2017 Pro Kabaddi League season

The 2017 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League season was the fifth season of Pro Kabaddi League, a professional kabaddi league in India since 2014. It is organised by Mashal Sports and Star India. This season includes 12 teams after the inclusion of four new teams: UP Yoddha, Tamil Thalaivas, Haryana Steelers and Gujarat Fortunegiants.

Vivo Pro Kabaddi season 5
Dates28 July 2017 (2017-07-28) – 28 October 2017 (2017-10-28)
Administrator(s)Mashal Sports
Tournament format(s)Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s) India
ChampionsPatna Pirates (3rd title)
Defending ChampionsPatna Pirates
Participants12
Matches played138
Official websiteprokabaddi.com

Auction

Auctions for the new season were held in May, before which the existing teams were allowed to retain one player each. The auction saw over 400 players go under the hammer and a total of Rs 46.99 crore spent by the 12 teams.

The most expensive pick of the auction was raider Nitin Tomar, who was bought by the new UP franchise for a sum of Rs 93 lakh.[1] Following in second place was Rohit Kumar after the Bengaluru Bulls picked him for a Rs 81 lakh price. The most expensive foreign player was South Korea's Jang Kun Lee after he was retained by the Bengal Warriors for Rs 80.3 lakhs.

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony is held on the first match of every leg in each stadium. This is similar to that of IPL 2017. It is done so to highlight the importance of the tradition and culture all over the country.

Teams

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