Jaipur Pink Panthers will begin their Pro Kabaddi League season 12 campaign against Patna Pirates at the Vishwanadh Sports Club, Vizag on Tuesday. Patna Pirates had lost their opening clash of the season against UP Yoddhas by 31-34 and they would look to bounce back against Pink Panthers.

Ayan and Maninder Singh scored nine and seven points respectively but their efforts went in vain for Patna Pirates.

Meanwhile, Jaipur Pink Panthers retained defenders Reza Mirbagheri, Ronak Singh, Nitin Kumar, raiders Sombir and Ritik Sharma before the auction. 

The Pink Panthers added right raider Nitin Kumar Dhankhar for INR 1.002 crore on Day 1 of the auction. They also roped in raider Uday Parte (INR 50.10 lacs), all-rounder Nitin Rawal (INR 50 lacs), right cover Aashish Kumar (INR 27 lacs) and Iranian raider Ali Samadi Choubtarash (INR 16.20 lacs).

Head to Head: Matches: 22, Won by Jaipur Pink Panthers: 9, Won by Patna Pirates: 13.

Jaipur Pink Panthers full squad

Raiders: Sombir, Ritik Sharma, Sahil, Vinay, Meetu, Ali Samadi Choubtarash (F), Manjeet, Uday Parte, Nitin Kumar (right raider)

Defenders: Abhishek KS (left cover), Ronak Singh (right corner), Nitin Kumar (right cover), Reza Mirbagheri (F), Deepanshu (right corner), Aryan (left corner), Sahil Deshwal (left cover), Mohit (right cover), Aashish Kumar (right cover),

All-rounders: Nitin Rawal

Patna Pirates full squad

Raiders: Ayan, Deepak, Sahil Patil, Sudhakar M, Milan, Ankit, Mandeep, Maninder Singh

Defenders: Hamid Mirzaei Nader (F), Navdeep, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Saurabh, Prianshu, Sombir, Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav (right cover), Amin Ghorbani (F) (right corner), Sanket Sawant (left cover), Deepak Rajender Singh (right cover)

All-rounders: Ankit