The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) 2025, the 12th edition of India’s premier kabaddi tournament, has already begun from 29th August 2025. With a fresh season underway, fans are eager to know the complete details of their favourite franchises. From defending champions Haryana Steelers to seasoned giants like Patna Pirates, Jaipur Pink Panthers and U Mumba, every team has finalised its squad after a record-breaking auction earlier this year.
In this article, we bring you the full list of PKL 2025 teams, their players and the captains who will lead them in the race for the coveted trophy.
Pro Kabaddi League 2025: All Teams and Their Captain
| Team Name | Captain |
|---|---|
| Bengal Warriors | Devank Dalal |
| Bengaluru Bulls | Ankush Rathi |
| Patna Pirates | Ankit Jaglan |
| Tamil Thalaivas | Pawan Sehrawat |
| Telugu Titans | Vijay Malik |
| UP Yoddhas | Sumit Sangwan |
| U Mumba | Sunil Kumar |
| Haryana Steelers | Jaideep Dahiya |
| Gujarat Giants | Mohammadreza Shadloui |
| Dabang Delhi | Ashu Malik |
| Puneri Paltan | Aslam Inamdar |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | Nitin Rawal |
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Bengal Warriorz Team Squad 2025
- Devank Dalal (Raider/Captain)
- Himanshu (Raider)
- Nitesh Kumar (Defender)
- Ashish (Defender, Left Corner)
- Shivansh Thakur (All-Rounder)
- Mayur Jagannath Kadam (Defender, Right Cover)
- Parteek (Defender, Left Cover)
- Omid Khojasteh Mohammadshah (Raider)
- Jang Kun Lee (Raider)
- Moolchandra Singh (All-Rounder)
- Harander (Defender, Right Corner)
- Ankit (Defender, Right Corner)
- Sandeep (Defender)
- Vishwas S (Raider)
- Yash Malik (Defender, Left Corner)
- Manjeet (Defender, Left Cover)
- Deep Kumar (Defender, Right Cover)
- Sushil Kambrekar (Right Raider)
- Amandeep (Defender, Right Corner)
- Punit Kumar (Left Raider)
- Rachit Kumar (Right Raider)
- Manprit (Right Raider)
Bengaluru Bulls Team Squad 2025
- Yogesh Bijender Dahiya (Defender, Right Corner)
- Sanjay Krishan Dhull (Defender, Right Cover)
- Akash Santosh Shinde (Raider)
- Dheeraj (All-Rounder)
- Ankush Rathee (Defender, Left Corner)
- Alireza Mirzaeian (All-Rounder)
- Mahipal (Raider)
- Satyappa Matti (Defender, Right Cover)
- Manish (Defender)
- Ahmadreza Asgari (All-Rounder)
- Shubham Bitake (Raider)
- Amit Singh Thakur (All-Rounder)
- Shubham Rahate (Defender, Left Cover)
- Sahil Suhas Rane (All-Rounder)
- Sachin (All-Rounder)
- Chandranaik M (All-Rounder)
- Lucky Kumar (Defender, Right Cover)
- Manjeet (Raider)
- Pankaj (Raider)
- Deepak S (Defender, Left Corner)
- Ganesha B. Hanamantagol (Right Raider)
- Pirati Srisivatejesh (Left Raider)
- Aashish Malik (Right Raider)
Dabang Delhi K.C. Team Squad 2025
- Ashu Malik (Raider)
- Neeraj Narwal (Raider)
- Amir Hossein Bastami (All-Rounder)
- Fazel Atrachali (Defender)
- Arkam Shaikh (All-Rounder)
- Surjeet Singh (Defender, Right Cover)
- Ajinkya Ashok Pawar (Raider)
- Mohit (Defender, Left Cover)
- Akshit (Left Raider)
- Gaurav Chhillar (Defender, Right Cover)
- Saurabh Nandal (Defender, Left Corner)
- Ashish Kumar Sangwan (All-Rounder)
- Naveen (All-Rounder)
- Amit (All-Rounder)
- Vijay (Raider)
- Anil Gurjar (Raider)
- Sandeep (Defender, Left Cover)
- Mohit (Right Raider)
- Anurag (Defender, Left Corner)
- Raman Singh (Defender, Right Corner)
Gujarat Giants Team Squad 2025
- Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh (All-Rounder)
- Ajith V Kumar (Raider)
- Shubham Kumar (Defender, Left Cover)
- Lucky Sharma (Defender, Right Corner)
- Nitin Panwar (All-Rounder)
- Milad Jabbari (All-Rounder)
- Visvanth V (All-Rounder)
- Rohit Kumar (Defender, Left Cover)
- Ankit (Raider)
- K Harish (Raider)
- Amit (Defender)
- Sumit (Defender)
- Himanshu Yadav (All-Rounder)
- Himanshu Singh (Raider)
- Himanshu (Right Raider)
- Parteek Dahiya (Raider)
- Rakesh (Raider)
- Shridhar Ananda Kadam (Right Raider)
Haryana Steelers Team Squad 2025
- Naveen Sansar Singh Kumar (Raider)
- Rahul (Defender, Left Corner)
- Ashish (All Rounder)
- Mayank Saini (Raider)
- Hardeep (Defender, Left Corner)
- Ghanshyam Roka Magar (Raider)
- Shahan Sha Mohammed (Raider)
- Sachin (Defender, Right Cover)
- Zubair (Defender, Right Cover)
- Ritik (Defender, Left Cover)
- Rahul Sethpal (Defender, Right Corner)
- Vinay (Raider)
- Shivam Anil Patare (Left Raider)
- Jaideep Dahiya (Defender, Left Cover)
- Jaya Soorya NS (Left Raider)
- Vishal S. Tate (Right Raider)
- Sahil (All Rounder)
- Manikandan N (Defender, Right Cover)
- Vikas Ramadas Jadhav (Right Raider)
- Ankit (Defender, Right Corner)
Jaipur Pink Panthers Team Squad 2025
- Nitin Kumar Dhankhar (Right Raider)
- Uday Parte (Raider)
- Nitin Rawal (All Rounder)
- Manjeet Dahiya (Raider)
- Aashish Kumar (Defender, Right Cover)
- Ali Samadi Choubtarash (Raider)
- Meetu (Raider)
- Vinay (Raider)
- Mohit (Defender, Right Cover)
- Reza Mirbagheri (Defender)
- Nitin Kumar (Defender, Right Cover)
- Abhishek KS (Defender, Left Cover)
- Ronak Singh (Defender, Right Corner)
- Sombir (Raider)
- Ritik Sharma (Raider)
- Aryan (Defender, Left Corner)
- Sahil Deshwal (Defender, Left Cover)
- Deepanshu (Defender, Right Corner)
- Sahil (Raider)
Patna Pirates Team Squad 2025
- Ankit Jaglan (All Rounder)
- Deepak Rajender Singh (Defender, Right Cover)
- Sanket Suresh Sawant (Defender, Left Cover)
- Maninder Singh (Raider)
- Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav (Defender, Right Cover)
- Sombir (Defender)
- Amin Ghorbani (Raider)
- Mandeep (Raider)
- Hamid Mirzaei Nader (Defender)
- Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj (Defender)
- Sudhakar M (Raider)
- Ayan (Raider)
- Navdeep (Defender)
- Deepak (Raider)
- Sahil Patil (Raider)
- Saurabh (Defender)
- Prianshu (Defender)
- Milan (Raider)
- Ankit (Raider)
Puneri Paltan Team Squad 2025
- Sachin Tanwar (Raider)
- Gurdeep (All Rounder)
- Mohd. Amaan (Defender, Left Corner)
- Milad Mohajer (Raider)
- Vishal Bhardwaj (Defender)
- Stuwart Singh (Right Raider)
- Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (All Rounder)
- Rohan Ashok Tupare (Defender)
- Gaurav Khatri (Defender, Right Corner)
- Abinesh Nadarajan (Defender, Right Cover)
- Pankaj Mohite (Raider)
- Aslam Mustafa Inamdar (All Rounder)
- Mohit Goyat (Raider)
- Dadaso Shivaji Pujari (Defender, Right Corner)
- Aditya Tushar Shinde (Raider)
- Rakesh (Defender, Left Corner)
- Sanjay Enania (Defender, Right Corner)
- Vaibhav S. Rabade (Defender, Right Cover)
- Abhishek Tukaram Gunge (Right Raider)
Tamil Thalaivas Team Squad 2025
- Arjun Deshwal (Raider)
- Pawan Sehrawat (All Rounder)
- Alireza Khalili (Defender, Right Corner)
- Mohit (Defender, Left Corner)
- Suresh Jadhav (All Rounder)
- Moein Safaghi (All Rounder)
- Himanshu (Defender, Left Corner)
- Sagar (Defender, Right Corner)
- Nitesh Kumar (Defender, Left Corner)
- Narender Kandola (Raider)
- Ronak (Defender, Right Cover)
- Vishal Chahal (Right Raider)
- Aashish (Defender, Left Cover)
- Anuj Kaluram Gawade (Defender, Left Cover)
- Dhiraj Ravindra Bailmare (Raider)
- Tarun (Defender, Right Cover)
- Abhiraj Manoj Pawar (Left Raider)
- Rohit Kumar Beniwal (Left Raider)
- Yogesh Yadav (Raider)
Telugu Titans Team Squad 2025
- Bharat Hooda (All Rounder)
- Shubham Shashikant Shinde (Defender, Right Corner)
- Vijay Malik (All Rounder)
- Amir Hossein Ejlali (Raider)
- Ashish Narwal (Raider)
- Aman (Defender, Left Corner)
- Manjeet (Raider)
- Jai Bhagwan (Raider)
- Ganesh Parki (All Rounder)
- Rahul Dagar (Defender, Left Corner)
- Shankar Bhimraj Gadai (All Rounder)
- Ajit Pandurang Pawar (Defender, Left Cover)
- Ankit (Defender, Left Corner)
- Praful Sudam Zaware (Left Raider)
- Sagar (Defender, Right Cover)
- Chetan Sahu (Raider)
- Nitin (Raider)
- Rohit (Raider)
- Bantu (Defender, Left Corner)
- Avi Duhan (Defender, Right Cover)
U Mumba Team Squad 2025
- Aanil Mohan (All Rounder)
- Sandeep Kumar (Raider)
- Parvesh Bhainswal (Defender, Left Cover)
- Rinku Sharma (Defender, Right Corner)
- Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi (Raider)
- Ravi (Defender, Right Cover)
- Mohammad Ghorbani (Raider)
- Amarjeet (All Rounder)
- Sunil Kumar (Defender)
- Rohit (All Rounder)
- Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (All Rounder)
- Satish Kannan (Right Raider)
- Mukilan Shanmugam (Defender, Left Cover)
- Ajit Chouhan (Left Raider)
- Deepak Kundu (Defender, Left Corner)
- Lokesh Ghosliya (Defender, Left Corner)
- Sunny (Defender, Left Cover)
- Mukeshkannan S (Raider)
UP Yoddhas Team Squad 2025
- Guman Singh (Raider)
- Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi (Defender, Left Cover)
- Mahender Singh (Defender, Left Cover)
- Dong Geon Lee (Raider)
- Pranay Vinay Rane (Raider)
- Ronak (Defender, Left Cover)
- Sumit (Defender, Left Corner)
- Ashu Singh (Defender, Right Cover)
- Bhavani Rajput (Raider)
- Sahul Kumar (Defender, Right Corner)
- Surender Gill (Raider)
- Hitesh (Defender, Right Corner)
- Gagana Gowda HR (Right Raider)
- Shivam Chaudhary (Left Raider)
- Jayesh Vikas Mahajan (Defender, Left Corner)
- Gangaram (Defender, Left Cover)
- Sachin (Defender, Right Cover)
- Keshav Kumar (Raider)
- Jatin (Right Raider)
Conclusion
The 2025 player auction was a record-breaking event with 121 players sold for a total of INR 37.90 crore. Iranian star Mohammadreza Shadloui became the most expensive player at INR 2.23 crore, while Devank Dalal emerged as the costliest Indian signing at INR 2.205 crore. Franchises also used the new Final Bid Match (FBM) rule to retain key players, while others reshuffled their squads for better balance.
