Puneri Paltan | Pro Kabbadi League, Matches, Team, Players, Owner

Read here about Puneri Paltan, one of India's most iconic Pro Kabaddi League Teams.

Puneri Paltan is a Pro Kabbadi League team. Puneri Paltan performed best in Season 5. 

Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan

In the Pro Kabaddi League Puneri Paltan is the kabaddi squad that represents Pune Maharashtra India. The team competes in the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex under the direction of BC Ramesh. Puneri Paltan a founding player in the Pro Kabaddi League has struggled after coming in last place throughout the league's first two seasons (2014 and 2015). 

In 2016 (January) the Paltans did make amends by making the playoffs for the first time and ultimately finished third. They earned a playoff spot in 2017 after just missing out on the postseason in the 2016 (June) season. The squad was unable to make the playoffs in the 2018–19 season. Pune's progress during the Pro Kabaddi season has been marred by inconsistency. 

Puneri Paltan Owner

Insurekot Sports a Mumbai-based company with a variety of sports-related interests is the owner of the Puneri Paltan franchise in Pune.


Insurekot Sports began operations in Santacruz Mumbai on April 9 2001. Sumanlal Babulal Shah Rajesh Harkishandas Doshi and Karthi Kumar Venkatraman Marshan are the current three directors of the company.


Sumanlal Shah also serves as a partner or director for a number of other businesses including Business Standard Online Private Limited Infina Finance Ltd. Kotak Commodity Services and others. Similarly Mr. Doshi holds the position of Director at other organizations including Insurekot Sports.


The owners frequently profess a desire to revitalize the game of kabaddi and they have organized a number of competitions to identify and develop emerging talent. For instance they held a selection camp in Pune's Balewadi Stadium in 2014 with the winners having a good opportunity to represent the Puneri Paltan in the 2015 competition. A Talent Hunt was also organized by the owners in certain of Maharashtra. Talented young players were selected to participate in a 7–10 day training camp at Balewadi Pune with the assistance of local kabaddi clubs.


But this was not all. A Little Puneri Champs camp was organised in late 2014 to promote the game in classrooms. A program teaching the fundamentals of kabaddi to physical education teachers was also made available to schools. Smaller towns in our country are blessed with exceptional sporting talent according to director Sumanlal Shah. However due to a lack of possibilities they frequently go unnoticed. We hope to find talented players through these camps and give them a chance to develop and succeed.

Insurekot Sports Pvt Ltd CEO and Puneri Paltan Manager Kailash Kandpal stated to India Education Diary We want to encourage kabaddi straight from the grass roots levels. The greatest method to do this is through inter-school competitions because there is a wealth of untapped young talent out there just waiting to be discovered. We intend to continue this tradition by holding such competitions each year.

Puneri Paltan Players

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Puneri Paltan Team Players 2022

With the addition of an experienced Iranian couple to their young team Puneri Paltan will aim to improve upon their sixth-place finish from season 8 and advance all the way in the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season 9. In order to win their first championship Paltan has chosen a champion coach in the form of BC Ramesh who in season 7 led Bengal Warriors to the PKL championship as well as champion players Fazel Atrachali and Mohammad Nabibakhsh. The management paid a hefty sum to acquire the Iranians who have a ton of expertise and left U Mumba and Bengal Warriors. Atrachali a left-corner player cost 1.38 crore rupees while Nabibakhsh an all-around player cost 87 lakhs.


Along with the young defenders Sombir Sanket Sawant and Abinesh Nadarajan the Paltan had kept the burgeoning raiding team of Aslam Inamdar and Mohit Goyat. Pankaj Mohite who will be a fantastic raiding cover for the Pune team was also kept. Puneri Paltan will begin its ninth season against the three-time champion Patna Pirates on October 8. Since their PKL debut in 2014 Puneri Paltan has finished four of the previous eight seasons in the playoffs or semifinals.


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Abhinesh Nadarajan

Abhinesh Nadarajan is a right-cover defender for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India. He was born on 23 July 2001.

Aditya Shinde

Aditya Shinde  is a raider for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India.

Akash Shinde

Akash Shinde  is a raider for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India. He was born on 7 March.

Alankar Patil

Alankar Patil is a defender for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India.

Aslam Inamdar

Aslam Inamdar is an all rounder for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India. He was born on 23 February 2000.

Balasaheb Jadhav

Balasaheb Jadhav is a right-cover defender for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India. He was born on 3 June 1999.

Badal Singh

Badal Singh is a defender for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India. 

D. Mahindraprasad

D. Mahindraprasad  is a defender for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India.

Fazel Atrachali

Fazel Atrachali  is a defender for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country Iran.

Gaurav Khatri

Gaurav Khatri is a defender for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India.

Govind Gurjar

Govind Gurjar is a defender for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India. He was born on 13 January 2000.

Harsh Lad

Harsh Lad is a defender for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India. 

Moein Nabibakhsh

Moein Nabibakhsh is an allrounder for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country Iran.

Mohit Goyat

Mohit Goyat is raider for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India. 

Pankaj Mohite

Pankaj Mohite is a right raider for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India.  He was born on 24 June 1999.

Rakesh Bhalleram

Rakesh Bhalleram is a defender for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India.

Sanket Sawant

Sanket Sawant is a left cover defender for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India. He was born on 14 December 1999.

Saurabh

Saurabh is a raider for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India

Sombir Gulia

Sombir is a raider for the Pro Kabbadi League team Puneri Paltan. He belongs to the country India. He was born on 1 February 1998.

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