The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 11 began on Friday, October 18 as Telugu Titans defeated Bengaluru Bulls 37-29 in the opening match at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad.
Organised by Mashal Sports, the Pro Kabaddi Season 11 will be staged in a three-city caravan format.
The first leg of the Pro Kabaddi Season 11 will be held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium before moving to Noida Indoor Stadium from November 10. The third leg of the tournament will take place at the Balewadi Badminton Stadium in Pune from December 3. The dates and venues for the playoffs will be announced by the organisers towards the end of the league stage matches.
Bengal Warriors, Bengaluru Bulls, Dabang Delhi K.C, Gujarat Giants, Haryana Steelers, Jaipur Pink Panthers, Patna Pirates, Puneri Paltan, Tamil Thalaivas, Telugu Titans, U Mumba and U.P. Yoddhas are the teams that are competing for the Pro Kabaddi Season 11 title.
As per the Pro Kabaddi Season 11 schedule, each team will play the other side twice in a double round-robin format. The top six teams after all league matches will qualify for the playoffs.
The top two teams in the standings will advance automatically to the PKL Season 11 semi-finals. The remaining four teams will lock horns in the eliminators.
The third-placed team will face the sixth-placed side, while the fourth-placed outfit will square off against the fifth-placed team in the eliminators for a place in the semi-finals.
A total of 137 matches will be staged across three months in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 11.
Some of the world's leading raiders including the likes of Pardeep Narwal, Pawan Sehrawat, Arjun Deshwal, Vikash Kandola, Maninder Singh, Sachin Tanwar and Naveen Kumar are featuring in the ongoing edition of Pro Kabaddi League.
Jaipur Pink Panthers’ Arjun Deshwal and Ashu Malik of Dabang Delhi K.C. finished with the most raid points in the previous edition of PKL. Both Arjun Deshwal and Ashu Malik accumulated 276 raid points in 23 matches.
Bengaluru Bulls captain Pardeep Narwal holds the record for the most raid points in Pro Kabaddi League history. He has amassed 1742 raid points in 179 matches so far.
Arjun Deshwal, Ashu Malik, Pawan Sehrawat, Maninder Singh and Sachin Tanwar are the top contenders to finish with the most raid points in the ongoing PKL.
Know who has the most raid points in PKL Season 11.
Most raid points in PKL Season 11
|
Player |
Team |
Matches |
Raid Points |
|
Ashu Malik |
Dabang Delhi K.C. |
12 |
139 |
|
Devank |
Patna Pirates |
11 |
131 |
|
Arjun Deshwal |
Jaipur Pink Panthers |
10 |
108 |
|
Ajit Ramesh Chouhan |
U Mumba |
12 |
101 |
|
Pawan Kumar Sehrawat |
Telugu Titans |
9 |
92 |
|
Nitin Kumar Dhankhar |
Bengal Warriorz |
10 |
91 |
|
Ayan Lohchab |
Patna Pirates |
11 |
87 |
|
Bharat Hooda |
UP Yodhhas |
10 |
78 |
|
Guman Singh |
Gujarat Giants |
11 |
75 |
|
Narender Hoshiyar Kandola |
Tamil Thalaivas |
11 |
74 |
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