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 .
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] 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.
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
Stadiums and locations [ edit ]
Team
Color
City/State
Stadium[ 2]
Capacity
Bengal Warriorz
Kolkata , West Bengal
Netaji Indoor Stadium
15,000
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 Yoddhas
Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh
Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium
5,000
Rules and regulations [ edit ] 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.
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 gameOne (1 ) point for a loss by 7 points or fewerSource:prokabaddi.com [ 3]
Match 1
Match 2
Match 3
Match 4
Match 5
Match 6
Match 7
Match 8
Match 9
Match 10
Match 11
Match 12
Match 13
Match 14
Match 15
Match 16
Match 17
Match 18
Match 19
Match 20
Match 21
Match 22
Match 23
Match 24
Match 25
Match 26
Match 27
Match 28Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 29Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 30Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 31Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 32Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 33Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 34Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 35Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 36Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 37Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 38Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 39Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 40
Match 41
Match 42
Match 43
Match 44
Match 45
Match 46
Match 47
Match 48
Match 49
Match 50
Match 51
Match postponed to 17 October 2017, 20:00
Match 52
Match postponed to 20 September 2017, 20:00
Match 53
Match 54
Match 55
Match 56
Match 57
Match 58
Match 59
Match 60
Match 61Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 62Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 63Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 64Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 65Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 66Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 67Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 68Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 69Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 70Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 71Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 72Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 73
Match 74
Match 75
Match 76
Match 77
Match 78
Match 79
Match 80
Match 81
Match 82
Match 83
Match 84
Match 85
Match 52
Match postponed from 29 August
Match 86
Match 87
Match 88
Match 89
Match 90
Match 91
Match 92
Match 93
Match 94Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 95Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 96Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 97Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 98Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 99Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 100Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 101Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 102Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 103Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 104Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 105Inter Zone Challenge Week
Match 106
Match 107
Match 108
Match 109
Match 110
Match 111
Match 112Inter Zone Wildcard Match
Match 113Inter Zone Wildcard Match
Match 114
Match 115Inter Zone Wildcard Match
Match 116
Match 117Inter Zone Wildcard Match
Match 118
Match 119Inter Zone Wildcard Match
Match 120
Match 121Inter Zone Wildcard Match
Match 122
Match 123
Match 124
Match 125
Match 126
Match 127
Match 51
Match postponed from 29 August
Match 128
Match 129
Match 130
Match 131
Match 132
Match 133
Puneri Paltan (W)
40 – 38
UP Yoddha
[133]
Match 134
Haryana Steelers
30 – 69
Patna Pirates (W)
[134]
Match 135
Gujarat Fortunegiants (W)
42 – 17
Bengal Warriors
[135]
Match 136
Puneri Paltan
32 – 42
Patna Pirates (W)
[136]
Match 137
Bengal Warriors
44 - 47
Patna Pirates (W)
[137]
Match 138
Gujarat Fortunegiants
38 – 55
Patna Pirates (W)
[138]
Source: prokabaddi.com
Most Points Overall [ edit ]
Player
Team
Matches Played
Points
Pardeep Narwal
Patna pirates
26
369
Rohit Kumar
Bengaluru Bulls
22
231
Ajay Thakur
Tamil Thalaivas
22
213
Player
Team
Matches Played
Points
Pardeep Narwal
Patna Pirates
26
369
Rohit Kumar
Bengaluru Bulls
22
219
Ajay Thakur
Tamil Thalaivas
22
213
Player
Team
Matches Played
Points
Surender Nada
Haryana Steelers
21
80
Surjeet Singh
Bengal Warriors
24
76
Vishal Bhardwaj
Telugu Titans
22
71
Player
Team
Matches Played
Times
Pradeep Narwal
Patna Pirates
26
19
Rohit Kumar
Bengaluru Bulls
22
12
Ajay Thakur
Tamil Thalaivas
22
12
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
Pardeep Narwal (369)