Panipat Panthers and Faridabad Fighters Share Points in Rare KCL Draw
1/26/2026
Panipat Panthers and Faridabad Fighters Share Points in Rare KCL Draw
Panipat Panthers and Faridabad Fighters played out a 26-26 draw on January 26, one of the rarest results of the entire Kabaddi Champions League Season 1. Played at the Sports University of Haryana, Rai, the tied scoreline stood as the only drawn match across all 28 league-stage fixtures of the season.
The match was tightly contested throughout, with neither side able to force a decisive all-out or build the kind of cushion that usually separates two evenly matched teams in kabaddi. Faridabad Fighters, built around the defensive pairing of Jaideep Dahiya and Yogesh Dahiya under coach Balwan Singh Dahiya, held firm defensively against a Panipat Panthers side coming off a strong pre-season buildup under coach Randeep Dalal.
For Panipat Panthers, the draw was a modest start to what would become one of the league's stronger campaigns, one that eventually carried the team to the semi-finals. For Faridabad Fighters, the result would prove to be their best of the entire season, a rare moment of resistance in what turned into a winless league campaign, making this draw a genuinely significant achievement in hindsight rather than simply a shared point on the table.
Looking back at the Kabaddi Champions League Season 1 table, this result stands out as a curiosity, the only match of the entire competition that neither side could win, and a reminder of just how competitive the league was even between two teams whose seasons would ultimately diverge so sharply.