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Vivo Pro Kabaddi 2022
Season 9

Le panga
Tournament information
Dates	7 October 2022–17 December 2022
Administrator	Mashal Sports
Tournament format(s)	Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s)	India
Teams	12
Website	prokabaddi.com
Final positions
Champion	Jaipur Pink Panthers (2nd title)
Runner-up	Puneri Paltan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	137
Top scorer(s)	Arjun Deshwal (296) (Jaipur Pink Panthers)
Most tackle points	Ankush (89) (Jaipur Pink Panthers)
Most successful raid	Arjun Deshwal (237) (Jaipur Pink Panthers)
Most successful tackle	Ankush (Jaipur Pink Panthers) (84)
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The 2022 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League was the ninth season of Pro Kabaddi League. The season began on 7 October 2022 and ended on 17 December 2022. Jaipur Pink Panthers defeated Puneri Paltan in the final match to win their second title.

The player auction for season 9 was conducted on 5 August 2022 in Mumbai. The fixtures of the tournament were announced on 21 September 2022 and 11 October 2022 for the remaining tournament. Each team played against all the other teams twice, and the top 6 teams proceeded to the playoffs. The tournament was played across Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad, while the playoffs were played in Mumbai.

Teams

Personnel and sponsorships

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Teams	Owners	Captain	Head coach	Kit Manufacturer	Main Kit Sponsor
Bengal Warriors	Kishore Biyani	Maninder Singh	Kasinatha Baskaran	Omtex	DafaNews
Bengaluru Bulls	Badri Narayan Choudhary Kota Ananda Giri	Mahender Singh	Randhir Singh Sehrawat	Vats	VST Tillers
Dabang Delhi	Radha Kapoor	Naveen Kumar	Krishan Kumar Hooda	Shiv-Naresh	JK Super Cement
Gujarat Giants	Gautam Adani	Chandran Ranjith	Ram Mehar Singh	Shiv-Naresh	1xBat
Haryana Steelers	Parth Jindal	Joginder Narwal	Manpreet Singh	Shiv-Naresh	JSW
Jaipur Pink Panthers	Abhishek Bachchan	Sunil Kumar	Sanjeev Kumar Baliyan	TYKA	Fairplay Fantasy
Patna Pirates	Rajesh V. Shah	Neeraj Kumar	Ravi Shetty	Pace International	1xBat
Puneri Paltan	Rajesh Harkishandas Doshi Sumanlal Babulal Shah Nallepilly Ramaswami Subramanian	Fazel Atrachali	BC Ramesh	Shiv-Naresh	Force Motors
Tamil Thalaivas	Nimmagadda Prasad Sachin Tendulkar Allu Arjun Ram Charan Ritik Chauhan	Sagar	Ashan Kumar	Trak-Only	DafaNews
Telugu Titans	Srinivas Sreeramaneni Goutham Reddy Nedurmalli Mahesh Kolli	Surjeet Singh Narwal	Venkatesh Goud	Omtex	DafaNews
U Mumba	Ronnie Screwvala	Surinder Singh	Anil Chaprana		Parimatch News
UP Yoddha	Kiran Kumar Grandhi	Pardeep Narwal	Jasveer Singh	Shiv-Naresh	Fanstasy Akhada

Foreign players

Each team can sign a maximum of 3 foreign players to the squad.

Teams	Player 1	POS	Player 2	POS	Player 3	POS
Bengal Warriors	Aslam Thambi	Raider	Soleiman Pahlevani	Defender
Bengaluru Bulls	Lal Mohar Yadav	Raider	Nageshor Tharu	Raider
Dabang Delhi	Md. Liton Ali	Defender - Right Corner	Reza Katoulinezhad	All-Rounder
Gujarat Giants	Dong Geon Lee	Raider	Young Chang Ko	Defender - Right Cover
Haryana Steelers	Mohammad Mahalli	Raider	Amirhossein Bastami	Defender
Jaipur Pink Panthers	Woosan KO	Defender - Left Cover	Reza Mirbagheri	Defender
Patna Pirates	Mohammadreza Chiyaneh	All-Rounder	Daniel Odhiambo	All-Rounder
Puneri Paltan	Fazel Atrachali	Defender	Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh	All-Rounder
Tamil Thalaivas	Md. Arif Rabbani	Defender - Left Corner	Thanushan Laxmamohan	All-Rounder
Telugu Titans	Mohsen Maghsoudlou	All-Rounder	Hamid Nader	All-Rounder
U Mumba	Heidarali Ekrami	Raider	Gholamabbas Korouki	All-Rounder
UP Yoddha	Abozar Mohajermighani	Defender	James Kamweti	Raider

Sponsorship

Title Sponsor

• Vivo

Associate Sponsors

• Tata Motors
• Dream11
• MFine
• A23
• BYJU'S
• Mutual Funds

Partners

• Parimatch News
• Officer's Choice
• Dhani
• UltraTech Cement

Broadcast Sponsor

• Star Sports

Digital Streaming Partner

• Disney+ Hotstar

Points table

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

League Stage

Leg 1 – Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bangalore

Leg 2 – Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Leg 3 – Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad

Playoffs

Eliminator 1

Eliminator 2

Semi Final 1

Semi Final 2

Final

Statistics

Most Raid Points

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Raid Points
1	Arjun Deshwal	Jaipur Pink Panthers	24	296
2	Bharat	Bengaluru Bulls	23	279
3	Naveen Kumar	Dabang Delhi	23	254
4	Narender	Tamil Thalaivas	23	243
5	Maninder Singh	Bengal Warriors	21	238
As of 17 December 2022.

Most Tackle Points

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Tackle Points
1	Ankush	Jaipur Pink Panthers	24	89
2	Mohammadreza Chiyaneh	Patna Pirates	20	84
3	Saurabh Nandal	Bengaluru Bulls	24	72
4	Aman	Bengaluru Bulls	24	60
5	Rinku	U Mumba	19	59
As of 17 December 2022.

Total Points

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Raid Points
1	Arjun Deshwal	Jaipur Pink Panthers	24	296
2	Bharat	Bengaluru Bulls	23	282
3	Naveen Kumar	Dabang Delhi	23	258
4	Narender	Tamil Thalaivas	23	249
5	Maninder Singh	Bengal Warriors	21	240
As of 17 December 2022.

References

1. "Pro Kabaddi League Season 9 to begin on October 7". espn.in. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
2. "Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Puneri Paltan in final to become Season 9 champions". Pro Kabaddi League. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
3. "Pawan Sehrawat and Pardeep Narwal to go under the hammer at vivo Pro Kabaddi Player Auction". Retrieved 29 July 2022.
4. "Pro Kabaddi League: PKL 2022 auctions Day 1, players sold, team budget". Retrieved 7 August 2022.
5. "vivo Pro Kabaddi: Complete list of squads for Season 9". Retrieved 8 August 2022.
6. "MASHAL SPORTS ANNOUNCES THE SCHEDULE for vivo PRO KABADDI SEASON 9". prokabaddi.com. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
7. "Part 2 of vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 9 schedule announced". prokabaddi.com. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
8. "vivo PRO KABADDI SEASON 9 IS ALL SET TO BEGIN ON 7TH OCTOBER, 2022". prokabaddi.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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