Another powerful addition to @ProKabaddi. Proud to announce our new team, @tamilthalaivas. Looking forward to an amazing season 5.
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) June 18, 2017
The fifth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League is to be started from July 28 and after series played the final is to be played on October 28. Four new teams have been introduced fresh for this season thus making it a league of 12 strong teams. The franchises spent over Rs 46.99 crores to buy over 227 players. At Rs 93 lakh, Nitin Tomar became the costliest player hired in the history of PKL.Other team names are
- Bengaluru Bulls.
- U Mumba.
- Puneri Paltan.
- Bengal Warriors.
- Jaipur Pink Panthers.
- Patna Pirates.
- Telugu Titans.
- Dabang Delhi.
A few titbits about PKL, Tamil Thalivas is the name of the team from Tamil Nadu which includes a Squad strength: 25 (22 Indian, 3 Overseas).Kabaddi is a game which is originated from Tamil Nadu.
The legendary India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is the co-owner of the franchise and he announced this name"Tamil Thalaivas".These players recently played with Big Boss contestants for fun
