PKL: Pro Kabaddi League season 6 from October 19

Mumbai, January 18: Kabaddi will once again hog the limelight for 13 weeks when the sixth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League gets underway on October 19.

Mashal Sports Pvt Ltd announced that the sixth and seventh season of the Pro Kabaddi league will begin on October 19 this year and July 19, 2019 respectively, maintaining a duration of 13 weeks.

In Season V, the league scaled unprecedented heights having expanded from eight teams to 12 teams and conducting 138 matches over a duration of 13 weeks.

Withstanding intense competition, Patna Pirates, led by Pardeep Narwal, beat Gujarat Fortune Giants to clinch the Championship title for the third consecutive time.

Kashiling Adake has been consistent in #VivoProKabaddi, displaying his amazing raiding skills time and again! Do you remember any of his Super 10 performances? pic.twitter.com/ORGsuRUKi9

— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) January 17, 2018

Anupam Goswami, league commissioner, Pro Kabaddi said, "The Pro Kabaddi Season VI window has been created to keep in mind adequate recovery time for the players post the Asian Games.

"The advance window for Season VII will afford forward looking preparation for squad formation and commercial strategy."

Nitin Tomar seems to have his 2018 resolutions in line! Can the Indian Kabaddi Team clinch the all-important gold in the upcoming Asian Games? pic.twitter.com/2TqWycTtjE

— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) January 11, 2018

Season VI of the domestic league promises to be another action-packed edition and fans would be able to catch all the action on the Star Sports Network and Hotstar.

Janardan Singh Gehlot, president, International Kabaddi Federation said, "Mashal has taken India's sport of Kabaddi from strength to strength with the Pro Kabaddi League. We welcome the long term approach which will take it to even greater heights."