Pro Kabaddi League Season 8: Second-half schedule announced
Zee News
Pro Kabaddi League organisers Mashal Sports announced second-part of the ongoing round-robin league.
Mashal Sports, the organizers of Pro Kabaddi League, successfully completed 66 matches constituting the first half of the league stage ongoing Season 8, in complete conformity to the league schedule that was released in December 2021. Mashal Sports on Monday (January 17) announced the second part of the ongoing round-robin league, with 33 matches to be played from January 20 to February 4, 2022.
A significant feature of the 66 completed matches of PKL Season 8 has been the augmented quality of competition between the 12 PKL Teams. The score difference at the end of matches has reduced by 42 percent with an avg. of 6 in PKL 8 VS 10 in PKL 7. There has been a 16 percent increase in total points scored: avg. 68 points per match in PKL 8 vs 59 in PKL 7.
The league organizers are confident that the next round of 33 matches will witness further enhancement of the competitive quality of the league especially as this includes the `rivalry week` between PKL Teams where the playing teams are selected for popular sentiments and folklore between their respective geographies. The 'rivalry week' of PKL Season 8 will be played from January 31 - February 4.
