Patna Pirates is a kabaddi team based in Patna, Bihar that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is led by Pardeep Narwal and coached by Ram Mehar Singh. The team is owned by Rajesh V. Shah and their home ground is Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna. The Pirates are the most successful team in PKL history with a record 3 titles and winning all of them in successive seasons. The Pirates won their first title by defeating defending champions U Mumba in 2016, after reaching the semi finals in the previous two seasons. In the following 2016 season, Patna Pirates defeated the Jaipur Pink Panthers, thus becoming the first team in PKL history to successfully defend their title and later completed a hat-trick of titles by defeating Gujarat Fortune Giants in the final of the 2017 tournament. The 2018-19 season was a contrasting season for the usually successful Patna Pirates, as the 3 time defending champions crashed out in the group stages, thus failing to make the playoffs for the first time ever. Patna is also the first team to play 100 PKL matches.
Franchise history
Pro Kabaddi League is a professional kabaddi league in India, based on the format of the Indian Premier LeagueT20 cricket tournament. The first edition of the tournament was played in 2014 with eight franchises representing various cities in India. Patna Pirates is a Patna based franchise owned by Rajesh Shah.
Current Squad
Seasons
Season I
Patna Pirates got the 3rd spot in the first season. They were led by Rakesh Kumar.
Season II
Patna Pirates got the 4th spot in the second season.
Season III
This season Patna Pirates finished the league as champions defeating U Mumba in a nail-biting match by 3 close points.
Season IV
This season Patna Pirates successfully defended their title in the presence of Dubki King Pardeep Narwal and became 2-time champions of PKL.
Season V
This season Patna Pirates retained Pardeep Narwal before the auction. Pardeep Narwal has also scored fastest 50 raid points in the history of Pro Kabaddi League in just 4 matches. He also became the first player to score 100 points with an average of 12.77 in 9 matches. Now he is the Top Raider of Pro Kabaddi Season 5 with 369 raid points. In his playoff with Haryana, Pardeep broke 4 records in one day:- 1. 34 raid points in a single match. 2. Team making most overall points in just one match - 69. 3. Triple century in one season. 4. 8 raid points in a single raid. Patna Pirates beat Gujarat Fortune Giants to become champions for the third time. Patna Pirates is the only team to win 3 titles in a row.
Season VI
Patna pirates have retained Pardeep Narwal, Vijay, Jawahar Dagar and Manish.
Season VII
This season they have retained Pardeep Narwal again, but released Manish and retained Vikash Jaglan instead
