Bengaluru Bulls Squad 2026: Every Player Profile & Career Stats
Bengaluru Bulls Squad a team that finished third in the league with the best score difference of any franchise should not have gone out in the very first knockout match. Yet that is exactly what happened to Bengaluru Bulls in Season 12, and the story of why starts with this exact roster, a squad built heavily around one dominant raider and a wide but statistically undocumented supporting cast.
Bengaluru Bulls’s current squad is built around veteran raider Akash Santosh Shinde, a deep rotation of domestic raiders and defenders, and one notable overseas addition in Alireza Mirzaeian. This guide profiles every documented member of the squad individually, breaks down career numbers where public records exist, and explains how this exact roster came together heading into the new season, position by position and player by player.
Bengaluru Bulls Squad How This Squad Was Built
Bengaluru Bulls’s Season 12 roster reflected a franchise leaning heavily on a small core of proven performers surrounded by a wide base of younger, less-tested talent. Akash Santosh Shinde anchored the raiding unit across his third season with the club, while the rest of the squad was built through a mix of retention and open-auction signings across every position on the mat.
The franchise also made a significant coaching change around this period, parting ways with Randhir Singh Sehrawat after 11 years in charge, the longest tenure of any coach in PKL history, and bringing in BC Ramesh instead. A new head coach often reshapes how a roster gets used on the mat even without changing the underlying personnel, and our PKL head coaches guide covers exactly how Bengaluru Bulls’s current coaching setup fits into the wider league.
Raiders
Akash Santosh Shinde
Akash Santosh Shinde is the clearest statistical standout on this roster and the closest thing Bengaluru Bulls has to a genuine go-to raider.
Career Stats
Across 72 career matches spanning three seasons with the franchise, Shinde has accumulated 358 raid points and around 12 tackle points, for a career total of roughly 370 points. That workload, spread across three consecutive seasons rather than a single breakout year, suggests a raider the coaching staff trusts to carry a heavy share of the team’s scoring load night after night.
Playing Style
A raider with this much recent playing time typically becomes the focal point of an opponent’s defensive game plan, which makes the depth and support around him just as important as his own individual numbers.
Alireza Mirzaeian
Alireza Mirzaeian is Bengaluru Bulls’s overseas raiding addition, having debuted for the franchise around the start of the current season. His match count and career point totals remain minimal simply because of how recently he joined the roster, and a full public career record has not yet been consolidated for him.
Manjeet
Manjeet is part of the domestic raiding rotation behind Shinde. No consolidated career statistics record currently exists for him publicly.
Pankaj
Pankaj adds further raiding depth to the squad. His individual career numbers have not been compiled into any single public source at this stage.
Pirati Srisivatejesh
Pirati Srisivatejesh plays on the left side of the raiding rotation, giving Bengaluru Bulls a different attacking angle compared to their right-side options. A public career statistics profile for him has not yet been consolidated.
Ganesha B. Hanamantagol
Ganesha B. Hanamantagol operates as a right raider within the squad’s depth chart. Career totals for him are not currently tracked in a single accessible record.
Aashish Malik
Aashish Malik rounds out the right-side raiding options for Bengaluru Bulls. As with several teammates in similar squad roles, detailed public career numbers are not yet widely published.
Shubham Bitake
Shubham Bitake is part of the broader raiding rotation. No consolidated public career record currently exists for him.
Mahipal
Mahipal completes the raiding depth chart for Bengaluru Bulls. His statistical history has not been compiled into any single accessible profile at this time.
Defenders
Lucky Kumar
Lucky Kumar anchors the right corner position within Bengaluru Bulls’s defensive setup. A consolidated public career record for him has not yet been compiled.
Deepak S
Deepak S plays the left corner position for the team’s defense. Career statistics for him are not currently tracked in a single accessible source.
Shubham Rahate
Shubham Rahate rounds out the defensive rotation, giving the coaching staff options to manage fatigue across a long league stage. No consolidated public career record currently exists for him.
Manish
Manish is part of the wider defensive squad depth. His individual career numbers have not been compiled into any single accessible profile.
Satyappa Matti
Satyappa Matti provides further defensive rotation options. A public career statistics record for him has not yet been consolidated.
Ankush
Ankush adds to the defensive corps’ overall depth. Career totals for him are not currently tracked publicly.
Sanjay
Sanjay rounds out the defensive group. No consolidated public career record has been compiled for him at this stage.
Yogesh
Yogesh completes the wider defensive rotation for Bengaluru Bulls. His statistical history has not been consolidated into a single accessible source.
All-Rounders
Chandranaik M
Chandranaik M gives Bengaluru Bulls a player capable of contributing in both raiding and defensive situations depending on how a match unfolds. A public career statistics record for him has not yet been consolidated.
Amit Singh Thakur
Amit Singh Thakur adds further tactical flexibility to the squad as a second all-rounder option. Career totals for him have not been compiled into a single accessible profile.
Sahil Suhas Rane
Sahil Suhas Rane rounds out the all-rounder group, giving the coaching staff another player capable of switching roles mid-match. A consolidated public career record has not yet been established for him.
Sachin
Sachin completes the all-rounder rotation for Bengaluru Bulls. No public career statistics profile currently exists for him in a consolidated form.
Ahmadreza Asgari
Ahmadreza Asgari is an overseas all-rounder on the squad. His playing history in the league does not currently have a consolidated public statistics profile.
Dheeraj
Dheeraj rounds out the squad in a hybrid all-rounder and defensive role. Career numbers for him have not been compiled into any single public source.
Bengaluru Bulls’s Playing Style Heading Into the New Season
Every PKL roster develops a rough identity shaped by whichever players actually get consistent minutes, and Bengaluru Bulls’s identity right now centers heavily on Akash Santosh Shinde carrying the bulk of the raiding responsibility. Three consecutive seasons of significant playing time suggest a coaching staff that trusts him in exactly the moments that decide close matches, which lines up with how comfortably this team scored across the Season 12 league stage.
That same reliance becomes a genuine question mark once a match moves into knockout territory, where a single off night from a team’s primary scoring option can end a season in a single raid. The Mini-Qualifier loss to Telugu Titans and the subsequent Eliminator exit to Patna Pirates both came in exactly that kind of single-elimination format, and both losses happened despite Bengaluru Bulls carrying the best score difference in the entire league into the postseason.
On the defensive side, the roster spreads responsibility across a wider group without one obvious statistical standout the way Shinde is on offense. Lucky Kumar and Deepak S anchor the corner positions, with a rotating cast of cover defenders and depth pieces filling out the rest of the lineup. That balance, one clear attacking focal point paired with a more evenly distributed defensive unit, is a common structure across PKL rosters, though it does put extra pressure on the raiding unit to consistently produce points rather than share that burden more evenly across the full eighteen players on the squad.
Why Squad Depth Matters More Than It Looks
It is easy to look at a roster full of “not publicly consolidated” stat lines and assume those players do not matter much to the team’s chances. That assumption misses how PKL squads actually function across an eighteen-match league stage played over multiple venue legs. Injuries happen, suspensions happen, and even the most reliable raiders need genuine rest during a long caravan season.
A raider like Manjeet or Pankaj might only get a handful of raids in any given match behind Akash Santosh Shinde, but if Shinde has an off night or picks up a knock, the coaching staff needs someone ready to absorb a bigger share of the raiding workload without the entire game plan collapsing. The same logic applies to the defensive unit, where depth pieces like Ankush or Sanjay give the coaching staff options to freshen up a tiring backline late in a tight match, particularly during the closing weeks of a long league stage.
This is exactly why franchises spend real auction money and retention slots on players who may never crack the individual statistics leaderboards. A team that leans on one dominant raider and a rotating defensive cast is genuinely vulnerable if that single focal point has a difficult night, and Bengaluru Bulls’s own Season 12 story, dominant league form undone by back-to-back knockout exits, illustrates exactly how quickly that vulnerability can turn into an early playoff elimination, no matter how impressive the surrounding regular-season numbers looked at the time.
Full Squad Career Stats Table
Here is every player’s career total where public records exist. Players without a consolidated public career record are marked accordingly rather than assigned a guessed figure.
| Player | Role | Career Matches | Career Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akash Santosh Shinde | Raider | 72 | ~370 (358 raid, ~12 tackle) |
| Alireza Mirzaeian (overseas) | Raider | Few (recent debut) | Minimal, not yet consolidated |
| Manjeet | Raider | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Pankaj | Raider | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Pirati Srisivatejesh | Raider (left raider) | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Ganesha B. Hanamantagol | Raider (right raider) | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Aashish Malik | Raider (right raider) | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Shubham Bitake | Raider | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Mahipal | Raider | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Lucky Kumar | Defender (right cover) | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Deepak S | Defender (left corner) | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Shubham Rahate | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Manish | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Satyappa Matti | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Ankush | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Sanjay | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Yogesh | Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Chandranaik M | All-rounder | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Amit Singh Thakur | All-rounder | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Sahil Suhas Rane | All-rounder | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Sachin | All-rounder | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Ahmadreza Asgari (overseas) | All-rounder | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
| Dheeraj | All-rounder/Defender | Not publicly consolidated | Not publicly consolidated |
Notice how the vast majority of this squad falls into the “not publicly consolidated” category, with Akash Santosh Shinde standing out as the one clearly documented performer. This is common for franchises building around a single proven star surrounded by a wide, less individually tracked supporting cast, and it does not mean the rest of the roster has not contributed on the mat.
Why Bengaluru Bulls’s Best Season 12 Stat Did Not Translate to a Deep Playoff Run
Bengaluru Bulls finished the Season 12 league stage with a score difference of +97, the best of any franchise in the entire competition, ahead of even eventual finalists Puneri Paltan and Dabang Delhi K.C. That number tells a story of comfortable, often lopsided wins across an eighteen-match campaign, including a 54-26 win over Gujarat Giants in the final round of league matches.
Yet that dominant regular-season form did not carry into the postseason. Bengaluru Bulls lost the Mini-Qualifier to Telugu Titans, then lost again in the Eliminator round to Patna Pirates, ending their campaign despite having the league’s best scoring differential. That gap between league-stage dominance and knockout-stage failure is a pattern worth watching closely as this roster heads into a new season, and it raises real questions about whether the same approach that produced such lopsided regular-season wins can hold up once a single loss ends everything. The fuller history behind their rivalry with Gujarat Giants specifically is covered in our Bengaluru Bulls vs Gujarat Giants head-to-head guide.
What This Roster Means for the Season Ahead
A squad this reliant on Akash Santosh Shinde’s raiding, paired with a still largely unproven supporting cast at the statistical level, faces a clear question heading into the new season: can Bengaluru Bulls turn a strong regular-season scoring record into a deeper playoff run, past the stage where their campaign has now ended in back-to-back recent seasons.
The coaching change from Randhir Singh Sehrawat to BC Ramesh adds another layer of uncertainty and opportunity. A new head coach often brings a different tactical approach to exactly the kind of knockout-match composure that eluded this roster in Season 12, and BC Ramesh arrives with prior title-winning coaching experience at other franchises, having previously guided both Bengal Warriorz and Puneri Paltan to their own first championships. Understanding exactly how raid points, tackle points, and Super Raids get tracked across a season like Shinde’s is covered in our raid points and tackle points guide, while our Bengaluru Bulls team page covers the complete Season 12 recap and schedule outlook heading into the new campaign.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Bengaluru Bulls’s leading raider?
Akash Santosh Shinde is the squad’s clearest statistical standout, with 358 raid points and roughly 370 total career points across 72 matches spanning three seasons with the franchise. His consistent playing time across those three seasons, rather than one single standout year, is part of why the coaching staff continues to build the raiding unit around him.
Did Bengaluru Bulls have the best score difference in PKL Season 12?
Yes. Bengaluru Bulls finished the league stage with a score difference of +97, the best of any franchise in the competition, ahead of eventual finalists Puneri Paltan and Dabang Delhi K.C.
Why did Bengaluru Bulls not reach the Season 12 playoffs final stages despite their strong league form?
Bengaluru Bulls lost the Mini-Qualifier to Telugu Titans and were then eliminated by Patna Pirates in the Eliminator round, ending their campaign despite having the league’s best regular-season scoring differential. That combination of dominant regular-season numbers and an early knockout exit is one of the more notable disconnects of the entire Season 12 campaign.
Who coaches Bengaluru Bulls?
BC Ramesh currently coaches Bengaluru Bulls, having replaced Randhir Singh Sehrawat, who held the position for 11 years, the longest tenure of any coach in PKL history.
Does Bengaluru Bulls have any overseas players on its roster?
Yes. Raider Alireza Mirzaeian and all-rounder Ahmadreza Asgari both feature as overseas signings on the current squad.
Why do most Bengaluru Bulls players lack published career stats?
Detailed career statistics tend to be consolidated online only for established performers with heavy playing time, like Akash Santosh Shinde. Many squad depth players, particularly younger raiders and defenders rotating through the lineup, do not yet have a single public career record, even if they have contributed meaningful minutes for the team.
How does Bengaluru Bulls compare to other mid-table franchises heading into a new season?
Like several teams that reached the Season 12 playoffs without going deep into the knockout stages, Bengaluru Bulls’s roster carries one clearly proven performer alongside a large group of unproven or undocumented depth players. Closing that gap, either through the auction or internal development, is a common challenge facing several franchises in a similar position, and it is likely to remain the central storyline around this squad until a deep playoff run finally proves the formula can hold up under real knockout pressure.
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