Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) 2023: Teams, Players, Venues, Schedule, Timings, Online Streaming and More

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

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.