U Mumba

U Mumba will be eyeing their second title in the upcoming Pro Kabaddi League 2025 (PKL 2025). The 12th edition of the tournament is scheduled to be played from August 29 in Vizag. PKL 2025 will be played across four venues this year – Vizag, Jaipur, Chennai and Delhi.

U Mumba made it to the playoffs last season after failing to progress ahead of the league stage in the previous three seasons. Their campaign ended with a defeat to Patna Pirates in Eliminator 2. They will be fancying their chances of going all the way this year.

Even though they qualified for the playoffs last year, they decided to part ways with head coach Gholamreza Mazandarani and have named Anil Chaprana as his replacement. Chaprana has previously plied his trade as a coach for U Mumba and incidentally he was replaced by Gholamreza Mazandarani in 2022.

Last season, Chaprana returned to U Mumba and served as their assistant coach, helping the team qualify for the Playoffs for the first time since 2019.

U Mumba Squad:

After making it to the playoffs last season, U Mumba have retained the core of the squad for PKL 2025. In the auction, they spent INR 4.905 crore and signed up eight players.

Raiders: Ajit Chouhan, Satish Kannan (right raider), Mukeshkannan S, Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi, Sandeep Kumar,

Defenders: Sunil Kumar, Deepak Kundu (left corner), Lokesh Ghosliya (left corner), Sunny (left cover), Mukilan Shanmugam (left cover), Ravi (right cover), Rinku (right corner), Parvesh Bhainswal (left cover)

All-rounders: Rohit, Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (F), Amarjeet, Mohammad Ghorbani (F), Aanil Mohan

U Mumba Schedule:

U Mumba’s campaign will get underway on August 30 against Gujarat Giants in Vizag. They will play a total of six games in the first leg in Vizag. In the second leg in Jaipur, U Mumba will play three games before playing four games in Chennai. In the fourth and final leg in Delhi, they are scheduled to play five games.

Vizag leg:

  • August 30, U Mumba vs. Gujarat Giants
  • August 31, Tamil Thalaivas vs. U Mumba
  • September 03, Haryana Steelers vs. U Mumba
  • September 05, U Mumba vs. Bengaluru Bulls
  • September 10, U Mumba vs. Telugu Titans
  • September 11, U Mumba vs. Patna Pirates

Jaipur leg:

  • September 18, U Mumba vs. Puneri Paltan
  • September 23, Jaipur Pink Panthers vs. U Mumba
  • September 25, Dabang Delhi K.C. vs. U Mumba

Chennai leg:

  • October 01, U Mumba vs. Tamil Thalaivas
  • October 02, Gujarat Giants vs. U Mumba
  • October 08, Puneri Paltan vs. U Mumba
  • October 10, Bengal Warriors vs. U Mumba

Delhi leg:

  • October 13, U Mumba vs. UP Yoddhas
  • October 16, Telugu Titans vs. U Mumba
  • October 19, U Mumba vs. Haryana Steelers
  • October 21, U Mumba vs. Jaipur Pink Panthers
  • October 23, UP Yoddhas vs. U Mumba