Pro Kabaddi League schedule: Tamil Thalaivas play Telugu Titans in PKL 2018 opener
Pro Kabaddi League teams Telugu Titans and Tamil Thalaivas will clash in the opening game of the sixth season of the Pro Kabaddi League, which begins in Chennai on October 5.
Pro Kabaddi League teams Telugu Titans and Tamil Thalaivas will clash in the opening game of the sixth season of the Pro Kabaddi League, which begins in Chennai on October 5.
The fixtures were announced today by PKL organisers Mashal Sports Pvt Ltd.
In the second match, Anup Kumar, the 'Captain Cool' of U Mumba for the last 5 seasons, who has moved to Jaipur Pink Panthers this season, will lock horns with his former team on October 5.
PKL's highest paid player, Monu Goyat will begin his raid for glory as Haryana Steelers takes on Puneri Paltans in the fifth match of the season on October 7.
Anupam Goswami, League Commissioner, VIVO Pro Kabaddi said, "We have had to adjust the Season VI window to October onwards, in lieu of the ongoing Asian Games that have nearly all the world's top Kabaddi athletes playing for their respective national teams. We will return to a July start for VIVO PKL Season VII."
The 12 participating teams have been divided into two zones of six teams each, where each team will be playing a set of 15 intra-zone and 7 inter-zone matches, prior to the play-offs.The play-offs stage will comprise of 3 eliminators, 2 qualifiers and the finals scheduled to take place in Mumbai.
Venue: Chennai
October 5, Friday
Match 1: Chennai vs HyderabadMatch 2: Mumbai vs Jaipur
October 6, SaturdayMatch 1: Pune vs MumbaiMatch 2: Chennai vs Patna
October 7, SundayMatch 1: Pune vs HaryanaMatch 2: Chennai vs UP
October 8, MondayRest day
October 9, TuesdayMatch 1: Delhi vs GujaratMatch 2: Chennai vs Hyderabad
October 10, WednesdayMatch 1: Jaipur vs DelhiMatch 2: Chennai vs Bangalore
October 11, ThursdayMatch 1: Chennai vs Kolkata
Venue: Sonipat
October 12, FridayMatch 1: Haryana vs GujaratMatch 2: Patna vs UP
October 13, SaturdayMatch 1: Punjab vs DelhiMatch 2: Haryana vs Mumbai
October 14 SundayMatch 1: Hyderabad vs UPMatch 2: Haryana vs Punjab
October 15, MondayRest Day
October 16 TuesdayMatch 1: Kolkata vs HyderabadMatch 2: Haryana vs Jaipur
October 17 WednesdayMatch 1: Bangalore vs ChennaiMatch 2: Haryana vs Mumbai
October 18 ThursdayMatch 1: Haryana vs DelhiMatch 2: Pune vs Gujarat
Venue: Pune
October 19 FridayMatch 1: Patna vs HyderabadMatch 2: Pune vs Jaipur
October 20 SaturdayMatch 1: UP vs KolkataMatch 2: Pune vs Mumbai
October 21 Sunday (Inter-Zone Week Begins)Match 1: Delhi vs KolkataMatch 2: Pune vs Bangalore
October 22 MondayRest Day
October 23 TuesdayMatch 1: Mumbai vs HyderabadMatch 2: Pune vs Chennai
October 24 WednesdayMatch 1: Bangalore vs HaryanaMatch 2: Pune vs UP
October 25 ThursdayRest Day
Venue: Patna
October 26 FridayMatch 1: Patna vs JaipurMatch 2: Gujarat vs Chennai
October 27 SaturdayMatch 1: Jaipur vs KolkataMatch 2: Patna Mumbai
October 28 Sunday (Inter-Zone Week Ends)Match 1: Delhi vs UPMatch 2: Patna vs Haryana
October 29 MondayRest Day
October 30 TuesdayMatch 1: Pune vs GujaratMatch 2: Patna vs Hyderabad
October 31 WednesdayMatch 1: Delhi vs PuneMatch 2: Patna vs Bangalore
November 1 ThursdayMatch 1: Patna vs Kolkata
Venue: Lucknow
November 2 FridayMatch 1: UP vs ChennaiMatch 2: Jaipur vs Gujarat
November 3 SaturdayMatch 1: Mumbai vs PuneMatch 2: UP vs Bangalore
November 4 SundayMatch 1: Delhi vs GujaratMatch 2: UP vs Kolkata
November 5 MondayRest Day
November 6 TuesdayMatch 1: Jaipur vs HaryanaMatch 2: UP vs Hyderabad
November 7 WednesdayMatch 1: UP vs Patna
November 8 ThursdayMatch 1: Haryana vs DelhiMatch 2: UP vs Bangalore
Venue: Mumbai
November 9 FridayMatch 1: Mumbai vs JaipurMatch 2: Kolkata vs Hyderabad
November 10 SaturdayMatch 1: Patna vs KolkataMatch 2: Mumbai vs Gujarat
November 11 SundayMatch 1: Mumbai vs Haryana
November 12 MondayRest Day
November 13 Tuesday (Inter-Zone Week Begins)Match 1: Pune vs HyderabadMatch 2: Mumbai vs UP
November 14 WednesdayMatch 1: Chennai vs HaryanaMatch 2: Mumbai vs Bangalore
November 15 ThursdayMatch 1: Patna vs DelhiMatch 2: Mumbai vs Chennai
Venue: Ahmedabad
November 16 FridayMatch 1: Gujarat vs KolkataMatch 2: Jaipur vs UP
November 17 SaturdayMatch 1: Pune vs KolkataMatch 2: Gujarat vs Bangalore
November 18 Sunday (Inter-Zone Week Ends)Match 1: Jaipur vs BangaloreMatch 2: Gujarat vs UP
November 19 MondayRest Day
November 20 TuesdayMatch 1: Chennai vs HyderabadMatch 2: Gujarat vs Delhi
November 21 WednesdayMatch 1: Patna vs ChennaiMatch 2: Gujarat vs Mumbai
November 22 ThursdayMatch 1: Gujarat vs Haryana
Venue: Bangalore
November 23 FridayMatch 1: Bangalore vs KolkataMatch 2: Jaipur vs Pune
November 24 SaturdayMatch 1: Mumbai vs DelhiMatch 2: Bangalore vs Chennai
November 25 SundayMatch 1: Bangalore vs Patna
November 26 MondayRest Day
November 27 TuesdayMatch 1: Delhi vs HaryanaMatch 2: Bangalore vs Hyderabad
November 28 WednesdayMatch 1: Haryana vs PuneMatch 2: Bangalore vs UP
November 29 ThursdayMatch 1: Pune vs GujaratMatch 2: Bangalore vs Kolkata
Venue: Delhi
November 30 FridayMatch 1: Delhi vs JaipurMatch 2: Chennai vs Patna
December 1 SaturdayMatch 1: Delhi vs Mumbai
December 2 SundayMatch 1: Mumbai vs GujaratMatch 2: Mumbai vs Pune
December 3 MondayRest Day
December 4 Tuesday (Inter-Zone Week Begins)Match 1: Patna vs GujaratMatch 2: Delhi vs Hyderabad
December 5 WednesdayMatch 1: Haryana vs KolkataMatch 2: Delhi vs Bangalore
December 6 ThursdayMatch 1: UP vs HaryanaMatch 2: Delhi vs Chennai
Venue: Hyderabad
December 7 FridayMatch 1: Hyderabad vs GujaratMatch 2: Patna vs Pune
December 8 SaturdayMatch 1: Mumbai vs KolkataMatch 2: Hyderabad vs Jaipur
December 9 Sunday (Inter-Zone Week Ends)Match 1: Chennai vs JaipurMatch 2: Hyderabad vs Haryana
December 10 MondayRest Day
December 11 TuesdayMatch 1: Delhi vs MumbaiMatch 2: Hyderabad vs UP
December 12 WednesdayMatch 1: Haryana vs GujaratMatch 2: Hyderabad vs Bangalore
December 13 ThursdayMatch 1: Hyderabad vs Patna
Venue: Jaipur
December 14 FridayMatch 1: Jaipur vs PuneMatch 2: Kolkata vs Chennai
December 15 SaturdayMatch 1: UP vs ChennaiMatch 2: Jaipur vs Mumbai
December 16 SundayMatch 1: Patna vs UPMatch 2: Jaipur vs Gujarat
December 17 MondayRest Day
December 18 TuesdayMatch 1: Bangalore vs HyderabadMatch 2: Jaipur vs Haryana
December 19 WednesdayMatch 1: Patna vs BangaloreMatch 2: Jaipur vs Gujarat
December 20 ThursdayMatch 1: Jaipur vs Delhi
Venue: Kolkata
December 21 FridayMatch 1: Wildcard Match
December 22 SaturdayMatch 1: Wildcard MatchMatch 2: Kolkata vs Patna
December 23 SundayMatch 1: Wildcard MatchMatch 2: Kolkata vs Chennai
December 24 MondayRest Day
December 25 TuesdayMatch 1: Wildcard MatchMatch 2: Kolkata vs Hyderabad
December 26 WednesdayMatch 1: Wildcard MatchMatch 2: Kolkata vs Bangalore
December 27 ThursdayMatch 1: Wildcard MatchMatch 2: Kolkata vs UP
December 28 FridayRest Day
December 29 SaturdayRest Day
Play-offs
December 30 SundayMatch 1: TBD vs TBD, KochiMatch 2: TBD vs TBD, Kochi
December 31 MondayMatch 1:Match 2:
January 1 TuesdayRest Day
January 2 WednesdayRest Day
January 3 ThursdayTBD vs TBD, Mumbai
January 4 FridayRest Day
January 5 ThursdayTBD vs TBD, Mumbai
(With PTI Inputs)