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Full coverage: Pro Kabaddi League, Season 5

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Stay updated with the latest updates, features and analysis from the Pro Kabaddi League Season 5. Featuring 12 teams and an extended tournament spanning over 13 weeks, the newest season begins on July 28.

Post-tournament:

How Patna Pirates won the Pro Kabaddi League

Rampaging Pardeep, reliable Ajay lead ESPN's PKL Team of the Tournament

Ajay Thakur's heroics, Pardeep's eight-point raid among PKL's best moments


Results:

Playoffs

Champions Pardeep and Patna complete the three-peat

Final: Patna Pirates beat Gujarat Fortunegiants 55-38

Can Gujarat's dependable defence stop Patna's rampant raiders?

Qualifier 2: Patna Pirates beat Bengal Warriors 47-44

PKL: Record-breaking Pardeep stands between Bengal and maiden final

Eliminator 3: Patna Pirates beat Puneri Paltan 42-32

Qualifier 1: Gujarat Fortunegiants beat Bengal Warriors 42-17

Eliminator 2: Patna Pirates beat Haryana Steelers 69-30

Eliminator 1: Puneri Paltan beat UP Yoddha 40-38

PKL playoffs: Clash of table-toppers for berth in final

PKL: Looking back at the players who will be missed


Week 12

Weekly round-up: PKL 5 weekly round-up: Rohit's record run, UP's damp squib

Special features: 'If there were no coaches, there would be no teams'

Match 132: Gujarat Fortunegiants beat Puneri Paltan 23-22

Match 131: Telugu Titans drew with Bengal Warriors 37-37

Match 130: Puneri Paltan beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 38-15

Match 129: Patna Pirates drew with Bengaluru Bulls 29-29

Match 128: Haryana Steelers beat Puneri Paltan 31-27

Match 127: Puneri Paltan beat Dabang Delhi 34-31

Match 126: Bengaluru Bulls beat UP Yodha 38-32

Match 125: Puneri Paltan defeated U Mumba 43-24

Match 124: Tamil Thalaivas defeated Patna Pirates 40-37

Match 123: Bengal Warriors defeated Tamil Thalaivas 34-30

Match 122: Gujarat Fortunegiants defeated Puneri Paltan 44-20


Week 11

Weekly round-up: Panthers' poor home run, Devadiga's record-breaking raids

Special features: 'If you take kabaddi away from me, I'm zero'

Match 121: UP Yoddha beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 53 - 32

Match 120: Haryana Steelers defeated Jaipur Pink Panthers 37-27

Match 119: Bengaluru Bulls defeated Dabang Delhi KC 35-32

Match 118: Dabang Delhi KC beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 35-34

Match 117: Tamil Thalaivas beat U Mumba 38-35

Match 116: Puneri Paltan beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 38-30

Match 115: Gujarat Fortunegiants beat Patna Pirates 33-29

Match 114: Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U Mumba 36-32

Match 113: Haryana Steelers beat Telugu Titans 32-30

Match 112: Bengal Warriors beat Puneri Paltan 25-19

Match 111: Gujarat Fortunegiants beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 29-23


Week 10

Weekly round-up: Thalaivas flop at home, Telugu Titans win big

Special feature: PKL finally hits Chennai, makes up for lost time

Match 110: Bengaluru Bulls beat Tamil Thalaivas 45-35

Match 109: UP Yoddha beat Tamil Thalaivas 37-33

Match 108: Haryana Steelers beat U Mumba 41-30

Match 107: Telugu Titans beat Tamil Thalaivas 58-37

Match 106: Gujarat Fortunegiants beat Dabang Delhi KC 42-22

Match 105: U Mumba beat Tamil Thalaivas 33-30

Match 104: Bengal Warriors beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 32-31

Match 103: Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Tamil Thalaivas 27-26

Match 102: Puneri Paltan beat UP Yodha 34-33

Match 101: Gujarat Fortunegiants beat Patna Pirates 30-29

Match 100: Puneri Paltan beat Tamil Thalaivas 33-20


Week 9

Weekly round-up: Thalaivas stun Bengal; Delhi fall short again

Special feature: How the Pro Kabaddi League juggernaut left everyone else behind

Match 99: Telugu Titans beat Dabang Delhi KC 44-22

Match 98: U Mumba beat Bengaluru Bulls 42-30

Match 97: UP Yoddha beat Dabang Delhi KC 45-16

Match 96: Telugu Titans beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 41-34

Match 95: Patna Pirates beat Dabang Delhi KC 36-34

Match 94: Tamil Thalaivas beat Gujarat Fortunegiants 35-34

Match 93: Haryana Steelers beat Dabang Delhi KC 42-24

Match 92: Tamil Thalaivas beat Bengal Warriors 33-32

Match 91: Puneri Paltan beat Dabang Delhi KC 34-29

Match 90: Bengal Warriors beat Bengaluru Bulls 33-29

Match 89: U Mumba beat Dabang Delhi KC 30-28


Week 8

Weekly round-up: Pardeep Narwal's new record and a thriller in Patna

Special features: Meet veteran Nilesh Shinde, Delhi Dabang's go-to man

Match 89: UP Yoddha defeated Patna Pirates 46-41

Match 88: Haryana Steelers defeated Jaipur Pink Panthers 30-26

Match 87: Patna Pirates defeated Tamil Thalaivas 41-39

Match 86: Gujarat Fortunegiants defeated U Mumba 45-23

Match 85: Patna Pirates beat Bengaluru Bulls 36-32

Match 84: Puneri Paltan defeated Haryana Steelers 37-25

Match 83: Patna Pirates tied with Bengal Warriors 37-37

Match 82: Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Dabang Delhi K.C 36-25

Match 81: Patna Pirates defeated UP Yoddha 45-42

Match 80: Telugu Titans tied with Bengaluru Bulls 26-26

Match 79: Gujarat FortuneGiants beat U Mumba 39-28

Match 78: Patna Pirates defeated Telugu Titans 46-30


Week 7

Weekly round-up: Haryana go top, Thalaivas win thriller

Special feature: 'Mitti ka game' kabaddi returns to its roots

Match 77: Haryana Steelers tied with Jaipur Pink Panthers 27-27

Match 76: Puneri Paltan defeated Haryana Steelers 38-22

Match 75: Tamil Thalaivas defeated UP Yoddha 34-33

Match 74: Haryana Steelers beat Delhi Dabang KC 27-24

Match 73: Bengal Warriors beat Telugu Titans 32-31

Match 72: Telugu Titans beat Haryana Steelers 37-19

Match 71: Bengaluru Bulls beat Puneri Paltan 24 -20

Match 70: Haryana Steelers beat Bengaluru Bulls 38-31

Match 69: U Mumba beat Patna Pirates 51-41

Match 68: Gujarat Fortunegiants tied with UP Yoddha 30-30

Match 67: Haryana Steelers tied with Patna Pirates 41-41


Week 6

Mid-tournament round-up: Fortunegiants stand tall, Warriors set mid-season pace and Pardeep sizzles for Pirates

Special feature: Bargain buys and expensive flops: How PKL's big-money players have fared

Match 66: Bengal Warriors tied with Dabang Delhi KC 31-31

Match 65: Puneri Paltan defeated Telugu Titans 42-37

Match 64: U Mumba defeated Bengal Warriors 37-31

Match 63: Dabang Delhi KC defeated Bengaluru Bulls 38-30

Match 62: Haryana Steelers defeated Haryana Steelers 36-29

Match 61: Patna Pirates defeated Jaipur Pink Panthers 47-21

Match 60: Bengal Warriors defeated Tamil Thalaivas 29-25

Match 59: Jaipur Pink Panthers defeated Gujarat Fortunegiants 31-25

Match 58: Bengal Warriors tied with UP Yoddhas 26-26

Match 57: Haryana Steelers defeated Gujarat Fortunegiants 42-36

Match 56: Bengal Warriors defeated Patna Pirates 41-38


Week 5

Weekly round-up: PKL week 5: Surjeet's bold coup, Anup leads by example and Monu spins magic

Special feature: Pardeep Narwal: Indian kabaddi's 'Mr. Dependable'

Match 55: U Mumba beat Jaipur Pink Panthers (36-32)

Match 54: Telugu Titans beat Tamil Thalaivas 33-28

Match 53: U Mumba beat Haryana Steelers 38-32

Match 52: Gujarat Fortunegiants beat U Mumba 45-23

Match 51: Bengaluru Bulls beat UP Yoddha 64-24

Special feature: Kabaddi is Bangladesh's national sport but you'd never have guessed

Match 50: Dabang Delhi KC defeated U Mumba 33-32

Match 49: Bengal Warriors defeated Bengaluru Bulls 32-26

Match 48: Puneri Paltan defeated U Mumba 26-24

Match 47: Patna Pirates defeated Tamil Thalaivas 35-24

Match 46: Bengal Warriors drew with Patna Pirates 36-36

Match 45: Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U Mumba 39-36


Week 4

Weekly round-up: Tomar's dip in form, Haryana's resurgence

Match 44: UP Yoddha beat Telugu Titans 25-23

Match 43: UP Yoddha drew with Tamil Thalaivas 33-33

Match 42: Haryana Steelers beat Dabang Delhi KC 27-25

Match 41: Bengal Warriors beat UP Yoddha 32-31

Match 40: Gujarat Fortunegiants beat Puneri Paltan 35-21

Match 39: Jaipur Pink Panthers beat U.P. Yoddha 24-22

Match 38: Puneri Paltan beat Patna Pirates 47-42

Match 37: Haryana Steelers beat UP Yoddha 36-29

Match 36: Telugu Titans beat U Mumba 37-32

Match 35: Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Bengaluru Bulls 30-28

Match 34: U Mumba beat UP Yoddha 37-34


Week 3

Weekly round-up: Gujarat look unstoppable, chants of 'Sachin, Sachin'

Match 33: Gujarat Fortunegiants drew with Bengal Warriors 26-26

Match 32: Dabang Delhi KC beat Tamil Thalaivas 30-29

Match 31: Gujarat Fortunegiants beat Telugu Titans 29-19

Match 30: Haryana Steelers drew with Tamil Thalaivas 25-25

Match 29: Gujarat Fortunegiants beat Bengaluru Bulls 27-24

Match 28: Puneri Paltan beat Bengal Warriors 34-17

Match 27: Gujarat Fortunegiants beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 27-20

Match 26: Patna Pirates drew with UP Yoddha 27-27

Match 25: Gujarat Fortunegiants beat Dabang Delhi KC 29-25

Match 24: UP Yoddha beat Telugu Titans 39-32

Match 23: Gujarat Fortunegiants beat U Mumba 39 - 21


Week 2

Weekly round-up: Patna set early pace, Thalaivas struggle

Match 22: Tamil Thalaivas beat Bengaluru Bulls 29-24

Match 21: Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Puneri Paltan 30-28

Match 20: Bengaluru Bulls defeated Bengal Warriors 31-25

Match 19: Bengaluru Bulls drew with Telugu Titans 21-21

Match 18: Haryana Steelers beat Gujarat Fortunegiants 32-20

Match 17: Patna Pirates beat Bengaluru Bulls 46-32

Match 16: Bengal Warriors beat UP Yoddha 40-20

Match 15: UP Yoddha beat Bengaluru Bulls 32-27

Match 14: U Mumba beat Dabang Delhi KC 36-22

Match 13: Puneri Paltan beat Dabang Delhi KC 26-21

Match 12: Bengaluru Bulls beat Tamil Thalaivas 32-31


Week 1

Weekly round-up: Pardeep, Sukesh shine in action-packed week one

Match 11: Patna Pirates beat Telugu Titans 43-36

Match 10: Bengal Warriors beat Telugu Titans 30-24

Match 9: Gujarat Fortune Giants tie with Haryana Steelers 27-27

Match 8: UP Yoddha beat Telugu Titans 31-18

Match 7: Gujarat Fortune Giants beat Dabang Delhi KC 26-20

Match 6: Bengaluru Bulls beat Telugu Titans 31-21

Match 5: U Mumba beat Haryana Steelers 29-28

Match 4: Patna Pirates beat Telugu Titans 35-29

Match 3: Dabang Delhi KC beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 30-26

Match 2: Puneri Paltan beat U Mumba 33-21

Match 1: Telugu Titans beat Tamil Thalaivas 32-27


Build-up:

The improbable success of the Pro Kabaddi League

The silent killer, the zen-man: Players to watch in PKL's season five

Kabaddi 101: Raid, defend, revive, repeat

Pro Kabaddi League Season 5: New teams, changed format, more rivalries


Auctions:

Young players, international stars grab limelight at PKL auction

Meet Nitin Tomar, kabaddi's Rs 93-lakh man

Pro Kabaddi League will be bigger, but will it be better?