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2018 Tamil Thalaivas season

Sport	Kabaddi
League	PKL
Location	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Capacity: 8,000)
Head coach	E Baskaran
Captain	Ajay Thakur

The 2018 Tamil Thalaivas season is the second season of the Tamil Thalaivas' existence in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Ajay Thakur and coached by E Baskaran. Tamil Thalaivas play their home matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai), Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Thalaivas announced Edachery Bhaskaran as their new head coach. Kasinatha Baskaran, who had been at the helm of affairs in the previous season, will move into the role of Technical Director - Strategic Grassroot Program of the franchise.^[1]

Tamil Thalaivas retained the core in form of Ajay Thakur, Amit Hooda and C Arun along with D. Pratap as a new young player, ahead of the auction. ^[2]

Sukesh Hegde and Darshan J were also purchased by the franchise at an identical amount of Rs 28 Lakh. ^[3] All-rounder Manjeet Chillar was also picked up by the Thalaivas for Rs. 20 Lakhs. While Rajnish, and Anand join the team as new young players. ^[4]

Thalaivas managed to pick up a lot of players on their base price, snapping up a number of bargain buys in the process. South Korean duo Chan Sik Park and Jae Min Lee were two such players. ^[5][6]

Jersey No	Name	Nationality	Position	Previous Team	Price
-	K.Prapanjan		Raider	Bengal Warriors	71 lacs
-	Manjeet		Raider	Puneri Paltan	92 lakhs
-	Bhavani Rajput		Raider	Tamil Thalaivas	10 lakhs
-	Ajinkiya Ashok Pawar		Raider	Jaipur Pink Panthers	19.5 lakhs
-	Athul MS		Raider	U Mumba	30 lakhs
-	Sourabh Tanaji Patil		All-Rounder	Bengal Warriors	15 lakhs
-	Sagar B.Krishna		All-Rounder	Puneri Paltan	10 lakhs
-	Santhapanaselvam		All-Rounder	Jaipur Pink Panthers	10 lakhs
-	Anwar Saheed Baba		All-Rounder	-	10 lakhs
-	Surjeet Singh		Defender, Right Cover	Puneri Paltan	75 lakhs
-	Mohammad Tuhin Tarafder		Defender, Right Cover	-	10 lakhs
-	Sahil		Defender, Right Cover	-	10 lakhs
-	Himanshu		Defender, Left Corner	Retained	-
-	M.Abhishek		Defender, Right Cover	Retained	-
-	Sagar		Defender, Right Corner	Retained	-
Source: Pro Kabaddi[7]

Tamil Thalaivas announced Muthoot Fincorp India will be the Official Title Sponsor for Season 5, 2017. Powered by Maha Cement, Associate sponsors are Agni Steels, Nippon Paints, Smartron and Admiral Sportswear^[8]