The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) has begun and it a first of its kind professional league in India for Kabaddi which is broadly based on much popular sporting events like English Premier League (EPL) and the Indian Premier League (IPL). There are 8 teams with celebrities like Abhishek Bachchan owning teams, similar to IPL, with players from around the world participating in the event. (View the points table here)
The 8 teams that will take part in the first ever professional Kabaddi tournament of this kind will be travelling together as the matches will be held in small chunks of 6-8 games at one location and the entire bandwagon moves on to another location for the next chunk of the tournament. The top 4 teams will make their way to the Semi Finals which will be held in Bengaluru’s Kanteerava Indoor Stadium.
The 8 teams are –
Bengal Warriors from Kolkata
Bengaluru Bulls from Bengaluru
Dabang Delhi from Delhi
Jaipur Pink Panthers from Jaipur
Patna Pirates from Patna
Puneri Paltan from Pune
Telegu Titans from Vizag
U Mumba from Mumbai
Here is the complete schedule for the Pro Kabaddi League 2014-
| Match Day No. | Day | Date | Match 1 | Match 2 | Venue |
| 1 | Saturday | 26/7/2014 | Mumbai vs Jaipur | Delhi vs Bengaluru | National Sports Club of India, Mumbai |
| 2 | Sunday | 27/7/2014 | Bengaluru vs Pune | Mumbai vs Kolkata | National Sports Club of India, Mumbai |
| 3 | Monday | 28/7/2014 | Pune vs Delhi | Mumbai vs Vizag | National Sports Club of India, Mumbai |
| 4 | Tuesday | 29/7/2014 | Mumbai vs Patna | - | National Sports Club of India, Mumbai |
| 5 | Wednesday | 30/7/2014 | Kolkata vs Bengaluru | - | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose indoor Stadium, Kolkata |
| 6 | Thursday | 31/7/2014 | Jaipur vs Vizag | Kolkata vs Delhi | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose indoor Stadium, Kolkata |
| 7 | Friday | 1/8/2014 | Vizag vs Patna | Kolkata vs Pune | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose indoor Stadium, Kolkata |
| 8 | Saturday | 2/8/2014 | Patna vs Jaipur | Kolkata vs Mumbai | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose indoor Stadium, Kolkata |
| 9 | Sunday | 3/8/2014 | Delhi vs Vizag | Pune vs Bengaluru | Thyagraj Indoor Stadium, Delhi |
| 10 | Monday | 4/8/2014 | Mumbai vs Pune | Delhi vs Patna | Thyagraj Indoor Stadium, Delhi |
| 11 | Tuesday | 5/8/2014 | Bengaluru vs Mumbai | Delhi vs Jaipur | Thyagraj Indoor Stadium, Delhi |
| 12 | Wednesday | 6/8/2014 | Delhi vs Kolkata | - | Thyagraj Indoor Stadium, Delhi |
| 13 | Thursday | 7/8/2014 | Patna vs Pune | - | Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna |
| 14 | Friday | 8/8/2014 | Kolkata vs Vizag | Patna vs Mumbai | Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna |
| 15 | Saturday | 9/8/2014 | Vizag vs Jaipur | Patna vs Delhi | Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna |
| 16 | Sunday | 10/8/2014 | Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna | ||
| 17 | Monday | 11/8/2014 BREAK | |||
| 18 | Tuesday | 12/8/2014 | Pune vs Vizag | - | Boxing Arena – Balewadi Sports Complex |
| 19 | Wednesday | 13/8/2014 | Mumbai vs Bengaluru | Pune vs Kolkata | Boxing Arena – Balewadi Sports Complex |
| 20 | Thursday | 14/8/2014 | Bengaluru vs Delhi | Pune vs Jaipur | Boxing Arena – Balewadi Sports Complex |
| 21 | Friday | 15/8/2014 | Delhi vs Mumbai | Pune vs Patna | Boxing Arena – Balewadi Sports Complex |
| 22 | Saturday | 16/8/2014 | Vizag vs Bengaluru | Kolkata vs Jaipur | Rajiv Gandhi Port Stadium, Vizag |
| 23 | Sunday | 17/8/2014 | Jaipur vs Patna | Vizag vs Mumbai | Rajiv Gandhi Port Stadium, Vizag |
| 24 | Monday | 18/8/2014 | Patna vs Kolkata | Vizag vs Pune | Rajiv Gandhi Port Stadium, Vizag |
| 25 | Tuesday | 19/8/2014 | Vizag vs Delhi | - | Rajiv Gandhi Port Stadium, Vizag |
| 26 | Wednesday | 20/8/2014 | Jaipur vs Bengaluru | - | Sawai Manshingh Indoor Stadium, Jaipur |
| 27 | Thursday | 21/8/2014 | Kolkata vs Patna | Jaipur vs Mumbai | Sawai Manshingh Indoor Stadium, Jaipur |
| 28 | Friday | 22/8/2014 | Vizag vs Kolkata | Jaipur vs Delhi | Sawai Manshingh Indoor Stadium, Jaipur |
| 29 | Saturday | 23/8/2014 | Patna vs Vizag | Jaipur vs Pune | Sawai Manshingh Indoor Stadium, Jaipur |
| 30 | Sunday | 24/8/2014 | Bengaluru vs Kolkata | Mumbai vs Delhi | Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru |
| 31 | Monday | 25/8/2014 | Delhi vs Pune | Bengaluru vs Patna | Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru |
| 32 | Tuesday | 26/8/2014 | Bengaluru vs Vizag | - | Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru |
| 33 | Wednesday | 27/8/2014 | Pune vs Mumbai | Bengaluru vs Jaipur | Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru |
| 34 | Thursday | 28/8/2014 BREAK | |||
| 35 | Friday | 29/8/2014 | Semi Final 1 | Semi Final 2 | Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru |
| 36 | Saturday | 30/8/2014 BREAK | |||
| 37 | Sunday | 31/8/2014 | 3rd Team vs 4th Team | Final | Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru |
No comments:
Post a Comment