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Tamil Thalaivas is an Indian professional kabaddi franchise based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The team competes in the Pro Kabaddi League and was one of the four new franchises added when the league was expanded in 2017. The team plays its home matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai and is owned by Magnum Sports.
The franchise has qualified for the play-offs only once in the 2022 season. Sanjeev Baliyan was appointed as the coach and Suresh Kumar as assistant coach ahead of the 2025 season. Arjun Deshwal serves as the captain of the team.
The team retained four players including Ajay Thakur and Amit Hooda ahead of the auction for the 2018-19 season. The franchise also bought Sukesh Hegde, Darshan and Manjeet Chillar in the auction. E Bhaskaran replaced Kasinatha Baskaran as the head coach. The team had another disappointing season and finished bottom of zone B with just five wins. Following the poor season, coach Bhaskaran stepped down and was replaced by J. Udayakumar.
Ahead of the 2019 season, Thalaivas retained three players including Ajay Thakur and Manjeet Chhillar. In the auction, the franchise bought Rahul Chaudhari for and seven other players. Despite the presence of star raiders in Thakur and Chaudhari, the team won only four matches and finished bottom of the table with 37 points.
Ahead of the 2022 season, the team bought Indian captain and top raider Pawan Sehrawat for . However, Sehrawat had an ACL injury in the first match and was ruled out of the entire season. The team won only one match in the first six matches, which led to the sacking of the head coach Udayakumar and Ashan Kumar was appointed as the new coach of the team. The team had a revival in form and finished with ten wins from 22 matches. With a fifth-place finish, the team qualified for the play-offs for the first time. The team won the first eliminator against the UP Yoddha in extra time before losing to eventual champions Puneri Paltan in the semifinals by a score of 37–39.
The team released Sehrawat before the auctions but retained most of the other players. The franchise bought only four players at the auction before the 2023-24 season. The team score nine wins but failed to advance to the playoffs after finishing in ninth place. The highlight of the season was the 74–37 win over the Bengal Warriors on 18 February 2024. Multiple records were broken in the match including the most points scored (111) in a single match and the most number of all-outs (6).
Ahead of the 2025 Pro Kabaddi League season, Sanjeev Baliyan was appointed as the head coach. Ahead of the new season, the Thalaivas retained ten players from their existing roster including captain Sagar, young raider Narender Kandola, and a lone overseas player in Iranian Moien Shafaghi. In the subsequent auction, the Thalaivas bought Arjun Deshwal for and Pawan Sehrawat for . Sehrawat and Deshwal were named captain and vice-captain of the side respectively. However, Sehrawat was released mid-way through the season due to disciplinary issues, and Deshwal was named captain.
| K. Baskaran | 2017 | 2018 | |
| E. Baskaran | 2018 | 2019 | |
| J. Udayakumar | 2021 | 2022 | |
| Ashan Kumar | 2022 | 2024 | |
| J. Udayakumar | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Sanjeev Baliyan | 2025 | 2025 |
| + !Year !Season !Kit manufacturer !Main sponsor !Back sponsor !Sleeve sponsor | |||||
| 2017 | V | Admiral | Muthoot | Maha Cement | Agni Devices |
| 2018 | VI | Orbit Cables | Valvoline | Asian Paints | |
| 2019 | VII | Kaizen | Celon Labs | ||
| 2021 | VIII | Trak-Only | Parimatch | Iodex | Nippon Paint |
| 2022 | IX | Dafabet | Kajaria | ||
| 2023 | X | 1xBat | Kick-EV | ||
| 2024 | XI | Shiv-Naresh | MyMaster11 | Freemans | |
| 2025 | XII | BGauss | ARS Green Steel | Spinner |
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| 9 |
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| 21.42% |
| 22.22% |
| 33.33% |
| 18.18% |
| 22.22% |
| 28.57% |
| 30.0% |
| 57.14% |
| 20.0% |
| 42.85% |
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