Pro Panja League signs Hyderabad and Mumbai franchises

The league was first launched in 2020 by Bollywood actors and producers Parvin Dabas and Preeti Jhangiani. It will have six teams of arm wrestlers from India competing across multiple weight categories.

The league will be a 17-day event and will be broadcast on the Sony Sports Network. It hopes to popularise arm wrestling in India. Balan is a filmmaker and owns teams across some other sports leagues in India. Reddy is also the owner of kabaddi team Telugu Titans.

Punit Balan said, “It is one of the most popular and fast games across the world. The game has a unique history. I am glad to be associated with them since our group supports non-cricketing sports. We want to give equal importance to all sports. We want to make this league the next big thing of India.”

Gautam Reddy added, “We have always believed in giving prominence to the regional sports in India, like we have done with kabaddi and this shares a similar vision. Panja is a sport which is a part of Indian culture and we are delighted to see it getting the platform it deserves after a long time.”

“We are glad to see prominent businesses of such great caliber and vast experience associating themselves with the Pro Panja League. We are grateful to them for showing their interest in arm wrestling. Their presence promises a cracking contest in the first season of the league. Mumbai and Hyderabad are two regions which are hugely popular among arm wrestling fans and we are confident the two teams will make their presence known in the first season,” said the league’s co-founder Parvin Dabas.