Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 12 – Complete Guide, Schedule, Auctions & Streaming

Namaste, kabaddi fans! Season 12 of the Pro Kabaddi League is here, and it promises to be bigger, faster, and more dramatic than ever. From August 29 in Vizag through to the October 23 finale, get ready for 8 electrifying weeks of non-stop action!

Key dates & venues

• Dates: Aug 29 – Oct 23, 2025 (opening weekend in Vizag). Telugu Titans vs Tamil Thalaivas opens the season in Vizag (Aug 29), with a busy first weekend.
• League cities & venues:
  • Vizag — Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium / Vishwanadh Sports Club (opening leg)
  • Jaipur — SMS Indoor Stadium
  • Chennai — SDAT Multi-Purpose Indoor Stadium
  • Delhi — Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium
    (Playoff details to be announced.)

Vizag first, then Jaipur leg from Sep 12 (per advanced fixture lists), after which Chennai and Delhi host.

Broadcast & streaming

• TV: Star Sports network (multilingual coverage).
• Digital: Hotstar/JioHotstar (Disney-Reliance JV is consolidating live sports on Hotstar).

What’s new in Season 12?

• No drawn games: If scores are level after regulation, we now get a structured tie-breaker: a 5-raid shootout culminating in a Golden Raid if needed — in the league stage too, not just playoffs.
• Play-ins + bigger postseason: 8 teams progress (via play-ins + playoffs), raising the stakes of mid-table clashes.
• Shorter league window vs previous long caravan seasons (newsrooms are calling it a “reset”). 108 matches in total, with each team playing 18 games.

Fan angle: Expect more decisive results (fewer dead rubbers), extra late-game strategy (who raids first in shootouts), and fiercer mid-table jostling.

Auction Highlights

• Pardeep Narwal went unsold over the two-day PKL auction (May 31–Jun 1, Mumbai)
• Most Expensive Player:
  • Mohammadreza Shadloui → Gujarat Giants for ₹2.23 Cr.
  • Devank Dalal → Bengal Warriors for ₹2.205 Cr.
• Retentions & volume: 500+ players listed, 121 sold, 83 retained into the auction window.

Watch out for: Iranian all-rounders (Shadloui, Mirbagheri) and India’s next-gen raiders (Dalal, Ashu Malik) are players to watch out for, due to high mat time and dual-skill upside.

PKL 12 squads

UP Yoddhas 2025 Squad: Guman Singh, Dong Geon Lee, Pranay Rane, Bhavani Rajput, Surender Gill, Gagan Gowda, Shivam Choudhary, Keshav Kumar, Jatin Singh, Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi, Mahender Singh, Ronak Nain, Sumit Sangwan (c), Ashu Singh (vc), Sahul Kumar, Hitesh Kadiyan, Jayesh Mahajan, Gangaram, Sachin Manipal.

Patna Pirates 2025 Squad: Deepak Singh (vc), Ankit Jaglan (c), Sanket Sawant, Maninder Singh, Amin Ghorbani, Mandeep, Sombir, Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav, Hamid Mirzaei Nader, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Sudhakar M, Ayan, Navdeep, Deepak, Sahil Patil

Bengal Warriorz 2025 Squad: Nitesh Kumar (vc), Mayur Kadam, Vishwas S, Sushil Kambrekar, Manjeet, Deep Kumar, Yash Malik, Devank Dalal (c), Parteek, Jang Kun Lee, Himanshu Narwal, Manprit, Omid Mohammadshah, Punit Kumar, Rachit Yadav, Amandeep Kajal, Ankit, Ashish, Harander, Sandeep Saini, Moolchand Marko, Shivansh Thakur

Bengaluru Bulls 2025 Squad: Pankaj, Lucky Kumar, Sanjay, Ankush Rathee, Yogesh, Chandranaik M, Akash Shinde (vc), Aashish Malik, Ganesha Hanamantagol, Mahipal, Satyappa Matti, Shubham Rahate, Ahmad Reza Asgari, Alireza Mirzain, Amit Thakur, Dheeraj, Jitender Yadav, Sachin, Sahil Rane

Dabang Delhi 2025 Squad: Ashu Malik (c), Sandeep, Mohit, Gaurav Chhillar, Ajinkya Pawar, Akshit, Surjeet Singh, Saurabh Nandal, Fazel Atrachali, Amir Hossein Bastami, Anil Gurjar, Neeraj Narwal, Vijay, Anurag Kumar, Mohit Narwal, Raman Singh, Amit, Arkam Shaikh, Ashish Sangwan, Naveen

Gujarat Giants Squad: Parteek Dahiya, Rakesh, Himanshu Singh, Himanshu, Mohammadreza Shadloui (c), Lucky Sharma, Nitin Panwar, Rohit Nandal, Ankit Dahiya, Harish Kamatchi, Shridhar Kadam, V. Ajith Kumar, Amit, Milad Jabbari, Shubham Kumar, Sumit, Himanshu Yadav, Visvanth V.

Haryana Steelers Squad: Jaideep Dahiya (c), Vinay, Rahul Setpal (vc), Shivam Patare, Sahil Narwal, Vishal Tate, Jaya Soorya, N Manikandan, Ghanshyam Magar, Vikas Jadhav, Hardeep, Naveen Kumar, Ashish Narwal, Rahul Ahri, Mayank Saini, Sha Mohammed Shahan, Ankit Dhull, Rithik Radheyshyam, Sachin, Zubair

Jaipur Pink Panthers 2025 Squad: Reza Mirbhageri (vc), Sombir Mehra, Abhishek KS, Ronak Singh, Ritik Sharma, Nitin Kumar, Manjeet, Vinay, Mohit, Nitin Rawal (c), Ali Choubtarash, Meetu, Nitin Kumar, Sahil Satpal, Uday Kumar Parte, Aashish Kumar, Aryan Kumar, Deepanshu Khatri, Sahil Deswal

Puneri Paltan 2025 Squad: Aslam Inamdar (c), Pankaj Mohite, Gaurav Khatri, Mohit Goyat, Abinesh Nadarajan, Mohd Amaan, Dadaso Pujari, Aditya Shinde, Sachin, Mohammad Nabibaksh, Vishal Bhardwaj, Stuwart Singh, Abhishek Gunge, Milad Mohajer, Rakesh, Rohan Tupare, Sanjay Enania, Vaibhav Rabade, Gurdeep

Tamil Thalaivas 2025 Squad: Narender Kandola, Nitesh Kumar, Anuj Gawade, Vishal Chahal, Moein Shafaghi, Aashish, Himanshu, Ronak, Dhiraj Bailmare, Sagar Rathee, Pawan Sehrawat (c), Arjun Deshwal (vc), Abhiraj Pawar, Rohit Beniwal, Yogesh Yadav, Alireza Khalili, Mohit, Tarun, Suresh Jadhav

Telugu Titans 2025 Squad: Vijay Malik (c), Ajit Pawar, Ashish Narwal, Sagar, Manjeet, Shankar Gadai, Chetan Sahu, Nitin, Rohit Singh, Praful Zaware, Jai Bhagwan, Bharat, Shubham Shinde, Aman, Amir Ejlali, Ankit, Avi Duhan, Bantu Malik, Rahul Dagar, Ganesh Parki

U Mumba 2025 Squad: Sunil Kumar (c), Parvesh Bhainswal, Ajit Chouhan, Amirmohammad Zafardanesh, Rinku, S Mukilan, Rohit Raghav, Lokesh Ghosliya, Deepak Kundu, Sathish Kannan, Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi, Mukesh Kannan, Sandeep, Ravi, Vijay Kumar, Aanil, Amarjeet Yadav, Mohammad Ghorbani.

Why is PKL trending?

Based on live newsroom monitors and Google-Trends-roundup pages surfacing the most-searched PKL queries in the last 48–72 hours:

• “PKL 2025 schedule”, “PKL today match”, “Vizag matches”, “PKL Score“, “PKL Points Table“— Check opening-week and complete match schedule, results, points table and live score on ProKabaddi.com
• “Where to watch PKL”, “Star Sports/Hotstar”, “language feeds (incl. Haryanvi, Bhojpuri)” – Star Sports + Hotstar/JioHotstar. Keep an eye on multilingual feeds if you prefer Haryanvi/Bhojpuri.
• “PKL new rules”, “Golden Raid”, “play-ins”, and “no ties” are new additions that fans can look forward to.
• “PKL auction results”, “Pardeep Narwal unsold”, “most expensive player”, “Shadloui price” — Make up of the teams has changed, and fans can’t wait for action to begin.

League Format & Points

• 12 teams, multi-city league stage → Play-ins → Playoffs.
• Simple scoring — 2 points for a win, 0 for a loss.
• No draws: tied games go to a raid shootout/Golden Raid even during league games.
• Playoff Structure: Features 3 Eliminators + 2 Qualifiers, making the title race longer and more competitive.

Storylines to follow

• Iranian defensive wall vs Indian raiding depth: Shadloui & Mirbagheri headlines vs young Indian raiders.
• How teams replace Pardeep’s aura: Bengaluru/league narratives post-auction snub.
• Home-leg surges: Jaipur/Chennai/Delhi legs often swing the table — keep an eye on momentum shifts as the caravan moves.

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