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 KotaAnanda 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 DoshiSumanlal Babulal ShahNallepilly Ramaswami Subramanian Fazel Atrachali BC Ramesh Shiv-Naresh Force Motors Tamil Thalaivas Nimmagadda PrasadSachin TendulkarAllu ArjunRam CharanRitik Chauhan Sagar Ashan Kumar Trak-Only DafaNews Telugu Titans Srinivas SreeramaneniGoutham Reddy NedurmalliMahesh 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
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 RankPlayer Team MatchesRaid Points 1 Arjun Deshwal Jaipur Pink Panthers 24 2962 BharatBengaluru Bulls 23 2793 Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi 23 2544 Narender Tamil Thalaivas 23 2435 Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 21 238
Most Tackle Points RankPlayer Team MatchesTackle Points 1 AnkushJaipur Pink Panthers 24 892 Mohammadreza Chiyaneh Patna Pirates 20 843 Saurabh Nandal Bengaluru Bulls 24 724 Aman Bengaluru Bulls 24 605 Rinku U Mumba 19 59
Total Points RankPlayer Team MatchesRaid Points 1 Arjun Deshwal Jaipur Pink Panthers 24 2962 BharatBengaluru Bulls 23 2823 Naveen Kumar Dabang Delhi 23 2584 Narender Tamil Thalaivas 23 2495 Maninder Singh Bengal Warriors 21 240
References