
We Never Played on Such a Big Platform Before: PKL Legends Looks Back on Pro Kabaddi League's Incredible Journey
News 18It’s been exactly nine years since the Jaipur Pink Panthers and U Mumba teams walked out on the mat to play the first-ever Pro Kabaddi League match in Mumbai. Reminiscing the first-ever PKL match, the Most Valuable Player Award winner in Season 1 and U Mumba Captain Anup Kumar expressed, “We were quite nervous just before the game started. I remember forgetting to focus on the timer because we didn’t have timed raids before.” Meanwhile, Rishank Devadiga, who played in the first-ever PKL match along with Anup Kumar, spoke about his favourite memory from Season 1, “The first match was very exciting for us. The addition of four teams in Season 5 signified the huge growth in the number of kabaddi players around the country in the first four seasons and Tamil Thalaivas’ record-breaking bid of INR 2.26 crore for Pawan Sehrawat in the PKL 2022 Auction showcases the sharp rise in the players’ financial valuation over the years.
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