The World Pickleball League (WPBL), India’s first and solely franchise-based pickleball competitors, is sort of upon us. Gamers have been drafted, and groups have been finalised, with Season 2 set to start on 27 January 2026 on the Jio World Backyard in Mumbai.
With the league set to unfurl, it has tapped Warner Bros. Discovery-owned Eurosport India as its broadcast associate. The partnership means the WPBL shall be broadcast to roughly 70 million houses throughout India, as Eurosport is Warner’s flagship multi-sport model within the nation.
The published partnership with Eurosport India is a pure development in World Pickleball League’s progress journey. It permits us to achieve thousands and thousands of recent viewers internationally because the league continues to develop. Season 2 displays how shortly World Pickleball League has scaled into a very international spectacle, with gamers from over 25 nations registering for the draft and illustration from 18 totally different nations set to characteristic this season. With extra dwell matches and a considerably enhanced sportainment expertise, World Pickleball League is concentrated on delivering long-term worth for followers, gamers, broadcasters, companions, and franchises alike.
– Gaurav Natekar, Founder and CEO of World Pickleball League
WPBL Season 2 will happen over a span of two weeks. It guarantees high-octane sportainment that blends top-tier pickleball competitors with dwell leisure.
It’s set to be greater and higher than Season 1, because the league has expanded to seven groups with the addition of the Jaipur franchise. The variety of video games has additionally been elevated from 90 within the first season to 120 this season. All of those matches shall be aired dwell on the Eurosport channel.
