2014 Pro Kabaddi League

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.^[1]

Pro Kabaddi League – 2014
Season 1

Le panga
Tournament information
Dates	26 July 2014 (2014-07-26)–31 August 2014 (2014-08-31)
Administrator	Mashal Sports
Tournament format(s)	Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s)	India
Teams	8
Website	prokabaddi.com
Final positions
Champion	Jaipur Pink Panthers (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Most raid points	Anup Kumar (169)
Most tackle points	Manjeet Chhillar (51) Surender Nada (51)
Most successful raid	Anup Kumar (123)
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Player auction

The first signing and auction of players for the 8 teams was held on 20 May 2014^[2] in Mumbai. India's national kabaddi captain Rakesh Kumar was the priciest among the players bought for ₹12.80 lakh by Patna franchise. Sports Authority of India's Deepak Niwas Hooda was bought by Vizag franchise for ₹12.90 lakh.^[2] Mostafa Noudehi was the highest paid overseas player bought for ₹6.6 lakh by Pune franchise.^[3]

Franchises

Bengaluru

Mumbai

Pune

Kolkata

Jaipur

Patna

Vizag

Delhi

Locations of the 2014 Pro Kabaddi teams

Stadium and locations

Team	Location	Stadium[4]
Bengal Warriors	Kolkata	Netaji Indoor Stadium
Bengaluru Bulls	Bengaluru	Kanteerava Indoor Stadium
Dabang Delhi	Delhi	Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Jaipur Pink Panthers	Jaipur	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
Patna Pirates	Patna	Patliputra Sports Complex
Puneri Paltan	Pune	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Telugu Titans	Visakhapatnam	Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium
U Mumba	Mumbai	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai

Personnel

Team	Owner(s)[5]	Captain	Head coach
Bengal Warriors	Future Group	Nilesh Shinde	Raj Narain Sharma
Bengaluru Bulls	Kosmik Global Media	Manjeet Chillar	Randhir Singh
Dabang Delhi	DO IT Sports Management	Jasmer Singh	Arjun Singh
Jaipur Pink Panthers	Abhishek Bachchan	Navneet Gautam	Kasinathan Baskaran
Patna Pirates	Rajesh Shah	Rakesh Kumar	R S Khokhar
Puneri Paltan	Insurekot Sports	Wazir Singh	Ramphal Kaushik
Telugu Titans	Veera Sports	Rajaguru Subramanian	J Udayakumar
U Mumba	Unilazer Sports	Anup Kumar	Ravi Shetty

Points table

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Jaipur Pink Panthers (C)	14	10	3	1	100	54
U Mumba (R)	14	8	3	3	59	51
Bengaluru Bulls (4)	14	8	5	1	36	47
Patna Pirates (3)	14	7	5	2	18	45
Telugu Titans	14	6	5	3	26	42
Dabang Delhi KC	14	5	8	1	-27	32
Bengal Warriors	14	4	9	1	-85	24
Puneri Paltan	14	2	12	0	-127	17

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

Match schedule

Leg 1: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai

Match 1 26 July 2014 08:00 PM U Mumba 45 - 31 Jaipur Pink Panthers Scorecard U Mumba won

Match 2 26 July 2014 09:00 PM Dabang Delhi 28 - 47 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Bengaluru Bulls won

Match 3 27 July 2014 08:00 PM Bengaluru Bulls 40 - 37 Puneri Paltan Scorecard Bengaluru Bulls won

Match 4 27 July 2014 09:00 PM U Mumba 36 - 25 Bengal Warriors Scorecard U Mumba won

Match 5 28 July 2014 08:00 PM Puneri Paltan 31 - 35 Dabang Delhi Scorecard Dabang Delhi won

Match 6 28 July 2014 09:00 PM U Mumba 35 - 35 Telugu Titans Scorecard Match Tied

Match 7 29 July 2014 08:00 PM U Mumba 36 - 33 Patna Pirates Scorecard U Mumba won

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Leg 2: Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Match 8 30 July 2014 08:00 PM Bengal Warriors 30 - 46 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Bengaluru Bulls won

Match 9 31 July 2014 08:00 PM Jaipur Pink Panthers 46 - 32 Telugu Titans Scorecard Jaipur Pink Panthers won

Match 10 31 July 2014 09:00 PM Bengal Warriors 42 - 40 Dabang Delhi Scorecard Bengal Warriors won

Match 11 1 August 2014 08:00 PM Telugu Titans 35 - 38 Patna Pirates Scorecard Patna Pirates won

Match 12 1 August 2014 09:00 PM Bengal Warriors 38 - 35 Puneri Paltan Scorecard Bengal Warriors won

Match 13 2 August 2014 08:00 PM Patna Pirates 18 - 40 Jaipur Pink Panthers Scorecard Jaipur Pink Panthers won

Match 14 2 August 2014 09:00 PM Bengal Warriors 29 - 38 U Mumba Scorecard U Mumba won

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Leg 3: Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi

Match 15 3 August 2014 08:00 PM Dabang Delhi 35 - 39 Telugu Titans Scorecard Telugu Titans won

Match 16 3 August 2014 09:00 PM Puneri Paltan 33 - 31 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Puneri Paltan won

Match 17 4 August 2014 08:00 PM U Mumba 44 - 28 Puneri Paltan Scorecard U Mumba won

Match 18 4 August 2014 09:00 PM Dabang Delhi 31 - 36 Patna Pirates Scorecard Patna Pirates won

Match 19 5 August 2014 08:00 PM Bengaluru Bulls 34 - 45 U Mumba Scorecard U Mumba won

Match 20 5 August 2014 09:00 PM Dabang Delhi 31 - 40 Jaipur Pink Panthers Scorecard Jaipur Pink Panthers won

Match 21 6 August 2014 08:00 PM Dabang Delhi 46 - 36 Bengal Warriors Scorecard Dabang Delhi won

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Leg 4: Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna

Match 22 7 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Patna Pirates 35 - 27 Puneri Paltan Scorecard Patna Pirates won

Match 23 8 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Bengal Warriors 40 - 35 Telugu Titans Scorecard Bengal Warriors won

Match 24 8 Aug 2014 9:00 PM Patna Pirates 37 - 37 U Mumba Scorecard Match Tied

Match 25 9 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Telugu Titans 29 - 49 Jaipur Pink Panthers Scorecard Jaipur Pink Panthers won

Match 26 9 Aug 2014 9:00 PM Patna Pirates 30 - 30 Dabang Delhi Scorecard Match Tied

Match 27 10 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Jaipur Pink Panthers 39 - 23 Bengal Warriors Scorecard Jaipur Pink Panthers won

Match 28 10 Aug 2014 9:00 PM Patna Pirates 35 - 37 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Bengaluru Bulls won

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Leg 5: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Match 29 12 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Puneri Paltan 36 - 42 Telugu Titans Scorecard Puneri Paltan won

Match 30 13 Aug 2014 8:00 PM U Mumba 30 - 33 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Bengaluru Bulls won

Match 31 13 Aug 2014 9:00 PM Puneri Paltan 40 - 30 Bengal Warriors Scorecard Puneri Paltan won

Match 32 14 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Bengaluru Bulls 27 - 29 Dabang Delhi Scorecard Dabang Delhi won

Match 33 14 Aug 2014 9:00 PM Puneri Paltan 23 - 50 Jaipur Pink Panthers Scorecard Jaipur Pink Panthers won

Match 34 15 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Dabang Delhi 36 - 27 U Mumba Scorecard Dabang Delhi won

Match 35 15 Aug 2014 9:00 PM Puneri Paltan 31 - 37 Patna Pirates Scorecard Patna Pirates won

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Leg 6: Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Vizag

Match 36 16 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Telugu Titans 28 - 28 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Match Tied

Match 37 16 Aug 2014 9:00 PM Bengal Warriors 33 - 41 Jaipur Pink Panthers Scorecard Jaipur Pink Panthers won

Match 38 17 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Jaipur Pink Panthers 30 - 52 Patna Pirates Scorecard Patna Pirates won

Match 39 17 Aug 2014 9:00 PM Telugu Titans 44 - 43 U Mumba Scorecard Telugu Titans won

Match 40 18 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Patna Pirates 28 - 30 Bengal Warriors Scorecard Bengal Warriors won

Match 41 18 Aug 2014 9:00 PM Telugu Titans 60 - 24 Puneri Paltan Scorecard Telugu Titans won

Match 42 19 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Telugu Titans 45 - 26 Dabang Delhi Scorecard Telugu Titans won

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Leg 7:Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

Match 43 20 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Jaipur Pink Panthers 36 - 31 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Jaipur Pink Panthers won

Match 44 21 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Bengal Warriors 32 - 36 Patna Pirates Scorecard Patna Pirates won

Match 45 21 Aug 2014 9:00 PM Jaipur Pink Panthers 31 - 31 U Mumba Scorecard Match Tied

Match 46 22 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Telugu Titans 34 - 34 Bengal Warriors Scorecard Match Tied

Match 47 22 Aug 2014 9:00 PM Jaipur Pink Panthers 41 - 31 Dabang Delhi Scorecard Jaipur Pink Panthers won

Match 48 23 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Patna Pirates 29 - 32 Telugu Titans Scorecard Telugu Titans won

Match 49 23 Aug 2014 9:00 PM Jaipur Pink Panthers 33 - 27 Puneri Paltan Scorecard Jaipur Pink Panthers won

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Leg 8:Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru

Match 50 24 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Bengaluru Bulls 37 - 24 Bengal Warriors Scorecard Bengaluru Bulls won

Match 51 24 Aug 2014 9:00 PM U Mumba 37 - 30 Dabang Delhi Scorecard U Mumba won

Match 52 25 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Dabang Delhi 45 - 22 Puneri Paltan Scorecard Dabang Delhi won

Match 53 25 Aug 2014 9:00 PM Bengaluru Bulls 31 - 33 Patna Pirates Scorecard Patna Pirates won

Match 54 26 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Bengaluru Bulls 27 - 26 Telugu Titans Scorecard Bengaluru Bulls won

Match 55 27 Aug 2014 8:00 PM Puneri Paltan 35 - 36 U Mumba Scorecard U Mumba won

Match 56 27 Aug 2014 9:00 PM Bengaluru Bulls 30 - 29 Jaipur Pink Panthers Scorecard Bengaluru Bulls won

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Playoff stage

All matches were played in Mumbai

Semi-Final 1

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Match 57 29 August 2014 08:00 PM Jaipur Pink Panthers 38 - 18 Patna Pirates Scorecard Jaipur Pink Panthers won Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai

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Semi-Final 2

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Match 58 29 August 2014 09:00 PM U Mumba 27 - 23 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard U Mumba won Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai

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3/4 Place

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Match 59 31 August 2014 08:00 PM Patna Pirates 29 - 22 Bengaluru Bulls Scorecard Patna Pirates won Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai

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FINAL

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Match 60 31 August 2014 09:00 PM Jaipur Pink Panthers 35 - 24 U Mumba Scorecard Jaipur Pink Panthers won Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai

Statistics

Top 5 Raiders

No.	Player	Team	Matches	Points
1	Anup Kumar	U Mumba	16	155
2	Rahul Chaudhari	Telugu Titans	14	151
3	Maninder Singh	Jaipur Pink Panthers	16	130
4	Ajay Thakur	Bengaluru Bulls	15	122
5	Kashiling Adake	Dabang Delhi	14	113
	Surjeet Narwal

Top 5 Defenders

No.	Player	Team	Matches	Points
1	Manjeet Chillar	Bengaluru Bulls	16	51
	Surender Nada	U Mumba	15
3	Dharmaraj Cheralathan	Bengaluru Bulls	16	39
4	Rohit Rana	Jaipur Pink Panthers	14	38
	Jasmer Singh Gulia	Dabang Delhi	15