The 2014 Pro Kabaddi League was the first season of Pro Kabaddi League. The duration of the season was from 26 July 2014 to 31 August 2014. There was double round robin matches along with two semi finals, third place and final games. 56 games were to be played in first round and 4 in play off stage making total of 60 games. 8 teams took part in first edition. First game was played on July 26 between U Mumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers and the final was played on August 31 at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai. Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U Mumba by 35–24 to win the inaugural Pro Kabaddi League.
Player auction The first signing and auction of players for the 8 teams was held on 20 May 2014 in Mumbai. India's national kabaddi captain Rakesh Kumar was the priciest among the players bought for 12.80 lakh by Patna franchise. Sports Authority of India's Deepak Niwas Hooda was bought by Vizag franchise for 12.90 lakh. Mostafa Noudehi was the highest paid overseas player bought for 6.6 lakh by Pune franchise.
Franchises
Stadium and locations Team Location Stadium Bengal Warriors Kolkata Netaji Indoor Stadium Bengaluru Bulls Bengaluru Kanteerava Indoor Stadium Dabang Delhi Delhi Thyagaraj Sports Complex Jaipur Pink Panthers Jaipur Sawai Mansingh Stadium Patna Pirates Patna Patliputra Sports Complex Puneri Paltan Pune Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Telugu Titans Visakhapatnam Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium U Mumba Mumbai Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai
Personnel Team Owner(s) Captain Head coach Bengal Warriors Future Group Nilesh Shinde Raj Narain Sharma Bengaluru Bulls Kosmik Global Media Manjeet Chillar Randhir Singh Dabang Delhi DO IT Sports Management Jasmer Singh Arjun Singh Jaipur Pink Panthers Abhishek Bachchan Navneet Gautam Kasinathan Baskaran Patna Pirates Rajesh Shah Rakesh Kumar R S Khokhar Puneri Paltan Insurekot Sports Wazir Singh Ramphal Kaushik Telugu Titans Veera Sports Rajaguru Subramanian J Udayakumar U Mumba Unilazer Sports Anup Kumar Ravi Shetty
Points table
Match schedule Leg 1: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai
Leg 2: Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
Leg 3: Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi
Leg 4: Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna
Leg 5: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune
Leg 6: Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Vizag
Leg 7:Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Leg 8:Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
Playoff stage All matches were played in Mumbai
Semi-Final 1
Semi-Final 2
3/4 Place
FINAL
Statistics Top 5 Raiders No. Player TeamMatches Points1Anup KumarU Mumba161552Rahul ChaudhariTelugu Titans141513Maninder SinghJaipur Pink Panthers161304Ajay ThakurBengaluru Bulls151225Kashiling AdakeDabang Delhi14113Surjeet Narwal
Top 5 Defenders No. Player TeamMatches Points 1 Manjeet ChillarBengaluru Bulls1651 Surender Nada U Mumba15 3 Dharmaraj CheralathanBengaluru Bulls16 39 4Rohit RanaJaipur Pink Panthers14 38Jasmer Singh GuliaDabang Delhi15
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