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Vivo Pro Kabaddi 2021
Season 8

Le panga
Tournament information
Dates	22 December 2021–25 February 2022
Administrator	Mashal Sports
Tournament format(s)	Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s)	India
Teams	12
Website	prokabaddi.com
Final positions
Champion	Dabang Delhi (1st title)
Runner-up	Patna Pirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played	137
Top scorer(s)	Pawan Sehrawat (304) (Bengaluru Bulls)
Most tackle points	Mohammadreza Chiyaneh (89) (Patna Pirates)
Most successful raid	Pawan Sehrawat (244) (Bengaluru Bulls)
Most successful tackle	Mohammadreza Chiyaneh (86) (Patna Pirates)
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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 August 29 to 31, 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 Kota Ananda 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 Doshi Sumanlal Babulal Shah Nallepilly Ramaswami Subramanian	Nitin Tomar	Anup Kumar	Shiv-Naresh	Indigo Paints	Schaeffler
Tamil Thalaivas	Nimmagadda Prasad Sachin Tendulkar Allu Arjun Ram Charan Ritik Chauhan	Surjeet Singh Narwal	Udaya Kumar	Trak Only	Parimatch News	Iodex
Telugu Titans	Srinivas Sreeramaneni Goutham Reddy Nedurmalli Mahesh 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

• Five (5) points for a win
• Three (3) points each for a drawn game
• One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

League stage

Playoffs

Bracket

Eliminator 1

Eliminator 2

Semi Final 1

Semi Final 2

Final

Statistics

Most Raid Points

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Raid Points
1	Pawan Sehrawat	Bengaluru Bulls	24	304
2	Arjun Deshwal	Jaipur Pink Panthers	22	267
3	Maninder Singh	Bengal Warriors	22	262
4	Naveen Kumar	Dabang Delhi	17	207
5	Surender Gill	UP Yoddha	24	189
As of 25 February 2022.

Most Tackle Points

As of 25 February 2022.

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Tackle Points
1	Mohammadreza Chiyaneh	Patna Pirates	24	89
2	Sagar	Tamil Thalaivas	22	82
3	Saurabh Nandal	Bengaluru Bulls	24	69
4	Jaideep	Haryana Steelers	22	66
5	Sumit	UP Yoddha	24	62

Total Points

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Total Points
1	Pawan Sehrawat	Bengaluru Bulls	24	320
2	Arjun Deshwal	Jaipur Pink Panthers	22	268
3	Maninder Singh	Bengal Warriors	22	264
4	Naveen Kumar	Dabang Delhi	17	210
5	Surender Gill	UP Yoddha	23	198
As of 25 February 2022.

References

1. "IT'S BACK! vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 8 starts December 22". Pro Kabaddi. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
2. "Vivo Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 Schedule And Venue Announced: All You Need to Know". www.india.com. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
3. "PKL 2021: Full list of kabaddi players sold at Pro Kabaddi auction". 31 August 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
4. "Patna Pirates vs Dabang Delhi K.C. Live Pro Kabaddi score - Pro Kabaddi League".
5. "PKL side Tamil Thalaivas appoint Parimatch as shirt sponsor: Reports". 18 September 2021.
6. "Pro Kabaddi Player Raid Points | Records for Pro Kabaddi League Teams and Players". vivo Pro Kabaddi League.
7. "Pro Kabaddi Player Tackle Points | Records for Pro Kabaddi League Teams and Players". vivo Pro Kabaddi League.
8. "Pro Kabaddi Player Total Points | Records for Pro Kabaddi League Teams and Players". vivo Pro Kabaddi League.

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