Mumbai: Mashal Sports, organisers of the vivo Pro Kabaddi League, has announced the dates for the ninth season of the league. The league will start on 7 October 2022 and will go on till mid-December. The league stage will be conducted in Bengaluru, Pune, and Hyderabad.

Mashal Sports conducted the player auction in Mumbai on 5-6 August, 2022, according to the media release.

Mashal Sports executive head and vivo Pro Kabaddi league commissioner Anupam Goswami said, "Mashal Sports started the journey of vivo Pro Kabaddi League with a vision of taking the indigenous sport of kabaddi to the world of contemporary and upcoming generations of sports fans.”

We continue to achieve impressive success in this goal, as was proven earlier this year by vivo PKL season eight, which was conducted in a comprehensive bio-bubble. Now, we are even more enthusiastic about the upcoming vivo PKL season 9 as our fans will be back in stadiums across Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad to experience the pulsating action up-close of their favourite teams and stars," he added.

Further details and schedule for the new season will be shared in the coming weeks.