Tamil Thalaivas

Tamil Thalaivas
Full nameTamil Thalaivas
SportKabaddi
Founded2017
First season2017
Last season2023
LeaguePKL
Based inTamil Nadu
LocationChennai, Tamil Nadu
StadiumJawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)
Colours  
AnthemNamma Mannu Namma Velayattu
OwnerMagnum Sports Private Limited
Head coachAshan Kumar[1]
CaptainSagar Rathee
Websitewww.tamilthalaivas.co.in

Tamil Thalaivas is a professional kabaddi team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League.[2] The team is owned by the consortium Magnum Sports Private Limited, the parent company of Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters FC. Actor Vijay Sethupathi is the brand ambassador of the team. Tamil Thalaivas play their home matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Tamil Nadu.[3]

Franchise history

Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is a professional kabaddi league in India, based on the format of the Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament. The fifth edition of the tournament was played in 2017 with 12 franchises representing various cities in India. Representing Tamil Nadu, 'Tamil Thalaivas' made their debut in 2017. The team plays their home games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai).[4]

Current squad

No Name Nat Position
Selvamani K India Raider
19 Ajinkya Ashok Pawar (VC) India Raider
Vishal Chahal India Right Raider
18 Himanshu Narwal India Raider
- Himanshu Singh India Raider
Nitin Singh India Raider
8 Narender India Raider
Jatin India Raider
Sathish Kannan India Right Raider
Masanamuthu Lakshnanan India Right Raider
7 M. Abishek India Defender - Right Cover
9 Himanshu India Defender - Left Corner
13 Sagar Rathee Captain India Defender - Right Corner
Aashish India Defender - Left Cover
10 Mohit India Defender - Left Cover
Sahil Gulia India Defender - Left Corner
Amirhossein Bastami Iran Defender
Ronak India Defender - Right Cover
Nitesh Kumar India Defender - Left Corner
Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi Iran Defender
Ritik India All-Rounder
Source: Tamil Thalaivas[5]

Head coach record

Name Nationality From To
K.Baskaran  India 2017 2018
E.Baskaran  India 2018 2019
J.Udayakumar  India 2021 2022
Ashan Kumar  India 2022 Current

Seasons

Season V

In the auction for the 2017 season, Thalaivas picked up defender Amit Hooda for Rs 63 lakh. They also roped in Indian national team captain Ajay Thakur.[6][7]

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

Team
Pld W L D SD Pts
Gujarat Fortune Giants (R) 22 15 4 3 126 87
Puneri Paltan 22 15 7 0 91 80
Haryana Steelers 22 13 5 4 40 79
U Mumba 22 10 12 0 -50 56
Jaipur Pink Panthers 22 8 13 1 -91 51
Dabang Delhi KC 22 5 16 1 -134 29

Zone B

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Bengal Warriors 22 11 5 6 19 77
Patna Pirates (C) 22 10 7 5 60 71
UP Yoddha 22 8 10 4 2 60
Bengaluru Bulls 22 8 11 3 10 57
Telugu Titans 22 7 12 3 -2 52
Tamil Thalaivas 22 6 14 2 -71 46

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

Season VI

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

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Gujarat Fortune Giants (R) 22 17 3 2 117 93
U Mumba 22 15 5 2 189 86
Dabang Delhi KC 22 11 9 2 -1 68
Puneri Paltan 22 8 12 2 -45 52
Jaipur Pink Panthers 22 6 13 3 -69 43
Haryana Steelers 22 6 14 2 -91 42

Zone B

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Bengaluru Bulls (C) 22 13 7 2 104 78
Bengal Warriors 22 12 8 2 2 69
UP Yoddha 22 8 10 4 -45 57
Patna Pirates 22 9 11 2 -36 55
Telugu Titans 22 8 13 1 -55 51
Tamil Thalaivas 22 5 13 4 -70 42

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

Season VII

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Dabang Delhi KC (R) 22 15 4 3 66 85
Bengal Warriors (C) 22 14 5 3 71 83
UP Yoddha 22 13 7 2 9 74
U Mumba 22 12 8 2 47 72
Haryana Steelers 22 13 8 1 15 71
Bengaluru Bulls 22 11 10 1 16 64
Jaipur Pink Panthers 22 9 11 2 -13 58
Patna Pirates 22 8 13 1 29 51
Gujarat Forunte Giants 22 7 13 2 18 51
Puneri Paltan 22 7 12 3 -72 48
Telugu Titans 22 6 13 3 -67 45
Tamil Thalaivas 22 4 15 3 -119 37

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


Season VIII

It was an interesting auction for Tamil Thalaivas where they picked up players such as Manjeet, Surjeet and Prapanjan for big money and formed a balanced team. Despite early season form and some strong defensive displays by Sagar and Surjeet, it was an underwhelming season for Tamil Thalaivas yet again, finishing 11th in the league stage. Prapanjan missed out most of the season due to injury to the dismay of the local fans. Sagar, who was retained by the management was the find of the season for Tamil Thalaivas which was the only consolation.


Pos Team
 Pld W L T SD Pts
1 Patna Pirates (R) 22 16 5 1 120 86 Qualification to semi finals
2 Dabang Delhi (C) 22 12 6 4 -3 75
3 UP Yoddha 22 10 9 3 33 68 Qualification to eliminators
4 Gujarat Giants 22 10 8 4 2 67
5 Bengaluru Bulls 22 11 9 2 53 66
6 Puneri Paltan 22 12 9 1 33 66
7 Haryana Steelers 22 10 9 3 -28 64
8 Jaipur Pink Panthers 22 10 10 2 14 63
9 Bengal Warriors 22 9 10 3 -18 57
10 U Mumba 22 7 10 5 -34 55
11 Tamil Thalaivas 22 5 11 6 -42 47
12 Telugu Titans 22 1 17 4 -130 27
Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2022. Source: ProKabaddi
(C) Champion; (R) Runners Up
  • 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


Season IX

In a freak incident, Pawan Sehrawat injured himself in the first match of the Thalaivas season. Head coach J.Udayakumar was sacked mid-season after a bad run of form and ultra-defensive gameplay. Team India Head coach Ashan Kumar took charge of the team and was the reason behind team's upheaval of form. Thalaivas played attractive kabaddi with young players like Narendar coming to forefront breaking the 200 raid points barrier for the season. Ajinkya Pawar played the supporting role in the raiding department who was involved 2 mega 6 and 7 points raid against Telugu Titans in 2 separate matches. Sagar was the hero again in the defense supported well by Sahil, Mohit and M. Abhishek. Another injury blow to Sagar near the close season brought doubts on the play-off qualification but Thalaivas rallied behind the coach and kept winning which resulted in play-off qualification for the first time in their Pro Kabaddi history after winning the crunch match against UP Yoddhas in matchday 21. Tamil Thalaivas finished 5th in the league table and played against UP Yoddhas in Eliminator 2. Yoddhas were defeated in the shoot out after the match ended in a tie only for the second time in Pro Kabaddi KO round history. Tamil Thalaivas qualified for the semi-finals for the first time where they played Puneri Paltan but lost the match by 2 points despite putting up a valiant effort. Despite missing their star players in Pawan and Sagar, this was the most successful season in the franchise's history.


Pos Team
 Pld W L T SD Pts
1 Jaipur Pink Panthers (C) 22 15 6 1 174 82 Qualification to semi finals
2 Puneri Paltan (R) 22 14 6 2 66 80
3 Bengaluru Bulls 22 13 8 1 39 74 Qualification to eliminators
4 UP Yoddha 22 12 8 2 42 71
5 Tamil Thalaivas 22 10 8 4 5 66
6 Dabang Delhi 22 10 10 2 17 63
7 Haryana Steelers 22 10 10 2 16 61
8 Gujarat Giants 22 9 11 2 -16 59
9 U Mumba 22 10 12 0 -28 56
10 Patna Pirates 22 8 11 3 -58 54
11 Bengal Warriors 22 8 11 3 -12 53
12 Telugu Titans 22 2 20 0 -245 15
Source: ProKabaddi
(C) Champion; (R) Runners Up
  • 5 points for a win
  • 3 points for a tied game
  • 1 point for a loss by 7 points or fewer


Season X

Pawan Sehrawat was released before the auctions and TT decided not to use the RTM on him. Young TN raiders Sathish Kannan and Masanamuthu Lakshmanan were bought for big money alongside experienced Selvamani, though none of them featured largely during the season. Otherwise it was a slow season for Thalaivas and spending most of the time in bottom 3. TT picked up form in mid season and tried to close the gap between the teams who are in contention for the play-offs but unfortunately didn't qualify for the play-offs and finished their season in 9th position in the table. But it was the last match which will be remembered for a long time where they defeated Bengal Warriors 74-37 in which 3 PKL records were broken; Most pts by single team (74 points), Most pts by two teams combined (111 points), Most all outs inflicted in a match (7 all-outs, 6 by Thalaivas and 1 by Bengal), Most all outs inflicted by a team in a match (6 by Tamil Thalaivas).

Pos Team
 Pld W L T SD Pts
1 Puneri Paltan (C) 22 17 2 3 253 96 Qualification to semi finals
2 Jaipur Pink Panthers 22 16 3 3 141 92
3 Dabang Delhi 22 13 6 3 53 79 Qualification to eliminators
4 Gujarat Giants 22 13 9 0 32 70
5 Haryana Steelers (R) 22 13 8 1 -13 70
6 Patna Pirates 22 11 8 3 50 69
7 Bengal Warriors 22 9 11 2 -43 55
8 Bengaluru Bulls 22 8 12 2 -67 53
9 Tamil Thalaivas 22 9 13 0 32 51
10 U Mumba 22 6 13 3 -79 45
11 UP Yoddhas 22 4 17 1 -116 31
12 Telugu Titans 22 2 19 1 -243 21
Source: ProKabaddi
Rules for classification:
  • 5 points for a win
  • 3 points for a tied game
  • 1 point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

(C) Champion; (R) Runners Up

Records

Overall results Pro Kabbaddi season

Seasons Total Wins Tied Losses % Win Position
Season 5 22 6 2 14 31.82% 6
Season 6 22 5 4 13 31.82% 6
Season 7 22 4 3 15 25.00% 12
Season 8 22 5 6 11 31.82% 11
Season 9 22 10 4 7 57.14% 5
Season 10 16 7 0 9 7
Source: BalleBaazi[8]

By opposition

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Opposition Played Won Lost Drawn % Win
Bengal Warriors 13 2 10 1 15.38%
Bengaluru Bulls 14 3 11 0 21.42%
Dabang Delhi 9 2 5 2 22.22%
Gujarat Fortune Giants 9 3 5 1 33.33%
Haryana Steelers 11 2 6 3 18.18%
Jaipur Pink Panthers 9 2 5 2 22.22%
Patna Pirates 14 4 7 3 28.57%
Puneri Paltan 10 3 5 2 30.0%
Telugu Titans 14 8 5 1 57.14%
U Mumba 10 2 7 1 20.0%
UP Yoddha 14 6 5 3 42.85%
Total 127 37 71 19 29.13%
Source: myKhel[9]

Sponsors

Year Season Kit Manufacturer Main Sponsor Back Sponsor Sleeve Sponsor
2017 V Admiral Muthoot Maha Cement Agni Devices
2018 VI Orbit Cables Valvoline Asian Paints
2019 VII Kaizen Sports Celon Labs
2021 VIII Trak-Only[10] Parimatch News[11] Iodex Nippon Paint
2022 IX DafaNews Kajaria
2023 X 1xBat Kick-EV

References

  1. ^ "PKL: Ashan Kumar extends his contract with Tamil Thalaivas". Khel Now. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Tamil Thalaivas team announcement in pro kabaddi league season 5". Indian Express. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Tamil Thalaivas Team 2023: Squad, Players, Captain, Owner and Match Schedule". Jagran Josh. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Tamil Thalaivas franchise squad announcement in pro kabaddi league season 5". Times of India. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  5. ^ "NAMMA TEAM". Tamil Thalaivas.
  6. ^ "Tamil Thalaivas pro kabaddi league season 5 beginning". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Tamil Thalaivas registered their first win of the season. 2017". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Tamil Thalaivas – Squad, Match Schedule, Stats, Records & News". BalleBaazi. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  9. ^ "PKL Head to Head Records & Stats". myKhel. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  10. ^ Sonawane, Akshay (7 October 2022). "Tamil Thalaivas prolong association with Trak Only as kit partner".
  11. ^ Bhatt, Jai Hemang (18 September 2021). "PKL side Tamil Thalaivas appoint Parimatch as shirt sponsor: Reports".
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