MUMBAI: Pro Kabaddi League season 2 champions U Mumba will be aiming to get their hands on the PKL title once again in Season 12, starting on August 29.
Led by captain Sunil Kumar, U Mumba finished the last campaign with 12 wins in 22 games to qualify for the PKL Playoffs after three seasons. However, their fruitful season came to an end when they went down to the Patna Pirates in Eliminator 2.
Despite qualifying for the PKL Season 11 Playoffs, U Mumba announced that head coach Gholamreza Mazandarani will not continue for the upcoming season and named Anil Chaprana as their new head coach for PKL Season 12.
Chaprana had earlier served as the head coach of U Mumba and was replaced by Gholamreza Mazandarani in 2022. He later worked as an assistant coach to Narender Redhu at Patna Pirates for one season. He returned to U Mumba as an assistant coach during PKL Season 11 and helped the team qualify for the Playoffs for the first time since 2019.
Meanwhile, U Mumba have retained their core that guided them to the PKL Season 11 Playoffs and further invested Rs 4.905 crore to sign eight players at the Season 12 Player Auction to assemble a formidable squad.
With that in mind, let’s assess the strengths and weaknesses of U Mumba ahead of the new campaign.