Pro Kabaddi League Season 11 schedule announced, second decade of PKL to commence with Telugu Titans vs Bengaluru Bulls

Pro Kabaddi League Season 11 will kick off on October 18 with a showdown between the Telugu Titans and Bengaluru Bulls in the opening match in Hyderabad. The game will feature the home side Telugu Titans and their star raider Pawan Sehrawat against Pardeep Narwal, making his return for the Bengaluru Bulls.

The second match of the night will see U Mumba’s Sunil Kumar – the most expensive Indian defender in PKL history after being bought for INR 1.015 Crores – take on the attacking prowess of Naveen Kumar, who is among the star raiders for Dabang Delhi K.C.

This time around, PKL will be returning to a three-city format. The 2024 edition will commence at the GMC Balayogi Sports Complex in Hyderabad from October 18 to November 9. It will then move to the Noida Indoor Stadium for the second leg, starting on November 10 and ending on December 1. The third leg will begin at the Badminton Hall in Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune from December 3 to December 24.

The schedule and venue for the playoffs will be announced at a later date.

Speaking on the schedule of PKL Season 11, Anupam Goswami, Head of Sports Leagues at Mashal Sports and League Commissioner of the Pro Kabaddi League, said, “The match schedule of each PKL Season is a tremendously deliberated and painstaking effort to create and drive competitive relevance and engagement for the millions of kabaddi fans rooting for their respective Teams as well as the League overall. We are sure that the PKL XI match schedule will start firing the passion and expectations of our fans, and also guide our twelve Teams for their respective strategies and plans for PKL XI”.

The Pro Kabaddi League Season 11 auction took place in Mumbai on August 15-16, 2024, setting a new record in the league's history with eight players being sold for over INR 1 crore.

Mashal Sports and Disney Star have built PKL into one of India's most successful sports leagues. Organized and conducted by Mashal under its sanctioned agreement with the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI), the Pro Kabaddi League has transformed the image of India’s indigenous sport of Kabaddi and its athletes nationally and globally. After witnessing the participation of many of their players in PKL, several Kabaddi-playing nations have strengthened their domestic Kabaddi programs as well.

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The Pro Kabaddi League Season 11 will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network and streamed on Disney+ hotstar.

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