Tamil Thalaivas

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Tamil Thalaivas

Full name	Tamil Thalaivas
Nicknames	Thalaivas
Sport	Kabaddi
Founded	2017
First season	2017
Last season	2019
League	PKL
Based in	Tamil Nadu
Location	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai) (Capacity: 8,000)
Colours
Anthem	Namma Mannu Namma Velayattu
Owner	Magnum Sports Private Limited
Head coach	J Udaya Kumar
Captain	Surjeet Singh Narwal
Website	www.tamilthalaivas.co.in
Current season

Tamil Thalaivas is a Kabaddi team based in Tamil Nadu that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League.^[1] The team is owned by the consortium called Magnum Sports Private Limited. Actor Vijay Sethupathi is the brand ambassador of the team. Tamil Thalaivas play their home matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai), Tamil Nadu.

Since making its debut in the PKL, this team led by Ajay Thakur hasn't had much success after finishing rock bottom in Zone B, both in 2017 and 2018-19.

Franchise history[]

Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is a professional kabaddi league in India, based on the format of the Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament. The fifth edition of the tournament is being played in 2017 with 12 franchises representing various cities in India. Representing Tamil Nadu, ‘Tamil Thalaivas’ made their debut in 2017. The team plays their home games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai).^[2]

Current squad[]

Jersy No	Name	Nat	Date of Birth	Position
	Ajinkya Ashok Pawar			Raider
	Anwar Saheed Baba			All-Rounder
66	Athul Ms		12 July 1996	Raider
	Bhavani Rajput			Raider
	Himanshu			Defender - Left Corner
11	K. Prapanjan			Raider
	M. Abishek			Defender - Right Cover
3	Manjeet		30 Oct 1996	Raider
	Mohammad Tuhin Tarafder			Defender - Right Cover
	Sagar			Defender - Right Corner
1	Sagar B. Krishna		28 Sep 1991	All-Rounder
	Sahil			Defender - Right Cover
	Santhapanaselvam			All-Rounder
	Sourabh Tanaji Patil			All-Rounder
6	Surjeet Singh Narwal (C)		10 Aug 1990	Defender - Right Cover
Source: Pro Kabaddi[3]

Head coach record[]

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%
K Baskaran	India	2017	2018	22	6	2	14	027.27
	India	2018	2019	21	5	3	13	023.81
J.Udayakumar	India	2021	Current	3	0	2	1	000.00

Seasons[]

Year	Pro Kabaddi League
2017	League Stage (6th/6) in Zone B
2018	League Stage (6th/6) in Zone B
2019	League stage (12th/12)in league stage

Season V[]

In the auction for the 2017 season, Thalaivas picked up defender for Rs 63 lakh. They also roped in Indian national team captain Ajay Thakur.^[4][5]

The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.
Zone A

Team v	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Gujarat Fortune Giants	22	15	4	3	126	87
Puneri Paltan	22	15	7	0	91	80
Haryana Steelers	22	13	5	4	40	79
U Mumba	22	10	12	0	-50	56
Jaipur Pink Panthers	22	8	13	1	-91	51
Dabang Delhi KC	22	5	16	1	-134	29

Zone B

Team v	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Bengal Warriors	22	11	5	6	19	77
Patna Pirates (C)	22	10	7	5	60	71
UP Yoddha	22	8	10	4	2	60
Bengaluru Bulls	22	8	11	3	10	57
Telugu Titans	22	7	12	3	-2	52
Tamil Thalaivas	22	6	14	2	-71	46

Source: ProKabaddi

•   advanced to Qualifier 1
•   advanced to Eliminators
• Five (5) points for a win
• Three (3) points each for a drawn game
• One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

Season VI[]

The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.
Zone A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Gujarat Fortune Giants (R)	22	17	3	2	117	93
U Mumba	22	15	5	2	189	86
Dabang Delhi KC	22	11	9	2	-1	68
Puneri Paltan	22	8	12	2	-45	52
Jaipur Pink Panthers	22	6	13	3	-69	43
Haryana Steelers	22	6	14	2	-91	42

Zone B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Bengaluru Bulls (C)	22	13	7	2	104	78
Bengal Warriors	22	12	8	2	2	69
UP Yoddha	22	8	10	4	-45	57
Patna Pirates	22	9	11	2	-36	55
Telugu Titans	22	8	13	1	-55	51
Tamil Thalaivas	22	5	13	4	-70	42

Source: ProKabaddi

•   advanced to Qualifier 1
•   advanced to Eliminators
• Five (5) points for a win
• Three (3) points each for a drawn game
• One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer
• Top three teams from each zone qualify for the playoffs

Season VII[]

Team v	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Dabang Delhi KC (R)	22	15	4	3	66	85
Bengal Warriors (C)	22	14	5	3	71	83
UP Yoddha	22	13	7	2	9	74
U Mumba	22	12	8	2	47	72
Haryana Steelers	22	13	8	1	15	71
Bengaluru Bulls	22	11	10	1	16	64
Jaipur Pink Panthers	22	9	11	2	-13	58
Patna Pirates	22	8	13	1	29	51
Gujarat Forunte Giants	22	7	13	2	18	51
Puneri Paltan	22	7	12	3	-72	48
Telugu Titans	22	6	13	3	-67	45
Tamil Thalaivas	22	4	15	3	-119	37

Source: ProKabaddi

•   advanced to Finals
•   advanced to Eliminators
• Five (5) points for a win
• Three (3) points each for a drawn game
• One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer
• Top 6 teams qualify for the playoffs

Season VIII[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
1	Dabang Delhi	3	2	0	1	15	13	Qualification to semi finals
2	Patna Pirates	3	2	1	0	14	11
3	Bengal Warriors	3	2	1	0	7	11	Qualification to eliminators
4	Jaipur Pink Panthers	3	2	1	0	-2	11
5	Bengaluru Bulls	3	2	1	0	-7	10
6	U Mumba	3	1	1	1	12	9
7	Gujarat Giants	3	1	1	1	4	9
8	Haryana Steelers	3	1	2	0	-3	7
9	UP Yoddha	3	1	2	0	-7	2
10	Tamil Thalaivas	3	0	1	2	-8	6
11	Telugu Titans	3	0	2	1	-3	5
12	Puneri Paltan	3	1	2	0	-22	5

• 5 points for a win
• 3 points each for a drawn game
• 1 point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

Records[]

Overall results Pro Kabbaddi season[]

Seasons	Total	Wins	Tied	Losses	% Win	Position
Season 5	22	6	2	14	31.82%	6
Season 6	22	5	4	13	31.82%	6
Season 7	22	4	3	15	25.00%	12
Season 8	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

By opposition[]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Opposition	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	% Win
Bengal Warriors	8	1	7	0	12.5%
Bengaluru Bulls	8	1	7	0	12.5%
Dabang Delhi	4	0	4	0	0.0%
Gujarat Fortune Giants	4	2	2	0	50.0%
Haryana Steelers	5	1	1	3	50.0%
Jaipur Pink Panthers	4	1	3	0	25.0%
Patna Pirates	8	2	5	1	31.3%
Puneri Paltan	4	1	1	2	50.0%
Telugu Titans	8	3	5	0	37.5%
U Mumba	5	1	4	0	20.0%
UP Yoddha	8	2	3	3	43.8%
Total	66	15	42	9	29.5%

Sponsors[]

Year	Season	Kit Manufacturer	Main Sponsor	Back Sponsor	Sleeve Sponsor
2017	V	Admiral Sportswear	Muthoot	Maha Cement	Agni Devices
2018	VI		Orbit Wires & Cables	Valvoline	Asian Paints
2019	VII	Kaizen Sports	Celon Labs
2021	VIII	Trak Only	Parimatch News[6]	Iodex	Nippon Paint

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