Telugu Titans

Possessing one of the strongest raiding teams in Pro Kabaddi League, Telugu Titans roots from Hyderabad, Telangana. The squad play their home matches at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, an arena with the capacity to hold about 5000 viewers.

Telugu Titans have been a part of The Pro Kabaddi League since its genesis in 2014. The team that grew with Pro Kabaddi League along in years is presently mentored by Naveen Kumar, who was a raider in his playing days and a member of the Gold Medal winning Indian team in the 2006 Asiad. He marked his first PKL assignment as the team’s coach in PKL 2018.

Background

Hyderabad based Telugu Titans is currently owned by Veera Sports led by Srinivas Sreeramaneni (also Co-founder and chairman of Core Green group) and backed by Mahesh Kolli of Core Green group, Anil Kumar of Greenko group and Gautham Reddy of NED Group.

The team show their spirit of unity coloured in yellow, black and purple with their catch phrase for the year that goes as “Together we are one”.

Trajectory in the PKL

With five years of experience from the PKL 2014, Telugu Titans boast of their exceptionally strong raiding department. They have been inconsistent in PKL though, having finished in the fifth position thrice and making the playoffs twice.

For the PKL 2014 season held, Telugu Titans finished fifth in the group stage and did not qualify to the playoffs. In the PKL 2015, Titans ranked third place and qualified to the playoffs. In Season 3 which took place in January of 2016, they finished in the fifth position, failing to quality for the playoffs.

The team finished fourth in the June edition of the 2016 PKL season. In the fifth season held in 2017, the team came down to the fifth position.

Team Players

Player Name	Country	Position
Rohit Kumar	Indian	Raiders
Siddharth Sirish Desai	Indian	Raiders
Rajnish	Indian	Raiders
Ankit Beniwal	Indian	Raiders
Rakesh Gowda	Indian	Raiders
Hyunsu Park	South Korean	Raiders
G. Raju	Indian	Raiders
Amit Chauhan	Indian	Raiders
C. Arun	Indian	Defenders
Ruturaj Shivaji Koravi	Indian	Defenders
Manish	Indian	Defenders
Akash Choudhary	Indian	Defenders
Surinder Singh	Indian	Defenders
Aakash Dattu Arsul	Indian	Defenders
Prince	Indian	Defenders
Abe Tetsuro	Japani	Defenders
Sandeep	Indian	Defenders
Adarsh T	Indian	Defenders

Major Players for the PKL 2021:

New players this season that he will be leading are Surinder Singh, Sandeep and Adarsh T. For raiding Rohit Kumar will be joining Telugu Titans along with Siddarth Sirish Desai, who broke records this time as he had the highest bid this auction.

Year	Matches Played	Wins	Lost	Tie	Win %	Final Result
2014	14	6	5	3	42.85	Fifth
2015	16	9	4	3	56.25	Third
2016 (Jan)	14	7	7	0	50	Fifth
2016 (June)	16	8	6	2	50	Fourth
2017	22	7	12	3	31.81	Fifth
2018	22	8	13	1	36.36	Sixth
2019	22	6	13	3	27.30	11th Place