Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) 2023 is all set to start its tenth season in December 2023. The highly successful Kabbadi league has garnered the interest of a lot of people from all over the world throughout its journey. PKL is often compared to the cricket extravaganza IPL when it comes to viewership. It has established itself as a brand, and a lot of sports enthusiasts are eagerly looking forward to the 10th season of the Pro Kabaddi League. This article covers everything about the PKL 10, including the 12 teams, players, matches, timings, schedule and more.
Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) 2023 Teams
A total of 12 teams are participating in the tournament this year. Jaipur Pink Panthers won the title last year and will try to defend the coveted championship this season. Below is the full list of all 12 teams in PKL 10.
- Bengal Warriors
- Bengaluru Bulls
- Dabang Delhi K.C.
- Gujarat Giants
- Haryana Steelers
- Jaipur Pink Panthers
- Patna Pirates
- Puneri Paltan
- Tamil Talaivas
- Telugu Titans
- U Mumba
- UP Yodha
PKL 2023 Players List
Pawan Sehrawat became the most expensive player ever in Pro Kabbadi League as he was bought by the Tamil Thalaivas for a whopping price of Rs 2.6 Crore. Here are all the retained players and new signings for each team.
BENGAL WARRIORS
Retained Players:
Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje, R Guhan, Suyon Baban Gaikar, Parshant Kumar
New Players Bought:
Maninder Singh, Nitin Rawal, Shubham Shinde, Shrikant Jadhav, Chai-Ming Chang, Aslam Thambi, Bhoir Akshay Bharat, Akshay Kumar, Akshay Bodake, Nitin Kumar, Vishwas S
BENGALURU BULLS
Retained Players:
Neeraj Narwal, Bharat, Saurabh Nandal, Yash Hooda
Players bought:
Vishal, Vikash Khandola, Ran Singh, Md. Liton Ali, Piotr Pamulak, Ponparthiban Subramanian, Sunder, Surjeet Singh, Abhishek Singh, Banty, Monu, Ankit, Sushil, Rakshit, Rohit Kumar
DABANG DELHI
Retained Players:
Naveen Kumar, Vijay, Manjeet, Ashish Narwal, Suraj Panwar
New Players Bought:
Vishal Bhardwaj, Sunil, Ashu Malik, Meetu, Nitin Chandel, Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav, Akash Prasher, Vikrant, Felix Li, Yuvraj Pandeya, Mohit
GUJARAT GIANTS
Retained Players:
Manuj, Sonu, Rakesh, Rohan Singh, Parteek Dahiya
New Players Bought:
Fazel Atrachali, Rohit Gulia, Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh, Arkam Shaikh, Sombir, Vikas Jaglan, Sourav Gulia, Deepak Rajender Singh, Ravi Kumar, More GB, Jitendar Yadav, Nitesh, Jagdeep, Balaji D
HARYANA STEELERS
Retained Players:
K Prapanjan, Vinay, Jaideep, Mohit, Naveen, Monu, Harsh, Sunny
New Players Bought:
Siddharth Desai, Chandran Ranjit, Hasan Balbool, Ghanshyam Magar, Rahul Sethpal, Himanshu Chaudhary, Ravindra Chauhan, Ashish, Mohit
JAIPUR PINK PANTHERS
Retained Players:
Sunil Kumar, Arjun Deshwal, Ajith Kumar V, Reza Mirbhageri, Bhavani Rajput, Sahul Kumar, Ankush, Abhishek KS, Ashish, Devank
New Players Bought:
Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki, Shashank B, Lucky Sharma, Lavish, Navneet, Rahul Chaudhari, Sumit
PATNA PIRATES
Retained Players:
Sachin, Neeraj Kumar, Manish, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Naveen Sharma, Ranjit Venkatramana Naik, Anuj Kumar
New Players Bought:
Manjeet, Zheng-Wei Chen, Daniel Odhiambo, Rohit, Sajin Chandrasekar, Krishan, Ankit, Deepak Kumar, Mahendra Choudhary, Sandeep Kumar, Rakesh Narwal, Sanjay
PUNERI PALTAN
Retained Players:
Abhinesh Nadarajan, Gaurav Khatri, Sanket Sawant, Pankaj Mohite, Aslam Inamdar, Mohit Goyat, Akash Shinde, Badal Singh, Aditya Shinde
New Players Bought:
Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyanneh, Vahid Rezaeimehr, Ahmed Mustafa Enamdar, Ishwar, Hardeep
TAMIL THALAIVAS
Retained Players:
Ajinkya Pawar, Sagar, Himanshu, M Abhishek, Sahil, Mohit, Aashish, Narender, Himanshu, Jatin
New Players Bought:
Himanshu Singh, Selvamani K, Ritik, Masanmutu Lakshnanan, Satish Kanan, Amirhossein Bastami, Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi
TELUGU TITANS
Retained Players:
Parvesh Bhainswal, Rajnish, Mohit, Nitin, Vijay
New Players Bought:
Pawan Sehrawat, Hamid Mirzaei Nader, Milad Jabbari, Shankar Bhimraj Gadai, Omkar R. More, Gaurav Dahiya, Mohit, Ajit Pandurang Pawar, Robin Chaudhary
U MUMBA
Retained Players:
Surinder Singh, Jai Bhagwan, Rinku, Heidarali Ekrami, Shivam, Shivansh Thakur, Pranay Vinay Rane, Rupesh, Sachin
New Players Bought:
Girish Maruti Ernak, Mahendra Singh, Guman Singh, Amirmohammad Zafardanesh, Alireza Mirzaeian, Rohit Yadav, Kunal, Visvanath V, Saurav Parthe
UP YODDHAS
Retained Players:
Pardeep Narwal, Nitesh Kumar, Sumit, Ashu Singh, Surender Gill, Anil Kumar, Mahipal
New Players Bought:
Vijay Malik, Samuel Wafala, Helvic Wanjala, Harendra Kumar, Gulveer Singh, Gurdeep, Kiran Laxman Magar, Nitin Panwar
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Pro Kabaddi League 2023 (PKL 10) Schedule and Venues
Pro Kabaddi League 2023 will continue for over two months. The action will commence on December 2 and will last until 21st February 2023. Below is the full schedule
| Date | Match | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| December 2 | Gujarat Giants vs Telugu Titans | The Arena by TransStadia, Ahmedabad |
| U Mumba vs U.P. Yoddhas | ||
| December 3 | Tamil Thalaivas vs Dabang Delhi K.C. | |
| Gujarat Giants vs Bengaluru Bulls | ||
| December 4 | Puneri Paltan vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | |
| Bengaluru Bulls vs Bengal Warriors | ||
| December 5 | Gujarat Giants vs U Mumba | |
| December 6 | Telugu Titans vs Patna Pirates | |
| U.P. Yoddhas vs Haryana Steelers | ||
| December 7 | Bengal Warriors vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | |
| Gujarat Giants vs Patna Pirates | ||
| December 8 | Bengaluru Bulls vs Dabang Delhi K.C. | Shree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru |
| Puneri Paltan vs U Mumba | ||
| December 9 | Bengaluru Bulls vs Haryana Steelers | |
| Telugu Titans vs U.P. Yoddhas | ||
| December 10 | Bengal Warriors vs Tamil Thalaivas | |
| Dabang Delhi K.C. vs Haryana Steelers | ||
| December 11 | Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Gujarat Giants | |
| Bengaluru Bulls vs U.P. Yoddhas | ||
| December 12 | Bengal Warriors vs Patna Pirates | |
| December 13 | Tamil Thalaivas vs Telugu Titans | |
| Bengaluru Bulls vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | ||
| December 15 | Puneri Paltan vs Haryana Steelers | Badminton Hall in Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune |
| U Mumba vs Patna Pirates | ||
| December 16 | Puneri Paltan vs Bengal Warriors | |
| Telugu Titans vs Dabang Delhi K.C. | ||
| December 17 | Patna Pirates vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | |
| U Mumba vs Tamil Thalaivas | ||
| December 18 | Bengal Warriors vs U.P. Yoddhas | |
| Puneri Paltan vs Dabang Delhi K.C. | ||
| December 19 | Haryana Steelers vs Gujarat Giants | |
| December 20 | Jaipur Pink Panthers vs U.P. Yoddhas | |
| Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls | ||
| December 22 | Tamil Thalaivas vs Patna Pirates | SDAT Multi-purpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai |
| Haryana Steelers vs Telugu Titans | ||
| December 23 | Tamil Thalaivas vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | |
| Gujarat Giants vs U.P. Yoddhas | ||
| December 24 | U Mumba vs Bengal Warriors | |
| Bengaluru Bulls vs Telugu Titans | ||
| December 25 | Bengal Warriors vs Dabang Delhi K.C. | |
| Tamil Thalaivas vs Haryana Steelers | ||
| December 26 | Puneri Paltan vs Patna Pirates | |
| Bengal Warriors vs Telugu Titans | ||
| December 27 | Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Dabang Delhi K.C. | |
| Tamil Thalaivas vs Gujarat Giants | ||
| December 29 | Patna Pirates vs Haryana Steelers | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| U.P. Yoddhas vs Bengaluru Bulls | ||
| December 30 | Telugu Titans vs U Mumba | |
| U.P. Yoddhas vs Dabang Delhi K.C. | ||
| December 31 | Gujarat Giants vs Bengal Warriors | |
| Tamil Thalaivas vs Bengaluru Bulls | ||
| January 1 | Telugu Titans vs Puneri Paltan | |
| U.P. Yoddhas vs Patna Pirates | ||
| January 2 | Gujarat Giants vs Dabang Delhi K.C. | |
| January 3 | Haryana Steelers vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | |
| U.P. Yoddhas vs Puneri Paltan | ||
| January 5 | Patna Pirates vs Dabang Delhi K.C. | DOME by NSCI, Mumbai |
| U Mumba vs Bengaluru Bulls | ||
| January 6 | U Mumba vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | |
| Telugu Titans vs Gujarat Giants | ||
| January 7 | Puneri Paltan vs Tamil Thalaivas | |
| Bengal Warriors vs Haryana Steelers | ||
| January 8 | Bengaluru Bulls vs Patna Pirates | |
| U Mumba vs Dabang Delhi K.C. | ||
| January 9 | Telugu Titans vs Bengal Warriors | |
| January 10 | U.P. Yoddhas vs Tamil Thalaivas | |
| U Mumba vs Haryana Steelers | ||
| January 12 | Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Telugu Titans | SMS Indoor Stadium, Jaipur |
| Puneri Paltan vs Gujarat Giants | ||
| January 13 | Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Puneri Paltan | |
| U.P. Yoddhas vs Bengal Warriors | ||
| January 14 | Haryana Steelers vs Tamil Thalaivas | |
| Dabang Delhi K.C. vs Patna Pirates | ||
| January 15 | Bengal Warriors vs Bengaluru Bulls | |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers vs U Mumba | ||
| January 16 | Patna Pirates vs Tamil Thalaivas | |
| January 17 | Dabang Delhi K.C. vs Gujarat Giants | |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Haryana Steelers | ||
| January 19 | Patna Pirates vs U.P. Yoddhas | Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad |
| Telugu Titans vs Bengaluru Bulls | ||
| January 20 | Dabang Delhi K.C. vs U Mumba | |
| Telugu Titans vs U.P. Yoddhas | ||
| January 21 | Gujarat Giants vs Puneri Paltan | |
| Bengaluru Bulls vs Tamil Thalaivas | ||
| January 22 | Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Bengal Warriors | |
| Telugu Titans vs Haryana Steelers | ||
| January 23 | U Mumba vs Puneri Paltan | |
| January 24 | Haryana Steelers vs Dabang Delhi K.C. | |
| Telugu Titans vs Tamil Thalaivas | ||
| January 26 | Patna Pirates vs Bengal Warriors | Patliputra Indoor Stadium, Patna |
| U Mumba vs Gujarat Giants | ||
| January 27 | Patna Pirates vs Puneri Paltan | |
| Dabang Delhi K.C. vs U.P. Yoddhas | ||
| January 28 | Tamil Thalaivas vs U Mumba | |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Bengaluru Bulls | ||
| January 29 | Haryana Steelers vs Bengal Warriors | |
| Patna Pirates vs Gujarat Giants | ||
| January 30 | Puneri Paltan vs Telugu Titans | |
| January 31 | Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Tamil Thalaivas | |
| Patna Pirates vs Bengaluru Bulls | ||
| February 2 | Dabang Delhi K.C. vs Bengal Warriors | Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium, Delhi |
| Gujarat Giants vs Haryana Steelers | ||
| February 3 | U.P. Yoddhas vs U Mumba | |
| Dabang Delhi K.C. vs Telugu Titans | ||
| February 4 | Gujarat Giants vs Tamil Thalaivas | |
| Bengaluru Bulls vs U Mumba | ||
| February 5 | Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Patna Pirates | |
| Dabang Delhi K.C. vs Puneri Paltan | ||
| February 6 | Tamil Thalaivas vs U.P. Yoddhas | |
| February 7 | Bengaluru Bulls vs Puneri Paltan | |
| Dabang Delhi K.C. vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | ||
| February 9 | Bengal Warriors vs Gujarat Giants | Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata |
| Haryana Steelers vs U.P. Yoddhas | ||
| February 10 | Patna Pirates vs U Mumba | |
| Bengal Warriors vs Telugu Titans | ||
| February 11 | Tamil Thalaivas vs Puneri Paltan | |
| Bengaluru Bulls vs Gujarat Giants | ||
| February 12 | U.P. Yoddhas vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | |
| Bengal Warriors vs U Mumba | ||
| February 13 | Patna Pirates vs Telugu Titans | |
| February 14 | Dabang Delhi K.C. vs Tamil Thalaivas | |
| Bengal Warriors vs Puneri Paltan | ||
| February 16 | Haryana Steelers vs Patna Pirates | Tau Devilal Indoor Stadium, Panchkula |
| Telugu Titans vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | ||
| February 17 | Haryana Steelers vs U Mumba | |
| U.P. Yoddhas vs Gujarat Giants | ||
| February 18 | Tamil Thalaivas vs Bengal Warriors | |
| Dabang Delhi K.C. vs Bengaluru Bulls | ||
| February 19 | Gujarat Giants vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | |
| Haryana Steelers vs Puneri Paltan | ||
| February 20 | U Mumba vs Telugu Titans | |
| February 21 | Puneri Paltan vs U.P. Yoddhas | |
| Haryana Steelers vs Bengaluru Bulls |
Where can you watch Pro Kabaddi League 2023 live on TV and online?
Pro Kabaddi League 2023 will be telecast live on Star Sports Network in India. Those who wish to watch online can tune in to Disney+ Hotstar starting December 2.
