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Introduction
Pro Kabaddi League returns with its eighth season on December 22, Wednesday, after a long gap of two years. Kabaddi fans in India will get a chance to cheer for their favourite teams and players as the likes of Pardeep Narwal, Pawan Kumar Sehrawat and others will be seen taking the mat again.
Defending champions Bengal Warriors will kick-off their PKL campaign against UP Yodhha in the last game of the opening day. However, the biggest and most awaited PKL fixture of the opening day will be the Southern Deby, when Telugu Titans lock horns with Tamil Thalaivas in the second game on Wednesday.
So far, only the first half of the PKL 2021-22 fixture is out. The season’s second part schedule will be released in due course of time.
Pro Kabaddi League 2021-22 Schedule and Match Timings
| Date & Day | Match | Time (IST) |
| December 22, 2021, Wednesday | Bengaluru Bulls vs U Mumba | 7:30 PM IST |
| December 22, 2021, Wednesday | Telugu Titans vs Tamil Thalaivas | 8:30 PM IST |
| December 22, 2021, Wednesday | Bengal Warriors vs UP Yoddha | 9:30 PM IST |
| December 23, 2021, Thursday | Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | 7:30 PM IST |
| December 23, 2021, Thursday | Dabang Delhi KC vs Puneri Paltan | 8:30 PM IST |
| December 23, 2021, Thursday | Haryana Steelers vs Patna Pirates | 9:30 PM IST |
| December 24, 2021, Friday | U Mumba vs Dabang Delhi KC | 7:30 PM IST |
| December 24, 2021, Friday | Tamil Thalaivas vs Bengaluru Bulls | 8:30 PM IST |
| December 24, 2021, Friday | Bengal Warriors vs Gujarat Fortunegiants | 9:30 PM IST |
| December 25, 2021, Saturday | Patna Pirates vs UP Yodhha | 7:30 PM IST |
| December 25, 2021, Saturday | Puneri Paltan vs Telugu Titans | 8:30 PM IST |
| December 25, 201, Saturday | Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Haryana Steelers | 9:30 PM IST |
| December 26, 2021, Sunday | Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Dabang Delhi KC | 7:30 PM IST |
| December 26, 2021, Sunday | Bengaluru Bulls vs Bengal Warriors | 8:30 PM IST |
| December 27, 2021, Monday | Tamil Thalaivas vs U Mumba | 7:30 PM IST |
| December 27, 2021, Monday | UP Yodhha vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | 8:30 PM IST |
| December 28, 2021, Tuesday | Puneri Paltan vs Patna Pirates | 7:30 PM IST |
| December 28, 2021, Tuesday | Telugu Titans vs Haryana Steelers | 8:30 PM IST |
| December 29, 2021, Wednesday | Dabang Delhi KC vs Bengal Warriors | 7:30 PM IST |
| December 29, 2021, Wednesday | UP Yodhha vs Gujarat Fortunegiants | 8:30 PM IST |
| December 30, 2021, Thursday | Jaipur Pink Panthers vs U Mumba | 7:30 PM IST |
| December 30, 2021, Thursday | Haryana Steelers vs Bengaluru Bulls | 8:30 PM IST |
| December 31, 2021, Friday | Tamil Thalaivas vs Puneri Paltan | 7:30 PM IST |
| December 31, 2021, Friday | Patna Pirates vs Bengal Warriors | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 1, 2022, Saturday | U Mumba vs UP Yodhha | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 1, 2022, Saturday | Bengaluru Bulls vs Telugu Titans | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 1, 2022, Saturday | Dabang Delhi KC vs Tamil Thalaivas | 9:30 PM IST |
| January 2, 2022, Sunday | Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Haryana Steelers | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 2, 2022, Sunday | Puneri Paltans vs Bengaluru Bulls | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 3, 2022, Monday | Bengal Warriors vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 3, 2022, Monday | Telugu Titans vs Patna Pirates | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 4, 2022, Tuesday | Haryana Steelers vs U Mumba | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 4, 2022, Tuesday | UP Yodhha vs Tamil Thalaivas | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 5, 2022, Wednesday | Puneri Paltan vs Gujarat Fortunegiants | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 5, 2022, Wednesday | Dabang Delhi KC vs Telugu Titans | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 6, 2022, Thursday | Patna Pirates vs Tamil Thalaivas | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 6, 2022, Thursday | Bengaluru Bulls vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 7, 2022, Friday | Bengal Warriors vs Haryana Steelers | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 7, 2022, Friday | Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Puneri Paltan | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 8, 2022, Saturday | UP Yodhha vs Dabang Delhi KC | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 8, 2022, Saturday | U Mumba vs Telugu Titans | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 8, 2022, Saturday | Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Patna Pirates | 9:30 PM IST |
| January 9, 2022, Sunday | Puneri Paltan vs Bengal Warriors | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 9, 2022, Sunday | Bengaluru Bulls vs UP Yoddha | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 10, 2022, Monday | Tamil Thalaivas vs Haryana Steelers | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 10, 2022, Monday | Jaipur Pink Panthers Vs Dabang Delhi KC | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 11, 2022, Tuesday | Patna Pirates Vs U Mumba | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 11, 2022, Tuesday | Telugu Titans vs Gujarat Fortunegiants | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 12, 2022, Wednesday | Haryana Steelers vs UP Yodhha | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 12, 2022, Wednesday | Dabang Delhi KC vs Bengaluru Bulls | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 13, 2022, Thursday | Bengali Thalaivas vs Tamil Thalaivas | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 13, 2022, Thursday | U Mumba vs Puneri Paltan | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 14, 2022, Friday | Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Patna Pirates | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 14, 2022, Friday | Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Bengaluru Bulls | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 15, 2022, Saturday | Haryana Steelers vs Dabang Delhi KC | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 15, 2022, Saturday | UP Yodhha vs Telugu Titans | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 15, 2022, Saturday | U Mumba vs Bengal Warriors | 9:30 PM IST |
| January 16, 2022, Sunday | Tamil Thalaivas vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 16, 2022, Sunday | Patna Pirates vs Bengaluru Bulls | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 17, 2022, Monday | Puneri Paltan vs UP Yodhha | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 17, 2022, Monday | Telugu Titans vs Bengal Warriors | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 18, 2022, Tuesday | Dabang Delhi KC vs Patna Pirates | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 18, 2022, Tuesday | Gujarat Fortunegiants vs U Mumba | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 19, 2022, Wednesday | Haryana Steelers vs Puneri Paltan | 7:30 PM IST |
| January 19, 2022, Wednesday | Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Telugu Titans | 8:30 PM IST |
| January 20, 2022, Thursday | Tamil Thalaivas vs Gujarat Fortunegiants | 7:30 PM IST |
The entire PKL season will take place behind closed doors at one same venue – the Sheraton Grand Bengaluru Whitefield Hotel & Convention Centre.
“Bengaluru has all the facilities for the conduct of big competitive sports events with best safety practices, and we look forward to demonstrating this with PKL Season 8,” Mashal Sports and League Commissioner Anupam Goswami had said.
To keep the fans engaged, Mashal Sports has put triple headers for the first four days. Following that, PKL will return to two matches a day letting PKL teams assess the situation before the second set of fixtures for the tournament is released.
PKL 2021-22 Teams and Squads
Bengal Warriors
Raiders: Maninder Singh, Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat, Sukesh Hegde, Sumit Singh, Rishank Devadiga, Akash Pikalmunde
Defenders: Rinku Narwal, Abozar Mohajer Mighani, Parveen, Vijin Thangadurai, Rohit Banne, Darshan J, Sachin Vittala
All-Rounders: Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh, Manoj Gowda K, Rohit
Bengaluru Bulls
Raiders: Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Banty, Dong Geon Lee, Abolfazl Maghsodlou Mahali, Chandran Ranjit, Deepak Narwal, G B More
Defenders: Amit Sheoran, Saurabh Nandal, Mohit Sehrawat, Ziaur Rahman, Mahender Singh, Mayur Jagannath Kadam, Ankit, Vikas
Dabang Delhi KC
Raiders: Naveen Kumar, Neeraj Narwal, Emad Sedaghat Nia, Ajay Thakur, Sushant Sail
Defenders: Sumit, Mohit, Mohammad Malak, Jeeva Kumar, Joginder Singh Narwal, Vikas
All-Rounders: Vijay Kumar, Balram, Sandeep Narwal, Manjeet Chhillar
Gujarat Giants
Raiders: Harmanjeet Singh, Sonu, Rathan K, Maninder Singh, Harshit Yadav, Pardeep Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Mahendra Ganesh Rajput
Defenders: Parvesh Bhainswal, Sunil Kumar, Sumit, Ankit, Soleiman Pahlevani, Ravinder Pahal, Girish Maruti Ernak
All-Rounders: Hadi Oshtorak
Haryana Steelers
Raiders: Vikash Kandola, Vinay, Vikas Chillar, Mohammad Esmaeil Maghsodlou
Defenders: Chand Singh, Surender Nada, Ravi Kumar, Rajesh Gurjar
All-Rounders: Hamid Mirzaei Nader, Rohit Gulia, Vikas Jaglan, Brijendra Singh Chaudhary, Ajay Ghanghas, Rajesh Narwal
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Raiders: Sushil Gulia, Mohammad Amin Nosrati, Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki, Arjun Deshwal, Naveen, Ashok, Amit Nagar
Defenders: Amit Hooda, Vishal, Pavan TR, Elavarasan A, Dharmaraj Cheralathan, Amit, Shaul Kumar
All-Rounders: Nitin Rawal, Sachin Narwal, Deepak Niwas Hooda, Sandeep Kumar Dhull
Patna Pirates
Raiders: Monu, Rajveersinh Pratap Rao Chavan, Jangkun Lee, Prashanth Kumar Rai, Sachin Tanwar, Monu Goyat, Guman Singh
Defenders: Neeraj Kumar, Sunil, Sourav Gulia, Shubham Shinde, Sandeep
All-Rounders: Sahil Mann, Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh, Sajin Chandrasekar
Puneri Paltan
Raiders: Pawan Kumar Kadian, Pankaj Mohite, Mohit Goyat, Rahul Chaudhari, Rahul Chaudhari, Nitin Tomar, Vishwas S
Defenders: Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav, Sanket Sawant, Vishal Bhardwaj, Baldev Singh, Sombir, Karamvir, Abinesh Nadarajan, Sourav Kumar, Hadi Tajik
All-Rounders: Victor Onyango Obiero, E Subash
Tamil Thalaivas
Raiders: K Prapanjan, Manjeet, Athul MS, Bhavani Rajput, Ajinkya Ashok Pawar
Defenders: Sagar, Himanshu, M. Abishek, Mohammad Tuhin Tarafder, Surjeet Singh, Sahil
All-Rounders: Anwar Saheed Baba, Sourabh Tanaji Patil, Sagar B Krishna, Santhapanaselvam
Telugu Titans
Raiders: Rakesh Gowda, Ankit Beniwal, Rajnish, Hyunsu Park, Siddharth Desai, Rohit Kumar, Amit Chauhan, G Raju
Defenders: Manish, Akash Choudhary, Akash Dattu Arsul, Prince, Abe Tetsuro, Surender Singh, Sandeep Kandola, Ruturaj Shivaji Koravi, Adarsh T, C Arun
U Mumba
Raiders: Abhishek Singh, Navneet, Ajith V Kumar, Rahul Rana, Jashandeep Singh
Defenders: Fazel Atrachali, Harendra Kumar, Rinku, Ajeet, Sunil Siddhgavali
All-Rounders: Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre, Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari, Pankaj, Ashish Kumar Sangwan
UP Yodhha
Raiders: Surinder Gill, Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali, Md. Masud Karim, Pardeep Narwal, Shrikant Jadhav, Sahil, Gulveer Singh, Ankit
Defenders: Nitesh Kumar, Sumit, Ashu Singh, Gaurav Kumar, Aashish Nagar
All-Rounders: Nitin Panwar, Gurdeep
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PKL Winners and Runners-up List
| PKL season | Winners | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Bengal Warriors | Dabang Delhi KC |
| 2018 | Bengaluru Bulls | Gujarat Fortunegiants |
| 2017 | Patna Pirates | Gujarat Fortunegiants |
| 2016 | Patna Pirates | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
| 2016 | Patna Pirates | U Mumba |
| 2015 | U Mumba | Bengaluru Bulls |
| 2014 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | U Mumba |
