Bengaluru Bulls have decided to keep their prolific raider Pawan Sehrawat in Pro Kabaddi League 2021. While defending champions Bengal Warriors will continue with Maninder Singh and star all-rounder Mohammed Esmaeil Nabibakhsh. Although, according to the vivo Pro Kabaddi 2021 retained players list released on Friday.

The 12 teams have retained 59 players in all. Of these, six are Retained Young Players and 31 are Existing New Young Players. The Elite Retained Players are 22. Jaipur Pink Panthers have retained the highest number of players (7) while Tamil Thalaivas have the least (3). U Mumbai have the most under the Elite Retained Players (4). Along with Nabibakhsh, Fazel Atrachali (U Mumba) and Hadi Tajik (Puneri Paltan) make up the three overseas players who have been ratained by their respective teams. Other notable players that have been retained are Parvesh Bhainswal (Gujarat Fortunegiants), Vikash Khandola (Haryana Steelers) and via the Retained Young Players, Naveen Kumar (Dabang Delhi K.C.). However, Telugu Titans and Jaipur Pink Panthers have each retained five young players.

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In Pro Kabaddi, a maximum of 12 players can be retained in each team. This includes a maximum of six Elite Retained Players (established PKL players from previous seasons) and six Retained Young Players, comprising those selected in the team through the New Young Player programme. Moreover, here is the full list.

Pro Kabaddi League 2021 retained players list :

Bengal Warriors

Elite Retained Players

Maninder Singh : Raider
Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh : All Rounder
Rinku Narwal : Defender

Retained Young Players

Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat : Raider

Bengaluru Bulls 

Elite Retained Players

Pawan Kumar Sehrawat : Raider
Amit Sheoran : Defender

Existing New Young Players

Banty : Raider
Saurabh Nandal : Defender
Mohit Sehrawat : Defender

Dabang Delhi K.C.

Elite Retained Players

Vijay : All Rounder
Neeraj Narwal : Raider

Retained Young Players

Naveen Kumar : Raider

Existing New Young Players

Balram : All Rounder
Sumit : Defender
Mohit : Defender

Gujarat Giants

Elite Retained Players

Parvesh Bhainswal : Defender
Sunil Kumar : Defender

Existing New Young Players

Harmanjeet Singh : Raider
Sumit : Defender
Ankit : Defender

Haryana Steelers

Elite Retained Players

Vikash Kandola : Raider

Existing New Young Players

Vinay : Raider
Vikas Chillar : Raider
Chand Singh : Defender

Jaipur Pink Panthers

Elite Retained Players

Amit Hooda : Defender
Vishal : Defender

Retained Young Players

Nitin Rawal : All Rounder

Existing New Young Players

Sachin Narwal : All-rounder
Pavan TR : Defender
Sushil Gulia : Raider
Elavarasan A : Defender

Patna Pirates 

Elite Retained Players

Neeraj Kumar : Defender
Monu : Raider

Existing New Young Players

Sahil Mann : All Rounder
Rajveersinh Pratap Rao Chavan : Raider
Mohit : Raider

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Puneri Paltan

Elite Retained Players

Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav : Defender
Pawan Kumar Kadian : Raider
Hadi Tajik : Defender

Existing New Young Players

Sanket Sawant : Defender 
Pankaj Mohite : Raider

Tamil Thalaivas 

Existing New Young Players

Sagar : Defender

Himanshu : Defender

M Abishek : Defender

Telugu Titans

Elite Retained Players

Rakesh Gowda : Raider

Retained Young Players

Ankit Beniwal : Raider
Rajnish : Raider

Existing New Young Players

Manish : Defender
Akash Choudhary : Defender
Akash Dattu Arsul : Defender

U Mumba 

Elite Retained Players

Abhishek Singh : Raider
Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre : All Rounder
Harendra Kumar : Defender
Fazel Atrachali : Defender

Existing New Young Players

Navneet : Raider

U.P. Yoddha

Retained Young Players

Nitesh Kumar : Defender

Existing New Young Players

Sumit : Defender
Ashu Singh : Defender
Surinder Gill : Raider

Defending champions Jaipur Pink Panthers gave an incredible account of themselves as they stormed to a 41-24 triumph over U.P Yoddhas in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 match at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex on Wednesday. Arjun Deshwal got back to his scoring ways as he finished with 13 points.

Both teams got off to a cautious start, with the Panthers narrowly leading 6-5 after the first 10 minutes. And then the Panthers got going - Arjun made light work of the Yoddhas' defence and Panthers' captain Sunil Kumar produced a brilliant tackle on Vijay Malik to bag an ALL OUT in the 14th minute. The Panthers raced to an 11-6 lead and went on to seize control of the game.

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Arjun got rid of four defenders in as many raids and a couple of sharp tackles saw the Panthers inflict a second ALL OUT within four minutes. The scoreline read 20-7 in the Panthers' favour and the Yoddhas were completely undone. The defending champs went into the break with a 15-point lead at 24-9 and they were in complete control of the match.

The Yoddhas gained momentum in the second half via two superb tackles from Gurdeep and a burst of pace from Pardeep Narwal offered them hope. The Record Breaker scored points in four successive raids, the last of which saw him get past Ashish and toss aside Lucky Sharma to claim an ALL OUT. The deficit was cut down to eight points and the Panthers led 28-20.

But the score difference was too much for the Yoddhas to catch up to, despite their defence shaping up better. The game was put to rest when Arjun produced a mindblowing SUPER RAID in the final minute of the game, which also led to a third ALL OUT for the Panthers. That final raid saw Arjun pick up his third Super 10 of the season and gave the Panthers a massive 17-point victory. This is their third win of the season.

A superlative performance by the Puneri Paltan saw them decimate Bengaluru Bulls 43-18 in the final game of their home leg at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex on Wednesday. The win saw Paltan extend their stay at the top of the table and increase their score differential to an incredible +72. The PKL 10 will move to Chennai from 22 December 2023.

In a supremely dominant first-half performance, every part of the Puneri Paltan machine worked with precision and synchronisation. They inflicted their first ALL OUT on the Bulls within the first five minutes to take a 10-2 lead. Their defenders in particular were on fire, matching their raiders almost point for point through the half. 

A second ALL OUT followed soon after, and by this time the Paltan were streaking away into the distance with a 23-5 lead. The Paltan defence missed just three tackles in the first half, taking an extraordinary 10 points from them. They went into half-time leading by a massive 20 points. 

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The home side inflicted a third ALL OUT in the opening minutes of the second half to take a virtually unassailable 33-10 lead. From thereon it became a battle between the Bulls pride and Mohammadreza Chiyaneh's determination to grab as many tackle points in as many ways as possible. Chiyaneh missed a mere 2 tackles all evening to finish with 7 points (one even coming from a raid), as the Paltan wrapped up a comfortable 26-point victory.

Please find below the schedule for PKL 10 matches on Friday. 

Game 1 - Tamil Thalaivas vs Patna Pirates - 8 pm 

Game 2 - Haryana Steelers vs Telugu Titans - 9 pm

Venue: Chennai

Season 10 of the Pro Kabaddi League will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network and for free on Disney+ hotstar.  

Dabang Delhi registered their second win of PKL Season 10 with a 51-40 win over the Telugu Titans at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex on Friday. While the high-profile raiding duo of Pawan Sehrawat and Naveen Kumar duly obliged with 14 points apiece, the real star was Ashu Malik, whose 16 points proved to be the difference between the two sides. 

The opening passage of play was true to what was billed as a battle between the star raiders of each team as Naveen and Pawan Sehrawat went toe to toe with every raid. It was Delhi's captain though who was getting back more touch points, and soon enough Delhi inflicted a first ALL OUT of the game to take a 11-3 lead. 

Looking down the barrel, the Titans turned things around in a blistering passage of play, where they erased a nine-point deficit in a mere five minutes. 

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The pace of the game was relentless and yet again Delhi hit back. A three-point SUPER RAID by Naveen started a second Titans collapse with mere minutes remaining for the break. It came at a cost though as Naveen went off injured for the rest of the half — having logged a SUPER 10 already. Despite his absence, Delhi inflicted a second ALL OUT to take a commanding eight-point lead into the break.

The Titans piled on the pressure in the second half, and despite Naveen's return to the mat, had Delhi on the ropes within the first 10 minutes itself. A SUPER TACKLE by Ashu Malik on Sehrawat staved off the inevitable, but soon enough the Titans got a second ALL OUT of their own to cut the lead to five points.

Malik took the mantle for Delhi's revival, and soon enough was logging points with every raid, completing a super 10 of his own. His brilliance helped Delhi inflict a third ALL OUT and eventually wrap up an 11-point victory. 

Pro Kabaddi League 2023-24 will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network and for free on Disney+ Hotstar.  

The Puneri Paltan bounced back ecstatically when they handed the Bengal Warriors a massive 49-19 loss — their first in Pro Kabaddi League 2023-24 — at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune on Saturday. The Paltan army, who went down to the Haryana Steelers on Friday night, never let the opponent raiders settle and their 24 tackle points is now a new record for a team in a single PKL match. 

The home side did not let the occasion of facing the table toppers deter them from a perfect start. Their excellent defending got Maninder Singh in his first raid before Pankaj Mohite's successful two-point raid gave the Paltan an early lead. However, the mighty Maninder can hardly be kept out of the action. The Warriors captain, continuing his form from their record-breaking win over Patna Pirates, equalled the score with a SUPER RAID, proving why he is one of the best raiders in the game.

Despite this, the Paltan army headed into the strategic time-out with a slender 7-6 advantage and built on it with an excellent SUPER TACKLE to grab three points off Maninder once again.

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The Warriors buckled after their slow start and upped the ante in the final minutes of the first half. A second SUPER RAID in the game for Maninder eliminated Abinesh, Mohammadreza Chiyaneh and Pankaj Mohite, but Mohit Goyat and Aslam Inamdar's 'Never-Give-Up' attitude got them two consecutive SUPER TACKLES.

Such was their defensive prowess in front of a boisterous home crowd that the Pune team managed 12 tackle points and just 6 raid points at the end of the first half, adding pressure on the Warriors with the score reading 20-12.

The side from Kolkata continued to be pegged back and were ALL OUT early in the second half as the Paltan kept up their phenomenal form. Such was the domination of the Puneri men on the night that Maninder Singh, who got 15 points in the last game, was silenced for much of the match.

For every point that the Warriors managed to score, the Paltan had the perfect answer. Left stunned by the all-round ability and the mat presence of the Puneri Paltan, the Warriors fell to a second ALL OUT late in the game, effectively ending any chances of a win for the PKL Season 7 winners.

Pro Kabaddi League 2023-24 will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network and for free on Disney+ hotstar.  

The Bengaluru Bulls took a well deserved, and hard-fought 32-30 win against the Jaipur Pink Panthers in the final game of the second leg at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday. An outstanding defensive performance saw the Bulls log an incredible 13 tackle points — eight of which came from defensive corners Saurabh Nandal and Aman in Pro Kabaddi League 2023-24.

Despite the Bulls' quick start on the mat, the Pink Panthers' defensive nous came to the fore, as they slowly chipped away on the scoreboard. Despite a lack of any multi-point raids, the Bulls were soon facing an all out. Bharat's 50th raid point of the season came at the cost of an ALL OUT as the Pink Panthers surged into a 10-6 lead. 

That setback did little to dim the hopes of the home team though, who slowly came back into the game. The Bulls tightened their raiding and defending moves to put the Pink Panthers on the back foot. The teams went into the break with the Pink Panthers leading by one point at 15-14. 

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Again, the Pink Panthers came faster out of the blocks in the second half, establishing a good lead, but the Bulls struck back soon enough. They inflicted an ALL OUT of their own to draw level at 21 apiece. The difference was a tightening of the defence. The Bulls logged an outstanding 8 tackle points, six more than their opponents in the second half alone.   

A battle of attrition ensued, with neither team managing to establish a lead of more than a point till the final minute of the game. Vikash Kandola went in for the Bulls' final raid when they had finally established a two-point lead. Almost immediately though the Pink Panthers pounced, Ankush tackling him to cut the lead to one with just one raid remaining. V Ajith Kumar was handed the responsibility to help the Pink Panthers at the very least tie the game, but he was brilliantly out-maneuvered by a resolute Bulls defence to spark delirium in the stands.   

Schedule for Pro Kabaddi League 2023-24 on Friday

Game 1 - U Mumba vs Patna Pirates - 8 pm

Game 2 - Puneri Paltan vs Haryana Steelers - 9 pm