PKL 10 Season Review: The Paltan Finally Come Out On Top The 10th season of the Pro Kabaddi League is now in the books, with Puneri Paltan being crowned champions for the first time. After a gut-wrenching 33-29 loss to the Jaipur Pink Panthers in last year’s final, the Paltan…
The Evolution Of The Role Of A Pro Kabaddi League Analyst Author: Gautam Varier When the Pro Kabaddi League commenced all the way back in 2014, not many could have foreseen that it would turn out to be such a massive success. With the stakes now being higher than ever,…
Kabaddi Performance Index Part – 2: Pressure Ranking And Situational Players Author: Gautam Varier Part 1 of the sneak peek into the SportsKPI Kabaddi Performance Index covered aspects such as the Impact Index, the Khelo India University Games, and the Auction View. Part 2 reveals two of the other key…
SportsKPI’s Impact Index Author: Gautam Varier The Pro Kabaddi League auction is just around the corner now and we at SportsKPI have been hard at work behind the scenes getting ready for it. To assist our clients in formulating the perfect auction strategy, we always try to come up with…
SportsKPI’s Kabaddi Performance Index Author: Gautam Varier We’re now approaching one of the most important periods in the Kabaddi season in India, the Pro Kabaddi League auction, which is set to take place from 8th to 9th September. Championships are won and lost on the mat, but to be in a…
SportsKPI And IIM Bangalore Bring Forth A New Kabaddi Model Author: Gautam Varier SportsKPI has been one of the pioneers when it comes to Kabaddi analytics in India. A deep dive into the sport helped us formulate the True Raiding Impact (TRI), Net Points per Raid (NPpR), and Net Points…
PKL Auction NYP (New Young) vs. C Category Players Author: Aditya Kashyap In salary capped leagues, it is of the utmost importance to spend efficiently, in order to achieve the best possible results. Mismanagement here can have an adverse impact on team performance and a couple of bad contracts can…
Win Probability in Kabaddi Analyzing PKL Match A win probability is a likelihood that, given any time-state in the game, a certain team will win the game. It’s not a case of saying this is definitely going to happen, it’s providing an insight into what is likely to happen given…
Machine Learning (ML) based Advanced Kabaddi Metrics for PKL – Part 2 Kabaddi needs a more evolved and a more nuanced system which adds more meaning to the numbers by measuring the net impact they have on the game. Advanced Kabaddi Metrics-Part 1 featured the introduction of the True Raider Impact…
Machine Learning (ML) based Advanced Kabaddi Metrics for PKL – Part 1 With the advent of the Pro Kabaddi League, the sport of Kabaddi has seen a meteoric rise in its standing in India. While the sport has evolved a lot over these years and its popularity has soared, the…
