Telugu Titans

Telugu Titans
	File:Telugu Titans new logo.png
Founded	2014
First season	2014
Last season	2019
Based in	Hyderabad; Vishakapatnam
Home ground	G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad; Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Vishakapatnam
Colors
Owner	Veera Sports
Head coach	Jagdish Kumble
Captain	Rohit Kumar
Playoff berths	2
Website	www.telugutitans.in
	Template:Current sports event icon Current season

Telugu Titans is a kabaddi team based in Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The coach for the Season 8 is Mr. Jagadeesh Kumble (formerly with Bengal Warriors). Telugu Titans is a franchise of Veera Sports owned by Mr. Srinivas Sreeramaneni of Vaya Group, Mr. Goutham Reddy Nedurmalli of NED Group and Mr. Mahesh Kolli of Greenko Group.^[1] The Titans play their home matches at G. M. C. Balayogi SATS Indoor Stadium when in Hyderabad and at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, when in Vishakapatnam. The Titans reached the playoffs of Season 2 and 4 in PKL.In Season 2 Telugu Titans Went to Semi Final But Lost to Benguluru Bulls 38-39

Franchise historyEdit

File:Telugu Titans new logo.png

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] In 2014, the Titans played three seasons in Vizag and three in Hyderabad.

Current squadEdit

Players with international appearances are listed in bold.
* denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
* denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

No.	Name	Birth date	Height	Weight	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Raiders
1.	Rohit Kumar	(1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 (age 35)	6 ft	79 kg	2021	₹36 lakh (US$41,350.10)
2.	Siddharth Sirish Desai	(1991-12-05) 5 December 1991 (age 33)	6 ft 2 in	87 kg	2021	₹1.3 crore (US$150,000)
3.	Rajnish	(1998-08-25) 25 August 1998 (age 27)	6 ft	75 kg	2021
4.	Ankit Beniwal	(1999-02-14) 14 February 1999 (age 26)	5 ft 11 in	72 kg	2021
5.	Rakesh Gowda	(1999-11-08) 8 November 1999 (age 25)	6 ft 3 in	73 kg	2021
6.	Hyunsu Park				2021		Overseas
7.	G. Raju				2021
8.	Amit Chauhan				2021
Defenders
1.	C. Arun	(1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 32)	5 ft 5 in	68.6 kg	2021		Left cover
2.	Ruturaj Shivaji Koravi	(1994-04-01) 1 April 1994 (age 31)	5 ft 9 in		2021		Right Corner
3.	Manish	(1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 (age 28)		70 kg	2021		Right cover
4.	Akash Choudhary	(1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 (age 27)	5 ft 8 in	71.6 kg	2021		Right corner
5.	Surinder Singh	(1998-07-23) 23 July 1998 (age 27)	5 ft 9 in	78 kg	2021		Right Cover
6.	Aakash Dattu Arsul				2021		Right cover
7.	Prince				2021		Right cover
8.	Abe Tetsuro				2021		Overseas
9.	Sandeep	(1998-12-12) 12 December 1998 (age 26)	5 ft 9 in	73.1 kg	2021		Left corner
10.	Adarsh T				2021		Left corner
Source:TT Players

Administration and support staffEdit

Position	Name
Owner	Srinivas Sreeramaneni, Goutham Reddy, Mahesh Kolli
General manager	Suraj Penukonda
Team manager	Trinadh Reddy.J
Head coach	Jagdish Kumble
Physiotherapist	Arjun
Fitness trainer	Naresh N
Source:TT Staff

SeasonsEdit

Season IEdit

Telugu Titans finished fifth in the group stage and did not qualify to the playoffs. Template:2014 Pro Kabaddi League season points table

Season IIEdit

Telugu Titans finished third in the group stage and qualified to the playoffs. Template:2015 Pro Kabaddi League season points table

Season IIIEdit

Template:2016 Pro Kabaddi League season points table

Season IVEdit

Template:2016 Pro Kabaddi League season(June) points table

Season VEdit

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 v t e	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Gujarat Fortune Giants	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 v t e	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 VIEdit

Template:2018 Pro Kabaddi League season points table

Season VIIEdit

Telugu Titans had a poor run this season as they finished eleventh. The team signed Sidharth Desai for ₹1.45 crores. They were led by Iranian defender Abozar Mighani.The team recorded their biggest win of the season against Jaipur Pink Panthers. They defeated them by a margin of 20 points. The top raider of the team was Sidharth who scored 217 points whereas the top defender was Vishal Bhardwaj who scored 62 points. The best all rounder was Farhad Milaghardan with 78 points.

Team v t e	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 three teams from each zone qualify for the playoffs

Season VIIIEdit

Template:2021-22 Pro Kabaddi League season points table

RecordsEdit

Overall results Pro Kabbaddi seasonEdit

Seasons	Total	Wins	Tied	Losses	% Win	Position
Season 1	14	6	3	5	53.57%	5
Season 2	16	9	3	4	65.63%	2
Season 3	14	7	0	7	50.00%	5
Season 4	16	8	2	6	56.25%	2
Season 5	22	7	3	12	38.64%	5
Season 6	22	8	1	13	38.64%	5
Season 7	22	6	3	13	34.09%	11
Season 8	9	0	2	7	0.00%	12

By oppositionEdit

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Opposition	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	% Win
Bengal Warriors	16	3	9	4	31.3%
Bengaluru Bulls	17	3	11	4	27.7%
Dabang Delhi	12	8	4	1	65.3%
Gujarat Fortune Giants	4	1	4	0	20.0%
Haryana Steelers	5	3	3	0	50.0%
Jaipur Pink Panthers	13	7	5	1	57.7%
Patna Pirates	17	9	8	1	52.9%
Puneri Paltan	14	6	8	1	43.3%
Tamil Thalaivas	8	5	3	1	61.1%
U Mumba	12	4	7	2	38.4%
UP Yoddha	8	2	5	2	33.3%
Total	135	51	67	17	44.07%

SponsorsEdit

Year	Season	Kit Manufacturer	Main Sponsor	Back Sponsor	Sleeve Sponsor
2014	I	Vats	Nise Gel	Uurmi Systems	Greenko
2015	II	Field Gear	Greenko	Maha Cement	Uurmi Systems
2016	III			Maha Cement	Uurmi Systems
2016	III			Stay-on	Star Hospitals
2017	V			TVS Tyres	GEM Home Appliances
2018	VI	Vats		Haldiram's	Xiaomi
2019	VII			Araku Coffee	Powerzone
2021	VIII		Indinews	Woods	Truke

ReferencesEdit

↑ "Pro Kabaddi League: Telugu Titans team launched". webindia123.com. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
↑ "'Patna Pirates' Join Pro Kabaddi League; Team Logo Unveiled". PatnaDaily.com. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ Monday, May 26, 2014 (21 May 2014). "Pro Kabaddi League auction sees big spends on national players". Business Standard. Retrieved 26 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[1] "Pro Kabaddi League: Telugu Titans team launched". webindia123.com. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.

[PatnaPirates-2] "'Patna Pirates' Join Pro Kabaddi League; Team Logo Unveiled". PatnaDaily.com. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

[business-standard1-3] Monday, May 26, 2014 (21 May 2014). "Pro Kabaddi League auction sees big spends on national players". Business Standard. Retrieved 26 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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