi League was first held in 2014 ; its founder, Charu Sharma, was influenced by the popularity of the Kabaddi tournament at the 2006 Asian Games, which utilized an indoor version of the game played on a court. Sharma cited the Indian Premier League as an influence on the overall formatting of the competition, noting that `` mere sport works well ( in India ), but if you package it better, it works better. '' The PKL uses a franchise - based model ; the league began with eight teams, each of which having paid fees of up to US $250,000 to join. There were doubts over whether the PKL would be successful, noting that there were many leagues attempting to emulate the IPL 's business model and success, and that unlike cricket, there were relatively fewer well - known players in Kabaddi. However, it was also noted that kabaddi was widely played in grassroots community settings, and could thus attract a wide variety of rural and metropolitan viewers for advertisers to target if the league gained significant traction. The inaugural season was seen by a total of 435 million viewers, placing it just behind the total - season viewership of the 2014 Indian Premier League season, while the inaugural championship was seen by 86.4 million viewers. Star Sports, the PKL 's broadcaster, subsequently announced in 2015 that it would acquire a 74 % stake in the league 's parent company Mashal Sports. For the 2017 season, the PKL added four new teams, and changed its format to split the teams into two divisions known as `` zones '', Format See also : Kabaddi § Standard style The PKL 's rules are similar to that of the indoor team version of Kabaddi, but with additional rules to encourage more scoring. Playing two `` empty '' raids in a row will trigger a `` do - or - die raid '', where the raider must score a point or they will be declared out. When a defensive side has three or fewer players remaining, tackles are scored as a `` Super Tackle '', which is worth two points instead of one. Season 1 Main article : 2014 Pro Kabaddi League The first signing and auction of players for the 8 teams was held on 20 May 2014 in Mumbai. India 's national kabaddi captain Rakesh Kumar was the priciest among the players bought for ₹ 12.80 lakh by the Patna Pirates. Sports Authority of India 's Deepak Nivas was bought by Telugu Titans franchise for ₹ 12.60 lakh. Tae Deok Eom was the highest paid overseas player bought for ₹ 7 lakh by Patna franchise. The duration of the season was from 26 July 2014 to 31 August 2014. There were double round robin matches along with two semi finals, third place and final games. 56 games were to be played in first round and 4 in play off stage making total of 60 games. 8 teams took part in first edition. First game was played on July 26 between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers and the final was played on August 31 at Mumbai. Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U Mumba by 35 - 24 to win the inaugural Pro Kabaddi League. Season 2 Main article : 2015 Pro Kabaddi League season Star Sports Pro Kabaddi season 2 was from July 18 to 23 August 2015. They were a total of 60 matches played these season with two semifinals, a third place play - off and a final. First game was played on July 18 between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers and the final was played on August 23 at Mumbai between U Mumba and Bengaluru Bulls. U Mumba beat Bengaluru Bulls by 36 - 30 to win the 2015 season of Pro Kabaddi League. U Mumba stood first, Bengaluru Bulls stood second and Telugu Titans stood on third position in the league. Season 3 Main article : 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season ( January ) Star Sports Pro Kabaddi Season 3 will have two editions. The COO of Star India, Mr. Sanjay Gupta confirmed that Star Sports Pro Kabaddi wants to make Pro Kabaddi, a 5 - week event, happen 10 weeks a year by having two editions a year. The idea is to play the tournament once in January -- February 2016 and once in June -- July 2016. It also had 8 teams. Patna Pirates beat U Mumba by 3 Points in the final in Delhi to take home the trophy. Puneri Paltan came third this season. Season 4 Main article : 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season ( June ) The fourth season took place from June 25 to July 31, with the existing eight teams participating. Patna Pirates beat Jaipur Pink Panthers in the men 's final. Season 4 also saw the launch of first professional woman kabaddi league, Women 's Kabaddi Challenge ( WKC ). First season saw 3 teams namely Ice Divas, Fire Birds and Storm Queens battle it out to be the first ever WKC champions. The final, scheduled along with the men 's final in Hyderabad, saw the Storm Queens defeat the Fire Birds. Season 5 Main article : 2017 Pro Kabaddi League season The 2017 season was the fifth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, and it featured a total of 12 teams, including new teams from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat. The team from Haryana is known as Haryana Steelers owned by JSW Sports. Sachin Tendulkar co-owns the Tamil Nadu team named Tamil Thalaivas. The Uttar Pradesh team is named as UP Yoddha owned by GMR group and Gujarat team is named Gujarat Fortune Giants owned by Gautam Adani. Auctions for the new season were held in May, before which the existing teams were allowed to retain one player each. The auction saw over 400 players go under the hammer and a total of Rs 46.99 crore spent by the 12 teams. The Pro Kabaddi League Season 5 started on July 28, 2017. The most expensive pick of the auction was raider Nitin Tomar, who was bought by the Uttar Pradesh team for a sum of Rs 93 lakh. Following in second place was Rohit Kumar after the Bengaluru Bulls picked him for a Rs 81 lakhs price. The most expensive foreign player was South Korea 's Jang Kun Lee after he was retained by the Bengal Warriors for Rs 80.3 lakhs. The new season was slated to be the biggest league tournament of its kind in the history of Indian sports in terms of geographical coverage and duration. It featured 138 matches spread across a time period of 13 weeks across 11 states. A Children 's Kabaddi tournament, known as KBD Juniors, was also organised between schools of the cities in which the matches were held. Patna Pirates Beat Gujarat Fortune Giants by 55 - 38 in the final with the Man Of The Tournament Pardeep Narwal stealing the show with 19 raid points against a hapless Fortune Giant defense for the first time in the tournament. The award ceremony of the finale was hosted by Pooja Bhamrah. Pardeep Narwal was adjudged the man of the finale. Viewership As per the available data of the opening 2 weeks, Star Sports Pro Kabaddi viewership on TV increased by nearly 56 % from the 2014 year 's viewership. During the inaugural season tournament viewership was 43.5 crore ( 435 million ) viewers, which was the second in India after the 56 crore ( 560 million ) of IPL viewership. The online viewership also increased 1.3 crore unique visitors, which is 18.5 times than of last year 's 7 lakh unique visitors. The third season which was flagged off on 30 January, recorded a surge in viewership with the opening week ratings 36 per cent higher than the week one viewership for its last season. Teams Stadium and locations Note : Table lists in alphabetical order. Team Location Stadium Bengal Warriors Kolkata Netaji Indoor Stadium Bengaluru Bulls Bengaluru / Nagpur Kanteerava Indoor Stadium / Mankapur Indoor Stadium Dabang Delhi KC Delhi Thyagaraj Sports Complex Gujarat Fortune Giants Ahmedabad The Arena Haryana Steelers Sonipat Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai Jaipur Pink Panthers Jaipur Sawai Mansingh Stadium Patna Pirates Patna / Ranchi Patliputra Sports Complex / Harivansh Tana Bhagat Indoor Stadium Puneri Paltan Pune Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Tamil Thalaivas Chennai Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Telugu Titans Hyderabad / Vizag Gachibowli Indoor Stadium / Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium U Mumba Mumbai Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium UP Yoddha Lucknow Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium Bengaluru Bulls U Mumba Puneri Paltan Bengal Warriors Jaipur Pink Panthers Patna Pirates Telugu Titans Dabang Delhi Gujarat Fortune Giants UP Yoddha Haryana Steelers Tamil Thalaivas Locations of the Pro Kabaddi teams Personnel and kit Teams Owners Captain Head coach Kit Manufacturer Kit Sponsor Bengal Warriors Birthright Games & Entertainment Private Limited Surjeet Singh Jagdish Kumble TYKA fbb Bengaluru Bulls Kosmik Global Media Rohit Kumar Randhir Singh Armr Karbonn Mobiles Dabang Delhi KC DoIT Sports Management Pvt Ltd. Meraj Sheykh Sagar Bandekar TYKA A Art Gujarat Fortune Giants Adani Group Fazel Atrachali Manpreet Singh Shiv - Naresh Adani Haryana Steelers JSW Sports Surender Nada Ranbir Singh Khokhar 4U Sports Kent RO Systems Jaipur Pink Panthers Abhishek Bachchan Manjeet Chillar Balwan Singh Dida Finolex Cables Patna Pirates KVS Energy and Sports Limited Pardeep Narwal Ram Mehar Singh Sport Sun Birla Gold Cement Puneri Paltan Insurekot Sports Deepak Nivas Hooda Kasinathan Baskaran Equio Force Motors Tamil Thalaivas Nimmagadda Prasad & Sachin Tendulkar Ajay Thakur K Baskaran Admiral Sportswear Muthoot Pappachan Group Telugu Titans Veera Sports Rahul Chaudhari J. Udayakumar Field Gear Greenko U Mumba Ronnie Screwvala Anup Kumar Bhaskaran Edacherry Adidas Zandu Gel UP Yoddha GMR Group Nitin Tomar J Udaya Singh T10 Sports Tata Yodha Tournament results Two teams, Jaipur Pink Panthers, U Mumba have won the tournament once while Patna Pirates have won the Pro Kabaddi League thrice and the only champions to have defended their title twice. Season Final Final venue # of Teams Best Raider ( Most raid points ) Best Defender ( Most tackle points ) Best Allrounder ( Most ( Total ) points ) Winner Result Runner - up 2014 Jaipur Pink Panthers 35 - 24 SD = 11 Report U Mumba National Sports Club of India, Mumbai 8 Anup Kumar Surender Nada Anup Kumar 2015 U Mumba 36 - 30 SD = 6 Report Bengaluru Bulls Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai 8 Kashiling Adake Ravinder Pahal Kashiling Adake 2016 January Patna Pirates 31 - 28 SD = 3 Hindi Report Report U Mumba Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi 8 Pardeep Narwal Manjeet Chillar Rohit Kumar 2016 June Patna Pirates 37 - 29 SD = 8 Report Jaipur Pink Panthers Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad 8 Rahul Chaudhari Fazel Atrachali Pardeep Narwal 2017 Patna Pirates 55 - 38 SD = 17 Gujarat Fortune Giants Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai 12 Pardeep Narwal Surender Nada Pardeep Narwal Position of all the teams in all seasons Team 2014 2015 2016 Jan 2016 June 2017 Bengal Warriors 7th 6st 4th 8th 3rd Bengaluru Bulls 4th 2 ! R 7th 6th Group stage Dabang Delhi 6th 7th 8th 7th Group stage Jaipur Pink Panthers 1 ! W 5th 6th 2 ! R Group stage Patna Pirates 3rd 4th 3 ! W 1 ! W 2 ! W Puneri Paltan 8th 8th 3rd 3rd 4th Telugu Titans 5th 3rd 5th 4th Group stage U Mumba 2 ! R 1 ! W 3 ! R 5th Group stage Gujarat Fortune Giants NP NP NP NP 2 ! R Haryana Steelers NP NP NP NP 6th UP Yoddha NP NP NP NP 5th Tamil Thalaivas NP NP NP NP Group stage Performance Team Played Win Lost Tied % win % lost % tied Best Bengal Warriors 58 20 34 34.48 % 58.62 % 6.89 % Bengaluru Bulls 56 24 30 42.86 % 53.57 % 3.57 % Dabang Delhi 56 14 38 25.00 % 67.85 % 7.14 % 6 Jaipur Pink Panthers 60 31 24 5 51.66 % 40.00 % 8.33 % Patna Pirates 64 39 20 5 60.93 % 31.25 % 7.81 % Puneri Paltan 60 19 35 6 31.66 % 58.33 % 10.00 % Telugu Titans 60 42 10 8 70.00 % 16.67 % 13.33 % U Mumba 62 43 15 70.96 % 24.19 % 6.45 % Gujarat Fortune Giants 24 16 5 66.67 % 20.83 % 12.5 % Haryana Steelers 6 UP Yoddha 5 Tamil Thalaivas 22 6 14 27.27 % 6 Tournament statistics Best Raiders ( Most raid points all season ) Player Team Match Total raid Points Rahul Chaudhari Telugu Titans 79 666 Pardeep Narwal Patna Pirates 64 625 Ajay Thakur Tamil Thalivas 80 529 Deepak Hooda Puneri Paltans 81 514 Kashiling Adake U Mumba 72 494 Best Defenders ( Most Tackle Points ) Player Team Match Tackle Points Super Tackle Points Total Tackle Points Ravindar Pahal Bengaluru bulls 14 53 7 60 Sandeep Kandola Telugu Titans 16 55 59 Mohit Chillar U Mumba 14 39 42 Dharmaraj Cheralathan Bengaluru Bulls 15 41 42 Surendar Nada U Mumba 14 39 41 Best All - rounders ( Most ( Total ) Points ) Player Team Match Total Raid points Total Tackle points Total PKL points Kashiling Adake U Mumba 14 114 117 Rahul Chaudhari Telugu Titans 14 98 9 107 Manjeet Chhillar JAIPUR PINK PANTHERS 16 67 39 106 ( ( Deepak Niwas Hooda ) ) Telugu Titans 15 60 35 95 Rajesh Narwal Jaipur Pink Panthers 14 69 14 83 Prize money Prize money for the winner of Season 5 is ₹ 3 crore. The first and second runners - up will be awarded ₹ 1.8 crore and ₹ 1.2 crore respectively. References ^ Jump up to : `` Kabaddi gets the IPL treatment ''. BBC News. Retrieved 22 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Pro Kabaddi league viewership second only to IPL ''. The Hindu. Retrieved 22 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Simple, visceral, fun : why the ancient sport of kabaddi is enjoying a resurgence ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 21 October 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Pro Kabaddi league fixes players ' auction on May 20 ''. Times of India. 2014 - 05 - 17. Retrieved 2014 - 05 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Star India Buys 74 % Stake In Pro Kabaddi Owner Mashal Sports ''. Sports Business Daily. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Pro Kabaddi League 2017 : Full schedule, format, new teams and all you need to know about Season 5 ''. Firstpost. 2017 - 07 - 27. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Kabaddi World Cup 2016 : A handy guide to the format, rules and how the sport works ''. Firstpost. 2016 - 10 - 05. 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Question: who is the champion of pro kabaddi season 5
Answer: Patna Pirates