As the much awaited sports tournament Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is all set to make a comeback with its 6th season, the much loved teams with all the star-studded players are ready to claim their spot on the top. Jaipur Pink Panthers have announced that the former captain of U Mumba and the Indian national kabaddi team, Anup Kumar, will be leading the side for this season of the Pro Kabaddi League.
Patna Pirates and Tamil Thalaivas have been slated to face each other in the first game of the sixth season. The tournament will commence in Chennai from October 7 and goes on till January 5 next year. On the same day itself, Puneri Paltan and U Mumba will take on each other in the second game of the season.
Before the playoffs, which are scheduled to commence in Kochi on December 30-31, the 12 teams participating this season have been divided into two zones of six teams each, where each team will be playing a set of 15 intra-zone and 7 inter-zone matches. The finals will be played in Mumbai on January 5 next year. The fixtures were announced by the organisers of the League.
The 6th season which was earlier scheduled to begin on October 5 was postponed due to logistical reasons and will now start on October 7.
Also, the fans will be much anticipated to see PKL’s highest paid player Monu Goyat’s performance, as his team Haryana Stellers will start the season battling it up against Puneri Paltans in the fifth match of the season on October 8.
The play-offs stage will comprise of 3 eliminators, 2 qualifiers and the finals scheduled to take place in Mumbai.
See the full schedule of the PKL 2018 below.
Chennai Leg: 5-11 October 2018
7 October 2018:
Tamil Thalaivas vs Patna Pirates
Puneri Paltan vs U Mumba
8 October 2018:
Puneri Paltan vs Haryana Steelers
Tamil Thalaivas vs UP Yoddha
9 October 2018:
Dabang Delhi vs Gujarat Fortunegiants
Tamil Thalaivas vs Telugu Titans
10 October 2018:
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs U Mumba
Tamail Thalaivas vs Bengaluru Bulls
11 October 2018:
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Dabang Delhi
Tamil Thalaivas vs Bengal Warriors
Haryana (Sonipat) Leg: 12-18 October 2018
12 October 2018:
Haryana Steelers vs Gujarat Fortunegiants
Patna Pirates vs UP Yoddha
13 October 2018:
Puneri Paltan vs Dabang Delhi
Haryana Steelers vs U Mumba
14 October 2018:
Telugu Titans vs UP Yoddha
Haryana Steelers vs Puneri Paltan
15 October 2018:
Rest day
Bengal Warriors vs Telugu Titans
Haryana Steelers vs Jaipur Pink Panthers
17 October 2018: Bengalru Bulls vs Tamil Thalaivas; Haryana Steelers vs U Mumba
18 October 2018: Haryana Steelers vs Dabang Delhi
Pune Leg: 18-25 October 2018
18 October 2018:
Puneri Paltan vs Gujarat Fortunegiants
19 October 2018:
Patna Pirates vs Telugu Titans
Puneri Paltan vs Jaipur Pink Panthers
20 October 2018:
UP Yoddha vs Bengal Warriors
Puneri Paltan vs U Mumba
21 October 2018:
Dabang Delhi vs Bengal Warriors
Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls
22 October 2018:
Rest day
23 October 2018:
U Mumba vs Telugu Titans
Puneri Paltan vs Tamil Thalaivas
24 October 2018:
Bengaluru Bulls vs Haryana Steelers
Puneri Paltan vs UP Yoddha
25 October 2018:
Rest day
Patna Leg: 26 October-1 November 2018
26 October 2018:
Patna Pirates vs Jaipur Pink Panthers
Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Tamil Thalaivas
27 October 2018:
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Bengal Warriors
Patna Pirates vs U Mumba
28 October 2018:
Dabang Delhi vs UP Yoddha
Patna Pirates vs Haryana Steelers
29 October 2018:
Rest Day
30 October 2018:
Puneri Paltan vs Gujarat Fortunegiants
Patna Pirates vs Telugu Titans
31 October 2018:
Dabang Delhi vs Puneri Paltan
Patna Pirates vs Bengaluru Bulls
1 November 2018:
Patna Pirates vs Bengal Warriors
UP Leg (Host City unconfirmed): 2-8 November 2018
2 November 2018:
UP Yoddha vs Tamil Thalaivas
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Gujarat Fortunegiants
3 November 2018:
U Mumba vs Puneri Paltan
UP Yoddha vs Bengaluru Bulls
4 November 2018:
Dabang Delhi vs Gujarat Fortunegiants
UP Yoddha vs Bengal Warriors
5 November 2018:
Rest Day
6 November 2018:
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Haryana Steelers
UP Yoddha vs Telugu Titans
7 November 2018:
UP Yoddha vs Patna Pirates
8 November 2018:
Haryana Steelers vs Dabang Delhi
UP Yoddha vs Bengaluru Bulls
Mumbai Leg: 9-15 November
9 November 2018:
U Mumba vs Jaipur Pink Panthers
Bengal Warriors vs Telugu Titans
10 November 2018:
Patna Pirates vs Bengal Warriors
U Mumba vs Gujarat Fortunegiants
11 November 2018:
U Mumba vs Haryana Steelers
12 November 2018:
Rest Day
13 November 2018:
Puneri Paltan vs Telugu Titans
U Mumba vs UP Yoddha
14 November 2018:
Tamil Thalaivas vs Haryana Steelers
U Mumba vs Bengaluru Bulls
15 November 2018:
Patna Pirates vs Dabang Delhi
U Mumba vs Tamil Thalaivas
Ahmedabad Leg: 16-22 November 2018
16 November 2018:
Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Bengal Warriors
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs UP Yoddha
17 November 2018:
Puneri Paltan vs Bengal Warriors
Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Bengaluru Bulls
18 November 2018:
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Bengaluru Bulls
Gujarat Fortunegiants vs UP Yoddha
19 November 2018:
Rest Day
20 November 2018:
Tamil Thalaivas vs Telugu Titans
Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Dabang Delhi
21 November 2018:
Patna Pirates vs Tamil Thalaivas
Gujarat Fortunegiants vs U Mumba
22 November 2018:
Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Haryana Steelers
Bengaluru Leg: 23-29 November 2018
23 November 2018:
Bengaluru Bulls vs Bengal Warriors
Puneri Paltan vs Jaipur Pink Panthers
24 November 2018:
U Mumba vs Dabang Delhi
Bengaluru Bulls vs Tamil Thalaivas
25 November 2018:
Bengaluru Bulls vs Patna Pirates
26 November 2018:
Rest Day
27 November 2018:
Dabang Delhi vs Haryana Steelers
Bengaluru Bulls vs Telugu Titans
28 November 2018:
Haryana Steelers vs Puneri Paltan
Bengaluru Bulls vs UP Yoddha
29 November 2018:
Puneri Paltan vs Gujarat Fortunegiants
Bengaluru Bulls vs Bengal Warriors
Delhi Leg: 30 November-6 December 2018
30 November 2018:
Dabang Delhi vs Jaipur Pink Panthers
Tamil Thalaivas vs Patna Pirates
1 December 2018:
Dabang Delhi vs U Mumba
2 December 2018:
U Mumba vs Gujarat Fortunegiants
Dabang Delhi vs Puneri Paltan
3 December 2018:
Rest Day
4 December 2018:
Patna Pirates vs Gujarat Fortunegiants
Dabang Delhi vs Telugu Titans
5 December 2018:
Haryana Steelers vs Bengal Warriors
Dabang Delhi vs Bengaluru Bulls
6 December 2018:
UP Yoddha vs Haryana Steelers
Dabang Delhi vs Tamil Thalaivas
Hyderabad Leg: 7-13 December 2018
7 December 2018:
Telugu Titans vs Gujarat Fortunegiants
Patna Pirates vs Puneri Paltan
8 December 2018:
U Mumba vs Bengal Warriors
Telugu Titans vs Patna Pirates
9 December 2018:
Tamil Thalaivas vs Jaipur Pink Panthers
Telugu Titans vs Haryana Steelers
10 December 2018:
Rest Day
11 December 2018:
Dabang Delhi vs U Mumba
Telugu Titans vs UP Yoddha
12 December 2018:
Haryana Steelers vs Gujarat Fortunegiants
Telugu Titans vs Bengaluru Bulls
13 December 2018:
Telugu Titans vs Patna Pirates
Jaipur Leg: 14-20 December 2018
14 December 2018:
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Puneri Paltan
Bengal Warriors vs Tamil Thalaivas
15 December 2018:
UP Yoddha vs Tamil Thalaivas
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs U Mumba
16 December 2018:
Patna Pirates vs UP Yoddha
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Gujarat Fortunegiants
17 December 2018:
Rest Day
18 December 2018:
Bengaluru Bulls vs Telugu Titans
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Haryana Steelers
19 December 2018:
Patna Pirates vs Bengaluru Bulls
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Gujarat Fortunegiants
20 December 2018:
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Dabang Delhi
Kolkata Leg: 21-27 December 2018
21 December 2018:
Wildcard Match
22 December 2018:
Wildcard Match
Bengal Warriors vs Patna Pirates
23 December 2018:
Wildcard Match
Bengal Warriors vs Tamil Thalaivas
24 December 2018:
Rest Day
25 December 2018:
Wildcard Match
Bengal Warriors vs Telugu Titans
26 December 2018:
Wildcard Match
Bengal Warriors vs Bengaluru Bulls
27 December 2018:
Wildcard Match: Bengal Warriors vs UP Yoddha
PLAYOFFS
Kochi
30 December 2018: TBD vs TBD; TBD vs TBD
31 December 2018: TBD vs TBD; TBD vs TBD
Mumbai
3 January 2019: TBD vs TBD
4 January 2019: Rest Day
5 January 2019: FINAL