Pro Kabaddi Day 1 Livestreaming: Bengaluru vs Mumba, Telugu vs Tamil, Bengal vs UP in Pro Kabaddi League 8
Former champions U Mumba and Bengaluru Bulls will face off in season 8’s first match, which will be followed by Telugu Titans’ southern derby against Tamil Thalaivas.
The eighth season of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) will start here on Wednesday and all 12 teams are geared up for the tournament to be played at a single venue due to the COVID-19 threat. There would be no spectators and the event will be played in a bio-bubble.
Former champions U Mumba and Bengaluru Bulls will face off in season 8’s first match, which will be followed by Telugu Titans’ southern derby against Tamil Thalaivas. This time around the PKL will also see a ‘triple header format’ -- the first four days of season eight and the subsequent Saturdays will have three matches. The opening day’s third match will see defending champions Bengal Warriors take on UP Yoddha.
Match details
Pro Kabaddi League 2021-22, Day 1
- Bengaluru Bulls vs U Mumba
- Telugu Titans vs Tamil Thalaivas
- Bengal Warriors vs U.P. Yoddha
December 22 (Wednesday), 2021
7:30 PM IST
Sheraton Grand Bengaluru Whitefield Hotel & Convention Centre
Live Streaming
As has been the case in the last seven seasons Pro Kabaddi League's 2021 edition will be broadcasted on Star Sports Network and Disney + Hotstar.
Venue
Sheraton Grand Bengaluru Whitefield Hotel & Convention Centre
Match timings
7:30 PM onwards
Squads
Bengal Warriors
Elite Retained Players - Maninder Singh (raider), Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (all-rounder), Rinku Narwal (defender)
Retained Young Player - Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat (raider)
Overseas Players - Abozar Mohajer Mighani (defender, 30.5L)
Category B Domestic Players - Sukesh Hegde (raider, 30L), Sumit Singh (raider, 20L), Rishank Devadiga (raider, 20L)
Category C Domestic Players - Manoj Gowda K (all-rounder, 10L), Parveen (defender, 10L), Vijin Thangadurai (defender, 10L), Rohit Banne (defender, 10L), Darshan J (defender, 10L), Sachin Vittala (defender, 17.5L), Akash Pikalmunde (raider, 17L)
Category D Domestic Player - Rohit (all-rounder, 6L)
Bengaluru Bulls
Elite Retained Players - Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (raider), Amit Sheoran (defender)
Existing New Young Players - Saurabh Nandal (defender), Mohit Sehrawat (defender), Banty (raider)
Overseas Players - Ziaur Rahman (defender, 12.2L), Dong Geon Lee (raider, 12.5L), Abolfazl Maghsodlou Mahali (raider, 13L)
Category A domestic Players - Chandran Ranjit (raider, 80L), Mahender Singh (defender, 50L)
Category B Domestic Players - Deepak Narwal (raider, 26.5L), G B More (raider, 25L)
Category C Domestic Players - Mayur Jagannath Kadam (defender, 15L), Ankit (defender, 10L), Vikas (defender, 10L)
Tamil Thalaivas
Existing New Young Players - Sagar (defender), Himanshu (defender), M. Abishek (defender)
Overseas Players - Anwar Saheed Baba (all-rounder, 10L), Mohammad Tuhin Tarafder (defender, 10L)
Category A Domestic Players - Surjeet Singh (defender, 75L), K Prapanjan (raider, 71L), Manjeet (raider, 92L)
Category B Domestic Player - Athul MS (raider, 30L)
Category C Domestic Players - Bhavani Rajput (raider, 10L), Sourabh Tanaji Patil (all-rounder, 15L), Ajinkya Ashok Pawar (19.5L), Sahil (defender, 10L), Sagar B Krishna (all-rounder, 10L), Santhapanaselvam (all-rounder, 10L)
Telugu Titans
Elite Retained Player - Rakesh Gowda (raider)
Retained Young Players - Ankit Beniwal (raider), Rajnish (raider)
Existing New Young Players - Manish (defender), Akash Choudhary (defender), Akash Dattu Arsul (defender)
New Young Player - Prince (Telugu Titans)
Overseas Players - Abe Tetsuro (defender, 10L), Hyunsu Park (raider, 10L)
Category A Domestic Players - Surender Singh (defender, 55L), Siddharth Desai (raider, 1.3 Crores), Rohit Kumar (raider, 36 L)
Category C Domestic Players - Sandeep Kandola (defender, 59.5L), Ruturaj Shivaji Koravi (defender, 19.8L), Adarsh T (defender, 10L), C Arun (defender, 10L)
Category D Domestic Players - Amit Chauhan (raider, 6L), G Raju (raider, 6L)
U Mumba
Elite Retained Players - Fazel Atrachali (defender), Abhishek Singh (raider), Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre (all rounder), Harendra Kumar (defender)
Existing New Young Player - Navneet (raider)
Overseas Player - Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari (all-rounder, 12.8L)
Category B Domestic Player - Ajith V Kumar (raider, 25L)
Category C Domestic Players - Rinku (defender, 32L), Ajeet (defender, 10L), Sunil Siddhgavali (defender, 10L), Pankaj (all-rounder, 10L), Rahul Rana (raider, 10L), Jashandeep Singh (raider, 10L), Ashish Kumar Sangwan (all-rounder, 10L)
UP Yoddha
Retained Young Player - Nitesh Kumar (defender)
Existing New Young Players - Sumit (defender), Ashu Singh (defender), Surinder Gill (raider)
New Young Player - Nitin Panwar (all-rounder)
Overseas Players - Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali (raider, 12L), Md. Masud Karim (raider, 10L)
Category A domestic Players - Pardeep Narwal (raider, 1.65 Crores), Shrikant Jadhav (raider, 72 L)
Category C Domestic Players - Sahil (raider, 10L), Gaurav Kumar (defender, 10L), Gurdeep (all-rounder, 10L), Gulveer Singh (raider, 10L), Ankit (raider, 10L), Aashish Nagar (defender, 10L)