New Delhi: The wait is over for the new edition of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL), with some new and competitive changes to the league. Season 12 action will commence on August 29, Friday at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium.
PKL returns to the four-city caravan format, allowing fans to cheer for their favourite team from the ground. Vizag, Jaipur, Chennai, and Delhi will host the PKL 12 matches. Telugu Titans and Tamil Thalaivas will battle out in the season’s opener match on the National Sports Day.
New changes in PKL 12
The league stage matches have also gone to 108 matches compared to last season’s 132 games. There will be no tie matches in the tournament as the five-raid shoot introduced in the league stage as well followed by the Golden Raid.
The new point system also reshaped the PKL, as now the loser will not get any points, and a win will count as two points to the tally to simplify the points table for the fans.
The top eight teams will qualify for the postseason, as new Play-In matches were added in the tournament to ensure teams will remain in playoff contention for a longer period of time in the tournament.
Complete squads of teams in PKL 12
Haryana Steelers: Jaideep Dahiya (c), Vinay, Rahul Setpal (vc), Shivam Patare, Sahil Narwal, Vishal Tate, Jaya Soorya, N Manikandan, Ghanshyam Magar, Vikas Jadhav, Hardeep, Naveen Kumar, Ashish Narwal, Rahul Ahri, Mayank Saini, Sha Mohammed Shahan, Ankit Dhull, Rithik Radheyshyam, Sachin, Zubair
Puneri Paltan: Aslam Inamdar (c), Pankaj Mohite, Gaurav Khatri, Mohit Goyat, Abinesh Nadarajan, Mohd Amaan, Dadaso Pujari, Aditya Shinde, Sachin, Mohammad Nabibaksh, Vishal Bhardwaj, Stuwart Singh, Abhishek Gunge, Milad Mohajer, Rakesh, Rohan Tupare, Sanjay Enania, Vaibhav Rabade, Gurdeep
U Mumba: Sunil Kumar (c), Parvesh Bhainswal, Ajit Chouhan, Amirmohammad Zafardanesh, Rinku, S Mukilan, Rohit Raghav, Lokesh Ghosliya, Deepak Kundu, Sathish Kannan, Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi, Mukesh Kannan, Sandeep, Ravi, Vijay Kumar, Aanil, Amarjeet Yadav, Mohammad Ghorbani
Telugu Titans: Vijay Malik (c), Ajit Pawar, Ashish Narwal, Sagar, Manjeet, Shankar Gadai, Chetan Sahu, Nitin, Rohit Singh, Praful Zaware, Jai Bhagwan, Bharat, Shubham Shinde, Aman, Amir Ejlali, Ankit, Avi Duhan, Bantu Malik, Rahul Dagar, Ganesh Parki
Gujarat Giants: Parteek Dahiya, Rakesh, Himanshu Singh, Himanshu, Mohammadreza Shadloui (c), Lucky Sharma, Nitin Panwar, Rohit Nandal, Ankit Dahiya, Harish Kamatchi, Shridhar Kadam, V. Ajith Kumar, Amit, Milad Jabbari, Shubham Kumar, Sumit, Himanshu Yadav, Visvanth V
Dabang Delhi: Ashu Malik (c), Sandeep, Mohit, Gaurav Chhillar, Ajinkya Pawar, Akshit, Surjeet Singh, Saurabh Nandal, Fazel Atrachali, Amir Hossein Bastami, Anil Gurjar, Neeraj Narwal, Vijay, Anurag Kumar, Mohit Narwal, Raman Singh, Amit, Arkam Shaikh, Ashish Sangwan, Naveen
Bengal Warriorz: Nitesh Kumar (vc), Mayur Kadam, Vishwas S, Sushil Kambrekar, Manjeet, Deep Kumar, Yash Malik, Devank Dalal (c), Parteek, Jang Kun Lee, Himanshu Narwal, Manprit, Omid Mohammadshah, Punit Kumar, Rachit Yadav, Amandeep Kajal, Ankit, Ashish, Harander, Sandeep Saini, Moolchand Marko, Shivansh Thakur
UP Yoddhas: Guman Singh, Dong Geon Lee, Pranay Rane, Bhavani Rajput, Surender Gill, Gagan Gowda, Shivam Choudhary, Keshav Kumar, Jatin Singh, Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi, Mahender Singh, Ronak Nain, Sumit Sangwan (c), Ashu Singh (vc), Sahul Kumar, Hitesh Kadiyan, Jayesh Mahajan, Gangaram, Sachin Manipal.
Patna Pirates: Deepak Singh (vc), Ankit Jaglan (c), Sanket Sawant, Maninder Singh, Amin Ghorbani, Mandeep, Sombir, Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav, Hamid Mirzaei Nader, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Sudhakar M, Ayan, Navdeep, Deepak, Sahil Patil
Jaipur Pink Panthers: Reza Mirbhageri (vc), Sombir Mehra, Abhishek KS, Ronak Singh, Ritik Sharma, Nitin Kumar, Manjeet, Vinay, Mohit, Nitin Rawal (c), Ali Choubtarash, Meetu, Nitin Kumar, Sahil Satpal, Uday Kumar Parte, Aashish Kumar, Aryan Kumar, Deepanshu Khatri, Sahil Deswal
Tamil Thalaivas: Narender Kandola, Nitesh Kumar, Anuj Gawade, Vishal Chahal, Moein Shafaghi, Aashish, Himanshu, Ronak, Dhiraj Bailmare, Sagar Rathee, Pawan Sehrawat (c), Arjun Deshwal (vc), Abhiraj Pawar, Rohit Beniwal, Yogesh Yadav, Alireza Khalili, Mohit, Tarun, Suresh Jadhav
Bengaluru Bulls: Pankaj, Lucky Kumar, Sanjay, Ankush Rathee, Yogesh, Chandranaik M, Akash Shinde (vc), Aashish Malik, Ganesha Hanamantagol, Mahipal, Satyappa Matti, Shubham Rahate, Ahmad Reza Asgari, Alireza Mirzain, Amit Thakur, Dheeraj, Jitender Yadav, Sachin, Sahil Rane
PKL winners’ list:
Haryana Steelers will aim to become the second team to defend their title. They have been the most consistent side since debuting in 2017 by reaching the playoffs four times, including two finals out of seven seasons.
Since Patna Pirates won three consecutive titles in seasons 3,4, and 5. Not a single champion has defended their title successfully, and a new champion has been crowned every season since 2019.
| PKL Season | Winner | Runner-up | MVP Each Season |
| 1 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | U Mumba | Anup Kumar |
| 2 | U Mumba | Bengaluru Bulls | Kashiling Adake |
| 3 | Patna Pirates | U Mumba | Manjeet Chhillar |
| 4 | Patna Pirates | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Rahul Chaudhari |
| 5 | Patna Pirates | Gujarat Fortune Giants | Pardeep Narwal |
| 6 | Bengaluru Bulls | Gujarat Fortune Giants | Pawan Sehrawat |
| 7 | Bengal Warriors | Dabang Delhi | Naveen Kumar, |
| 8 | Dabang Delhi | Patna Pirates | Naveen Kumar |
| 9 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Puneri Paltan | Arjun Deshwal |
| 10 | Puneri Paltan | Haryana Steelers | Aslam Mustafa Inamdar |
| 11 | Haryana Steelers | Patna Pirates | Mohammadreza Shadloui |
PKL 12 live streaming details
PKL 12 matches will be live-streamed on the Star Sports Network on TV, and on the digital platform JioHotstar will be airing the matches live on OTT and mobile phones.
Now, fans can enjoy the PKL live action in eight languages, including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, and newly added Haryanvi and Bhojpuri.