The 11th season of Pro Kabaddi League will kick-start with a match between Telugu Titans and Bengaluru Bulls in Hyderabad on October 18, 2024, the organisers said on Monday, September 9.
This year's PKL, starting at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad from October 18 to November 9, will see a return to its three-city format.
It will then shift to the Noida Indoor Stadium for the second leg starting on November 10 till December 1. The third leg will start at the Balewadi Badminton Stadium in Pune from December 3 to December 24, Mashal Sports, the organisers of the league, said.
The star raider of Telugu Titans, Pawan Sehrawat, will go head-to-head against returning Pardeep Narwal of Bengaluru Bulls in the opening match. The second match of the night pits U Mumba's Sunil Kumar, the most expensive Indian defender in PKL history after being bought at INR 1.015 crore, up against the attacking prowess of Dabang Delhi K.C.'s star raiders, Naveen Kumar.
Details regarding the playoffs schedule and venue will be announced later.
"The match schedule of each PKL season is a tremendously deliberated and painstaking effort to create and drive competitive relevance and engagement for the millions of kabaddi fans rooting for their respective teams as well as the League overall, "Anupam Goswami, PKL commissioner and head of sports leagues at Mashal Sports said in a release.
"We are sure, the PKL XI match schedule too will start firing the passion and expectations of our fans, and also guide our twelve Teams for their respective strategies and plans for PKL XI," he added.
The auction was held in Mumbai on August 15-16 recording a new high in the league history as eight players fetched more than INR 1 crore.
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