New Delhi: The most awaited Pro Kabaddi League auction is all set to take place in Mumbai in a two-day auction event on 15th and 16th August. More than 500 will be under the radar of the 12 franchises who will be building their squad for next season.
The players were retained in three categories by the franchises 22 players were retained in the Elite Retained Players (ERP), 26 players in the Retained Young Players (RYP), and 40 players in the New Yound Players (ENYP) categories. Many big stars were released by their franchises like Pawan Sehrawat, Fazel Atrachali, Mohammad Shadloui, Pardeep Narwal, and more.
Rules of the auction
The auction will be divided into four categories A, B, C, and D and all categories have different base prices as category A players have a base price of Rs. 30 lakhs, B category has Rs. 20 lakhs, C category has a base of Rs. 13 lakhs and D category will be an Rs. 9 lakhs base price.
Every team has a Rs. 5 crore in their purse but every team used most of their purse to retained the players. every team will have a minimum of 18 players and a maximum of 25 players.
There are 212 slots left to be filled by all teams as 88 players were retained by their franchises.
Retained players list by PKL teams
Bengal Warriors: Vishwas S (Elite Retained Player), Nitin Kumar (Elite Retained Player), Shreyas Umbardand (Existing New Young Player), Aditya S. Shinde (Existing New Young Player), Dipak Arjun Shinde (Existing New Young Player), Maharudra Garje (Existing New Young Player)
Bengaluru Bulls: Ponparthiban Subramanian (Elite Retained Player), Sushil (Elite Retained Player), Rohit Kumar (Elite Retained Player), Saurabh Nandal (Retained Young Player), Aditya Shankar Powar (Existing New Young Player), Akshit (Existing New Young Player), Arulnanthababu (Existing New Young Player), Parteek (Existing New Young Player)
Dabang Delhi KC: Ashu Malik (Elite Retained Player), Naveen Kumar (Elite Retained Player), Vikrant (Elite Retained Player), Ashish (Existing New Young Player), Himmat Antil (Existing New Young Player), Manu Yogesh (Existing New Young Player)
Puneri Paltan: Abinesh Nadarajan (Elite Retained Player), Gaurav Khatri (Elite Retained Player), Aditya Tushar Shinde (Retained Young Player), Akash Santosh Shinde (Retained Young Player), Mohit Goyat (Retained Young Player), Aslam Mustafa Inamdar (Retained Young Player), Pankaj Mohite (Retained Young Player), Sanket Sawant (Retained Young Player), Dadaso Shivaji Pujari (Existing New Young Player), Nitin (Existing New Young Player), Tushar Dattaray Adhavade (Existing New Young Player), Vaibhav Balasaheb Kamble (Existing New Young Player)
Gujarat Giants: Balaji D (Elite Retained Player), Jitender Yadav (Elite Retained Player), Parteek Dahiya (Retained Young Player), Rakesh (Retained Young Player), Nitin (Existing New Young Player)
Haryana Steelers: Rahul Sethpal (Elite Retained Player), Ghanshyam Roka Magar (Elite Retained Player), Jaideep (Retained Young Player), Mohit (Retained Young Player), Vinay (Retained Young Player), Jaya Soorya NS (Existing New Young Player), Hardeep (Existing New Young Player), Shivam Anil Patare (Existing New Young Player), Vishal S. Tate (Existing New Young Player)
Telugu Titans: Shankar Bhimraj Gadai (Elite Retained Player), Ajit Pandurang Pawar (Elite Retained Player), Ankit (Existing New Young Player), Omkar Narayan Patil (Existing New Young Player), Praful Sudam Zaware (Existing New Young Player), Sanjeevi S (Existing New Young Player)
Jaipur Pink Panthers: Arjun Deshwal (Elite Retained Player), Reza Mirbagheri (Elite Retained Player), Ankush (Retained Young Player), Abhishek KS (Retained Young Player), Abhijeet Malik (Existing New Young Player)
Patna Pirates: Ankit (Elite Retained Player), Sandeep Kumar (Elite Retained Player), Manish (Retained Young Player), Abinand Subhash (Existing New Young Player), Kunal Mehta (Existing New Young Player), Sudhakar M (Existing New Young Player)
Tamil Thalaivas: Narender (Existing New Young Player), Sahil (Existing New Young Player), Mohit (Existing New Young Player), Aashish (Existing New Young Player), Sagar (Existing New Young Player), Himanshu (Existing New Young Player), M. Abishek (Existing New Young Player), Nitesh Kumar (Existing New Young Player), Nitin Singh (Existing New Young Player), Ronak (Existing New Young Player), Vishal Chahal (Existing New Young Player)
UP Yoddhas: Sumit (Retained Young Player), Surender Gill (Retained Young Player), Ashu Singh (Retained Young Player), Gagana Gowda HR (Existing New Young Player), Hitesh (Existing New Young Player), Shivam Chaudhary (Existing New Young Player)
U Mumba: Amir Mohammad Zafardanesh (Elite Retained Player), Rinku (Elite Retained Player), Shivam (Retained Young Player), Bittu (Existing New Young Player), Gokulakannan M. (Existing New Young Player), Mukilan Shanmugam (Existing New Young Player), Sombir (Existing New Young Player)
PKL auction Live streaming details
When will the PKL auction 2024 auction take place?
The PKL auction will be a two-day event which will be held on 15th and 16th August in Mumbai.
What time will the PKL auction start?
The PKL auction will begin at 7 pm IST on Thursday.
Where to watch the PKL auction on TV and OTT?
The PKL auction will be live on Star Sports Network and Disney Hotstar app and their website.
Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) auction 2024 is all set to take place in Mumbai on Independence Day with more than 500 players will go under the hammer in a two-day auction. Kabaddi Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
