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Pro Kabaddi League
Melbourne Raid

John Cain Arena during the Pro Kabaddi League: Melbourne Raid Event - 28 December 2024
Tournament information
Date	28 December 2024
Administrator	Mashal Sports
Host(s)	Melbourne, Australia
Venue	John Cain Arena
Teams	4
Broadcast	India: Star Sports 2 Star Sports 1 Hindi Star Sports 1 Tamil Star Sports 1 Telugu Star Sports 1 Kannada Disney+ Hotstar (online streaming) Australia: 7plus
Website	Pro Kabaddi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2

The Pro Kabaddi League: Melbourne Raid was an event hosted by the Pro Kabaddi League in association with the Victoria State Government that featured two Kabaddi exhibition matches. The Event was held on 28 December 2024 at the John Cain Arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Event featured two Kabaddi All Star matches, with the first match being against the PKL All Star Mavericks and the PKL All Star Masters, and the second match being against the Pro Kabaddi All Stars and the Aussie Raiders. The Event was announced on 11 November 2024, after Premier of Victoria Jacinta Allan visited India with the promise of bringing a Pro Kabaddi event to Melbourne.

History

On 18 September 2024, the premier of Victoria Jacinta Allan released a press statement saying that she will be working with Head of Sports at Disney Star Sanjog Gupta and League Commissioner of PKL Anupam Goswami to bring a Pro Kabaddi League Showcase to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the next 18 Months. On 11 November 2024, Jacinta Allan held a press conference at John Cain Arena to announce that a Pro Kabaddi League showcase event called "Melbourne Raid" will be held at the arena on 28 December 2024, following Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test Cricket Match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and India. Tickets went on sale via Ticketmaster on 12 November 2024.

On 24 December 2024, Pro Kabaddi League announced the squads for the four teams that would be competing at the Melbourne Raid Event. Match 1 would be contested by two PKL All Star Teams named as the Mavericks and Masters, while Match 2 would be contested between a Pro Kabaddi All Stars team and the Aussie Raiders, with the Aussie Raiders consisting of former AFL Players.

Venue

The Event was held at the John Cain Arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Australia
Melbourne
John Cain Arena
Capacity: 10,300

Broadcast

The two matches were broadcast on Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports First and Sports18 Khel on Television in India, as well as being streamed live on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website. In Australia, the two matches were livestreamed on 7plus for free.

Teams

PKL All Star Mavericks

Name	Position
Ajay Thakur	Raider
Deepak Hooda	Raider
Aadesh	Raider
Rakesh	Raider
Pardeep Narwal	Raider
Nitin Rawal	Left Corner & Raider
Aditya Powar	Left Corner
Nitesh Kumar	Right Corner
Mayur Kadam	Right Cover
Priyank Chandel	Left Cover
Nitin	Left Corner
Sachin	Raider
E. Bhaskaran	Coach
Source: SportStar

PKL All Star Masters

Name	Position
Rakesh Kumar	Raider
Anup Kumar	Raider
Sukesh Hegde	Raider
Jai Bhagwan	Raider
Maninder Singh	Raider
Jeeva Kumar	Left Cover
Sandeep Narwal	Right Cover
Vishal Bhardwaj	Left Corner
Saurabh Nandal	Right Corner
Mohit	Right Cover
Ran Singh	Right & Left Corner
Nitesh	Left Corner
B.C. Ramesh	Coach
Source: SportStar

Pro Kabaddi All Stars

Name	Position
Anup Kumar	Raider
Rakesh Kumar	Raider
Sukesh Hegde	Raider
Jai Bhagwan	Raider
Maninder Singh	Raider
Jeeva Kumar	Left Cover
Sandeep Narwal	Right Cover
Vishal Bhardwaj	Left Corner
Saurabh Nandal	Right Corner
Mohit	Right Cover
Nitesh	Left Corner
E. Bhaskaran	Coach
Source: SportStar

Aussie Raiders

Name	Position
Josh Kennedy	Left In & Raider
Marc Murphy	Corner & Raider
Dan Hannebery	Left Corner
Brett Deledio	Raider
Ben Nugent	Centre & Raider
Billy Gowers	Left Corner & Raider
Michael Hibberd	Left Corner
Trent McKenzie	Right In
Dyson Heppell	Left Corner & Raider
Liam Shiels	Right Corner & Raider
Campbell Brown	Coach
Source: SportStar

Matches

References

1. "Victorian Victory With Pro Kabaddi Showcase". Premier of Victoria. Retrieved 2024-12-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
2. "It's Official: Kabaddi Is Coming To Victoria". Premier of Victoria. Retrieved 2024-12-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
3. "John Cain Arena". Austadiums. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
4. "Live streaming, PKL Melbourne Raid to be held on December 28: Where to watch in India - get schedule". SportsAdda. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
5. "PKL Melbourne Raid: Where & how to watch in Australia?". KhelNow. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
6. ^ "Pro Kabaddi League Melbourne Raid: PKL legends Ajay Thakur, Anup Kumar to return; full list of squads". SportStar.

• Pro Kabaddi League
• Sports competitions in Australia
• December 2024 sports events in Australia
• Sports competitions in Melbourne