PKL 11: Which Teams Found Success With NYPs? The Pro Kabaddi League is a salary-capped league, with teams permitted to spend a maximum of ₹5 crores for the 11th edition of the tournament. One big bad purchase is all it takes for a team’s season to be derailed, so it…
How Dabang Delhi Turned Their PKL 11 Season Around Dabang Delhi entered PKL 11 having made the playoffs in each of the last five seasons, but it looked like that run would end this time. After starting the campaign with a 36-28 win over U Mumba, Dabang Delhi lost five…
Telugu Titans: Keys To An Unexpected Turnaround In PKL 11 The Telugu Titans had been the worst team in the Pro Kabaddi League from Season 8 to 10 and it didn’t seem as if that was going to change heading into the 11th edition. They had a somewhat solid but…
Pro Kabaddi League Season 11 Preview Author: Gautam Varier The 11th season of the Pro Kabaddi League is finally upon us and it has the potential to go down as the best one yet. We’ll be seeing a lot of changes from last season thanks to an action-packed auction where…
PKL 10: The Best And Worst Performing PlayersAs Per The NPpR And NPpT Models In today’s world of sports, where teams are desperately trying to gain any sort of advantage over the competition, evaluating talent based on just raw numbers simply isn’t good enough. A deeper dive into that raw…
PKL Auction Analysis: Does Spending Big On One Player Lead To Success? The Pro Kabaddi League auction tends to generate a ton of buzz, with there being a lot of intrigue surrounding who might end up being the most expensive buys. Fans are thrilled when their team lands that megastar…
Interview With Our CEO Naveen Ningaiah On PKL 10, Jaipur Pink Panthers, And More SportsKPI's CEO, Naveen Ningaiah, shares his thoughts on the 10th season of the Pro Kabaddi League, our work with the Jaipur Pink Panthers, the future of Kabaddi analytics, and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWzKmrPWOq0 More From Our Blog PKL 10 Season…
PKL 10 Season Review: The Paltan Finally Come Out On Top The 10th season of the Pro Kabaddi League is now in the books, with Puneri Paltan being crowned champions for the first time. After a gut-wrenching 33-29 loss to the Jaipur Pink Panthers in last year’s final, the Paltan…
The Evolution Of The Role Of A Pro Kabaddi League Analyst Author: Gautam Varier When the Pro Kabaddi League commenced all the way back in 2014, not many could have foreseen that it would turn out to be such a massive success. With the stakes now being higher than ever,…
Kabaddi Performance Index Part – 2: Pressure Ranking And Situational Players Author: Gautam Varier Part 1 of the sneak peek into the SportsKPI Kabaddi Performance Index covered aspects such as the Impact Index, the Khelo India University Games, and the Auction View. Part 2 reveals two of the other key…