Pro Kabaddi League has had immense success over the years, not only is it India’s second most-watched league behind only the Indian Premier League (IPL), but PKL has completely revitalised the sport. Names such as Anup Kumar, Rakesh Kumar and Manjeet Chillar became household names.

What started in 2014 as a big experiment, the PKL ended up giving the Indian sport of Kabaddi a new lease of life. The juggernaut has since rolled on going through its fair share of highs and lows and now it’s set for the 10th edition later this year.

Now, after its journey of 10 years the founder of the Pro-Kabaddi league (PKL) and member of the technical committee Charu Sharma, in an interview with News 18.com gave hint that effort will be on from now on to introduce the Women’s Pro-Kabaddi league. 

He stated, “There is only one or two small challenges that need to be solved. In Kabaddi the court size is different for men and women and with all the changes it is not practical. Either we increase the size of the women’s court, and the jury is out regarding that aspect, and if we can’t, it’ll have to be a separate tournament.

So there are a couple of challenges which don’t have easy solutions, will there be a solution, of course! And will we get a women’s league? Absolutely! We first need to make sure that those challenges in no way take away from the power of women’s Kabaddi.” 

Along with the introduction of Women’s PKL, Sharma also mentioned that efforts are already on to make the expansion of the League. He revealed, “in India we have a big geography and we have large pockets of people in different parts of the country there is scope to get more teams. I think we need to consider the sustainability, the PKL has sustained fabulously."

"So many other leagues have come and gone sadly but the PKL has sustained magnificently. So more teams yes, I think India can absorb a minimum of 16, maybe a maximum of 20. I think it will happen eventually but we need to make it grow organically.”