Pro Kabaddi League – 2014 Season 1 | |
Administrator: | Mashal Sports |
Tournament Format: | Double round robin and playoffs |
Host: | India |
Champion: | Jaipur Pink Panthers (1st title) |
Teams: | 8 |
Matches: | 60 |
Stat1 Label: | Most raid points |
Stat2 Label: | Most tackle points |
Stat3 Label: | Most successful raid |
Stat2: | Manjeet Chhillar (51) Surender Nada (51) |
Stat1: | Anup Kumar (169) |
Stat3: | Anup Kumar (123) |
Next: | 2015 |
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]
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]
Team | Owner(s)[5] | Captain | Head coach | |
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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 |
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All matches were played in Mumbai
Semi-Final 1--------Semi-Final 2--------3/4 Place--------FINAL ----
No. | Player | Team | Matches | Points |
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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 |
No. | Player | Team | Matches | Points |
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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 |