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  • Pro Kabaddi 5 hikes prize money by Rs 20 mn

    MUMBAI: The stakes for Vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 5 got even higher, with announcement of a consolidated sum of Rs 80 mn as the coveted prize money for the season, which commences on 28 July, 2017, in Hyderabad. This marks a significant and unprecedented increment from Rs 20 mn, which was the prize money scheme for Season 4 of the league in 2016.

    The first match will see Telugu Titans take-on new team, Tamil Thalaivas on 28th in Hyderabad. Fans can catch the tournament live on Star Sports network and Hotstar.

    Twelve teams will clash in 138 exhilarating matches to win the desirable title, set at Rs 30 mn. The runners-up will be awarded Rs 18 mn, while the team that finishes in the third place will win Rs 12 mn. The ‘Most Valuable Player’ prize, previously awarded to Kabaddi stars like Anup Kumar and Manjeet Chillar, is also receiving a substantial boost this season, with the awardee set to win Rs 1.5 mn.

    VIVO Pro Kabaddi Season 5 Prize Money

    Team Awards

     Amount (INR Lakh)

    Winner

    300

    Runners Up

    180

    Third Place

    120

    Fourth Place

    80

    Fifth Place

    35

    Sixth Place

    35

    Individual Awards

     Amount (INR Lakh)

    MVP

    15

    Best Raider

    10

    Best Defender

    10

    Best Young Player

    8

    Best Referee Female

    3.5

    Best Referee Male

    3.5

    Total

    800

    Looking forward to a thrilling Season 5, VIVO Pro Kabaddi league commissioner Anupam Goswami said, “Even before the commencement of its fifth season, Vivo Pro Kabaddi has already traversed significant landmarks, beginning with a ground-breaking sponsorship deal, to record bids at the player auction, and now, a remarkable elevation of the consolidated prize money. The winning sum to be awarded to season 5 champions is at par with renowned leagues, making the PKL trophy a highly coveted one. The ground is now set for a fierce and dynamic 13-weeks of high-octane Kabaddi action.”

  • PKL Day 2: Category B players cross 5-mn mark with Suraj Desai for Rs 5.25 mn

    MUMBAI: With the results of day one, Nitin Tomar had emerged with the highest bid of Rs 9.3 million in the PKL auctions.

    It was a day when quite a few bidding records were broken. Manjeet Chillar was the most expensive player in PKL history for the better part of the day. But Tomar came towards the end of the day and swept away his Indian team mate’s price tag. That concluded the bidding for Category A Indian players.

    Category B auctions today for Indian players also had many high bids, Suraj Desai went for Rs 5.25 million to Delhi, Jaipur Pink Panthers paid out Rs 5 million for Jaideep Singh and Telugu Titans bid Rs 4.9 million for Nilesh Salunke.

    Other players who were picked up today:

    Gurvinder Singh sold to Team Haryana for Rs 1.62 million
    Wazir Singh sold to Team Haryana for Rs 4.4 million
    Mahesh Goud sold to Team UP for Rs 1.5 million
    Sombir sold to Tamil Nadu for Rs 1.2 million
    Patil Anand sold to Dabang Delhi for Rs 2.05 million
    Deepak Narwal sold to Bengal Warriors for Rs 2.55 million
    Surender Singh sold to Team UP for Rs 2.85 million
    Rohit Bariyal sold to Dabang Delhi for Rs 3.2 million
    Prashant Kumar Rai sold to Haryana for Rs 2.1 million
    Sachin sold to team Gujarat for Rs 3.6 million
    Vikas sold to Telugu Titans for Rs 2.5 million
    Rohit Kumar Choudary sold to Puneri Paltan for Rs 2.85 million
    Maninder Singh sold to Bengal Warriors for Rs 4.5 million
    C. Arun solid to team Tamil Nadu for Rs 1.24 million
    Sunil sold to Dabang Delhi for Rs 2.1 million
    Suresh Kumar sold to U-Mumba for Rs 3.05 million
    Navneet Gautam sold to Jaipur Pink Panthers for Rs 2.4 million
    Somvir Shekhar to Jaipur Pink Panthers for Rs 4.55 million
    Nardendra Singh to Bengal Warriors at Rs 1.2 million
    Amit Sen sold to Patna Pirates for Rs 1.66 million
    Gurvinder Singh sold to team Uttar Pradesh for Rs 1.2 million
    Vikas Khale sold to Team Gujarat for Rs 1.26 million
    Sanket Chavan sold to Jaipur Pink Panthers for Rs 2.4 million
    Manish sold to Patna Pirates for Rs 1.2 million
    Bajirao Hodage sold to Dabang Delhi for Rs 4.45 million
    Manoj Dhull sold to Jaipur Pink Panther for Rs 2.15 million
    C Arun sold to team Tamil Nadu for Rs 3.3 million
    Sachin Kumar sold to Bengaluru Bulls for Rs 4.6 million
    Vinod Kumar sold to Telugu Titans for Rs 4.45 million

    No Pakistani player got picked at the auction. A total of 10 players from Pakistan were added to the list of players in the auction – including former Waseem Sajjad, former Patna Pirates defender who had even skippered the squad in a few matches over multiple seasons. But at the auction, none of the 12 franchises put up a bid for any of the candidates from the neighbouring nation.

  • Top notch Pro Kabaddi League auction commences; top player bid Rs 93 lakh

    MUMBAI: India’s second most watched sports  league – Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) – has begun the countdown to its fifth season. With Vivo fixed as the title sponsor for the next five seasons, the player auction got underway on 22 May and will end on 23 May. The 12 teams began bidding for players yesterday to constitute their teams who will battle over 130 matches and 13 weeks of matches for the title. Teams have been allowed to keep aside a team purse of Rs 4 crore each for the bidding, taking the 12 teams kitty to Rs 48 crore – 10 teams the scale it was when it commenced in the first season.

    Like earlier, the entire tournament – created by Mashal Sports in which Star India has a 74 per cent stake –  is to be telecast on the Stat Sports bouquet.

    With the older eight teams permitted  to retain only one player, the view was that the bidding would touch new highs. And the team owners did not disappoint. While the figures coughed up for the players have some way to go before they touch the cheques which are written out for the IPL, the numbers are only growing.

    Team Uttar Pradesh paid out Rs 93 lakh for Nitin Tomar, even as the Bengaluru Bulls signed up Rohit Kumar for Rs 81 lakh and the Jaipur Pink Panthers bid Rs 75.5 lakh for Manjeet Chillar.

    Surjeet Singh sold to Bengal Warriors for Rs 73 lakh

    Selvamani K sold to Jaipur Pink Panther for Rs 73 lakh

    Rajesh Narwal sold to team UP for Rs 69 lakh

    Sandeep Narwal sold to Puneri Paltan for Rs 66 lakh

    Amit Hooda sold to Tamil Nadu for Rs 63 Lakh

    Jeeva Kumar sold to UP for Rs 52 Lakh

    Kuldeep Singh sold to U-Mumba for Rs 51.5 lakh

    Ravinder Pahal sold to Bangluru for Rs 50 Lakh

    Abozar Mohajermighani sold to Team Gujarat for RS 50 lakh

    Ran Singh sold to Bengaluru Bulls for Rs 47.5 lakh

    Mohit chillar sold to Haryana for Rs 46.5 Lakh

    Dharamraj Cheralathan sold to Pune for Rs 46 Lakh

    Rakesh Kumar sold to Telugu Titans for Rs 45 lakh

    Sachin Shingade was sold to Patna Pirates for Rs 42.5 lakh

    Vishal Mane sold to Patna Pirates for Rs 36.5 lakh

    Nilesh Shinde sold to Delhi for Rs 35.5 Lakh

    Girish Ernak sold to Pune for Rs 33.5 Lakh

    Joginder Narwal sold to Mumbai for RS 32 Lakh

    AbuFazal sold to Dabang Delhi for Rs 31.8 lakh

    Farhad Rahimi sold to Telugu Titans for Rs 29 lakh

    Rohit Rana sold to Telugu for Rs 27.5 Lakh

    Anil Kumar sold to team Tamil Nadu for Rs 25.50 lakh

    Khomsan Thoingkam sold to team Haryana for Rs 20.4 lakh

    Dongiu Hong sold to U-Mumba for Rs 20 lakh

    Hadi Oshtorok sold to U-Mumba for Rs 18.6 lakh

    Ziaur Rehman sold to Puneri Paltan for Rs 16.6 lakh

    Suliema Kabir sold to team UP for Rs 12.6 lakh

    Yung Kono sold to U-Mumba for Rs 8.1 lakh

    Mohammad Maghsoudlou sold to Patna Pirates for Rs 8 lakh

    Takamitsu Kono sold to Puneri Paltan for Rs 8 lakh

    The auction is showcasing more than 400 players, including over 60 overseas players from Poland, Republic of Korea, England, Sri Lanka, Iran, Thailand, Japan, Pakistan, Mauritius, Malaysia, Bangladesh, China, Taipei, Kenya, Indonesia, Nepal and Oman. 

    PKL season 5 will start in the month of July till October with the new geographies for VIVO Pro Kabaddi – Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat have been  chosen primarily for their high affinity towards Kabaddi.

    This expansion adds to an already impressive line-up of 8 franchises based out of the major kabaddi centres  in the country – Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Patna, Pune and Jaipur.

    The new franchises are:

    Team Tamil Nadu: Iquest Enterprises – a consortium) owned by N Prasad & Sachin Tendulkar

    Team Haryana: JSW Sports, JSW Group

    Team Uttar Pradesh: GMR League Games Pvt Ltd, GMR Group

    Team Gujarat: Adani Wilmar, Adani Group

    Star India chairman & CEO Uday Shankar said, “I am delighted to welcome some of India’s finest corporates to our Mission Kabaddi. We believe that with the support of existing and new partners we are well on our course to realizing a socially transformative sports agenda. The interest shown by these corporates is evidence of the immense potential of Kabaddi.”

    International Kabaddi Federation President Janardan Singh Gehlot said, “We laud Star India and Mashal Sports for uniquely transforming and renewing Kabaddi, and their relentless efforts to scale it even higher. The addition of 4 new teams to the ever-growing VIVO Pro Kabaddi League signifies a promising road ahead for the sport in India as well as over the world.”