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Bengaluru Bulls
Full nameBengaluru Bulls
Short nameBB
SportKabaddi
Founded2013
First season2014
Last season2024
LeaguePKL
Based inBengaluru, India
LocationKarnataka
StadiumKanteerava Indoor Stadium
ColorsRed, black, yellow
OwnerAshwin Mallaya ullal Mangalore
Head coachBC Ramesh
CaptainYogesh Dahiya
Championships (2018)
Playoff berths6
Websitebengalurubulls.com
Uniforms


Regular kit

Bengaluru Bulls is a professional kabaddi team based in Bengaluru that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team were champions in the sixth season and are currently led by Yogesh Dahiya.[1] The team is coached by BC Ramesh and owned by Ashwin Mallaya Ullal.[2] Bulls play their home matches at the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium. Bulls are one of the most successful teams in PKL history after winning the trophy for the first time by defeating the Gujarat Fortune Giants in the 2018–19 season.[3] The team was also the runner-up to U Mumba in 2015 and reached the semifinals in the inaugural 2014 season.

Current squad

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Bengaluru Bulls squad 2025
No Name Nat Position
3 Ankush Rathee India Defender - Left Corner
33 Akash Shinde India Raider
Pankaj India Raider
Mahipal Palaram India Raider
Manjeet Thakur India Raider
Shubham Bitake India Raider
13 Aashish Malik India Right Raider
Ganesha Hanamantagol India Right Raider
Chandra Naik India All Rounder
Amit Thakur India All-Rounder
Dheeraj Rajveer India All Rounder
Sachin Krishan India All-Rounder
Jitender Yadav India All-Rounder
Sahil Rane India All-Rounder
18 Alireza Mirzaian Iran All-Rounder
Ahmad Asgari Iran All-Rounder
8 Yogesh Dahiya (c) India Defender - Right Corner
Lucky Kumar India Defender - Right Cover
Sanjay Dhull India Defender - Right Cover
Satyappa Matti India Defender - Right Cover
Shubham Rahate India Defender - Left Cover
45 Deepak Sankar India Defender - Left Corner
Manish India Defender
Badal Taqdir Singh India Defender
Source: Pro Kabaddi[4]

Seasons

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Season I

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Main article: 2014 Pro Kabaddi League season

Bulls secured fourth place in the first season.[5][6]

Team
Pld W L D SD Pts
Jaipur Pink Panthers (C) 14 10 3 1 100 54
U Mumba (R) 14 8 3 3 59 51
Bengaluru Bulls (4) 14 8 5 1 36 47
Patna Pirates (3) 14 7 5 2 18 45
Telugu Titans 14 6 5 3 26 42
Dabang Delhi KC 14 5 8 1 -27 32
Bengal Warriors 14 4 9 1 -85 24
Puneri Paltan 14 2 12 0 -127 17
Source: ProKabaddi

(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up; (3) Third Place; (4) Fourth Place.

  •   Advanced to the Playoff Stage
  • Five (5) points for a win
  • Three (3) points each for a drawn game
  • One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer
  • Top 4 teams qualified for the semifinals

Season II

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Main article: 2015 Pro Kabaddi League season

Bengaluru Bulls finished second in the second season.

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
U Mumba (C) 14 12 2 0 40 60
Telugu Titans (3) 14 8 3 3 85 50
Bengaluru Bulls (R) 14 9 5 0 55 48
Patna Pirates (4) 14 7 6 1 -18 41
Jaipur Pink Panthers 14 6 7 1 43 38
Bengal Warriors 14 4 9 1 -63 27
Dabang Delhi KC 14 4 9 1 -68 27
Puneri Paltan 14 2 11 1 -74 21

Source: ProKabaddi
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up; (3) Third Place; (4) Fourth Place.

  •   Advanced to the Playoff Stage
  • Five (5) points for a win
  • Three (3) points each for a drawn game
  • One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

Season III

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Main article: 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (January)
Team Pld W L D SD Pts
U Mumba (R) 14 12 2 0 95 60
Patna Pirates (C) 14 10 2 2 104 58
Puneri Paltan (3) 14 7 4 3 92 48
Bengal Warriors (4) 14 9 5 0 26 47
Telugu Titans 14 7 7 0 -10 38
Jaipur Pink Panthers 14 4 8 2 -63 28
Bengaluru Bulls 14 2 12 0 -102 14
Dabang Delhi KC 14 1 12 1 -142 11
Source: ProKabaddi

(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up; (3) Third Place; (4) Fourth Place.

  •   Advanced to the Playoff Stage
  • Five (5) points for a win
  • Three (3) points each for a drawn game
  • One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

Season IV

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Main article: 2016 Pro Kabaddi League season (June)
Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Patna Pirates (C) 14 10 4 0 14 52
Telugu Titans 14 8 4 2 67 50
Jaipur Pink Panthers (R) 14 8 5 1 22 47
Puneri Paltan 14 6 6 2 23 42
U Mumba 14 7 6 1 -18 42
Bengaluru Bulls 14 5 8 1 -55 32
Dabang Delhi KC 14 4 9 1 7 29
Bengal Warriors 14 3 9 2 -60 26

Source:www.prokabaddi.com

  •   Advanced to the Playoff Stage
  • Five (5) points for a win
  • Three (3) points each for a drawn game
  • One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

Season V

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Main article: 2017 Pro Kabaddi League season

The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.
Zone A

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Gujarat Fortune Giants (R) 22 15 4 3 126 87
Puneri Paltan 22 15 7 0 91 80
Haryana Steelers 22 13 5 4 40 79
U Mumba 22 10 12 0 -50 56
Jaipur Pink Panthers 22 8 13 1 -91 51
Dabang Delhi KC 22 5 16 1 -134 29

Zone B

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Bengal Warriors 22 11 5 6 19 77
Patna Pirates (C) 22 10 7 5 60 71
UP Yoddha 22 8 10 4 2 60
Bengaluru Bulls 22 8 11 3 10 57
Telugu Titans 22 7 12 3 -2 52
Tamil Thalaivas 22 6 14 2 -71 46

Source: ProKabaddi

  •   advanced to Qualifier 1
  •   advanced to Eliminators
  • Five (5) points for a win
  • Three (3) points each for a drawn game
  • One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

Season VI

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Main article: 2018_Pro_Kabaddi_League_season

The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.
Zone A

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Gujarat Fortune Giants (R) 22 17 3 2 117 93
U Mumba 22 15 5 2 189 86
Dabang Delhi KC 22 11 9 2 -1 68
Puneri Paltan 22 8 12 2 -45 52
Jaipur Pink Panthers 22 6 13 3 -69 43
Haryana Steelers 22 6 14 2 -91 42

Zone B

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Bengaluru Bulls (C) 22 13 7 2 104 78
Bengal Warriors 22 12 8 2 2 69
UP Yoddha 22 8 10 4 -45 57
Patna Pirates 22 9 11 2 -36 55
Telugu Titans 22 8 13 1 -55 51
Tamil Thalaivas 22 5 13 4 -70 42

Source: ProKabaddi

  •   advanced to Qualifier 1
  •   advanced to Eliminators
  • Five (5) points for a win
  • Three (3) points each for a drawn game
  • One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer
  • Top three teams from each zone qualify for the playoffs

Season VII

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Main article: 2019 Pro Kabaddi League season
Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Dabang Delhi KC (R) 22 15 4 3 66 85
Bengal Warriors (C) 22 14 5 3 71 83
UP Yoddha 22 13 7 2 9 74
U Mumba 22 12 8 2 47 72
Haryana Steelers 22 13 8 1 15 71
Bengaluru Bulls 22 11 10 1 16 64
Jaipur Pink Panthers 22 9 11 2 -13 58
Patna Pirates 22 8 13 1 29 51
Gujarat Forunte Giants 22 7 13 2 18 51
Puneri Paltan 22 7 12 3 -72 48
Telugu Titans 22 6 13 3 -67 45
Tamil Thalaivas 22 4 15 3 -119 37

Source: ProKabaddi

  •   advanced to Finals
  •   advanced to Eliminators
  • Five (5) points for a win
  • Three (3) points each for a drawn game
  • One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer
  • Top 6 teams qualify for the playoffs


Season VIII

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Main article: 2021–22 Pro Kabaddi League season

Season IX

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Main article: 2022 Pro Kabaddi League season


Pos Team
 Pld W L T SD Pts
1 Jaipur Pink Panthers (C) 22 15 6 1 174 82 Qualification to semi finals
2 Puneri Paltan (R) 22 14 6 2 66 80
3 Bengaluru Bulls 22 13 8 1 39 74 Qualification to eliminators
4 UP Yoddha 22 12 8 2 42 71
5 Tamil Thalaivas 22 10 8 4 5 66
6 Dabang Delhi 22 10 10 2 17 63
7 Haryana Steelers 22 10 10 2 16 61
8 Gujarat Giants 22 9 11 2 -16 59
9 U Mumba 22 10 12 0 -28 56
10 Patna Pirates 22 8 11 3 -58 54
11 Bengal Warriors 22 8 11 3 -12 53
12 Telugu Titans 22 2 20 0 -245 15
Source: ProKabaddi
(C) Champion; (R) Runners Up
  • 5 points for a win
  • 3 points for a tied game
  • 1 point for a loss by 7 points or fewer


Season X

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Main article: 2023-24 Pro Kabaddi League
Pos Team
 Pld W L T SD Pts
1 Puneri Paltan (C) 22 17 2 3 253 96 Qualification to semi finals
2 Jaipur Pink Panthers 22 16 3 3 141 92
3 Dabang Delhi 22 13 6 3 53 79 Qualification to eliminators
4 Gujarat Giants 22 13 9 0 32 70
5 Haryana Steelers (R) 22 13 8 1 -13 70
6 Patna Pirates 22 11 8 3 50 69
7 Bengal Warriors 22 9 11 2 -43 55
8 Bengaluru Bulls 22 8 12 2 -67 53
9 Tamil Thalaivas 22 9 13 0 32 51
10 U Mumba 22 6 13 3 -79 45
11 UP Yoddhas 22 4 17 1 -116 31
12 Telugu Titans 22 2 19 1 -243 21
Source: ProKabaddi
Rules for classification:
  • 5 points for a win
  • 3 points for a tied game
  • 1 point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

(C) Champion; (R) Runners Up

Records

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Seasons Total Wins Tied Losses % Win Position
Season 1 16 8 1 7 56.25% 3
Season 2 16 10 0 6 62.50% Runner-ups
Season 3 14 2 0 12 14.23% 7
Season 4 14 5 1 8 42.85% 6
Season 5 22 8 3 11 50.00% 4
Season 6 24 15 2 7 62.58% Champions
Season 7 24 12 1 11 52.50% 3
Season 8 22 11 9 2 54.54% 5
Season 9 22 13 8 1 3
Season 10 22 8 2 12 8
Season 11 4 1 - 3

By opposition

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Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Opposition Played Won Lost Drawn % Win
Bengal Warriors 22 9 13 0 40.9%
Dabang Delhi 21 9 10 2 42.9%
Gujarat Fortune Giants 12 5 6 1 41.7%
Haryana Steelers 9 5 4 0 55.6%
Jaipur Pink Panthers 19 9 9 1 47.4%
Patna Pirates 22 7 12 3 31.8%
Puneri Paltan 17 7 10 0 41.2%
Tamil Thalaivas 14 11 3 0 78.57%
Telugu Titans 22 15 3 4 68.2%
U Mumba 19 5 14 0 26.3%
UP Yoddha 15 9 6 0 60%
Total 192 91 90 11 47.39%

Sponsors

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Year Season Kit manufacturer Main sponsor Back sponsor Sleeve sponsor
2014 I Golden Harvest
2015 II Vats Kotak AirAsia
2016 III Karbonn Mobiles Unlimited
IV Omtex
2017 V ARMR Karbonn Mobiles Kent RO GEM Home Appliances
2018 VI Shiv-Naresh AbhiPaisa O&O Academy Xiaomi
2019 VII Vats Ashirvad Pipes Walkmate AbhiPaisa
2021 VIII TYKA 1xNews Breathing Room Herbalife Nutrition
2022 IX Vats VST Tillers Breathing Room
2023 X Surfa Coats Paints
2024 XI Vision11 White Gold
2025 XII White Gold Valvoline

References

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  1. ^ "Benguluru Bulls' Announced Ankush Rathee & Akash Shinde As Captains For PKL Season 12 Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  2. ^ Lasrado, Svetlana (21 July 2014). "Bengaluru Bulls gear up for Pro Kabbadi League". The New Indian Express. Bangalore. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ^ "PKL Season 6: Pawan Sehrawat stars as Bengaluru Bulls clinch maiden title". The Times of India. 5 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Bengaluru Bulls". Pro Kabaddi. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Season 1, results". Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Jaipur Pink panthers, champions". sportskeeda.com. 22 June 2015.