Genius Kabaddi League (known as Vivo Pro Kabbadi for sponsorship reasons) or truncated to PKL is a men's expert Kabaddi class of India. It was sent off in 2014 and is communicated on Star Sports.However, Season 8 was deferred because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the season was booked to begin on 22 December 2021. The association's beginning was affected by the ubiquity of the Kabaddi competition at the 2006 Asian Games. The organization of the opposition was affected by the Indian Premier League. The Pro Kabaddi League utilizes an establishment based model and its most memorable season was held in 2014 with eight groups every one of which has paid charges of up to US$250,000 to join. There were questions about whether the Pro Kabaddi League would find success, taking note of that many associations were endeavoring to copy the IPL's plan of action and achievement and that, dissimilar to cricket, there were generally less notable players in Kabaddi. Notwithstanding, it was likewise noticed that kabaddi was broadly played in grassroots local area settings, and could in this manner draw in a wide assortment of country and metropolitan watchers for sponsors to target in the event that the association acquired huge attraction. The debut season was seen by 43.5 crores (435 million) watchers, second to the 2014 Indian Premier League's 55.2 crores (552 million), while the principal season last between Jaipur Pink Panthers and U-Mumba was watched by 8.64 crores (86.4 million). Star Sports, the Pro Kabaddi League's broadcaster, thusly reported in 2015 that it would secure a 74% stake in the association's parent organization Mashal Sports. For the 2017 and 2018-19 season, the Pro Kabaddi League added four new groups, and changed its configuration to divide the groups into two divisions known as "zones". Soon the association got back to its ordinary twofold cooperative arrangement from the 2019 season.
