Jaipur Pink Panthers Explained

Jaipur Pink Panthers
Full Name:Jaipur Pink Panthers
Short Name:JPP
Sport:Kabaddi
First Season:2014
Last Season:2023-24
Current:2023–24 Pro Kabaddi League
Current Icon:Kabaddi
League:PKL
City:Jaipur
Largest Win:Jaipur Pink Panthers 67–30 UP Yoddhas
12 February 2024, Season 10
Stadium:Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium (2,000)
Anthem:Sunny Subramanian
Owner:Abhishek Bachchan
Coach:Sanjeev Baliyan
Captain:vacant
Championships: (2014, 2022)
Playoff Berths:4
Website:Jaipur Pink Panthers.com

Jaipur Pink Panthers (JPP) is a professional kabaddi team from Jaipur, competing in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Sunil Kumar Malik and coached by Sanjeev Baliyan. The team is owned by Abhishek Bachchan. Jaipur Pink Panthers play their home matches at Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium. The team is the second most successful team in league history with two titles.

Although the team has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners,[1] Jaipur Pink Panthers won inaugural season of Pro Kabaddi League 2014 by defeating U Mumba by 35-24.[2] [3] The team's performance however then dropped in PKL Season 2 and Season 3 but improved from the season 4 as it qualified for the playoffs and finishing as a runners up in the final against Patna pirates. The leading raider of the side was Jasvir Singh, while the leading defender was Ran Singh. Jaipur Pink Panthers are exclusively managed by GS Entertainment Worldwide which is headed by Mr. Bunty Walia, one of the leading film producers and Sports Entrepreneur and Mr Juspreet Singh Walia. On 4 December 2020 Amazon prime video released Sons of the Soil, a docu-series based on Jaipur pink panthers and their journey in Season 7 of Pro kabaddi league.[4] [5] [6] On 17 December 2022 Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Puneri Paltan 33-29 in the final to become the 2nd team after Patna Pirates to win more than 1 title of the Pro Kabaddi League with this win Panthers hold their 2nd pkl title after 8 years.The panthers also made some memorable records as their Arjun deshwal becomes the Most Valuable Player of the season and Ankush hold the record for most tackle point (89) in the ninth season.

Team identity

The official theme of the team is ‘Roar for Panthers’ and the official colours are pink and blue.

Logo

In the inaugural season, Their logo had an illustration of the muscular pink panther with cool smiling face. In 2015, minor changes in logo was happened. Pink panther's position was changed and the perspective of the text was also changed.This team is reference to the Friz Freleng cartoon character Pink Panther.

Current squad

NamePosition
Abhijeet Malik Raider
25 Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi Raider
13 Amirhossein Mohammad Maleki Raider
2 Raider
99 Bhavani Rajput Raider
55 Devank Raider
77 Navneet Raider
9 Raider
Shashank B Raider
6 Raider
Sumit Defender - Left Corner
Lavish Defender - Right Cover
8 Lucky Sharma Defender - Right Corner
66 Sahul Kumar Defender - Right Corner
4 Abhishek KS Defender - Left Cover
3 Defender - Left Corner
44 Ashish Defender - Left Corner
1 Reza Mirbagheri Defender
11 Defender
Source: Pro Kabaddi [7]

Seasons

Season I

See main article: 2014 Pro Kabaddi League season. Jaipur finished first in the league stage and won the championship beating U Mumba in the finals.[2] [3]

Season II

See main article: 2015 Pro Kabaddi League season. This season Jaipur Pink Panthers finished the league at the 5th position.

Season III

See main article: 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (January).

Season IV

See main article: article and 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (June). Jaipur Pink Panther finished Runner-up in the Fourth season.

Season V

See main article: article.

Season VI

See main article: article.

Season VII

See main article: 2019 Pro Kabaddi League season.

Season VIII

See main article: 2021–22 Pro Kabaddi League.

Season IX

See main article: 2022 Pro Kabaddi League season.

Season X

See main article: 2023-24 Pro Kabaddi League.

Records

Overall results Pro Kabbaddi Seasons

SeasonsTotalWinsTiedLosses% WinPosition
Season 1 16 12 1 3 75.00% Champions
14 6 1 7 42.86% Group stage
14 4 2 8 28.57% Group stage
16 9 1 6 56.25% Runnersup
22 8 1 13 36.36% Group stage
22 6 3 13 27.27% Group stage
22 9 2 11 40.91% Group stage
22 10 2 10 45.45% Group stage
24 1716 70.83% Champions
23 16 3 4 69.56% Semifinals

By opposition

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

OppositionPlayedWonLostDrawn% Win
18 7 10 1 38.9%
20 9 9 2 45.0%
22 12 7 3 54.5%
14 6 6 2 42.8%
15 9 4 2 60.0%
20 9 11 0 45.0%
23 12 9 2 52.2%
10 6 2 2 60.0%
19 10 8 1 52.6%
23 11 10 2 47.8%
11 6 5 0 54.5%
Total 195 97 81 17 49.7%

Sponsors

!Year!Season!Kit Manufacturer!Main Sponsor!Back Sponsor!Sleeve Sponsor
2014IMagic BusKalyan Jewellers
2015IIJioChatManforce
2016IIIDidaMagic BusBinani CementDaawat Basmati
IVKarbonn MobilesJioChatCycle Pure Agarbathies
2017VFinolexLux Cozi
2018VID:FYKalyan Jewellers
2019VIITYKAAmbuja CementsTVSJustdial
2021VIIIIndinewsMyFab11Herbalife Nutrition
2022IXFairplay FantasyDafaNewsAstro Nutrition
2023XBateryBikajiNaagin

Notes and References

  1. News: Big B, Aamir, SRK cheer for Abhishek’s Pink Panthers . 27 July 2014 . . Mumbai . 28 July 2014.
  2. Web site: Season 1, results. 19 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150721172008/http://www.prokabaddi.com/season1-results. 21 July 2015. dead.
  3. News: Jaipur Pink panthers, champions. sportskeeda.com. 22 June 2015.
  4. Web site: Kumar . Pradeep . How Abhishek Bachchan’s ‘commitment to honest storytelling’ helped ‘Sons of the Soil’ . The Hindu . en-IN . 15 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Abhishek Bachchan: Sons Of The Soil is an honest look at Jaipur Pink Panthers’ journey . The Indian Express . en . 24 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Sons Of The Soil Review: Unscripted Documentary Is Unusual Fare . NDTV.com.
  7. Web site: Squad . Pro Kabaddi .