Bengaluru Bulls have announced that their home matches for the fifth edition of the Pro-Kabaddi League will now be played at Nagpur’s Mankapur Indoor Stadium. The league starting 28th July has seen a last-minute change of venue due to the unavailability of Bengaluru's Kanteerva Stadium.

Bengaluru Bulls named star raider Rohit Kumar and defender Ravinder Pahal as the team's captain and vice captain respectively.The fifth season of the Pro Kabaddi League is set to kick off on July 28th and will feature 12 teams playing 132 league matches over a three-month period.

The Indian government has made it clear that Pakistani players will not be allowed to participate in the Pro Kabaddi League unless the neighbouring country stops sponsoring terrorism. The fifth season of the PKL will begin on June 25 with a match between Puneri Paltans and Telugu Titans in Pune.

Nitin Tomar attracted the highest bid at the PKL auction and thus became the most expensive purchase in the PKL history after causing a bidding war among the franchises before Uttar Pradesh bought him for a whopping Rs.93 lacs. Manjeet Chillar was the second most expensive player at the auction.