Tamil Thalaivas | |
Full Name: | Tamil Thalaivas |
Last Season: | 2023 |
Current: | 2023–24 Pro Kabaddi League |
Current Icon: | Kabaddi |
Sport: | Kabaddi |
Founded: | 2017 |
First Season: | 2017 |
League: | PKL |
City: | Tamil Nadu |
Location: | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
Stadium: | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai) |
Anthem: | Namma Mannu Namma Velayattu |
Owner: | Magnum Sports Private Limited |
Coach: | J.Udayakumar |
Assistant Coach: | Dharmaraj Seralathan |
Captain: | Sagar Rathee |
Tamil Thalaivas is a professional kabaddi team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League.[1] 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.[2]
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).[3]
Name | Position | ||||
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Sachin Tanwar | Raider | ||||
8 | Narender | Raider | |||
Vishal Chahal | Right Raider | ||||
Ramkumar Mayandi | Raider | ||||
- | Nitin Singh | Raider | |||
Sourabh Fagare | Raider | ||||
Dhiraj Balimare | Raider | ||||
7 | M. Abishek | Defender - Right Cover | |||
9 | Himanshu | Defender - Left Corner | |||
13 | Sagar Rathee | Defender - Right Corner | |||
Aashish | Defender - Left Cover | ||||
10 | Mohit | Defender - Left Cover | |||
Sahil Gulia | Defender - Left Corner | ||||
Amirhossein Bastami | Defender | ||||
Ronak | Defender - Right Cover | ||||
Nitesh Kumar | Defender - Left Corner | ||||
Anuj Gawade | Defender - Left Cover | ||||
Moein Safaghi | All-Rounder | ||||
Source: Tamil Thalaivas[4] |
Name | Nationality | From | To | ||
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scope=row style=text-align:left | K.Baskaran | 2017 | 2018 | ||
scope=row style=text-align:left | E.Baskaran | 2018 | 2019 | ||
scope=row style=text-align:left | J.Udayakumar | 2021 | 2022 | ||
scope=row style=text-align:left | Ashan Kumar | 2022 | 2024 | ||
scope=row style=text-align:left | J.Udayakumar | 2024 | Current |
See main article: 2017 Pro Kabaddi League season and Tamil Thalaivas in 2017.
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.[5] [6]
See main article: article.
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.
See main article: 2021–22 Pro Kabaddi League season.
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.
See main article: 2022 Pro Kabaddi League season.
Pawan Sehrawat was released before the auctions and TT decided not to use the RTM on him. Young TN raiders Sathish Kannan andMasanamuthu 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).
See main article: 2023-24 Pro Kabaddi League.
Seasons | Total | Wins | Tied | Losses | % Win | Position | |
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22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 31.82% | 6 | ||
22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 31.82% | 6 | ||
22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 25.00% | 12 | ||
22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 31.82% | 11 | ||
22 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 57.14% | 5 | ||
16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 7 | |||
Source: BalleBaazi[7] |
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Opposition | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Win |
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13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 15.38% | |
14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 21.42% | |
9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 22.22% | |
9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 33.33% | |
11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18.18% | |
9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 22.22% | |
14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 28.57% | |
10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 30.0% | |
14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 57.14% | |
10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 20.0% | |
14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 42.85% | |
Total | 127 | 37 | 71 | 19 | 29.13% |
Source: myKhel[8] |
Year | Season | Kit Manufacturer | Main Sponsor | Back Sponsor | Sleeve Sponsor |
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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[9] | Parimatch News[10] | Iodex | Nippon Paint |
2022 | IX | DafaNews | Kajaria | ||
2023 | X | 1xBat | Kick-EV |