OTF Exclusive Pro Kabaddi League 2017 | Season 5 | Discussions and Updates

[rahul1117kumar]

After four successful seasons, the Pro Kabaddi League is set to take Indian sport by storm in 2017. According to InsideSport.com, the league will have 12 teams and 130 games in its fifth season this calendar year. India has been on a kabaddi high following three successful outings of the sport last year which included two seasons of the league and the World Cup, all in 2016.

The report in the website has even given information on where the new franchises will be from. It says, “Teams from Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are set to join the eight existing franchisees – Bengal Warriors, Bengaluru Bulls, Dabang Delhi, Jaipur Pink Panthers, Patna Pirates, Puner Paltan, Telugu Titans and U Mumba. Among the four new franchisees, two of the new team owners are big names from Bollywood.”

Pro Kabaddi League to have 12 teams, 130 matches in 2017 - India.com

 

[iSK]

130 Matches :u:wall

 

[chermadurai]

Cricket has competition. Pro Kabaddi League broadcasters STAR Sports have signed a record five-year deal worth a whopping Rs 300 crore with mobile phone manufacturers VIVO.

VIVO, Chinese mobile phone makers, have already entered the Indian sports market throught the Indian Premier League of which they are the title sponsor
The deal with Pro Kabaddi League was announced at the press conference in New Delhi on Monday. The fifth edition of the Kabaddi League will have 12 teams and more than 130 matches spread over 13 weeks.

The Pro Kabaddi League will also have former Australian cricketers Matthew Hayden and Brett Lee as brand ambassadors.

Sanjay Gupta, Managing Director, STAR India, the broadcasters of the Pro Kabaddi League said: “We are delighted to have VIVO as our title sponsor, as they happen to share a common vision with STAR Sports to make Pro Kabaddi one of the finest leagues in the world.”


The deal accentuates competition on another front.

Chinese mobile phone manufacturers are big time into the Indian sports market with OPPO Mobiles signing a five-year contract as Indian cricket team sponsors for a whopping Rs 1079 crore. They outbid a Rs 768 crore offer from VIVO. The deal was signed last month.

Pro Kabaddi league: STAR Sports signs record five-year deal with VIVO | other sports | Hindustan Times

 

[rahul1117kumar]

Pro Kabaddi League, Vivo ink Rs 300-cr title sponsorship deal for 5 years

Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) broadcaster and format rights owner Star India has signed a five-year sponsorship deal with Chinese handset maker Vivo.

The deal is valued at Rs 300 crore and is the first time PKL will have a title sponsor. Star had not sold the title sponsorship rights as it wanted the PKL to grow its viewership so that it would get the right value for the property.
With PKL, Vivo gets to associate with the second-most popular local sporting league in the country after the IPL.

The fifth season of PKL, which kicks off in July, will have 12 teams, up from the current eight. It will have more than 130 matches spread across 13 weeks. Last month, a tender was floated to add four teams selected from Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.

Pro Kabaddi League, Vivo ink Rs 300-cr title sponsorship deal for 5 years | TelevisionPost.com

 

[rahul1117kumar]

Tendulkar, Adani, JSW and GMR new team owners of Pro Kabaddi League

Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) will have big corporates as the new team owners. The JSW Group, Adani Group, GMR Group, and a partnership of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and serial entrepreneur N. Prasad are the four new team owners of the PKL.

The four teams will represent the new geographies of Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. While Adani Group will own the team for Gujarat, JSW Group will have for Haryana and GMR for Uttar Pradesh. Tendulkar and his consortium will own the team for Tamil Nadu.

Adani Wilmar Ltd will be the company under which the Adani Group will own the PKL team. Similarly, JSW Sports and GMR League Games will be the companies owning the teams for Haryana and Uttar Pradesh respectively. Iquest Enterprises Pvt Ltd is Tendulkar’s consortium company owning the Tamil Nadu team.

The fifth season of PKL, which kicks off in July, will have 12 teams, up from the current eight. It will have more than 130 matches spread across 13 weeks. Last month, a tender was floated to add four teams selected from Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.

Tendulkar, Adani, JSW and GMR new team owners of Pro Kabaddi League | TelevisionPost.com

 

[Sai Jai]

ohya ohya Chennai clapluvohya

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[Sai Jai]

Rahul bhaiya when they going to start this year season any tentative date or month sp

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[rahul1117kumar]

Rahul bhaiya when they going to start this year season any tentative date or month sp

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bro as per few websites it's June 2017.

 

[iSK]

Rahul bhaiya when they going to start this year season any tentative date or month sp

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Most probably July first week

 

[chermadurai]

More than 350 players have been listed for the ProKabaddi Season 5 auction at New Delhi on May 22nd and 23rd.
The promoters have trained 131 freshers through a grass-roots development programme. The league is set to start in July.
Out of eight, seven teams have retained a player each while Bollywood actor owned Jaipur Pink Panthers have decided to release all its players.