Pro Kabaddi league
The Pro Kabaddi League, currently
known as Vivo Pro Kabaddi League for sponsorship purpose, is a
professional-level Kabaddi league in India. It was launched in 2014
and is broadcast on Star Sports.
The leagues inception was influenced by the
popularity of the Kabaddi tournament at the 2006 Asian Games. The format of the
competition was influenced by Indian Premier League. The Pro Kabaddi League uses a franchise-based model and
its first season was held in 2014 with eight teams.There were doubts over
whether the PKL would be successful.
The duration of the season was from 26 July 2014 to 31 August 2014.
There were double round robin matches along with two semifinals, 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.
Star Sports Pro Kabaddi season 2 was from 18 July 2015 to 23 August
2015. There were 60 matches played 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.
Star Sports Pro Kabaddi Season 3 will have two
editions. The CEO 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.
The fourth season took place from June 25 to July 31, 2016, 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, the Storm Queens defeated the Fire Birds
.
The Pro Kabaddi League Season 5 started on
July 28, 2017.
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 hopeless Fortune Giant defense for the first time in the tournaent.
The 2018 season is
the sixth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, and it features 12 teams.
Zone B toppers, Bengaluru Bulls Beat The Zone A Toppers, Gujarat Fortune Giants by 38-33 in the
final with the Man Of The Tournament Pawan Kumar Sehrawat stealing the show
with a record 22 raid points against the young Fortune Giants defence. For a
consecutive second time Gujarat Fortunegiants have lost in the finals. The
coach of Bengaluru Bulls, Randhir Singh was happy as his team finally won the
tournament after underwhelming finishes in the previous couple of seasons
.
conclusion:
my hobbie is to play kabaddi , being a sports person i like to play kabaddi.
Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Kabaddi_League
