Patna Pirates

Patna Pirates (PTP) is a professional kabaddi team based in Patna, Bihar, that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is led by Ankit Jaglan and coached by Anup Kumar (kabaddi). Their home ground is the Patliputra Sports Complex.^[1] The Pirates are the most successful team in PKL history with a record of winning 3 out of 8 titles and winning all of them in successive. They are also one time runners up in season 8 of pkl which started after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patna Pirates

Full name	Patna Pirates
Nickname	The Pirates
Sport	Kabaddi
Founded	2014
First season	2014
League	Pro Kabaddi League
Based in	Patna
Arena	Patliputra Sports Complex
Colours
Owner	Rajesh V Shah
Head coach	Anup Kumar (kabaddi)
Current season

The Pirates won their first title by defeating defending champions U Mumba in 2016 (January), after reaching the semi-finals in the previous two seasons (2014 and 2015). In the following 2016 (June) season, Patna Pirates defeated the Jaipur Pink Panthers, thus becoming the first team in PKL history to successfully defend their title and later completed a hat-trick of titles by defeating Gujarat Fortune Giants in the final of the 2017 tournament. The 2018-19 season was a contrasting season for the usually successful Patna Pirates, as the 3-time defending champions crashed out in the group stages, thus failing to make the playoffs for the first time ever. Patna is also the first team to play 100 Pro Kabaddi matches.

Identity

Logo and mascot

The Patna logo depicts a pirate with a green body and a purple beard-mustache. He is wearing a black tricorne and Eye patch. A pirate poses with angry and aggressive face.

Franchise history

Patna Pirates during a hog match at Patliputra Sports Complex

Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is a professional kabaddi league in India, based on the format of the Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament.^[2] The first edition of the tournament was played in 2014 with eight franchises representing various cities in India.^[3] Patna Pirates is a Patna based franchise owned by Rajesh Shah.^[4]

Current squad

No	Name	Nat	Position
	Maninder Singh		Raider
10	Ayan		Raid
	Sahil Patil		Raider
	Sudhakar M		Raider
	Sanket Sawant		Defender
	Bala jadhav		Defender
	Hamid nadar		Defender
	Ankit Jaglan		All-Rounder
	Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj		Defender
	Deepak Singh		All-Rounder
	Navdeep		Defender
	Sombir		Defender
	Mandeep		Raider
	Deepak		Raider
	Ankit Rana		Raider
	Milan Dhaiya		Raider
2	Priyanshu		All-Rounder
Source: Pro Kabaddi[5]

Seasons

Season I

Main article: 2014 Patna Pirates season

Patna Pirates got the 3rd spot in the first season. They were led by Manpreet Singh (currently coach of Haryana Steelers).

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

Season II

Main article: 2015 Patna Pirates season

Patna Pirates got the 4th spot in the second season.

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
U Mumba (C)	14	12	2	0	40	60
Telugu Titans (3)	14	8	3	3	85	50
Bengaluru Bulls (R)	14	9	5	0	55	48
Patna Pirates (4)	14	7	6	1	-18	41
Jaipur Pink Panthers	14	6	7	1	43	38
Bengal Warriors	14	4	9	1	-63	27
Dabang Delhi KC	14	4	9	1	-68	27
Puneri Paltan	14	2	11	1	-74	21

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

Season III

Main article: 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (January)

This season Patna Pirates finished the league as champions defeating U Mumba in a nail-biting match by 3 close points.

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
U Mumba (R)	14	12	2	0	95	60
Patna Pirates (C)	14	10	2	2	104	58
Puneri Paltan (3)	14	7	4	3	92	48
Bengal Warriors (4)	14	9	5	0	26	47
Telugu Titans	14	7	7	0	-10	38
Jaipur Pink Panthers	14	4	8	2	-63	28
Bengaluru Bulls	14	2	12	0	-102	14
Dabang Delhi KC	14	1	12	1	-142	11

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

Season IV

Main article: 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (June)

This season Patna Pirates successfully defended their title in the presence of Dubki King Pardeep Narwal and became 2-time champions of PKL.

Team	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Patna Pirates (C)	14	10	4	0	14	52
Telugu Titans	14	8	4	2	67	50
Jaipur Pink Panthers (R)	14	8	5	1	22	47
Puneri Paltan	14	6	6	2	23	42
U Mumba	14	7	6	1	-18	42
Bengaluru Bulls	14	5	8	1	-55	32
Dabang Delhi KC	14	4	9	1	7	29
Bengal Warriors	14	3	9	2	-60	26

Source:www.prokabaddi.com

•   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

Season V

Main article: 2017 Patna Pirates season

This season Patna Pirates retained Pardeep Narwal before the auction. Pardeep Narwal has also scored fastest 50 raid points in the history of Pro Kabaddi League in just 4 matches. He also became the first player to score 100 points with an average of 12.77 in 9 matches. Now he is the Top Raider of Pro Kabaddi Season 5 with 369 raid points. In his playoff with Haryana, Pardeep broke 4 records in one day:- 1. 34 raid points in a single match. 2. Team making most overall points in just one match - 69. 3. Triple century in one season. 4. 8 raid points in a single raid.

Patna Pirates beat Gujarat Fortune Giants to become champions for the third time. Patna Pirates is the only team to win 3 titles in a row.

The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.
Zone A

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Gujarat Fortune Giants (R)	22	15	4	3	126	87
Puneri Paltan	22	15	7	0	91	80
Haryana Steelers	22	13	5	4	40	79
U Mumba	22	10	12	0	-50	56
Jaipur Pink Panthers	22	8	13	1	-91	51
Dabang Delhi KC	22	5	16	1	-134	29

Zone B

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Bengal Warriors	22	11	5	6	19	77
Patna Pirates (C)	22	10	7	5	60	71
UP Yoddha	22	8	10	4	2	60
Bengaluru Bulls	22	8	11	3	10	57
Telugu Titans	22	7	12	3	-2	52
Tamil Thalaivas	22	6	14	2	-71	46

Source: ProKabaddi

•   advanced to Qualifier 1
•   advanced to Eliminators
• 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

Season VI

Patna pirates have retained Pardeep Narwal, Vijay, Jawahar Dagar and Manish. The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.
Zone A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Gujarat Fortune Giants (R)	22	17	3	2	117	93
U Mumba	22	15	5	2	189	86
Dabang Delhi KC	22	11	9	2	-1	68
Puneri Paltan	22	8	12	2	-45	52
Jaipur Pink Panthers	22	6	13	3	-69	43
Haryana Steelers	22	6	14	2	-91	42

Zone B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Bengaluru Bulls (C)	22	13	7	2	104	78
Bengal Warriors	22	12	8	2	2	69
UP Yoddha	22	8	10	4	-45	57
Patna Pirates	22	9	11	2	-36	55
Telugu Titans	22	8	13	1	-55	51
Tamil Thalaivas	22	5	13	4	-70	42

Source: ProKabaddi

•   advanced to Qualifier 1
•   advanced to Eliminators
• 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 three teams from each zone qualify for the playoffs

Season VII

This season they have retained Pardeep Narwal again, but released Manish and retained Vikash Jaglan instead^[6]

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Dabang Delhi KC (R)	22	15	4	3	66	85
Bengal Warriors (C)	22	14	5	3	71	83
UP Yoddha	22	13	7	2	9	74
U Mumba	22	12	8	2	47	72
Haryana Steelers	22	13	8	1	15	71
Bengaluru Bulls	22	11	10	1	16	64
Jaipur Pink Panthers	22	9	11	2	-13	58
Patna Pirates	22	8	13	1	29	51
Gujarat Forunte Giants	22	7	13	2	18	51
Puneri Paltan	22	7	12	3	-72	48
Telugu Titans	22	6	13	3	-67	45
Tamil Thalaivas	22	4	15	3	-119	37

Source: ProKabaddi

•   advanced to Finals
•   advanced to Eliminators
• 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 6 teams qualify for the playoffs

Season VIII

Main article: 2021–22 Pro Kabaddi League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	SD	Pts
1	Patna Pirates (R)	22	16	5	1	120	86	Qualification to semi finals
2	Dabang Delhi (C)	22	12	6	4	-3	75
3	UP Yoddha	22	10	9	3	33	68	Qualification to eliminators
4	Gujarat Giants	22	10	8	4	2	67
5	Bengaluru Bulls	22	11	9	2	53	66
6	Puneri Paltan	22	12	9	1	33	66
7	Haryana Steelers	22	10	9	3	-28	64
8	Jaipur Pink Panthers	22	10	10	2	14	63
9	Bengal Warriors	22	9	10	3	-18	57
10	U Mumba	22	7	10	5	-34	55
11	Tamil Thalaivas	22	5	11	6	-42	47
12	Telugu Titans	22	1	17	4	-130	27

Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2022. Source: ProKabaddi
(C) Champion; (R) Runners Up

• 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

Season IX

Main article: 2022 Pro Kabaddi League season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	SD	Pts
1	Jaipur Pink Panthers (C)	22	15	6	1	174	82	Qualification to semi finals
2	Puneri Paltan (R)	22	14	6	2	66	80
3	Bengaluru Bulls	22	13	8	1	39	74	Qualification to eliminators
4	UP Yoddha	22	12	8	2	42	71
5	Tamil Thalaivas	22	10	8	4	5	66
6	Dabang Delhi	22	10	10	2	17	63
7	Haryana Steelers	22	10	10	2	16	61
8	Gujarat Giants	22	9	11	2	-16	59
9	U Mumba	22	10	12	0	-28	56
10	Patna Pirates	22	8	11	3	-58	54
11	Bengal Warriors	22	8	11	3	-12	53
12	Telugu Titans	22	2	20	0	-245	15

Source: ProKabaddi
(C) Champion; (R) Runners Up

• 5 points for a win
• 3 points for a tied game
• 1 point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

Season X

Main article: 2023-24 Pro Kabaddi League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	SD	Pts
1	Puneri Paltan (C)	22	17	2	3	253	96	Qualification to semi finals
2	Jaipur Pink Panthers	22	16	3	3	141	92
3	Dabang Delhi	22	13	6	3	53	79	Qualification to eliminators
4	Gujarat Giants	22	13	9	0	32	70
5	Haryana Steelers (R)	22	13	8	1	-13	70
6	Patna Pirates	22	11	8	3	50	69
7	Bengal Warriors	22	9	11	2	-43	55
8	Bengaluru Bulls	22	8	12	2	-67	53
9	Tamil Thalaivas	22	9	13	0	32	51
10	U Mumba	22	6	13	3	-79	45
11	UP Yoddhas	22	4	17	1	-116	31
12	Telugu Titans	22	2	19	1	-243	21

Source: ProKabaddi
Rules for classification:

• 5 points for a win
• 3 points for a tied game
• 1 point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

(C) Champion; (R) Runners Up

Records for Patna Pirates

Seasons	Total	Wins	Losses	Tied	% Win	Position
Season 1	16	8	6	2	56.25%	3rd place
Season 2	16	7	8	1	46.88%	4th place
Season 3	16	12	2	2	81.25%	Champions
Season 4	16	12	4	0	75%	Champions
Season 5	26	14	7	5	63.46%	Champions
Season 6	22	9	11	4	50%	Group stage
Season 7	22	8	13	1	38.64%	Group stage
Season 8	24	17	6	1	72.92 %	Runners-up
Season 9	22	8	11	3	36.36%	Group stage
Season 10	24	12	9	3	50%	Semifinals

By opposition (for Patna Pirates)

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Opposition	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	% Win
Bengal Warriors	25	16	6	3	64.0%
Bengaluru Bulls	25	14	7	4	56.0%
Dabang Delhi	22	10	9	3	45.4%
Gujarat Fortune Giants	14	8	6	0	57.1%
Haryana Steelers	13	5	7	1	38.4%
Jaipur Pink Panthers	22	13	9	0	59.0%
Puneri Paltan	23	13	6	4	56.5%
Tamil Thalaivas	15	8	4	3	53.3%
Telugu Titans	24	12	11	1	50.0%
U Mumba	21	8	12	1	38.0%
UP Yoddha	17	10	6	1	58.8%
Total	221	117	83	21	52.9%

Sponsors (for Patna Pirates)

Year	Season	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor	Back sponsor	Sleeve sponsor
2014	I	Bee Sports	Bajaj Electricals	Navratna Tail	Mukand
2015	II		Volini
2016	III		Revital-H	Mukand	SunEdison
	IV		Manforce	Himalaya Men	TT Innerwear
2017	V		Birla Gold Cement	Johnson Tiles	Supreme
2018	VI	4U Sports		Capital Float
2019	VII	Pace International		Revital-H	Mukand
2021	VIII		DafaNews	WinZO	Rage Fan
2022	IX		1xBat	Vision11
2023	X		Blissful Bihar	Dr. Ortho	Servokon
2024	XI		DafaNews		Lubi Pumps