Sep 4, 2026
Aslam Inamdar: PKL stats, records and why his best season was not the one he won
Aslam Inamdar has 621 Pro Kabaddi points from 87 matches and a raiding rate a third below his peak. Here is why India still picked him for the Asian G...
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Sep 4, 2026
Ayan Lohchab: PKL stats, records and the season he raided a third more and got caught less
Ayan Lohchab won PKL Best Raider in his second season with 316 raid points, the third-biggest raiding season the league has produced. The column that...
Sep 4, 2026
India defend two kabaddi golds with eight Asian Games debutants
Sunil Kumar replaces Pawan Sehrawat as captain, Pushpa Rana takes over the women’s team, and the draw in Japan keeps India away from Iran until the se...
Sep 2, 2026
Pawan Sehrawat: PKL records, stats and the three seasons that still carry his career
Pawan Sehrawat has 1,340 raid points from 142 PKL matches and a single-match record nobody has touched since 2019. He goes to the Asian Games this mon...
Sep 2, 2026
Devank Dalal: PKL stats, records and the best raiding rate the league has seen
Devank Dalal scored 271 raid points in 16 matches of PKL 12, a rate no season in the league’s history has matched. His own team then rested him, and h...
Sep 1, 2026
Maninder Singh: the kabaddi raider who is 233 points from the PKL record
Only Pardeep Narwal has scored more raid points in the Pro Kabaddi League, and Narwal has retired. At 36, Maninder needs about 25 more matches to catc...
Aug 27, 2026
India have replaced both kabaddi captains who won gold in Hangzhou, and kept both in the squads
India named Sunil Kumar and Pushpa Rana as their kabaddi captains for the Asian Games in Japan, and both of the players they replace have kept their p...
Aug 24, 2026
Four of India’s Hangzhou gold medallists made the Asian Games squad, and Naveen Kumar did not
India named their men’s and women’s kabaddi squads for the Asian Games on Sunday. Eight of the twelve men who won gold in Hangzhou are not on the plan...
Aug 19, 2026
Iran take their Asian Games squad to Islamabad, and their hosts are in the same group
The 2018 champions arrive on Thursday for a week of practice matches against a side they meet again in Group B. India’s men, drawn in Group A, cannot...
Aug 11, 2026
Iran name their 12 for the Asian Games, and India are still cutting from 29
Fazel Atrachali captains a squad with no surprises in it, and Iran have a new head coach for Japan. India, six weeks out, are still working from a lis...
Aug 9, 2026
Ashu Malik: PKL stats, records and the title he won in 14 matches
Ashu Malik has 916 points in 105 Pro Kabaddi matches and a title as Dabang Delhi’s captain. The season Delhi finally won one was the season he played...
Aug 8, 2026
Mohammad Reza Shadloui: PKL records, the Gujarat Giants fall, and what comes next
Iran’s left corner has 391 tackle points, two PKL titles and the biggest single-match tackle haul the league has ever seen. He also spent last season...
Aug 6, 2026
Reports now put the PKL 13 auction in late October, and the Asian Games are why
Mashal Sports has still not announced a date. The window being reported has moved from July to late October, which would push Season 13 into December.
Jun 20, 2026
Defending champions, a big coaching hire and an auction in waiting: PKL 13 takes shape
With the league between seasons, PKL 13 is being built in the background: Dabang Delhi defend their crown, Gujarat Giants have made the off-season’s b...
May 5, 2026
Jasveer, Malik and Sehrawat: how the PKL 13 coaching map has redrawn itself
Three of Pro Kabaddi League’s most closely watched dugouts changed hands between PKL 12 and the wait for PKL 13, with Patna Pirates, UP Yoddhas and Gu...
May 1, 2026
Eight teams, 96 athletes, three days: Pulwama Kabaddi League opens at the cricket ground
The inaugural Pulwama Kabaddi League opened on Friday at Pulwama Cricket Stadium with eight teams and 96 athletes from across the Kashmir Division, la...
Apr 18, 2026
Naveen Kumar and Ashu Malik lead a crowded India field as kabaddi probables push for Asian Games 2026 spots
India’s Asian Games kabaddi camp at the Inspire Institute of Sport has turned into a genuine selection battle, with 14 spots up for grabs and most of...
Apr 17, 2026
Six months on from PKL 12, the season’s best starting 7 still tells the story
Half a year on from Dabang Delhi’s 31-28 win over Puneri Paltan at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium, the seven players Khel Now picked as PKL 12’s best st...
Apr 9, 2026
India name 90 kabaddi probables for Asian Games 2026 as elite camp wraps up in Bellary
The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India and Mashal Sports put 90 male and female athletes through a seven-day strength and conditioning camp at the In...
Apr 3, 2026
Elite kabaddi players complete Asian Games training camp at Inspire Institute in Bellary
The AKFI and Mashal Sports brought together 90 male and female kabaddi probables for a seven-day strength and conditioning camp at the Inspire Institu...
Mar 28, 2026
India’s top kabaddi players begin Asian Games prep at elite training camp in Bellary
The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India and Mashal Sports have opened a high-performance strength and conditioning camp at the Inspire Institute of Sp...
Mar 23, 2026
Khelo India Tribal Games 2026 to feature kabaddi in Raipur from March 25
The inaugural Khelo India Tribal Games get underway in Chhattisgarh on March 25, with kabaddi among two demonstration sports set to be showcased at th...
Mar 16, 2026
Gujarat Giants appoint Randhir Singh Sehrawat as head coach ahead of PKL 2026
The longest-serving coach in Pro Kabaddi League history has a new home after Gujarat Giants brought in the Arjuna Award winner who spent 11 seasons at...
Mar 11, 2026
Global Pravasi Kabaddi League begins nationwide scouting for Season 2 with international expansion
The Global Pravasi Kabaddi League has launched player scouting across India ahead of its second season, with plans to include international athletes f...