The 2021–22 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League was the eighth season of Pro Kabaddi League. The season began on 22 December 2021. The usual travelling caravan format was changed to a single venue hosting all the matches of the season due to spread of COVID-19 pandemic in India. Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bangalore was initially announced as the venue, but was later changed to the Sheraton Grand Hotel and Convention Center located in Whitefield, Bangalore.
Each team played against all the other teams twice, and the top 6 teams proceed to the play-offs. The player auctions for the season 8 were conducted from 29 to 31 August 2021 in Mumbai. Dabang Delhi defeated Patna Pirates in the final match to win their maiden title
Teams
Personnel and sponsorships Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. Teams Owners Captain Head coach Kit Manufacturer Main Kit Sponsor Associate Sponsor Bengal Warriors Kishore Biyani Maninder Singh BC Ramesh Spunk WinZO Big Bazaar Bengaluru Bulls Badri Narayan Choudhary KotaAnanda Giri Pawan Kumar Sehrawat Randhir Singh Sherahawat TYKA 1xNews Breathing Room Dabang Delhi KC Radha Kapoor Joginder Narwal Krishan Kumar Hooda Shiv-Naresh JK Super Cement Vision11 Gujarat Giants Gautam Adani Sunil Kumar Manpreet Singh Shiv-Naresh WinZO Astral Haryana Steelers Parth Jindal Vikash Khandola Rakesh Kumar T10 Sports DafaNews Borosil Jaipur Pink Panthers Abhishek Bachchan Sandeep Dhull Sanjeev Kumar Baliyan TYKA Indinews MyFab11 Patna Pirates Rajesh V. Shah Prashanth Kumar Rai Ram Mehar Singh Pace International DafaNews WinZO Puneri Paltan Rajesh Harkishandas DoshiSumanlal Babulal ShahNallepilly Ramaswami Subramanian Nitin Tomar Anup Kumar Shiv-Naresh Indigo Paints Schaeffler Tamil Thalaivas Nimmagadda PrasadSachin TendulkarAllu ArjunRam CharanRitik Chauhan Surjeet Singh Narwal Udaya Kumar Trak Only Parimatch News Iodex Telugu Titans Srinivas SreeramaneniGoutham Reddy NedurmalliMahesh Kolli Surinder Singh Jagadish Kumble Vats Indinews Woods U Mumba Ronnie Screwvala Fazel Atrachali Rajaguru Subramanian Puma Sansui Macho Hint UP Yoddha Kiran Kumar Grandhi Nitesh Kumar Jasveer Singh Sqad Gear ABP News Iodex
Foreign players Each team can sign maximum 3 foreign players in the squad. Teams Player 1 POS Player 2 POS Player 3 POS Bengal Warriors Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh AR Abozar Mohajermighani DF Bengaluru Bulls Abolfazl Maghsodloumahali RD Dong Geon Lee RD Dabang Delhi Emad Sedaghatnia RD Mohammad Malak DF Gujarat Giants Hadi Oshtorak AR Soleiman Pahlevani DF Haryana Steelers Mohammad Mahalli RD Hamid Nader AR Jaipur Pink Panthers Amirhossein Mohammad Maleki RD Mohammad Nosrati RD Patna Pirates Mohammadreza Chiyaneh DF Daniel Odhiambo AR Puneri Paltan Hadi Tajik DF Victor Obiero AR Tamil Thalaivas Asiri Alawathge RD Anwar Baba AR Telugu Titans Hyunsu Park RD Abe Tetsuro DF U Mumba Fazel Atrachali DF Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari AR UP Yoddha Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali RD James Kamweti RD
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
Viewership
This year PKL was played without an audience and shed the caravan style format. Instead, all teams played at a single location in Bengaluru. Looking back at IPL last year, media planners suggest that format changes will have little to no impact on the viewership of the tournament. Mashal Sports has also announced that triple headers will be played on all Saturdays which may have a positive impact on the viewership over weekends.
Points table
League stage
Playoffs
Bracket
Eliminator 1
Eliminator 2
Semi Final 1
Semi Final 2
Final
Statistics
Most Raid Points RankPlayer Team MatchesRaid Points 1 Pawan Sehrawat Bengaluru Bulls 24 3042 Arjun DeshwalJaipur Pink Panthers 22 2673 Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 22 2624 Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi 17 2075 Surender Gill UP Yoddha 24 189
Most Tackle Points
RankPlayer Team MatchesTackle Points 1 Mohammadreza Chiyaneh Patna Pirates 24 892 Sagar Tamil Thalaivas 22 823 Saurabh Nandal Bengaluru Bulls 24 694 Jaideep Haryana Steelers 22 665 Sumit UP Yoddha 24 62
Total Points RankPlayer Team MatchesTotal Points 1 Pawan Sehrawat Bengaluru Bulls 24 3202 Arjun Deshwal Jaipur Pink Panthers 22 2683 Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 22 2644 Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi 17 2105 Surender Gill UP Yoddha 23 198
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