

The first game was played on 26 July between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers and the final was played on 31 August at Mumbai. 56 games were to be played in the first round and 4 in the playoff stage, making a total of 60 games. There were double round-robin matches along with two semifinals, third place and final games. The duration of the season was from 26 July 2014 to 31 August 2014. Tae Deok Eom was the highest paid overseas player bought for ₹7 lakh by the Patna franchise. Sports Authority of India's Deepak Niwas Hooda was bought by the Telugu Titans franchise for ₹12.60 lakh. India's national kabaddi captain Rakesh Kumar was the priciest among the players bought for ₹12.80 lakh by the Patna Pirates. The first signing and auction of players for the 8 teams were held on in Mumbai. When a defensive side has three or fewer players remaining, tackles scored are termed as "Super Tackle", which is worth two points instead of one.Playing two "empty" raids in a row will trigger a "Do or Die", where the raider must score a point or they will be declared out.Players are taken out of the game if they are touched or tackled, but are brought back in for each point scored by their team from a tags or tackle. Points are scored for each player tagged by the raider, while the opposing team earns a point for stopping the raider.

The objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of a court, touch out as many of their defenders as possible, and return to their own half of the court, all without being tackled by the defenders, and in a single breath.Kabaddi is a contact team sport, played between two teams of seven players. The Pro Kabaddi League's rules are similar to that of the indoor team version of Kabaddi, but with additional rules to encourage more scoring. 8.3.2 Most successful tackles (All seasons).8.2.2 Most successful raids (All seasons).7.12 Most Do-or-Die Raid Points (Teams).5.2 Performance of all the teams in all seasons.Soon the league returned to its regular double round-robin format from the 2019 season. įor the 20–19 season, the Pro Kabaddi League added four new teams, and changed its format to split the teams into two divisions known as "zones". Star Sports, the Pro Kabaddi League's broadcaster, subsequently announced in 2015 that it would acquire a 74% stake in the league's parent company Mashal Sports. The inaugural season was seen by 43.5 crores (435 million) viewers, second to the 2014 Indian Premier League's 55.2 crores (552 million), while the first season final between Jaipur Pink Panthers and U-Mumba was watched by 8.64 crores (86.4 million). 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 attraction. There were doubts over whether the Pro Kabaddi League would be successful, noting that many leagues were attempting to emulate the IPL's business model and success and that, unlike cricket, there were relatively fewer well-known players in Kabaddi. The Pro Kabaddi League uses a franchise-based model and its first season was held in 2014 with eight teams each of which has paid fees of up to US$250,000 to join. The format of the competition was influenced by the Indian Premier League. The league's inception was influenced by the popularity of the Kabaddi tournament at the 2006 Asian Games. However, Season 8 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the season was scheduled to commence on 22 December 2021 It was launched in 2014 and is broadcast on Star Sports.
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Pro Kabaddi League (known as Vivo Pro Kabbadi for sponsorship reasons) or abbreviated to PKL is a men's professional Kabaddi league of India. For other uses, see PKL (disambiguation).
