2017 Pro Kabaddi League Season 5: Schedule, Teams, Time-table, Players List

From playing on muddy grounds to glamourous pads surrounded by the roar of many, the Pro Kabaddi League has certainly taken the game to new heights. Built for the strong, fast and agile, this sport has been coming of ages as Star Sports broaddcasts Vivo Pro Kabaddi League. A sport which was recognised as rowdy is now up on screens, turning heads as the nation looks to embark upon a new journey with the introduction of the Pro Kabaddi League. With 4 seasons elapsed, and over 400 Million views per season, the Pro Kabaddi League has certainly rivalled the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Indian Super League (ISL).

The enthralling sport of Pro Kabaddi kick starts from 28th July as season 5 looks to bring in severe competition to the game as season 5 features and consists of four new teams. The defending champions Patna Pirates certainly have a lot to accomplish as they look to defend a successful title chase this season. With the auctions held at New Delhi this year in May, the league saw over 400 players in the pool. Until season 4 there were 8 teams. In this season, new teams – Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat have been added to the roster.

Being added as a new team to the league, Uttar Pradesh acquired the services of Nitin Tomar, making him the costliest player in the history of Pro Kabaddi League with a price of Rs.93 Lakhs. Suraj Desai was attained by Dabang Delhi for Rs 52.5 lakhs which is the highest bid for a Category B player in history of the Pro Kabaddi League. South Korea's Jang Kun Lee is now the most expensive overseas player after Bengal Warriors retained him for Rs 80.3 lakh.

Season 5 assuredly has set a new level of fierce competition as there are now 12 teams in the league looking to secure the coveted title that they fight for.

List of Pro Kabaddi League 2017, Season 5 Teams with the Players names:

Puneri Paltan, Squad strength: 15 (13 Indian, 2 Overseas)

Ziaur Rahman, Deepak Hooda, Takamitsu Kono, Girish Maruti Ernak, Sandeep Narwal, Dharmaraj Cheralathan, Ravi Kumar, Rajesh Mondal, Rohit Kumar Choudary, More G B, Umesh Mhatre, Akshay Jadhav, Ajay, Narender Hooda, Suresh Kumar

Bengal Warriors, Squad strength: 18 (16 Indian, 2 Overseas)

Ravindra Ramesh Kumavat, Jang Kun Lee, Sandeep Malik, Ran Singh, Ameares Mondal, PO Surjeet Singh, Bhupender Singh, Youngchang Ko, Shrikant Tewthia, Maninder Singh, Virendra Singh, Deepak Narwal, Shashank Wankhede, Rahul Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Anil Kumar, Vikash, Kuldeep

Bengaluru Bulls, Squad strength: 18 (16 Indian, 2 Overseas)

Harish Naik, Ashish Kumar, Sumit Singh, Ajay, Ravinder Pahal, Rohit Kumar, Sanjay Shrestha, Sinotharan Kanesharajah, Sachin Kumar, Mahender Singh, Pradeep Narwal, Gurvinder Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Amit, Rohit, Ankit Sangwan, Sunil Jaipal, Preetam Chhillar

Dabang Delhi KC, Squad strength: 20 (18 Indian, 2 Overseas)

Tapas Pal, Meraj Sheykh, Vishal, Nilesh Shinde, Abolfazel Maghsodlo, Ravi Dalal, Sunil, Bajirao Hodage, Suraj Desai, Patil Anand, Rohit Baliyan, Rupesh Tomar, Suresu Kumar, Viraj Vishnu Landge, Chetan S, Vipin Malik, Swapnil Dilip Shinde, Shubham Ashok Palkar, Satpal, Yatharth

Gujarat Fortunegiants, Squad strength: 18 (15 Indian, 3 Overseas)

Rohit Gulia, Fazel Atrachali, C Kalai Arasan, Sukesh Hegde, Abozar Mohajermighani, Mahendra Ganesh Rajput, Mahipal Narwal, Seongryeol Kim, Vikas Kale, Sachin, Manoj Kumar, Amit Om Prakash Rathi, Parvesh Bhainswal, Dange Sultan, Sunil Kumar, Rakesh Narwal, Pawan Kumar, Chandran Ranjit

Haryana Steelers, Squad strength: 22 (20 Indian, 2 Overseas)

Mayur Shivtarkar, Surender Nada, Vikash, Khomsan Thongkham, Neeraj Kumar, Mohit Chhillar, CPO Surjeet Singh, Sonu Narwal, David Mosambayi, Mahender Singh Dhaka, Deepak Kumar, Prashant Kumar Rai, Wazir Singh, Deepak Kumar Dahiya, Parmod Narwal, Rakesh Singh Kumar, Jeeva Gopal, Vikash Khandola, Kuldeep Singh, Babu M, Ashish Chhokar, Raju Lal Choudhary

Jaipur Pink Panthers, Squad strength: 19 (17 Indian, 2 Overseas)

Santhapanaselvam, Ajit Singh, Jasvir Singh, Manjeet Chhillar, Selvamani K., Donggyu Kim, Jaemin Lee, Manoj Dhull, Somvir Shekhar, Navneet Gautam, Pawan Kumar, Tushar Patil, Kamal Kishor, Vignesh B, Sunil Siddhgavali, Siddharth, Ravinder Kumar, Rahul Choudhary, Abhishek N.

Patna Pirates, Squad strength: 18 (16 Indian, 2 Overseas)

Pardeep Narwal, Parveen Birwal, Vijay, Arvind Kumar, Vishal Mane, Mohammad Maghsoudlou, Sachin Shingade, Md. Zakir Hossain, Monu Goyat, Jaideep, Jawahar, Manish, Satish, Virender Singh, Sandeep, Vikash Jaglan, Vinod Kumar, Vishnu Uthaman

Tamil Thalaivas, Squad strength: 25 (22 Indian, 3 Overseas)

Ajay Thakur, Bhavani Rajput, Prathap, Rajesh, Anil Kumar, Amit Hooda, Mugilan, Donggeon Lee , Waleed Al Hasani, Chansik Park, Anil Kumar, C. Arun, Sanket Chavan, T. Prabhakaran, M. Thivakaran, Sombir, Vijay Kumar, Vijin Thangadurai, Muruthu M, Vineet Sharma, K. Prapanjan, Sujit Maharana, Darshan J., Sarang Arun Deshmukh, Ananthkumar

Telugu Titans, Squad strength: 18 (16 Indian, 2 Overseas)

Vishal Bharadwaj, Rahul Chaudhari, Athul M S, Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan, Sombir, Rakesh Kumar, Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari, Rohit Rana, Vinod Kumar, Vikas Kumar, Amit Singh Chillar, Nilesh Salunke, Vikas, Vinoth Kumar, Vikrant, Munish, Elangeshwaran R, Ankit Malik

U.P Yodhha, Squad strength: 18 (16 Indian, 2 Overseas)

Pankaj, Nitesh Kumar, Rajesh Narwal, Sulieman Kabir, Nitin Tomar, Jeeva Kumar, Hadi Tajik, Rishank Devadiga, Gurvinder Singh, Mahesh Goud, Surendra Singh, Santosh B.S, Rohit Kumar, Ajvender Singh, Sanoj Kumar, Sunil, Gulveer Singh, Sagar B. Krishna

U Mumba, Squad strength: 18 (15 Indian, 3 Overseas)

E Subash, Anup Kumar, Shiv Om, Surender Singh, Hadi Oshtorak, Dongju Hong, Joginder Singh Narwal, Kuldeep Singh, Yongjoo Ok, Kashiling Adake, D. Suresh Kumar, Nitin Madane, Darsan, Shabeer Bappu, Shrikant Jadhav, N. Renjith, Deepak Yadav, Mohan Raman G

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