Patna Pirates

Patna Pirates

Full name	Patna Pirates
Nickname	The Pirates
Sport	Kabaddi
Founded	2014
First season	2014
Last season	2023
League	Pro Kabaddi League
Based in	Patna
Arena	Patliputra Sports Complex
Colours
Owner	Rajesh V Shah
Head coach	Anup Kumar (kabaddi)
Captain	Ankit Jaglan
Current season

Patna Pirates (PTP) is a professional kabaddi team based in Patna, Bihar, that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is led by Shubham Shinde and coached by Narender Redu. Their home ground is the Patliputra Sports Complex.^[1] The Pirates are the most successful team in PKL history with a record of winning 3 out of 8 titles and winning all of them in successive. They are also one time runners up in season 8 of pkl which started after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Pirates won their first title by defeating defending champions U Mumba in 2016 (January), after reaching the semi-finals in the previous two seasons (2014 and 2015). In the following 2016 (June) season, Patna Pirates defeated the Jaipur Pink Panthers, thus becoming the first team in PKL history to successfully defend their title and later completed a hat-trick of titles by defeating Gujarat Fortune Giants in the final of the 2017 tournament. The 2018-19 season was a contrasting season for the usually successful Patna Pirates, as the 3-time defending champions crashed out in the group stages, thus failing to make the playoffs for the first time ever. Patna is also the first team to play 100 Pro Kabaddi matches.

The Patna logo depicts a pirate with a green body and a purple beard-mustache. He is wearing a black tricorne and Eye patch. A pirate poses with angry and aggressive face.

Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is a professional kabaddi league in India, based on the format of the Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament.^[2] The first edition of the tournament was played in 2014 with eight franchises representing various cities in India.^[3] Patna Pirates is a Patna based franchise owned by Rajesh Shah.^[4]

No	Name	Nat	Position
	Rakesh Narwal		Raider
10	Manjeet		Raid
	Kunal Mehta		Raider
	Sudhakar M		Raider
	Ranjit Naik		Raider
	Anuj Kumar		Raider
	Sandeep Kumar		Raider
	Mahendra Choudhary		Defender-Right Corner
	Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj		Defender
	Manish		Defender
	Babu M		Defender
	Abinand Subhash		Defender
	Sanjay		Defender-Right Cover
	Deepak Kumar		Defender
	Sajin Chandrasekar		All-Rounder
	Rohit		All-Rounder
2	Ankit		All-Rounder
Source: Pro Kabaddi[5]

Patna Pirates got the 3rd spot in the first season. They were led by Manpreet Singh (currently coach of Haryana Steelers).

Patna Pirates got the 4th spot in the second season.

This season Patna Pirates finished the league as champions defeating U Mumba in a nail-biting match by 3 close points.

This season Patna Pirates successfully defended their title in the presence of Dubki King Pardeep Narwal and became 2-time champions of PKL.

Source:www.prokabaddi.com

•   Advanced to the Playoff Stage
• Five (5) points for a win
• Three (3) points each for a drawn game
• One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

This season Patna Pirates retained Pardeep Narwal before the auction. Pardeep Narwal has also scored fastest 50 raid points in the history of Pro Kabaddi League in just 4 matches. He also became the first player to score 100 points with an average of 12.77 in 9 matches. Now he is the Top Raider of Pro Kabaddi Season 5 with 369 raid points. In his playoff with Haryana, Pardeep broke 4 records in one day:- 1. 34 raid points in a single match. 2. Team making most overall points in just one match - 69. 3. Triple century in one season. 4. 8 raid points in a single raid.

Patna Pirates beat Gujarat Fortune Giants to become champions for the third time. Patna Pirates is the only team to win 3 titles in a row.

The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.
Zone A

Zone B

Source: ProKabaddi

•   advanced to Qualifier 1
•   advanced to Eliminators
• Five (5) points for a win
• Three (3) points each for a drawn game
• One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

Patna pirates have retained Pardeep Narwal, Vijay, Jawahar Dagar and Manish. The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.
Zone A

Zone B

Source: ProKabaddi

•   advanced to Qualifier 1
•   advanced to Eliminators
• Five (5) points for a win
• Three (3) points each for a drawn game
• One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer
• Top three teams from each zone qualify for the playoffs

This season they have retained Pardeep Narwal again, but released Manish and retained Vikash Jaglan instead^[6]

Source: ProKabaddi

•   advanced to Finals
•   advanced to Eliminators
• Five (5) points for a win
• Three (3) points each for a drawn game
• One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer
• Top 6 teams qualify for the playoffs

• Five (5) points for a win
• Three (3) points each for a drawn game
• One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

• 5 points for a win
• 3 points for a tied game
• 1 point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.