Kabaddi team Dabang Delhi unveils logo for Season 2 of Pro-Kabaddi League

NEW DELHI: Gearing up for the second season of Pro-Kabaddi League ( PKL), the Dabang Delhi team has unveiled a new logo and appointed former Indian kabbadi captain Honnappa C Gowda as the head coach and skills trainer for the team.

The franchise is part of the DoIT Sports Management which is run by Radha Kapoor, the daughter of Yes Bank MD and CEO Rana Kapoor.

“The response of India, spectators, viewers and sponsors alike to a successful PKL Season 1 has been quite overwhelming. The debut viewership stood at 435 million, remarkably only second to IPL, lending credence to our objective of associating with a ‘RURBAN’ Indian sport,” said Kapoor.

“We are proud to say that Dabang Delhi through its initiatives is trying to make Kabaddi, which was considered a rural sport, a global sport (Olympics); a man’s game, to now being recognized and pursued by girls / women in urban cities,” she said.

Ahead of the new season, the Delhi-based franchise had also brought in Dr Sandeep Kumar, a specialist sports scientist, with skills in endurance and biomechanics.