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Sachin, Jindal, Adaani enters into Kabaddi business as they buy’s Kabaddi team in PKL 2017

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Sachin, Adani , Jindal buys Kabaddi Team in Pro Kabaddi
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In India Kabaddi has become a most watched sports after cricket, The PKL franchise is doing very well commercially. After it’s successful 1st edition many people are interested in coming and joining hand with this project, as a result, we have seen mobile company VIVO which also sponsor cricket IPL became the official partner for PKL for 5 years.

As we have announced earlier that four new teams are added this year in Pro kabaddi league, Today we are going to reveal who have successfully become the franchise owner for new teams.

City/State Name of the Franchise Name of the Owner/Promoter
Chennai/Tamil Nadu Iquest Enterprises Private Limited (Consortium) N Prasad & Sachin Tendulkar
Ahmedabad/Gujarat Adani Wilmar Limited Adani Group
Lucknow/Uttar Pradesh GMR League Games Private Limited GMR Group
Haryana JSW Sports Private Limited JSW Group

Yes, Sachin Tendulkar has brought a new team in Pro Kabaddi, this will give a huge boost to Kabaddi league in terms of celebrity association.

The big business houses like Jindal’s and Adani have also invested in Kabaddi franchise which shows the popularity of this homegrown sports game of India.

While revealing the franchise owner name, Mr. Janardan Singh Gehlot, President, International Kabaddi Federation, said, “We laud Star India and Mashal Sports for uniquely transforming and renewing Kabaddi, and their relentless efforts to scale it even higher. The addition of 4 new teams to the ever-growing VIVO Pro Kabaddi League signifies a promising road ahead for the sport in India as well as over the world.”

The new team introduction and auction for Pro Kabaddi season 5 will take place on 22nd of May at 6 Pm in star Sports and Hot Star.

Source : StarSports