Mumbai to host the first leg of Season II of Pro Kabaddi League
June 3, 2015, Mumbai: Pro Kabaddi League, which was a grand success in 2014, will make its much awaited return from July 18, 2015 with the opening leg to be held at National Sports Club of India (NSCI) in Mumbai. The season opener will pit the two finalists of last year, as host team U Mumba take on reigning Champions Jaipur Pink Panthers.
The league, promoted by Mashal Sports and Star India with the backing of the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India and International Kabaddi Federation, will feature 60 games played across 37 days in eight cities. Following the same ‘caravan style’ format like in the first season, the league will be played at each franchise city for a duration of four days, where the home team will play four of the visiting franchises. All seven visiting franchises will play a set of away games in each city.
After the opening leg in Mumbai, the league will move on to the Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata, followed by the home of current champions, Jaipur Pink Panthers at Sawai Mangsingh Stadium in Jaipur. The Indoor Stadium at the Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna will be the venue for the culmination to the first half of PKL season 2. Hyderabad, the new home of the Telugu Titans, will play host to the second half of the league with the caravan arriving at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium on August 4.
Moving on from Hyderabad, the league will be played in at Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in the capital city and move onto the Kanteerava Indooor Stadium in Bangalore before culiminating at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune.
For the grand finale, the play offs will return to NSCI Mumbai, with the semi-finals scheduled for August 21 and the finals and play-offs scheduled for Sunday, August 23.
Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League re-packaged and revamped the ancient Indian sport of Kabaddi, transforming it from its erstwhile hinterland stereotype to an aspirational and popular sport. In its very first season, the league achieved tremendous support and acceptance amongst sports lovers across the country. Within 12 hours of its commencement, PKL achieved 140 million impressions on Twitter through 6 million tweets. The historic finale was watched by 1 out of every 4 TV viewers in India and the league was watched by about 435 million viewers on TV (TAM data CS4+ extrapolated to the universe using a standard conversion factor) making Kabaddi one of India’s most followed sports.
Complete schedule:
| Date | Venue | Matches |
| 18th July, 2015 | NSCI, Mumbai |
U-Mumba vs Jaipur Pink Panthers Bengaluru Bulls vs Bengal Warriors |
| 19th July, 2015 |
Telugu Titans vs Dabang Delhi U-Mumba vs Bengaluru Bulls |
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| 20th July, 2015 |
Puneri Paltan vs Telugu Titans U-Mumba vs Patna Pirates |
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| 21st July, 2015 |
U-Mumba vs Puneri Paltan Bengaluru Bulls vs Patna Pirates |
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| 22nd July, 2015 | Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata |
Bengal Warriors vs Jaipur Pink Panthers Bengaluru Bulls vs Patna Pirates |
| 23rd July, 2015 |
Bengal Warriors vs Telugu Titans |
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| 24th July, 2015 |
Dabang Delhi vs Puneri Paltan Bengal Warriors vs U-Mumba |
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| 25th July, 2015 |
Bengaluru Bulls vs Puneri Paltan Bengal Warriors vs Dabang Delhi |
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| 26th July, 2015 | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Patna Pirates Telugu Titans vs U-Mumba |
| 27th July, 2015 |
Dabang Delhi vs Bengaluru Bulls Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Telugu Titans |
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| 28th July, 2015 | Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Bengaluru Bulls | |
| 29th July, 2015 |
Puneri Paltan vs Bengal Warriors Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Dabang Delhi |
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| 30th July, 2015 | Indoor Stadium, Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna |
Patna Pirates vs Telugu Titans |
| 31st July, 2015 |
Telugu Titans vs Bengaluru Bulls Patna Pirates vs Dabang Delhi |
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| 1st August, 2015 |
Dabang Delhi vs U-Mumba Patna Pirates vs Puneri Paltan |
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| 2nd August, 2015 |
Puneri Paltan vs Jaipur Pink Panthers Patna Pirates vs Bengal Warriors |
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| 4th August, 2015 | Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad |
Telugu Titans vs Jaipur Pink Panthers U-Mumba vs Dabang Delhi |
| 5th August, 2015 | Telugu Titans vs Bengal Warriors | |
| 6th August, 2015 |
Bengal Warriors vs Bengaluru Bulls Telugu Titans vs Patna Pirates |
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| 7th August, 2015 |
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs U-Mumba Telugu Titans vs Puneri Paltan |
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| 8th August, 2015 | Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium, Delhi |
Dabang Delhi vs Bengal Warriors Patna Pirates vs Bengaluru Bulls |
| 9th August, 2015 |
U-Mumba vs Bengal Warriors Dabang Delhi vs Patna Pirates |
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| 10th August, 2015 | Dabang Delhi vs Jaipur Pink Panthers | |
| 11th August, 2015 |
Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Puneri Paltan Dabang Delhi vs Bengal Warriors |
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| 12th August, 2015 | Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru | Bengaluru Bulls vs U-Mumba |
| 13th August, 2015 |
Bengal Warriors vs Puneri Paltan Bengaluru Bulls vs Jaipur Pink Panthers |
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| 14th August, 2015 |
Bengal Warriors vs Patna Pirates Bengaluru Bulls vs Dabang Delhi |
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| 15th August, 2015 |
Patna Pirates vs U-Mumba Bengaluru Bulls vs Bengal Warriors |
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| 16th August, 2015 | Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune |
Puneri Paltan vs Dabang Delhi Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Bengal Warriors |
| 17th August, 2015 | Puneri Paltan vs U-Mumba | |
| 18th August, 2015 |
U-Mumba vs Telugu Titans Puneri Paltan vs Patna Pirates |
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| 19th August, 2015 |
Patna Pirates vs Jaipur Pink Panthers Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls |
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| 21st August, 2015 | NSCI, Mumbai |
Semi-Final 1 Semi-Final 2 |
| 23rd August, 2015 | NSCI, Mumbai | Finals |