5th Season of Pro Kabaddi League
The 2017 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League season was the fifth season of Pro Kabaddi League, a professional kabaddi league in India since 2014. It is organised by Mashal Sports and Star India. This season includes 12 teams after the inclusion of four new teams: UP Yoddha, Tamil Thalaivas, Haryana Steelers and Gujarat Fortunegiants.
Auction
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 most expensive pick of the auction was raider Nitin Tomar, who was bought by the new UP franchise for a sum of Rs 93 lakh.[1] Following in second place was Rohit Kumar after the Bengaluru Bulls picked him for a Rs 81 lakh 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.
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony is held on the first match of every leg in each stadium.[citation needed] This is similar to that of IPL 2017.[citation needed] It is done so to highlight the importance of the tradition and culture all over the country.[citation needed]
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Team | Color | City/State | Stadium[2] | Capacity |
Bengal Warriors | | Kolkata, West Bengal | Netaji Indoor Stadium | 12,000 |
Bengaluru Bulls | | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Kanteerava Indoor Stadium | 4,200 |
Dabang Delhi KC | | Delhi | Thyagaraj Sports Complex | 4,494 |
Gujarat Giants | | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | EKA Arena | 4,000 |
Haryana Steelers | | Sonipat, Haryana | Motilal Nehru School of Sports | 2,000 |
Jaipur Pink Panthers | | Jaipur, Rajasthan | Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium | 2,000 |
Patna Pirates | | Patna, Bihar | Patliputra Sports Complex | 3,500 |
Puneri Paltan | | Pune, Maharashtra | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex | 4,200 |
Tamil Thalaivas | | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 5,000 |
Telugu Titans | | Hyderabad/Vizag, Telangana | Gachibowli Indoor Stadium | 5,000 |
U Mumba | | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium | 5,000 |
UP Yoddha | | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium | 5,000 |
Personnel & kit
Rules and regulations
The 12 teams are divided into two zones of six each. Each team plays a total of 22 matches in the league stage:
1. Teams from the same zone play each other thrice, totalling 15 matches in the zone.
2. Then, a team will play an additional of 6 matches with the teams from the other zone. (Each team plays other team from the other zone once). These 6 inter-zone matches for each team will be held on three different weeks. These weeks are known as inter-zone challenge weeks and the respective weeks are:
- 1st: 15 August – 20 August
- 2nd: 5 September – 10 September
- 3rd: 26 September – 1 October
3. Then, each team plays one wild card match which is an additional inter-zone match in the penultimate week, selected by a random mid-season draw, totalling 22 matches in the league stage.
The top three teams from each zone qualify for the super playoffs and compete for the title.
Points Table
The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.
Zone A
Zone B
Source: ProKabaddi
- advanced to Qualifier 1
- advanced to Eliminators
- 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
League stage
Source:prokabaddi.com[3]
Leg 2 – Mankapur Indoor Stadium, Nagpur
Leg 3 – The Arena, Ahmedabad
Gujarat Fortune Giants (W) | 39 – 21 | U Mumba | | [23] | | |
Match 28 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 29 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 30 Inter Zone Challenge Week Match Tied | |
Match 31 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 32 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 33 Inter Zone Challenge Week Match Tied | |
Match 34 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 35 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 36 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 37 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 38 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 39 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 51 Match postponed to 17 October 2017, 20:00 | |
Match 52 Match postponed to 20 September 2017, 20:00 | |
Match 61 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 62 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 63 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 64 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 65 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 66 Inter Zone Challenge Week Match Tied | |
Match 67 Inter Zone Challenge Week Match Tied | |
Gujarat Fortune Giants | 30 – 30 | UP Yoddha | | [66] | | Match 68 Inter Zone Challenge Week Match Tied | |
Match 69 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 70 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 71 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 72 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
U Mumba | 28 – 39 | Gujarat Fortune Giants (W) | | [77] | | |
U Mumba | 23 – 45 | Gujarat Fortune Giants (W) | | [84] | | Match 52 Match postponed from 29 August | |
Match 94 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 95 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 96 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 97 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 98 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 99 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 100 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 101 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 102 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 103 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 104 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 105 Inter Zone Challenge Week | |
Match 112 Inter Zone Wildcard Match | |
Match 113 Inter Zone Wildcard Match | |
Match 115 Inter Zone Wildcard Match | |
Match 117 Inter Zone Wildcard Match | |
Match 119 Inter Zone Wildcard Match | |
Match 121 Inter Zone Wildcard Match | |
Match 51 Match postponed from 29 August | |
Playoffs
Bracket
Puneri Paltan (W) | 40 – 38 | UP Yoddha | | [133] | | |
Haryana Steelers | 30 – 69 | Patna Pirates (W) | | [134] | | |
Gujarat Fortunegiants (W) | 42 – 17 | Bengal Warriors | | [135] | | |
Puneri Paltan | 32 – 42 | Patna Pirates (W) | | [136] | | |
Bengal Warriors | 44 - 47 | Patna Pirates (W) | | [137] | | |
Gujarat Fortunegiants | 38 – 55 | Patna Pirates (W) | | [138] | | |
Statistics
Source: prokabaddi.com
Most Points Overall
Player | Team | Matches Played | Points |
Pardeep Narwal | Patna Pirates | 26 | 369 |
Rohit Kumar | Bengaluru Bulls | 22 | 231 |
Ajay Thakur | Tamil Thalaivas | 22 | 222 |
Most Raid Points
Player | Team | Matches Played | Points |
Pardeep Narwal | Patna Pirates | 26 | 369 |
Rohit Kumar | Bengaluru Bulls | 22 | 219 |
Ajay Thakur | Tamil Thalaivas | 22 | 213 |
Most Tackle Points
Player | Team | Matches Played | Points |
Surender Nada | Haryana Steelers | 21 | 80 |
Surjeet Singh | Bengal Warriors | 24 | 76 |
Vishal Bhardwaj | Telugu Titans | 22 | 71 |
Most Super 10s
Player | Team | Matches Played | Times |
Pradeep Narwal | Patna Pirates | 26 | 19 |
Rohit Kumar | Bengaluru Bulls | 22 | 12 |
Ajay Thakur | Tamil Thalaivas | 22 | 12 |
Most High 5s
Player | Team | Matches Played | Times |
Surender Nada | Haryana Steelers | 21 | 9 |
Surjeet S. Singh | Bengal Warriors | 24 | 9 |
Girish Maruti Ernak | Puneri Paltan | 21 | 5 |
References
- ^ "Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Auction: Nitin Tomar to Team UP for Rs 93 lakh".
- ^ "Official Website for the Pro Kabaddi League". ProKabaddi.com. 9 March 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Season 5, results".
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