<P> The inaugural season was seen by a total of 435 million viewers, Mashal sports placing it just behind the total - season viewership of the 2014 Indian Premier League season, while the inaugural championship was seen by 86.4 million viewers . Star Sports, the PKL's broadcaster, subsequently announced in 2015 that it would acquire a 74% stake in the league's parent company Mashal Sports . </P> <P> For the 2017 season, the PKL added four new teams, and changed its format to split the teams into two divisions known as "zones". </P> <P> The PKL's rules are similar to that of the indoor team version of Kabaddi, but with additional rules to encourage more scoring . Playing two "empty" raids in a row will trigger a "do - or - die raid", where the raider must score a point or they will be declared out . When a defensive side has three or fewer players remaining, tackles are scored as a "Super Tackle", which is worth two points instead of one . </P> <P> The first signing and auction of players for the 8 teams was held on 20 May 2014 in Mumbai . India's national kabaddi captain Rakesh Kumar was the priciest among the players bought for ₹ 12.80 lakh by the Patna Pirates . Sports Authority of India's Deepak Nivas was bought by Telugu Titans franchise for ₹ 12.60 lakh . Tae Deok Eom was the highest paid overseas player bought for ₹ 7 lakh by Patna franchise . </P>

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