Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) sides Patna Pirates and Tamil Thalaivas will face off in the first game of the sixth season of the Pro Kabaddi League, which starts in Chennai from October 7 and goes on till January 5 next year. The fixtures were announced by the organisers of the PKL. Puneri Paltan and U Mumba will take on each other in the second game of the sixth edition on the same day itself. PKL’s highest paid player, Monu Goyat will begin his search for a title win as his side Haryana Steelers will go up against Puneri Paltans in the fifth match of the season on October 8. The 12 teams have been divided into two zones of six teams each where each team will take part in a set of 15 intra-zone and 7 inter-zone matches before the play-offs commence. The play-offs stage will comprise of 3 eliminators, 2 qualifiers and the finals scheduled to take place in Mumbai. See the full schedule of the PKL 2018 below.
Chennai Leg
October 7, Sunday
Match 1: Chennai vs Patna
Match 2: Pune vs Mumbai
October 8, Monday
Match 1: Pune vs Haryana
Match 2: Chennai vs Uttar Pradesh (UP)
October 9, Tuesday
Match 1: Delhi vs Gujarat
Match 2: Chennai vs Hyderabad
October 10, Wednesday
Match 1: Mumbai vs Jaipur
Match 2: Chennai vs Bangalore
October 11, Thursday
Match 1: Chennai vs Kolkata
Match 2: UP vs Patna
Sonipat Leg
October 12, Friday
Match 1: Pune vs Delhi
Match 2: Haryana vs Gujarat
October 13, Saturday
Match 1: Haryana vs Mumbai
Match 2: Hyderabad vs UP
October 14 Sunday
Match 1: Haryana vs Pune
Match 2: Patna vs UP
October 15, Monday
Rest Day
October 16 Tuesday
Match 1: Kolkata vs Hyderabad
Match 2: Haryana vs Jaipur
October 17 Wednesday
Match 1: Bangalore vs Chennai
Match 2: Haryana vs Mumbai
October 18 Thursday
Match 1: Haryana vs Delhi
Pune Leg
October 18 Thursday
Match 2: Pune vs Gujarat
October 19 Friday
Match 1: Patna vs Hyderabad
Match 2: Pune vs Jaipur
October 20 Saturday
Match 1: UP vs Kolkata
Match 2: Pune vs Mumbai
October 21 Sunday (Inter-Zone Week Begins)
Match 1: Delhi vs Kolkata
Match 2: Pune vs Bangalore
October 22 Monday
Rest Day
October 23 Tuesday
Match 1: Mumbai vs Hyderabad
Match 2: Pune vs Chennai
October 24 Wednesday
Match 1: Bangalore vs Haryana
Match 2: Pune vs UP
October 25 Thursday
Rest Day
Patna
October 26 Friday
Match 1: Patna vs Jaipur
Match 2: Gujarat vs Chennai
October 27 Saturday
Match 1: Jaipur vs Kolkata
Match 2: Patna Mumbai
October 28 Sunday (Inter-Zone Week Ends)
Match 1: Delhi vs UP
Match 2: Patna vs Haryana
October 29 Monday
Rest Day
October 30 Tuesday
Match 1: Pune vs Gujarat
Match 2: Patna vs Hyderabad
October 31 Wednesday
Match 1: Delhi vs Pune
Match 2: Patna vs Bangalore
November 1 Thursday
Match 1: Patna vs Kolkata
UP leg
November 2 Friday
Match 1: UP vs Chennai
Match 2: Jaipur vs Gujarat
November 3 Saturday
Match 1: Mumbai vs Pune
Match 2: UP vs Bangalore
November 4 Sunday
Match 1: Delhi vs Gujarat
Match 2: UP vs Kolkata
November 5 Monday
Rest Day
November 6 Tuesday
Match 1: Jaipur vs Haryana
Match 2: UP vs Hyderabad
November 7 Wednesday
Match 1: UP vs Patna
November 8 Thursday
Match 1: Haryana vs Delhi
Match 2: UP vs Bangalore
Mumbai Leg
November 9 Friday
Match 1: Mumbai vs Jaipur
Match 2: Kolkata vs Hyderabad
November 10 Saturday
Match 1: Patna vs Kolkata
Match 2: Mumbai vs Gujarat
November 11 Sunday
Match 1: Mumbai vs Haryana
November 12 Monday
Rest Day
November 13 Tuesday (Inter-Zone Week Begins)
Match 1: Pune vs Hyderabad
Match 2: Mumbai vs UP
November 14 Wednesday
Match 1: Chennai vs Haryana
Match 2: Mumbai vs Bangalore
November 15 Thursday
Match 1: Patna vs Delhi
Match 2: Mumbai vs Chennai
Ahmedabad Leg
November 16 Friday
Match 1: Gujarat vs Kolkata
Match 2: Jaipur vs UP
November 17 Saturday
Match 1: Pune vs Kolkata
Match 2: Gujarat vs Bangalore
November 18 Sunday (Inter-Zone Week Ends)
Match 1: Jaipur vs Bangalore
Match 2: Gujarat vs UP
November 19 Monday
Rest Day
November 20 Tuesday
Match 1: Chennai vs Hyderabad
Match 2: Gujarat vs Delhi
November 21 Wednesday
Match 1: Patna vs Chennai
Match 2: Gujarat vs Mumbai
November 22 Thursday
Match 1: Gujarat vs Haryana
Bangalore Leg
November 23 Friday
Match 1: Bangalore vs Kolkata
Match 2: Jaipur vs Pune
November 24 Saturday
Match 1: Mumbai vs Delhi
Match 2: Bangalore vs Chennai
November 25 Sunday
Match 1: Bangalore vs Patna
November 26 Monday
Rest Day
November 27 Tuesday
Match 1: Delhi vs Haryana
Match 2: Bangalore vs Hyderabad
November 28 Wednesday
Match 1: Haryana vs Pune
Match 2: Bangalore vs UP
November 29 Thursday
Match 1: Pune vs Gujarat
Match 2: Bangalore vs Kolkata
Delhi Leg
November 30 Friday
Match 1: Delhi vs Jaipur
Match 2: Chennai vs Patna
December 1 Saturday
Match 1: Delhi vs Mumbai
December 2 Sunday
Match 1: Mumbai vs Gujarat
Match 2: Mumbai vs Pune
December 3 Monday
Rest Day
December 4 Tuesday (Inter-Zone Week Begins)
Match 1: Patna vs Gujarat
Match 2: Delhi vs Hyderabad
December 5 Wednesday
Match 1: Haryana vs Kolkata
Match 2: Delhi vs Bangalore
December 6 Thursday
Match 1: UP vs Haryana
Match 2: Delhi vs Chennai
Hyderabad Leg
December 7 Friday
Match 1: Hyderabad vs Gujarat
Match 2: Patna vs Pune
December 8 Saturday
Match 1: Mumbai vs Kolkata
Match 2: Hyderabad vs Jaipur
December 9 Sunday (Inter-Zone Week Ends)
Match 1: Chennai vs Jaipur
Match 2: Hyderabad vs Haryana
December 10 Monday
Rest Day
December 11 Tuesday
Match 1: Delhi vs Mumbai
Match 2: Hyderabad vs UP
December 12 Wednesday
Match 1: Haryana vs Gujarat
Match 2: Hyderabad vs Bangalore
December 13 Thursday
Match 1: Hyderabad vs Patna
Jaipur Leg
December 14 Friday
Match 1: Jaipur vs Pune
Match 2: Kolkata vs Chennai
December 15 Saturday
Match 1: UP vs Chennai
Match 2: Jaipur vs Mumbai
December 16 Sunday
Match 1: Patna vs UP
Match 2: Jaipur vs Gujarat
December 17 Monday
Rest Day
December 18 Tuesday
Match 1: Bangalore vs Hyderabad
Match 2: Jaipur vs Haryana
December 19 Wednesday
Match 1: Patna vs Bangalore
Match 2: Jaipur vs Gujarat
December 20 Thursday
Match 1: Jaipur vs Delhi
Kolkata Leg
December 21 Friday
Match 1: Wildcard Match
December 22 Saturday
Match 1: Wildcard Match
Match 2: Kolkata vs Patna
December 23 Sunday
Match 1: Wildcard Match
Match 2: Kolkata vs Chennai
December 24 Monday
Rest Day
December 25 Tuesday
Match 1: Wildcard Match
Match 2: Kolkata vs Hyderabad
December 26 Wednesday
Match 1: Wildcard Match
Match 2: Kolkata vs Bangalore
December 27 Thursday
Match 1: Wildcard Match
Match 2: Kolkata vs UP
December 28 Friday
Rest Day
December 29 Saturday
Rest Day
Play-offs
December 30 Sunday
Match 1: TBD vs TBD, Kochi
Match 2: TBD vs TBD, Kochi
December 31 Monday
Match 1:
Match 2:
January 1 Tuesday
Rest Day
January 2 Wednesday
Rest Day
January 3 Thursday
TBD vs TBD, Mumbai
January 4 Friday
Rest Day
January 5 Thursday
TBD vs TBD, Mumbai