Pro Kabaddi League 2018 schedule

The fixtures were announced today by PKL organizers Mashal Sports Pvt Ltd.

In the second match, Anup Kumar, the 'Captain Cool' of U Mumba for the last 5 seasons, who has moved to Jaipur Pink Panthers this season, will lock horns with his former team on October 5.

PKL's highest paid player, Monu Goyat will begin his raid for glory as Haryana Steelers takes on Puneri Paltans in the fifth match of the season on October 7.

Anupam Goswami, League Commissioner, VIVO Pro Kabaddi said, "We have had to adjust the Season VI window to October onwards, in lieu of the ongoing Asian Games that have nearly all the world's top Kabaddi athletes playing for their respective national teams. We will return to a July start for VIVO PKL Season VII."

The 12 participating teams have been divided into two zones of six teams each, where each team will be playing a set of 15 intra-zone and 7 inter-zone matches, prior to the playoffs.

The play-offs stage will comprise of 3 eliminators, 2 qualifiers and the finals scheduled to take place in Mumbai.

Here is the full schedule of the tournament:

7 October 2018: Tamil Thalaivas vs Patna Pirates; Puneri Paltan vs U Mumba

8 October: Puneri Paltan vs Haryna Steelers; Tamil Thalaivas vs UP Yoddha

9 October: Dabang Delhi vs Gujarat Fortunegiants; Tamil Thalaivas vs Telugu Titans

10 October: U Mumba vs Jaipur Pink Panthers; Tamil Thalaivas vs Bengaluru Bulls

11 October: Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Dabang Delhi; Tamil Thalaivas vs Bengal Warriors

12 October 2018: Haryana Steelers vs Gujarat Fortunegiants; Patna Pirates vs UP Yoddha

13 October 2018: Puneri Paltan vs Dabang Delhi; Haryana Steelers vs U Mumba

14 October 2018: Telugu Titans vs UP Yoddha; Haryana Steelers vs Puneri Paltan

16 October 2018: Bengal Warriors vs Telugu Titans; Haryana Steelers vs Jaipur Pink Panthers

17 October 2018: Bengaluru Bulls vs Tamil Thalaivas; Haryana Steelers vs U Mumba

18 October 2018: Haryana Steelers vs Dabang Delhi

18 October 2018: Puneri Paltan vs Gujarat Fortune grants

19 October 2018: Patna Pirates vs Telugu Titans; Puneri Paltan vs Jaipur Pink Panthers

20 October 2018: UP Yoddha vs Bengal Warriors; Puneri Paltan vs U Mumba

21 October 2018: Dabang Delhi vs Bengal Warriors; Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Bulls

22 October 2018: Rest day

23 October 2018: U Mumba vs Telugu Titans; Puneri Paltan vs Tamil Thalaivas

24 October 2018: Bengaluru Bulls vs Haryana Steelers; Puneri Paltan vs UP Yoddha

25 October 2018: Rest day

26 October 2018: Patna Pirates vs Jaipur Pink Panthers; Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Tamil Thalaivas.

27 October 2018: Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Bengal Warriors; Patna Pirates vs U Mumba

28 October 2018: Dabang Delhi vs UP Yoddha; Patna Pirates vs Haryana Steelers

29 October 2018: Rest Day

30 October 2018: Puneri Paltan vs Gujarat Fortunegiants; Patna Pirates vs Telugu Titans

31 October 2018: Dabang Delhi vs Puneri Paltan; Patna Pirates vs Bengaluru Bulls

1 November 2018: Patna Pirates vs Bengal Warriors

2 November 2018: UP Yoddha vs Tamil Thalaivas; Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Gujarat Fortunegiants

3 November 2018: U Mumba vs Puneri Paltan; UP Yoddha vs Bengaluru Bulls

4 November 2018: Dabang Delhi vs Gujarat Fortunegiants; UP Yoddha vs Bengal Warriors

6 November 2018: Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Haryana Steelers; UP Yoddha vs Telugu Titans

7 November 2018: UP Yoddha vs Patna Pirates

8 November 2018: Haryana Steelers vs Dabang Delhi; UP Yoddha vs Bengaluru Bulls

9 November 2018: U Mumba vs Jaipur Pink Panthers; Bengal Warriors vs Telugu Titans

10 November 2018: Patna Pirates vs Bengal Warriors; U Mumba vs Gujarat Fortunegiants

11 November 2018: U Mumba vs Haryana Steelers

12 November 2018: Rest Day

13 November 2018: Puneri Paltan vs Telugu Titans; U Mumba vs UP Yoddha

14 November 2018: Tamil Thalaivas vs Haryana Steelers; U Mumba vs Bengaluru Bulls

15 November 2018: Patna Pirates vs Dabang Delhi; U Mumba vs Tamil Thalaivas

16 November 2018: Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Bengal Warriors; Jaipur Pink Panthers vs UP Yoddha

17 November 2018: Puneri Paltan vs Bengal Warriors; Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Bengaluru Bulls

18 November 2018: Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Bengaluru Bulls; Gujarat Fortunegiants vs UP Yoddha

19 November 2018: Rest Day

20 November 2018: Tamil Thalaivas vs Telugu Titans; Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Dabang Delhi

21 November 2018: Patna Pirates vs Tamil Thalaivas; Gujarat Fortunegiants vs U Mumba

22 November 2018: Gujarat Fortunegiants vs Haryana Steelers

23 November 2018: Bengaluru Bulls vs Bengal Warriors; Puneri Paltan vs Jaipur Pink Panthers

24 November 2018: U Mumba vs Dabang Delhi; Bengaluru Bulls vs Tamil Thalaivas

25 November 2018: Bengaluru Bulls vs Patna Pirates

27 November 2018: Dabang Delhi vs Haryana Steelers; Bengaluru Bulls vs Telugu Titans

28 November 2018: Haryana Steelers vs Puneri Paltan; Bengaluru Bulls vs UP Yoddha

29 November 2018: Puneri Paltan vs Gujarat Fortunegiants; Bengaluru Bulls vs Bengal Warriors

30 November 2018: Dabang Delhi vs Jaipur Pink Panthers; Tamil Thalaivas vs Patna Pirates

1 December 2018: Dabang Delhi vs U Mumba

2 December 2018: U Mumba vs Gujarat Fortunegiants; Dabang Delhi vs Puneri Paltan

4 December 2018: Patna Pirates vs Gujarat Fortunegiants; Dabang Delhi vs Telugu Titans

5 December 2018: Haryana Steelers vs Bengal Warriors; Dabang Delhi vs Bengaluru Bulls

6 December 2018: UP Yoddha vs Haryana Steelers; Dabang Delhi vs Tamil Thalaivas

7 December 2018: Telugu Titans vs Gujarat Fortunegiants; Patna Pirates vs Puneri Paltan

8 December 2018: U Mumba vs Bengal Warriors; Telugu Titans vs Patna Pirates

9 December 2018: Tamil Thalaivas vs Jaipur Pink Panthers; Telugu Titans vs Haryana Steelers

11 December 2018: Dabang Delhi vs U Mumba; Telugu Titans vs UP Yoddha

12 December 2018: Haryana Steelers vs Gujarat Fortunegiants; Telugu Titans vs Bengaluru Bulls

13 December 2018: Telugu Titans vs Patna Pirates

14 December 2018: Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Puneri Paltan; Bengal Warriors vs Tamil Thalaivas

15 December 2018: UP Yoddha vs Tamil Thalaivas; Jaipur Pink Panthers vs U Mumba

16 December 2018: Patna Pirates vs UP Yoddha; Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Gujarat Fortunegiants

18 December 2018: Bengaluru Bulls vs Telugu Titans; Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Haryana Steelers

19 December 2018: Patna Pirates vs Bengaluru Bulls; Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Gujarat Fortunegiants

20 December 2018: Jaipur Pink Panthers vs Dabang Delhi

21 December 2018: Wildcard Match

22 December 2018: Wildcard Match; Bengal Warriors vs Patna Pirates

23 December 2018: Wildcard Match; Bengal Warriors vs Tamil Thalaivas

24 December 2018: Rest Day

25 December 2018: Wildcard Match; Bengal Warriors vs Telugu Titans

26 December 2018: Wildcard Match; Bengal Warriors vs Bengaluru Bulls

27 December 2018: Wildcard Match: Bengal Warriors vs UP Yoddha

PLAYOFFS 

Kochi 

30 December 2018: TBD vs TBD; TBD vs TBD

31 December 2018: TBD vs TBD; TBD vs TBD

Mumbai 

3 January 2019: TBD vs TBD

4 January 2019: Rest Day

5 January 2019: FINAL