# 2014 Pro Kabaddi League

The 2014 Pro Kabaddi League was the first season of Pro Kabaddi League. The duration of the season was from 26 July 2014 to 31 August 2014. There was 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 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai. Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U Mumba by 35–24 to win the inaugural Pro Kabaddi League.

## Player auction

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 Patna franchise. Sports Authority of India's Deepak Niwas Hooda was bought by Vizag franchise for ₹12.90 lakh. Mostafa Noudehi was the highest paid overseas player bought for ₹6.6 lakh by Pune franchise.

## Franchises
### Stadium and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium |
| Bengal Warriors | Kolkata | Netaji Indoor Stadium |
| Bengaluru Bulls | Bengaluru | Kanteerava Indoor Stadium |
| Dabang Delhi | Delhi | Thyagaraj Sports Complex |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | Jaipur | Sawai Mansingh Stadium |
| Patna Pirates | Patna | Patliputra Sports Complex |
| Puneri Paltan | Pune | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex |
| Telugu Titans | Visakhapatnam | Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium |
| U Mumba | Mumbai | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai |

### Personnel

| Team | Owner(s) | Captain | Head coach |
| Bengal Warriors | Future Group | Nilesh Shinde | Raj Narain Sharma |
| Bengaluru Bulls | Kosmik Global Media | Manjeet Chillar | Randhir Singh |
| Dabang Delhi | DO IT Sports Management | Jasmer Singh | Arjun Singh |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | Abhishek Bachchan | Navneet Gautam | Kasinathan Baskaran |
| Patna Pirates | Rajesh Shah | Rakesh Kumar | R S Khokhar |
| Puneri Paltan | Insurekot Sports | Wazir Singh | Ramphal Kaushik |
| Telugu Titans | Veera Sports | Rajaguru Subramanian | J Udayakumar |
| U Mumba | Unilazer Sports | Anup Kumar | Ravi Shetty |

## Points table

| Team vte | Pld | W | L | D | SD | Pts |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers (C) | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 54 |
| U Mumba (R) | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 51 |
| Bengaluru Bulls (4) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 47 |
| Patna Pirates (3) | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 45 |
| Telugu Titans | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 42 |
| Dabang Delhi KC | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | -27 | 32 |
| Bengal Warriors | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | -85 | 24 |
| Puneri Paltan | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | -127 | 17 |
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up; (3) Third Place; (4) Fourth Place.
* Advanced to the Playoff Stage
* Five (5) points for a win
* Three (3) points each for a drawn game
* One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer
* Top 4 teams qualified for the semifinals

## Match schedule
### Leg 1: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai

* 26 July 2014 08:00 PM
| U Mumba | 45 - 31 | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
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* Match 1 U Mumba won
* 26 July 2014 09:00 PM
| Dabang Delhi | 28 - 47 | Bengaluru Bulls |
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* Match 2 Bengaluru Bulls won
* 27 July 2014 08:00 PM
| Bengaluru Bulls | 40 - 37 | Puneri Paltan |
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* Match 3 Bengaluru Bulls won
* 27 July 2014 09:00 PM
| U Mumba | 36 - 25 | Bengal Warriors |
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* Match 4 U Mumba won
* 28 July 2014 08:00 PM
| Puneri Paltan | 31 - 35 | Dabang Delhi |
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* Match 5 Dabang Delhi won
* 28 July 2014 09:00 PM
| U Mumba | 35 - 35 | Telugu Titans |
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* Match 6 Match Tied
* 29 July 2014 08:00 PM
| U Mumba | 36 - 33 | Patna Pirates |
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* Match 7 U Mumba won

### Leg 2: Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

* 30 July 2014 08:00 PM
| Bengal Warriors | 30 - 46 | Bengaluru Bulls |
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* Match 8 Bengaluru Bulls won
* 31 July 2014 08:00 PM
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 46 - 32 | Telugu Titans |
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* Match 9 Jaipur Pink Panthers won
* 31 July 2014 09:00 PM
| Bengal Warriors | 42 - 40 | Dabang Delhi |
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* Match 10 Bengal Warriors won
* 1 August 2014 08:00 PM
| Telugu Titans | 35 - 38 | Patna Pirates |
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* Match 11 Patna Pirates won
* 1 August 2014 09:00 PM
| Bengal Warriors | 38 - 35 | Puneri Paltan |
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* Match 12 Bengal Warriors won
* 2 August 2014 08:00 PM
| Patna Pirates | 18 - 40 | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
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* Match 13 Jaipur Pink Panthers won
* 2 August 2014 09:00 PM
| Bengal Warriors | 29 - 38 | U Mumba |
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* Match 14 U Mumba won

### Leg 3: Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi

* 3 August 2014 08:00 PM
| Dabang Delhi | 35 - 39 | Telugu Titans |
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* Match 15 Telugu Titans won
* 3 August 2014 09:00 PM
| Puneri Paltan | 33 - 31 | Bengaluru Bulls |
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* Match 16 Puneri Paltan won
* 4 August 2014 08:00 PM
| U Mumba | 44 - 28 | Puneri Paltan |
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* Match 17 U Mumba won
* 4 August 2014 09:00 PM
| Dabang Delhi | 31 - 36 | Patna Pirates |
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* Match 18 Patna Pirates won
* 5 August 2014 08:00 PM
| Bengaluru Bulls | 34 - 45 | U Mumba |
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* Match 19 U Mumba won
* 5 August 2014 09:00 PM
| Dabang Delhi | 31 - 40 | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
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* Match 20 Jaipur Pink Panthers won
* 6 August 2014 08:00 PM
| Dabang Delhi | 46 - 36 | Bengal Warriors |
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* Match 21 Dabang Delhi won

### Leg 4: Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna

* 7 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Patna Pirates | 35 - 27 | Puneri Paltan |
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* Match 22 Patna Pirates won
* 8 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Bengal Warriors | 40 - 35 | Telugu Titans |
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* Match 23 Bengal Warriors won
* 8 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| Patna Pirates | 37 - 37 | U Mumba |
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* Match 24 Match Tied
* 9 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Telugu Titans | 29 - 49 | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
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* Match 25 Jaipur Pink Panthers won
* 9 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| Patna Pirates | 30 - 30 | Dabang Delhi |
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* Match 26 Match Tied
* 10 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 39 - 23 | Bengal Warriors |
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* Match 27 Jaipur Pink Panthers won
* 10 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| Patna Pirates | 35 - 37 | Bengaluru Bulls |
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* Match 28 Bengaluru Bulls won

### Leg 5: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

* 12 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Puneri Paltan | 36 - 42 | Telugu Titans |
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* Match 29 Puneri Paltan won
* 13 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| U Mumba | 30 - 33 | Bengaluru Bulls |
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* Match 30 Bengaluru Bulls won
* 13 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| Puneri Paltan | 40 - 30 | Bengal Warriors |
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* Match 31 Puneri Paltan won
* 14 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Bengaluru Bulls | 27 - 29 | Dabang Delhi |
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* Match 32 Dabang Delhi won
* 14 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| Puneri Paltan | 23 - 50 | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
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* Match 33 Jaipur Pink Panthers won
* 15 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Dabang Delhi | 36 - 27 | U Mumba |
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* Match 34 Dabang Delhi won
* 15 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| Puneri Paltan | 31 - 37 | Patna Pirates |
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* Match 35 Patna Pirates won

### Leg 6: Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Vizag

* 16 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Telugu Titans | 28 - 28 | Bengaluru Bulls |
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* Match 36 Match Tied
* 16 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| Bengal Warriors | 33 - 41 | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
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* Match 37 Jaipur Pink Panthers won
* 17 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 30 - 52 | Patna Pirates |
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* Match 38 Patna Pirates won
* 17 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| Telugu Titans | 44 - 43 | U Mumba |
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* Match 39 Telugu Titans won
* 18 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Patna Pirates | 28 - 30 | Bengal Warriors |
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* Match 40 Bengal Warriors won
* 18 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| Telugu Titans | 60 - 24 | Puneri Paltan |
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* Match 41 Telugu Titans won
* 19 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Telugu Titans | 45 - 26 | Dabang Delhi |
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* Match 42 Telugu Titans won

### Leg 7:Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

* 20 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 36 - 31 | Bengaluru Bulls |
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* Match 43 Jaipur Pink Panthers won
* 21 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Bengal Warriors | 32 - 36 | Patna Pirates |
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* Match 44 Patna Pirates won
* 21 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 31 - 31 | U Mumba |
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* Match 45 Match Tied
* 22 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Telugu Titans | 34 - 34 | Bengal Warriors |
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* Match 46 Match Tied
* 22 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 41 - 31 | Dabang Delhi |
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* Match 47 Jaipur Pink Panthers won
* 23 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Patna Pirates | 29 - 32 | Telugu Titans |
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* Match 48 Telugu Titans won
* 23 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 33 - 27 | Puneri Paltan |
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* Match 49 Jaipur Pink Panthers won

### Leg 8:Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru

* 24 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Bengaluru Bulls | 37 - 24 | Bengal Warriors |
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* Match 50 Bengaluru Bulls won
* 24 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| U Mumba | 37 - 30 | Dabang Delhi |
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* Match 51 U Mumba won
* 25 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Dabang Delhi | 45 - 22 | Puneri Paltan |
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* Match 52 Dabang Delhi won
* 25 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| Bengaluru Bulls | 31 - 33 | Patna Pirates |
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* Match 53 Patna Pirates won
* 26 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Bengaluru Bulls | 27 - 26 | Telugu Titans |
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* Match 54 Bengaluru Bulls won
* 27 Aug 2014 8:00 PM
| Puneri Paltan | 35 - 36 | U Mumba |
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* Match 55 U Mumba won
* 27 Aug 2014 9:00 PM
| Bengaluru Bulls | 30 - 29 | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
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* Match 56 Bengaluru Bulls won

## Playoff stage

All matches were played in Mumbai
Semi-Final 1
* 29 August 2014 08:00 PM
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 38 - 18 | Patna Pirates |
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* Match 57 Jaipur Pink Panthers won
Semi-Final 2
* 29 August 2014 09:00 PM
| U Mumba | 27 - 23 | Bengaluru Bulls |
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* Match 58 U Mumba won
3/4 Place
* 31 August 2014 08:00 PM
| Patna Pirates | 29 - 22 | Bengaluru Bulls |
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* Match 59 Patna Pirates won
FINAL
* 31 August 2014 09:00 PM
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | 35 - 24 | U Mumba |
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* Match 60 Jaipur Pink Panthers won

## Statistics
### Top 5 Raiders

| No. | Player | Team | Matches | Points |
| 1 | Anup Kumar | U Mumba | 16 | 155 |
| 2 | Rahul Chaudhari | Telugu Titans | 14 | 151 |
| 3 | Maninder Singh | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 16 | 130 |
| 4 | Ajay Thakur | Bengaluru Bulls | 15 | 122 |
| 5 | Kashiling Adake | Dabang Delhi | 14 | 113 |
| 5 | Surjeet Narwal | Dabang Delhi | 14 | 113 |

### Top 5 Defenders

| No. | Player | Team | Matches | Points |
| 1 | Manjeet Chillar | Bengaluru Bulls | 16 | 51 |
| 1 | Surender Nada | U Mumba | 15 | 51 |
| 3 | Dharmaraj Cheralathan | Bengaluru Bulls | 16 | 39 |
| 4 | Rohit Rana | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | Jasmer Singh Gulia | Dabang Delhi | 15 | 38 |