Bengal Warriors

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Bengal Warriors
Bengal Warriors new logo.webp
Full nameBengal Warriors
Short nameBEN
Sport Kabaddi
Founded2014
First season 2014
Last season 2023
League PKL
Location Kolkata, West Bengal
Stadium Netaji Indoor Stadium (12,000)
Colours  
Owner Capri Global
Head coachK. Baskaran
Captain Maninder Singh
Championships Simple gold cup.svg (2019)
Playoff berths4
Website bengalwarriors.com

Bengal Warriors (BEN) is a professional kabaddi team based in Kolkata, West Bengal that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. [1] In 2019, they won the trophy for the first time by defeating Dabang Delhi. [2] The team is currently led by Maninder Singh and coached by Kasinatha Baskaran. The team play their home matches at the Netaji Indoor Stadium.

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Franchise history

Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is a professional kabaddi league in India, based on the format of the Indian Premier League tournament. [3] The first edition of the tournament was played in 2014 with eight franchises representing various cities in India. [4] Bengal Warriors is a Kolkata based franchise owned by Future Group, promoted by Kishore Biyani. [5] The team had poor campaign in the first two seasons. The team's performance, however improved from the third season as they qualified for the playoffs in 2016. [6] But again after a disappointing season in the 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (June), they totally revamped their squad. After that, the team has consistently qualified for the playoffs in 2017, 2018 and in 2019 respectively. [7] [8] [9] In 2019, they qualified to the PKL final for the first time in their history by beating U Mumba in The Arena. [10] In the final, against Dabang Delhi, they were trailing on 3–11 at one stage. [11] However they made a strong comeback and won the final by a 39-34 margin without their captain Maninder Singh who sustained a shoulder injury in the penultimate league stage. Thus they clinched their first ever PKL title. [12] [13]

Current squad

NoNameNatPosition
9 Maninder Singh Captain sports.svg Flag of India.svg Raider
22Shrikant Jadhav Flag of India.svg Raider
Vishwas S Flag of India.svg Raider
99Suyog Gaikar Flag of India.svg Raider
R Guhan Flag of India.svg Raider
Parshant Kumar Flag of India.svg Raider
10Aslam Thambi Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Raider
33Akshay Jaywant Bodake Flag of India.svg Raider
Maharudra Garje Flag of India.svg Right Raider
19Nitin Kumar Flag of India.svg Right Raider
Chai-Ming Chang Flag of the Republic of China.svg Raider
69Shubham Shinde Flag of India.svg Defender - Right Corner
40Akshay Kumar Flag of India.svg Defender-Left Corner
5Vaibhav Garje Flag of India.svg Defender - Right Cover
44Shreyas Umbardand Flag of India.svg Defender - Left Cover
55Aditya S Shinde Flag of India.svg Defender - Left Corner
Dipak Arjun Shinde Flag of India.svg Defender - Right Corner
Nitin Rawal Flag of India.svg All-Rounder
Akshay Bharat Flag of India.svg All-Rounder
Source: Pro Kabaddi [14] [15]

Seasons

Season I

Bengal Warriors finished seventh in the first season. [16] [17]

Team
Pld W L D SD Pts
Jaipur Pink Panthers (C)14103110054
U Mumba (R)148335951
Bengaluru Bulls (4)148513647
Patna Pirates (3)147521845
Telugu Titans 146532642
Dabang Delhi KC 14581-2732
Bengal Warriors 14491-8524
Puneri Paltan 142120-12717
Source: ProKabaddi

(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up; (3) Third Place; (4) Fourth Place.

  •   Advanced to the Playoff Stage
  • 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
  • Top 4 teams qualified for the semifinals

Season II

Bengal Warriors finished 6th in the second season.

Team
Pld W L D SD Pts
U Mumba (C)1412204060
Telugu Titans (3)148338550
Bengaluru Bulls (R)149505548
Patna Pirates (4)14761-1841
Jaipur Pink Panthers 146714338
Bengal Warriors 14491-6327
Dabang Delhi KC 14491-6827
Puneri Paltan 142111-7421

Source: ProKabaddi
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up; (3) Third Place; (4) Fourth Place.

  •  Advanced to the Playoff Stage
  • 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

Season III

Bengal Warriors finished 4th in the third season.

Team
Pld W L D SD Pts
U Mumba (R)1412209560
Patna Pirates (C)14102210458
Puneri Paltan (3)147439248
Bengal Warriors (4)1495026 47
Telugu Titans 14770-1038
Jaipur Pink Panthers 14482-6328
Bengaluru Bulls 142120-10214
Dabang Delhi KC 141121-14211
Source: ProKabaddi

(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up; (3) Third Place; (4) Fourth Place.

  •  Advanced to the Playoff Stage
  • 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

Season IV

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Patna Pirates (C)1410401452
Telugu Titans 148426750
Jaipur Pink Panthers (R)148512247
Puneri Paltan 146622342
U Mumba 14761-1842
Bengaluru Bulls 14581-5532
Dabang Delhi KC 14491729
Bengal Warriors 14392-6026

Source: www.prokabaddi.com

Season V

Bengal Warriors finished 8th in the Fourth season. 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

Team
Pld W L D SD Pts
Gujarat Fortune Giants (R)22154312687
Puneri Paltan 22157091 80
Haryana Steelers 2213544079
U Mumba 2210120-5056
Jaipur Pink Panthers 228131-9151
Dabang Delhi KC 225161-13429

Zone B

Team
Pld W L D SD Pts
Bengal Warriors 2211561977
Patna Pirates (C)22107560 71
UP Yoddha 228104260
Bengaluru Bulls 2281131057
Telugu Titans 227123-252
Tamil Thalaivas 226142-7146

Source: ProKabaddi

Season VI

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

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Gujarat Fortune Giants (R)22173211793
U Mumba 22155218986
Dabang Delhi KC 221192-168
Puneri Paltan 228122-4552
Jaipur Pink Panthers 226133-6943
Haryana Steelers 226142-9142

Zone B

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Bengaluru Bulls (C)22137210478
Bengal Warriors 2212822 69
UP Yoddha 228104-4557
Patna Pirates 229112-3655
Telugu Titans 228131-5551
Tamil Thalaivas 225134-7042

Source: ProKabaddi

Season VII

Bengal Warriors became the Champions.

Team
Pld W L D SD Pts
Dabang Delhi KC (R)2215436685
Bengal Warriors (C)2214537183
UP Yoddha 221372974
U Mumba 2212824772
Haryana Steelers 2213811571
Bengaluru Bulls 22111011664
Jaipur Pink Panthers 229112-1358
Patna Pirates 2281312951
Gujarat Forunte Giants 2271321851
Puneri Paltan 227123-7248
Telugu Titans 226133-6745
Tamil Thalaivas 224153-11937

Source: ProKabaddi

Season VIII

PosTeam
PldWLTSDPts
1 Patna Pirates (R)22165112086Qualification to semi finals
2 Dabang Delhi (C)221264-375
3 UP Yoddha 2210933368Qualification to eliminators
4 Gujarat Giants 221084267
5 Bengaluru Bulls 2211925366
6 Puneri Paltan 2212913366
7 Haryana Steelers 221093-2864
8 Jaipur Pink Panthers 22101021463
9 Bengal Warriors 229103-1857
10 U Mumba 227105-3455
11 Tamil Thalaivas 225116-4247
12 Telugu Titans 221174-13027
Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2022. Source: ProKabaddi
(C) Champion; (R) Runners Up

Season IX

PosTeam
PldWLTSDPts
1 Jaipur Pink Panthers (C)22156117482Qualification to semi finals
2 Puneri Paltan (R)2214626680
3 Bengaluru Bulls 2213813974Qualification to eliminators
4 UP Yoddha 2212824271
5 Tamil Thalaivas 221084566
6 Dabang Delhi 22101021763
7 Haryana Steelers 22101021661
8 Gujarat Giants 229112-1659
9 U Mumba 2210120-2856
10 Patna Pirates 228113-5854
11 Bengal Warriors 228113-1253
12 Telugu Titans 222200-24515
Source: ProKabaddi
(C) Champion; (R) Runners Up

Season X

PosTeam
PldWLTSDPts
1 Puneri Paltan (C)22172325396Qualification to semi finals
2 Jaipur Pink Panthers 22163314192
3 Dabang Delhi 2213635379Qualification to eliminators
4 Gujarat Giants 2213903270
5 Haryana Steelers (R)221381-1370
6 Patna Pirates 2211835069
7 Bengal Warriors 229112-4355
8 Bengaluru Bulls 228122-6753
9 Tamil Thalaivas 2291303251
10 U Mumba 226133-7945
11 UP Yoddhas 224171-11631
12 Telugu Titans 222191-24321
Source: ProKabaddi
Rules for classification:
  • 5 points for a win
  • 3 points for a tied game
  • 1 point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

(C) Champion; (R) Runners Up

Records

Overall results Pro Kabbaddi season

SeasonsTotalWinsLossesTied % WinPosition
Season 1 1449132.14%7
Season 2 1449132.14%6
Season 3 1697056.25%4
Season 4 1439228.57%8
Season 5 24117658.33%3
Season 6 23129256.52%6
Season 7 24165372.92%Champions
Season 8 22910347.73%9
Season 9 22811311
Season 10

By opposition

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
OppositionPlayedWonLostDrawn% Win
Bengaluru Bulls 22139059.1%
Dabang Delhi 2088440%
Gujarat Fortune Giants 1044240%
Haryana Steelers 918011.1%
Jaipur Pink Panthers 17106158.8%
Patna Pirates 22613327.3%
Puneri Paltan 19810142.1%
Tamil Thalaivas 13102176.9%
Telugu Titans 21133561.9%
U Mumba 19414121.1%
UP Yoddha 1454535.7%
Total18682812344.1%

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