PKL 2025 Season 12 is underway! Still not sure which teams are the favourites to win? In this guide, we predict the champion from the 12 teams and tell you everything you need to know to follow the PKL matches.
The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is India’s premier men’s professional Kabaddi league, launched in 2014.
PKL is the biggest Kabaddi tournament in the world. In fact, it is the third most-watched sports league in India, right after IPL (Indian Premier League) and ISL (Indian Super League). Many fans even refer to it as the "IPL of Kabaddi," and that tag actually fits quite well.
Predicted Winner: Puneri Paltan
Puneri Paltan looks most likely to take the crown with a 30% chance. They are strong in both attack and defense, currently leading the table, and have championship experience from 2023. Close behind are Dabang Delhi K.C. (25%) and U Mumba (20%).
Puneri Paltan started the 2025 season with full dominance — winning all 3 matches before Patna Pirates broke their unbeaten streak, with a points difference of +31, the best in the league.
Their raiders, Aslam Inamdar and Mohit Goyat, are perfect for the Golden Raid format, while Fazel Atrachali’s defence adds stability.
With the new Golden Raid rules and a shorter season (18 matches per team), attacking teams like Puneri Paltan and Dabang Delhi K.C. have an extra edge.
The PKL 2025 champion team takes home 3 Crore, while the runner-up earns 1.8 Crore, with a total prize pool of 4.8 Crore. The competition is intense since only the top two teams share the prize money.
What’s more, the PKL men’s champion prize is even higher than the Kabaddi World Cup reward of £150,000 (around 1.6 Crore INR).
Raiders: Devank Dalal, Vishwas S, Sushil Kambrekar, Jang Kun Lee, Himanshu Narwal, Manprit, Omid Mohammadshah, Punit Kumar, Rachit Yadav
Defenders: Nitesh Kumar, Mayur Kadam, Manjeet, Deep Kumar, Yash Malik, Parteek, Amandeep Kajal, Ankit, Ashish, Harander, Sandeep Saini
All Rounders: Shivansh Thakur, Moolchand Marko
Raiders: Akash Shinde, Pankaj, Aashish Malik, Ganesha Hanamantagol, Mahipal, Manjeet Thakur, Shubham Bitake
Defenders: Ankush Rathee, Lucky Kumar, Sanjay, Yogesh, Deepak Sankar, Manish, Satyappa Matti, Shubham Rahate
All Rounders: Chandranaik M, Ahmad Reza Asgari, Alireza Mirzaian, Amit Thakur, Dheeraj, Jitender Yadav, Sachin, Sahil Rane
Raiders: Ashu Malik, Mohit, Ajinkya Pawar, Akshit, Anil Gurjar, Neeraj Narwal, Vijay
Defenders: Sandeep, Gaurav Chhillar, Surjeet Singh, Saurabh Nandal, Fazel Atrachali, Amir Hossein Bastami, Anurag Kumar, Mohit Narwal, Raman Singh
All Rounders: Amit, Arkam Shaikh, Ashish Sangwan, Naveen
Raiders: Parteek Dahiya, Rakesh, Himanshu Singh, Ankit Dahiya, Aryavardhan Navale, Harish, Shridhar Kadam
Defenders: Himanshu, Lucky Sharma, Rohit Nandal, Amit, Milad Jabbari, Shubham Kumar, Sumit
All Rounders: Mohammadreza Shadloui, Nitin Panwar, Himanshu Yadav, Visvanth V
Raiders: Naveen Kumar, Vinay, Shivam Patare, Vishal Tate, Ghanshyam Magar, Vikas Jadhav, Mayank Saini, Sha Mohammed Shahan
Defenders: Jaideep, Rahul, Jaya Soorya, N Manikandan, Hardeep, Rahul Ahri, Ankit Dhull, Neeraj, Ritik Radheyshyam, Sachin, Zubair
All Rounders: Sahil Narwal
Raiders: Sombir Mehra, Ritik Sharma, Vinay, Ali Choubtarash, Meetu, Nitin Kumar, Sahil, Uday Kumar Parte
Defenders: Reza Mirbagheri, Abhishek KS, Ronak Singh, Nitin Kumar, Mohit, Aashish Kumar, Aryan Kumar, Deepanshu Khatri, Sahil Deswal
All Rounders: Nitin Rawal
Raiders: Ayan, Maninder Singh, Sudhakar M, Deepak Jaglan, Ankit Kumar Rana, Mandeep Kumar, Milan Dahiya, Sahil Patil
Defenders: Deepak, Navdeep, Hamid Mirzaeinader, Sanket Sawant, Sombir, Amin Ghorbani, Ashish Birwal, Balaji D, Jadhav Shahaji, Saurabh Narwal
All Rounders: Ankit
Raiders: Pankaj Mohite, Sachin, Mohit Goyat, Aditya Shinde, Mohammad Nabibakhsh, Stuwart Singh, Abhishek Gunge, Milad Mohajer
Defenders: Gaurav Khatri, Abinesh Nadarajan, Mohd Amaan, Dadaso Pujari, Vishal Bhardwaj, Rakesh, Rohan Tupare, Sanjay Enania, Vaibhav Rabade
All Rounders: Aslam Inamdar, Gurdeep
Raiders: Arjun Deshwal, Narender Kandola, Vishal Chahal, Dhiraj Bailmare, Abhiraj Pawar, Rohit Beniwal, Yogesh Yadav
Defenders: Nitesh Kumar, Anuj Gawade, Aashish, Himanshu, Ronak, Sagar Rathee, Alireza Khalili, Mohit, Tarun
All Rounders: Pawan Sehrawat, Moein Shafaghi, Suresh Jadhav
Raiders: Ashish Narwal, Manjeet, Chetan Sahu, Nitin, Rohit Singh, Praful Zaware, Jai Bhagwan
Defenders: Ajit Pawar, Shubham Shinde, Sagar, Aman, Amir Ejlali, Ankit, Avi Duhan, Bantu Malik, Rahul Dagar
All Rounders: Vijay Malik, Bharat, Shankar Gadai, Ganesh Parki
Raiders: Ajit Chouhan, Sathish Kannan, Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi, Mukesh Kannan, Sandeep
Defenders: Sunil Kumar, Parvesh Bhainswal, Rinku, S Mukilan, Lokesh Ghosliya, Deepak Kundu, Ravi, Vijay Kumar
All Rounders: Amirmohammad Zafardanesh, Rohit Raghav, Amarjeet Yadav, Anil, Mohammad Ghorbani
PKL follows a league + playoffs format. In the league stage, 12 teams compete in a double round-robin, where each team plays every other team twice, totaling 132 matches (22 matches per team).
At the end of the league stage, the top 6 teams qualify for the playoffs. If teams have equal points, score difference is used as a tiebreaker.
The winners of the semifinals meet in the final to battle for the championship.
Unlike traditional Kabaddi formats, the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) has introduced unique rules to suit modern audiences and fast-paced broadcasting needs.
If the game ends tied after 40 minutes, it goes to Golden Raid. Each team gets five raids one by one, total of 10 raids. The team with more points wins. Still tied? Then it’s Sudden Death - keep raiding until someone wins.
Each raider must complete their raid - either by tagging a defender or safely returning to their half - within 30 seconds. If not, the point goes to the opposing team.
If a team fails to score in two consecutive raids, the third raid becomes do-or-die - the raider must score, or they’re out and the opponent gains a point.
When a raider successfully eliminates 3 or more defenders in a single raid, it’s called a Super Raid.
While it doesn’t offer any extra points by rule, it can give a big morale boost to the team.
If the defending team has 3 or fewer players left on the mat and they manage to stop the raider, they earn 2 points.
If the defending team has at least 6 players on the mat, the raider can earn 1 bonus point just by crossing the bonus line and returning safely - no need to tag a defender.
The 12th season of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL 2025) is scheduled to start on 29th August 2025, spanning across four cities: Vizag, Jaipur, Chennai, and Delhi.
There are a total of 108 matches this season, with usually two matches per day scheduled at 8 PM and 9 PM.
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