Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Pro Wrestling League (PWL) takes its first breath today!!


Another section in the historical backdrop of Indian wrestling is set to open as the Pro Wrestling League (PWL) takes its first breath on Thursday.

At the point when Delhi Veers tackle Punjab Royals at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here, the antiquated Olympic game of wrestling will join the fleeting trend of establishment based associations that began with cricket in the nation.

The title will have a star-cast incomprehensible meeting up before as a percentage of the best achievers on the planet wrestling coliseum will contend in the competition, slated for December 10-27 in five urban areas.

Olympic medalists Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt, big showdown bronze medallist Narsingh Pancham Yadav and sisters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari among Indians and USA's three-time title holder Adeline Gray; Ukrainian best on the planet Oksana Herhel; and world meet silver medallist Swede Sofia Mattison among the remote wrestlers will feature the ritzy field.

The PWL will have an aggregate of six groups in Delhi, Haryana Hammers, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh Warriors, Bengaluru Yodhas and Ravanta's Mumbai Garuda. The matches will be played in a round-robin group on home and away premise.

What has made individuals turn their consideration towards it is its psyche boggling prize cash of Rs 15 crore. Just the champ will get wealthier by Rs 3 crore, a sum which hasn't ever been offered in the wrestling scene.

Every group will have nine players – five Indians and four outsiders, five of who will be men and four ladies. In the inaugural year, PWL will include a sum of 18 ties – 15 in the class stage, two semi-finals and the Grand Finale here. Every tie will be challenged in a best-of-seven-session position.

The competition will be show live on TV and it may add a charm remainder to a country game, the same way it has accomplished for kabaddi after the Pro-Kabaddi League started in 2013. The fans will likewise get an opportunity to watch wrestling on TV on events other than the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games (CWG) and Olympics, which will individuals know the game better.

It's the inaugural season and energy among players is entirely high. While a few groups appear to be solid on paper, each side has some Olympic or big showdowns medallist and that makes the competition alluring, at any rate first and foremost.

At first it appears a level-playing field, however Haryana Hammers, for having Olympic and world medallist Indian and remote wrestlers in men's and ladies' segments, are all the rage.

While Yogeshwar is the marquee player for Haryana with the most astounding sticker price of Rs 39.70 lakh, Ukraine's 21-year-old best on the planet Herhel (58 kg) gathered consideration for being the most costly player in the association at Rs 41.30 lakh.

Other Haryana wrestlers, who fortify their side, are Cuban Livan Lopez Azcuy (74 kg), a bronze medallist at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2014 World Championships; Argentinean Yuri Maier (97 kg), a 2014 South American champion; and India's Amit Kumar Dahiya (57 kg), a silver medalist at the 2013 World Championship.

Sushil (74 kg), who on Wednesday said he was hesitant to play in the class, is so far the most well known face for Uttar Pradesh. He, be that as it may, doesn't have acclaimed and in-structure wrestlers in his group and Ukraine's Kogut Oleksandra (48 kg), a 2010 best on the planet, and India's 28-year-old Babita Kumari (53 kg), a 2014 CWG gold and 2012 World Championships bronze medallist, are greatest names after the Indian stalwart.

Punjab likewise have a solid group with ruling best on the planet Vladimir Khinchegashvili (57 kg) of Georgia driving their test. Mongolian Jargalsaikhan Chuluunbat (125 kg), a 2010 Asian Games silver medalist, and India's 2010 CWG champion Mausam Khatri (97 kg) are other people who can have any kind of effect for the group.

Nonetheless, no other player in the group can coordinate the deeds of the US lady wrestler Adeline Gray (69 kg), who is a three-time best on the planet. She is playing for Mumbai, who likewise have previous Asian and CWG champion Amit Dhankar (65 kg) and rising begin Rahul Aware (57 kg) of India in their squad.

Bengaluru's test will be driven by Narsingh Pancham Yadav (74 kg), who is high on a bronze decoration at the World Championships this year. He is likewise the main Indian wrestler who has earned a 2016 Olympic quantity place for India as such. He will be bolstered by 2013 big showdown bronze medallist Bajrang Punia (65 kg) and Navjot Kaur (ladies' 69 kg).

They likewise have a considerable outside unforeseen in 2012 Olympics silver medallist Georgian Davit Modzmanashvili (125 kg) and a two-time world meet bronze medallist Pavlo Oliynik (97 kg) of Ukraine.

With stage set for potentially close conflicts, it will enthusiasm to see who takes the PWL respects in the Capital on December 27.

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