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{{Infobox sports team
| name              = 2017 Tamil Thalaivas season
| logo              = 
| logo_size         = 
| alt               = Tamil Thalaivas
| caption           = தமிழ் தலைவாஸ்
| sport             = Kabaddi
| league            = [[Pro Kabaddi League|PKL]]
| division          = 
| location          = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| stadium           = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]]<br />(Capacity: 8,000)
| owner             = [[Nimmagadda Prasad]] <br /> [[Sachin Tendulkar]] <br /> [[Allu Arjun]] <br /> [[Ram Charan]]  <br/> [[Allu Aravind]]
| managing_director =
| coach             = {{Flagicon|India}} [[Kasinatha Baskaran|K Baskaran]]
| manager           = 
| captain           = {{Flagicon|India}} [[Ajay Thakur]]
}}

The '''2017 Tamil Thalaivas season''' is the first season of the [[Tamil Thalaivas]]' existence in the [[Pro Kabaddi League]]. The team is led by [[Ajay Thakur]] and coached by [[Kasinatha Baskaran|K Baskaran]]. The team is owned by [[Nimmagadda Prasad]] and  former Indian cricket captain [[Sachin Tendulkar]], Actors [[ Allu Arjun]] and [[Ram Charan]] and also [[ Allu Aravind]]. Actor [[Kamal Hasan]] is the brand ambassador of the team. Tamil Thalaivas play their home matches at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)]], [[Tamil Nadu]].

== Review ==
The Thalaivas had a good auction as they picked star defender Amit Hooda, who bagged a whopping Rs 63 lakh, along with C Arun and Sanket Chavan to make the defence rock solid. They also signed one of the best do-or-die raiders, [[Ajay Thakur]], who will also be leading the team onto the pitch as captain. M Thivakaran and Sombir are other important names in attack.<ref name="firstmatch">{{cite news|title=Tamil Thalaivas pro kabaddi league season 5 beginning |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/newly-framed-pro-kabaddi-league-returns-from-28th-july/story-awzFiBP6zgCR4Xt6bnRbPI.html | publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|accessdate=June 19, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="firstwin2017">{{cite news|title=Tamil Thalaivas registered their first win of the season 2017|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/tamil-thalaivas-record-1st-win-of-2017-pro-kabaddi-league-vs-bengaluru-bulls/story-gXfNFB4SO9ueiBgAvZEJbN.html | publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|accessdate=August 10, 2017}}</ref>

== Current squad ==

{| class="wikitable"  style="font-size:100%; width:70%;"
|-
!  style="background:Yellow; color:Blue; text-align:center;"| No.
!  style="background:Yellow; color:Blue; text-align:center;"| Name
!  style="background:Yellow; color:Blue; text-align:center;"| Nationality
!  style="background:Yellow; color:Blue; text-align:center;"| Birth date
!  style="background:Yellow; color:Blue; text-align:center;"| Role
!  style="background:Yellow; color:Blue; text-align:center;"| Previous Team
|-
|7 || [[Ajay Thakur]] '''(C)''' || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1986|5|01|df=y}} || Raider || [[Puneri Paltan]]
|-
|NA || Ananth Kumar || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1995|10|25|df=y}} || All-Rounder || NEW
|-
|88 || Prathap D || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1996|01|29|df=y}} || All-Rounder || NEW
|-
|NA || Sujit Maharana || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1999|06|05|df=y}} || All-Rounder || NEW
|-
|NA || Chansik Park || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|KOR}} || {{birth date and age|1996|08|30|df=y}} || All-Rounder || NEW
|-
|6 || Bhavani Rajput || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1995|5|14|df=y}} || Raider || NEW
|-
|1 || Dong Geon Lee || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|KOR}} || {{birth date and age|1996|7|1|df=y}} || Raider || NEW
|-
|11 || [[K. Prapanjan]] || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1993|5|29|df=y}} || Raider || [[U Mumba]]
|-
|NA || M. Thivakaran || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1989|11|09|df=y}} || Raider || NEW
|-
|NA || Sarang Arun Deshmukh || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1998|1|02|df=y}} || Raider || NEW
|-
|NA || Sombir || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1996|3|18|df=y}} || Raider || NA
|-
|3 || Vineet Sharma || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1990|1|10|df=y}} || Raider || NA
|-
|NA || Waleed Al Hasani || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|OMN}} || {{birth date and age|1985|7|15|df=y}} || Raider || [[Puneri Paltan]]
|-
|28 || Darshan J Devang || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1997|6|28|df=y}} || Defender (Right Cover) || NEW
|-
|12 || Maruthu M || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1996|1|10|df=y}} || Defender (Right Cover) || NEW
|-
|NA || Vijin Thangadurai || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1990|05|20|df=y}} || Defender (Right Cover) || [[Bengal Warriors]]
|-
|10 || Amit Hooda || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1996|5|03|df=y}} || Defender (Right Corner) || [[Jaipur Pink Panthers]]
|-
|NA || Mugilan Batumalai || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|MAS}} || {{birth date and age|1993|5|28|df=y}} || Defender (Right Corner) || NEW
|-
|NA || Prabhakaran T || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1989|2|20|df=y}} || Defender (Right Corner) || NEW
|-
|NA || Anil Kumar || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1991|6|01|df=y}} || Defender (Left Cover) || NA
|-
|NA || C. Arun || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1993|3|05|df=y}} || Defender (Left Cover) || [[Jaipur Pink Panthers]]
|-
|NA || Rajesh Manokaran || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1995|03|10|df=y}} || Defender (Left Cover) || NEW
|-
|NA || Anil Kumar || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1991|6|15|df=y}} || Defender (Left Corner) || [[Dabang Delhi]]
|-
|63 || Sanket Chavan || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1994|8|24|df=y}} || Defender (Left Corner) || NA
|-
|NA || Vijay Kumar || style="text-align:center" | {{flagicon|IND}} || NA || Defender (Left Corner) || NEW
|-
|}

== Points table ==
{{2017_Pro_Kabaddi_League_season_points_table}}

==Sponsors==

Tamil Thalaivas announced [[Muthoot Pappachan Group|Muthoot Fincorp India]] will be the title sponsor. Associate sponsors included Maha Cements, Agni Steels, [[Nippon Paint]]s, Smartron, and the kit was sponsored by [[Admiral Sportswear]]<ref name="sponsors">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/tamil-thalaivas-jersey-launched/article19320616.ece|title=Tamil Thalaivas Jersey launch and Partners|accessdate=July 21, 2017|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Season
!Kit Manufacturer
!Shirt Sponsor
|-
|[[2017 Pro Kabaddi League season|2017]]
|[[Admiral Sportswear]]
|[[Muthoot Pappachan Group|Muthoot]]
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Pro Kabaddi League teams]]
[[Category:Sport in Chennai]]
[[Category:Tamil Thalivas]]