Pro Kabaddi

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Pro Kabaddi league (PKL)
Pro Kabbadi League New Logo.jpeg
Countries Flag of India.svg India
AdministratorMashal Sports
First Edition 2014
Latest Edition 2019
Tournament format Double round-robin league and Playoffs
Number of teams12
Current champion Bengaluru Bulls (1st title)
Most successful Patna Pirates (3 titles)
Cricket current event.svg 2018–19 Pro Kabaddi League season

The Pro Kabaddi League, currently known as Vivo Pro Kabaddi League for sponsorship purpose, is a professional-level Kabaddi league in India. It was launched in 2014 and is broadcast on Star Sports. [1]

Kabaddi contact sport originated in Indian subcontinent

Kabaddi is a contact team sport. Played between two teams of seven players, the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of a court, tag out as many of their defenders as possible, and return to their own half of the court, all without being tackled by the defenders, and in a single breath. Points are scored for each player tagged by the raider, while the opposing team earns a point for stopping the raider. Players are taken out of the game if they are tagged or tackled, but are brought back in for each point scored by their team from a tag or tackle.

India Country in South Asia

India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country as well as the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

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The leagues inception was influenced by the popularity of the Kabaddi tournament at the 2006 Asian Games. The format of the competition was influenced by Indian Premier League. The Pro Kabaddi League uses a franchise-based model and its first season was held in 2014 with eight teams each of which having paid fees of up to US$250,000 to join. [2] [3]

Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket league in India

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India contested during March or April and May of every year by eight teams representing eight different cities in India. The league was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2008, and is regarded as the brainchild of Lalit Modi, the founder and former commissioner of the league. IPL has an exclusive window in ICC Future Tours Programme.

There were doubts over whether the PKL would be successful, noting that there were many leagues attempting to emulate the IPL's business model and success, and that unlike cricket, there were relatively fewer well-known players in Kabaddi. However, it was also noted that kabaddi was widely played in grassroots community settings, and could thus attract a wide variety of rural and metropolitan viewers for advertisers to target if the league gained significant traction. [2]

The inaugural season was seen by 435 million viewers, Mashal sports placing it just behind the total-season viewership of the 2014 Indian Premier League season, while the inaugural championship was seen by 86.4 million viewers. [4] [5] Star Sports, the PKL's broadcaster, [6] subsequently announced in 2015 that it would acquire a 74% stake in the league's parent company Mashal Sports. [7]

The 2014 season of the Indian Premier League, abbreviated as IPL 7 or Pepsi IPL 2014, was the seventh season of the IPL, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament featured eight teams, one fewer than in 2013 after the withdrawal of the Pune Warriors India, and was held from 16 April 2014 to 1 June 2014. The opening ceremony was held in the UAE on 15 April 2014. The Mumbai Indians were the defending champions, having won the 2013 season. Kolkata Knight Riders won the tournament, defeating Kings XI Punjab by 3 wickets with Manish Pandey declared the man of the match in the final. The average attendance was 31,750.

For the 2017 season, the PKL added four new teams, and changed its format to split the teams into two divisions known as "zones". [8]

Format

The PKL's rules are similar to that of the indoor team version of Kabaddi, but with additional rules to encourage more scoring. Playing two "empty" raids in a row will trigger a "do-or-die raid", where the raider must score a point or they will be declared out. When a defensive side has three or fewer players remaining, tackles are scored as a "Super Tackle", which is worth two points instead of one. [9] [10] [11]

Season 1

The first signing and auction of players for the 8 teams was held on 20 May 2014 [6] in Mumbai. India's national kabaddi captain Rakesh Kumar was the priciest among the players bought for ₹12.80 lakh by the Patna Pirates. [12] Sports Authority of India's Deepak Niwas Hooda was bought by Telugu Titans franchise for ₹12.60 lakh. [12] Tae Deok Eom was the highest paid overseas player bought for ₹7 lakh by Patna franchise. [12]

The duration of the season was from 26 July 2014 to 31 August 2014. There were double round robin matches along with two semifinals, third place and final games. 56 games were to be played in first round and 4 in play off stage making total of 60 games. 8 teams took part in first edition. First game was played on July 26 between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers and the final was played on August 31 at Mumbai. Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U Mumba by 35-24 to win the inaugural Pro Kabaddi League.

Season 2

Star Sports Pro Kabaddi season 2 was from 18 July 2015 to 23 August 2015. There were 60 matches played with two semifinals, a third place play-off and a final. First game was played on July 18 between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers and the final was played on August 23 at Mumbai between U Mumba and Bengaluru Bulls. U Mumba beat Bengaluru Bulls by 36-30 to win the 2015 season of Pro Kabaddi League. [13] U Mumba stood first, Bengaluru Bulls stood second and Telugu Titans stood on third position in the league.

Season 3

Star Sports Pro Kabaddi Season 3 will have two editions. The CEO of Star India, Mr. Sanjay Gupta confirmed that Star Sports Pro Kabaddi wants to make Pro Kabaddi, a 5-week event, happen 10 weeks a year by having two editions a year. The idea is to play the tournament once in January–February 2016 and once in June–July 2016. It also had 8 teams. Patna Pirates beat U Mumba by 3 Points in the final in Delhi to take home the trophy. Puneri Paltan came third this season.

Season 4

The fourth season took place from June 25 to July 31, with the existing eight teams participating. Patna Pirates beat Jaipur Pink Panthers in the men's final. Season 4 also saw the launch of first professional woman kabaddi league, Women's Kabaddi Challenge (WKC). First season saw 3 teams namely Ice Divas, Fire Birds and Storm Queens battle it out to be the first ever WKC champions. The final, scheduled along with the men's final in Hyderabad, the Storm Queens defeated the Fire Birds.

Season 5

The 2017 season was the fifth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, and it featured 12 teams, including new teams from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat. The team from Haryana is known as Haryana Steelers owned by JSW Sports. [14] Sachin Tendulkar co-owns the Tamil Nadu team named Tamil Thalaivas. [15] The Uttar Pradesh team is named as UP Yoddha owned by GMR group and Gujarat team is named as Gujarat Fortune Giants owned by Gautam Adani.

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 Rs 46.99 crores spent by the 12 teams.

The Pro Kabaddi League Season 5 started on July 28, 2017.

The most expensive pick of the auction was raider Nitin Tomar, who was bought by the Uttar Pradesh team for a sum of Rs 93 lakh. Following in second place was Rohit Kumar after the Bengaluru Bulls picked him for a Rs 81 lakhs price. The most expensive foreign player was South Korea's Jang Kun Lee [16] after he was retained by the Bengal Warriors for Rs 80.3 lakhs.

The new season was slated to be the biggest league tournament of its kind in the history of Indian sports in terms of geographical coverage and duration. It featured 138 matches spread across a time period of 13 weeks across 11 states.

A Children's Kabaddi tournament, known as KBD Juniors, was also organised between schools of the cities in which the matches were held.

Patna Pirates Beat Gujarat Fortune Giants by 55-38 in the final with the Man Of The Tournament Pardeep Narwal stealing the show with 19 raid points against a hopeless Fortune Giant defense for the first time in the tournament.

The award ceremony of the finale was hosted by Pooja Bhamrah. Pardeep Narwal was adjudged the man of the finale.

Season 6

The 2018 season is the sixth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, and it features 12 teams. Auctions for the new season were held in which Haryana Steelers paid INR 1.51 Crores for Monu Goyat [17] who became the highest paid player in the history of ProKabaddi league.

The most expensive Foreign player this season is Fazel Atrachali [18] from Iran. He was bought by U Mumba [19] for INR 1 Crore.

Zone B toppers, Bengaluru Bulls Beat The Zone A Toppers, Gujarat Fortune Giants by 38-33 in the final with the Man Of The Tournament Pawan Kumar Sehrawat stealing the show with a record 22 raid points against the young Fortune Giants defence.For a consecutive second time Gujarat Fortunegiants have lost in the finals. The coach of Bengaluru Bulls, Randhir Singh was happy as his team finally won the tournament after underwhelming finishes in the previous couple of seasons. On the other hand Manpreet Singh, the coach of the Gujarat Fortunegiants rued the opportunity to win the tournament after losing two successive finals.

Viewership

As per the available data of the opening 2 weeks, Star Sports Pro Kabaddi viewership on TV increased by nearly 56% from the 2014 year's viewership. During the inaugural season tournament viewership was 43.5 crore(435 million) viewers, which was the second in India after the 56 crore(560 million) of IPL viewership. The online viewership also increased 1.3 crore unique visitors, which is 18.5 times than of last year's 7 lakh unique visitors. The third season which was flagged off on 30 January, recorded a surge in viewership with the opening week ratings 36 per cent higher than the week one viewership for its last season. [20]

Teams

Kits

TeamsOwnersCaptainHead coachKit ManufacturerKit Sponsor
Bengal Warriors Birthright Games & Entertainment Private Limited Flag of India.svg Surjeet Singh Flag of India.svg Jagdish Kumble Spunk Future Pay
Bengaluru Bulls Kosmik Global Media Flag of India.svg Rohit Kumar Flag of India.svg Randhir SinghShiv-NareshAbhiPaisa
Dabang Delhi KC DoIT Sports Management Pvt Ltd. Flag of India.svg Jogendar Narwal Flag of India.svg Awfis
Gujarat Fortune Giants Adani Group Flag of India.svg Sunil Flag of India.svg Manpreet SinghShiv-NareshFru2go
Haryana Steelers JSW Sports Flag of India.svg Surender Nada Flag of India.svg Rambir Singh KhokharAlcis Herbalife Nutrition
Jaipur Pink Panthers Abhishek Bachchan Deepak Niwas Hooda Flag of India.svg Jayeshree KarandeD:FY Finolex Cables
Patna Pirates KVS Energy and Sports Limited Flag of India.svg Pardeep Narwal Flag of India.svg Ram Mehar Singh4U SportsBirla Gold Cement
Puneri Paltan Insurekot Sports Flag of India.svg Grish Maruthi Ernak Flag of India.svg Ashok ShindeEquio Force Motors
Tamil Thalaivas Nimmagadda Prasad,Sachin Tendulkar,Allu arjun,Ram Charan & ,allu Aravind Flag of India.svg Ajay Thakur Flag of India.svg E BaskaranOrbit Wires & Cables
Telugu Titans Veera Sports Flag of India.svg Vishal Bharadwaj Flag of India.svg J.UdayakumarVats Greenko
U Mumba Ronnie Screwvala Flag of Iran.svg Fazel Atrachali Flag of Iran.svg Gholamreza Mazandarai Indigo Paints
UP Yoddha GMR Group Flag of India.svg Rishank Flag of India.svg J Udaya SinghT10 Sports Tata Yodha

Tournament results

Three teams, Jaipur Pink Panthers, U Mumba and Bengaluru Bulls have won the tournament once, while Patna Pirates have won the Pro Kabaddi League thrice and the only champions to have defended their title twice.The current champion's are Bengaluru Bulls who won the latest edition of the competition.

SeasonFinalFinal venue# of TeamsBest Raider [Most raid points]Best Defender [Most tackle points]Best Allrounder [Most (Total)points]
WinnerResultRunner-up
2014 Jaipur Pink Panthers 35-24
SD = 11
Report 		U Mumba National Sports Club of India, Mumbai 8 Anup kumar Manjeet Chillar Anup Kumar
2015 U Mumba 36-30
SD = 6
Report 		Bengaluru Bulls Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai 8 Kashiling Adake Ravinder Pahal Kashiling Adake
2016
January		 Patna Pirates 31-28
SD = 3
Hindi Report Report 		U Mumba Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi 8 Pardeep Narwal Manjeet Chillar Pardeep Narwal
2016
June		 Patna Pirates 37-29
SD = 8
Report 		Jaipur Pink Panthers Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad 8 Rahul Chaudhari Fazel Atrachali Rahul Chaudhari
2017 Patna Pirates 55-38

SD = 17

 Gujarat Fortune Giants Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai 12 Pardeep Narwal Surender Nada Pardeep Narwal
2018 Bengaluru Bulls 38-33

SD = 5

 Gujarat Fortune Giants DOME@NSCI SVP STEDIUM, Mumbai 12Pawan Kumar SehrawatNitesh KumarPawan Kumar Sehrawat


Position of all the teams in all seasons [22]

Team 2014 2015 2016
Jan		 2016
June		 2017 2018
Bengal Warriors 7th6th4th8th3rd5th
Bengaluru Bulls 4thR7th6th4thW
Dabang Delhi 6th7th8th7th6th4th
Jaipur Pink Panthers W5th6thR5th6th
Patna Pirates 3rd4thWWW6th
Puneri Paltan 8th8th3rd3rd4th6th
Telugu Titans 5th3rd5th4th5th6th
U Mumba RWR5th4th5th
Gujarat Fortune Giants NPNPNPNPRR
Haryana Steelers NPNPNPNP6th6th
UP Yoddha NPNPNPNP3rd3rd
Tamil Thalaivas NPNPNPNP6th6th

Sponsorship

PeriodSponsorTournament
2013-16 Flag of India.svg Star Sports Star Sports Pro Kabaddi
2017-18 Flag of India.svg Vivo Vivo Pro Kabaddi

Tournament statistics

Most Points All Seasons

RankPlayerTeamMatchTotal points
1 Flag of India.svg Rahul Chaudhari Telugu Titans 100876
2 Flag of India.svg Pardeep Narwal Patna Pirates 85865
3 Flag of India.svg Deepak Niwas Hooda Jaipur Pink Panthers 103785
4 Flag of India.svg Ajay Thakur Tamil Thalaivas 102753
5 Flag of India.svg Kashiling Adake Bengaluru Bulls 90610

Best Raiders (Raid points all seasons)

RankPlayerTeamMatchTotal points
1 Flag of India.svg Pardeep Narwal Patna Pirates 85858
2 Flag of India.svg Rahul Chaudhari Telugu Titans 100825
3 Flag of India.svg Ajay Thakur Tamil Thalaivas 102732
4 Flag of India.svg Deepak Niwas Hooda Jaipur Pink Panthers 103710
5 Flag of India.svg Rohit Kumar Bengaluru Bulls 71575

Best Raiders (Successful raids all season)

PlayerTeamMatchTotal raid Points
Flag of India.svg Rahul Chaudhari Telugu Titans 100679
Flag of India.svg Pardeep Narwal Patna Pirates 85646
Flag of India.svg Ajay Thakur Tamil Thalaivas 102593
Flag of India.svg Deepak Niwas Hooda Jaipur Pink Panthers 103585
Flag of India.svg Rohit Kumar Bengaluru Bulls 71475

Best Defenders [Most Tackle Points]

PlayerTeamMatchTackle Points
Flag of India.svg Manjeet Chillar Tamil Thalaivas 93302
Flag of India.svg Ravinder Pahal Dabang Delhi 87257
Flag of India.svg Sandeep Narwal Puneri Paltan 101254
Flag of India.svg Mohit Chillar Jaipur Pink Panthers 91240
Flag of Iran.svg Fazel Atrachali U Mumba 79235

[Successful Tackles]

PlayerTeamMatchTackle Points
Flag of India.svg Manjeet Chillar Tamil Thalaivas 93289
Flag of India.svg Ravindra Pahal Dabang Delhi 89244
Flag of India.svg Sandeep Narwal Puneri Paltan 101231
Flag of India.svg Mohit Chillar Jaipur Pink Panthers 91220
Flag of Iran.svg Fazel Atrachali U Mumba 79220

Prize money

Prize money for the winner of Season 6 was ₹ 3 crore. The first and second runners-up were awarded ₹ 1.8 crore and ₹ 1.2 crore respectively. [23]

Related Research Articles

Kabaddi in India

Kabaddi, a contact sport that originated in ancient India, is one of the most popular sports in India, played mainly among people in villages. India has taken part in four Asian Games in kabaddi, and won gold in all of them. Four forms of kabaddi played in India are Amar, Suranjeevi, huttuttoo, and Gaminee. Amar is generally played in Punjab, Haryana, the United States, Canada, and other parts of the world, mostly by Punjabi sportsmen. Suranjeevi is the most played form of kabaddi in India and the world. This is the form used in international matches generally and played in Asian Games. Huttuttoo was played by men in Maharashtra State.

The 2014 Pro Kabaddi League was the first season of Pro Kabaddi League. The duration of the season was from 26 July 2014 to 31 August 2014. There was double round robin matches along with two semi finals, third place and final games. 56 games were to be played in first round and 4 in play off stage making total of 60 games. 8 teams took part in first edition. First game was played on July 26 between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers and the final was played on August 31 at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai. Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U Mumba by 35-24 to win the inaugural Pro Kabaddi League.

Bengaluru Bulls

Bengaluru Bulls (BGB) is a Kabaddi team based in Bengaluru, Karnataka that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Rohit Kumar for Season 5 and coached by Randhir Singh. The team is owned by Kosmik Global Media. Bulls play their home matches at the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium. Bulls are one of the most successful teams in PKL history after winning the trophy for the first time by defeating the Gujarat FortuneGiants in the 2018-19 season, whilst also finishing a runner's up to U Mumba in 2015 and reaching the semi finals in the inaugural 2014 season.

Bengal Warriors

Bengal Warriors (BEN) is a Kabaddi team based in Kolkata, West Bengal that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Surjeet Singh and coached by Jagdish Kumble. The team play their home matches at the Netaji Indoor Stadium. Lee Jang-kun is the only player in the team who played all six seasons in Pro Kabaddi for Bengal Warriors.

Jaipur Pink Panthers

Jaipur Pink Panthers (JPP) competes in Pro Kabaddi League which is a professional Kabaddi league in India. The team is currently led by Anup Kumar and coached by Srinivas Reddy. The team is owned by Abhishek Bachchan an Indian actor/ producer. Jaipur Pink Panthers play their home matches at Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium.

U Mumba

U Mumba (MUMBAI) is a Kabaddi team based in Mumbai, Maharashtra that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Fazel Atrachali and coached by Gholamreza Mazandarai. The team is owned by Unilazer Ventures Pvt. Ltd owned by Ronnie Screwvala. U Mumba play their home matches at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai.

Puneri Paltan

Puneri Paltan is a kabaddi team which represents the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team, coached by Ashan Kumar and Ashok Shinde, plays at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex. Puneri Paltan, a founding member of the Pro Kabaddi League, has been relatively unsuccessful after finishing last during its first two seasons. The Paltan learned from their mistakes during the January 2016 season, making the playoffs for the first time and eventually finishing third. Narrowly missing the playoffs in the June 2016 season, they earned a playoff spot in 2017 season. In the 2018-19 season, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Patna Pirates

Patna Pirates (PTP) is a kabaddi team based in Patna, Bihar that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is led by Pardeep Narwal and coached by Ram Mehar Singh. The team is owned by Rajesh V. Shah and their home ground is Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna. The Pirates are the most successful team in PKL history with a record 3 titles and winning all of them in successive seasons.

Dabang Delhi

Dabang Delhi (DBD) is a Kabaddi club based in New Delhi, India that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Joginder Singh Narwal and coached by Krishan Kumar Hooda. The team is owned by Radha Kapoor and they play their home matches at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi. The 2018-19 season was the first time when Dabang Delhi reached the playoffs of the competition.

Telugu Titans

Telugu Titans is a kabaddi team based in Hyderabad and Vizag that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team captain for PKL Season-6 was Vishal Bharadwaj. The position is yet to be finalized for Season 7. The team will be coached through Season 7, by Mr. Jagdish Kumble in collaboration with Mr. Gholamreza Mazandarani. The team is owned by Veera Sports, and plays for both Vizag and Hyderabad. The Titans play their home matches at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, when in Vizag and at the G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium when in Hyderabad.

Anup Kumar is a former Indian professional Kabaddi player. He was a member of the India national kabaddi team that won Asian gold medals in 2010 and 2014, one South Asian gold medal in 2016 and the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup. He was the captain of the Indian National Kabaddi Team. He is one of the most successful raiders of Pro Kabaddi League and International Kabaddi. He spent five years with U Mumba and later moved to Jaipur Pink Panthers. In 2012, the Government of India conferred the Arjuna Award on him for his achievements in the sport. He is employed as a Deputy Commissioner of Police in his native State of Haryana. He has 596 points in the Pro Kabaddi League. On 19 December 2018, he announced his retirement from kabbadi.

Ajay Thakur is a professional Indian international Kabaddi player and current captain of the India national kabaddi team. He was the star player of the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup final. India won the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup due to his stunning performance combined with a great team effort. He was also a key player in the Indian kabaddi team that won the Gold medal at the Incheon Asian Games in 2014. Thakur has over 14 years of professional experience in Kabaddi.

The 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season was the third season of Pro Kabaddi League, a professional kabaddi league played in India since 2014. Pro Kabaddi, which saw astounding success in its second season, was all set to make its much awaited return for a third season from 30 January 2016, just five months after completion of the second season. Hyderabad hosted the opening leg of Season 3, with the first match being played between Telugu Titans and U Mumba at the Titan's home turf, Gachibowli Indoor Stadium.The winner is Patna Pirates.

Rahul Chaudhari is an Indian professional Kabaddi player. He started playing Kabaddi as a Defender but later on became a Raider. He is a member of the Indian National Kabaddi team that won gold medal in the 2016 South Asian Games. Currently, he is a member of Tamil Thalaivas team in 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.

Fazel Atrachali is an Iranian kabaddi defender in the Pro Kabaddi League and for Iran national team. He plays for U Mumba in the Pro Kabaddi League and U Mumba has bought him in the recent PKL auction 2018 as he was bidded to be the costliest foreign player in PKL history.

Gujarat Fortune Giants (GFG) is a Kabaddi team based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Sunil Kumar Malik and coached by Manpreet Singh. The team is owned by Adani Wilmar Ltd. The Fortune Giants play their home matches at The Arena by TransStadia. They reached the final in both of their attempts in 2017 and 2018, finishing runner's up on both occasions to the Patna Pirates and Bengaluru Bulls respectivey.

K. Prapanjan is a professional Indian Kabaddi player. He is Currently going to play for Bengal Warriors as a raider in Season 7 of Pro Kabaddi League.

The 2018-19 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League is the sixth season of Pro Kabaddi League, a professional kabaddi league in India since 2014. The season began on 7th October 2018. Patna Pirates were the defending champions having defeated the Gujarat Fortune Giants in the 2017 Pro Kabaddi League Final.
Bengaluru Bulls defeated Gujarat Fortune Giants in the final match to win their maiden title.

Rohit Kumar is an Indian professional Kabaddi player who plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. He is the captain of Bengaluru Bulls kabbadi Team in the Season 6 of PKL. He was in the Asian Kabaddi Championship 2016 and 2018 squad for Kabaddi Masters Dubai. With his glaring pace and thunderous raids, Rohit soon became a nightmare for the opponent teams and a well known athlete across India. Rohit has also proved his leadership ability and capacity to remain calm under pressure over the years.

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