The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) auction for Season 11 has witnessed a frenzy of record-shattering bids and sensational transfers, setting the tone for an electrifying season ahead. (More Sports News)
Indian raiders stole the show, with Sachin Tanwar becoming the most expensive player, while international stars like Mohammedreza Shadloui Chiyaneh and Fazel Atrachali made headlines with their massive moves.
Indian raiders s⛦hone brightly on the opening day of the PKL auction, with Guman Singh securing a whopping Rs. 1.97 crore deal with the Gujarat Giants. Telugu Titans made a strong start, signing two top Indian players, while Haryana Steelers made a statement by acquiring Iranian defender Mohammedreza Shadloui Chiyaneh for a𒆙 staggering Rs. 2.07 crore.
A two-time PKL Best Defender, Shadloui joins the Steelers after previously playing for Puneri Paltan, the team that defeated Haryana in last season's final. Meanwhile, Pawan Sehrawat returns to Telugu Tita🐲ns for Rs. 1.725 crore, and Bengal Warriorz bolstered their defence with Iranian star Fazel 💮Atrachali.
Here is the list of the players picked by each team and𝔉 the bids they attracted in the PKL Se🌳ason 11 Auctions
Bengal Warriorz
Elite Retaine🌊d Players: V💝ishwas S (Raider), Nitin Kumar (Raider).
Existing New Young Players: Shreyas U🌊mbardand (Defender), Aditya Shinde (Defender), D🔥ipak Arjun Shinde (Defender), Maharudra Garje (Raider)
Overseas Players: Fazel Atrachali (Defender, Rs 50 lakh)
Categ🐽ory A domestic Players: Maninde൲r Singh (Raider, Rs 1.15cr)
Bengaluru Bulls
Elite Retained P♏layers: Ponparthiban Subrama🌼nian (Defender), Sushil (Raider), Rohit Kumar (Defender), Saurabh Nandal (Defender)
Existingꦦ New Young Players: Parteek (Defender), Akshit (Raider), Arulnathababu (Defender), Aditya Shankar Powar (Defender)
Category B Domestic Players: Ajinkya Pawar (Raider, Rs 1.1075cr), Pardeep Narwal (Raider, Rs 70 lakh)
C🤪ategory C Players: Hasun Thongkruea (Defender, Rs 13 lakh)
Dabang Delhi KC
Elite Retained Players: Ashu Maliꦚk (Raider), Naveen Kumar (Raider), Vikrant (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Ash♎ish (Defender), Himmat Antil (Defender), Manu 🐼(Raider), Yogesh (Defender)
Category B Domestic Players: Ashish (All-Rounder, Rs 23.50 lakh), Siddh🧔arth Desai (Raider, Rs 26 lakh)
Gujarat Giants
Elite Retained Players: Jitender Yadav (Defe𒊎nder), Balaji D (All-Rounder)
FBM card (Final Bid Match) Players: Mohammad Esmaeil N♕abibakhsh (All-Roundeꦜr, Rs 13.60 lakh)
𓄧Retained Young Players: Rakesh HS (Raider), Parteek Dahiya (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Nitin (Raider)
Category A Dome💟stic Players: Guman Singh (Raider, Rs. 1.﷽97cr)
Category B Domestic Players💖: Sombir🃏 (Defender, Rs 20 lakh)
Haryana Steelers
﷽Elite Retained Players: Rahul Sethpal (Defender),🌠 Ghanshyam Roka Magar (Raider)
Retaineꦬd Young Players: Jaideep (Defender), Vinay (Raider), Mohit (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Shivam Anil Patare (Ra🐼ider), Hardeep (Defender), Vishal Tate (Raider), Jaya Soorya NS (Raider)
Overseas Players: Mohammedreza Shadloui Chiyaneh (⛄All-Rounder, Rs 2.07cr)
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Elite Retained Players: Arjun Deshwal (Raider), Reza Mirbagheri (De🤡fender)
Retained Young Players: Ankush Rathee (Defender), Abhishekౠ KS (Defende🦹r)
Existing New Young Pla♔yers: Abhijeet༒ Malik (Raider)
Categ🤡ory B Domestic Players: Surjeet (Defender, Rs 60 l𝄹akh)
Category C Players: Amir 𝐆Hossein Mohammadmaleki (Alཧl-Rounder, Rs 13 lakh)
Arjun Deshwal - Jaipur Piꩲnk Panthers' raider for all seasons
Patna Pirates
Elite Retained 💞Players: Ankit (All-Roꦜunder), Sandeep Kumar (Raider)
Retained Young Players: Manish (Defender)
Existing New Young Pla🌱yers: Kunal Mehta (Raider), Sudhakar M (Raider), Abinand Subash ꦯ(Defender)
Category B♓ Domesಌtic Players: Shubham Shinde (Defender, Rs 70 lakh)
Category C🧸 Players: Hamid Mirzaei Nader (Defender, 1🔴3 lakh)
Puneri Paltan
🐭Elite Retained Players: Abinesh Nadarajan (Defender), Gaurav Khatri (Defender)
Retained New Young Players: Aslam Inamdar (All Rounder), Mohit Goyat (Raider), Akash Shinde (Raider), Pankaj Mohite (Rai🦩der), Sanket Sawant (Defender), Aditya Shinde (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Vaibhav Balasaheb Kamble (Defender💧), Nitin (Raider), Dadaso Shivaji Pujari (Defender), Tushar Dattaray Adhavade (Defender)
Catego♛ry B Domestic Players: M💞ohit (Defender, Rs 20 lakh)
Category C Players: Amir Hassan Noroozi (All rounder, Rs 13.40 lakh), Ali Hadi (Defender, Rs 1👍4.10 lakh).
Tamil Thalaivas
FBM card 🔴(Final Bid Match) Playe🔴rs: Amirhossein Bastami (Defender, Rs 16 lakh)
Existing New Young Players: Narender (Raider), Himanshu (Def🐓ender), Sahil (Defender), Mohit (Defender), Ashish (Defender), Sagar (Defender), M Abishek (Defender), Nitesh Kumar (Defender), Nitin Singh (Raider), Ronak (Defender), Vishal Chahal (Raider)
Category A Domestic Pla♋yers: Sachin Tanwar (Raider, Rs 2.15cr)
Cate🦂gory C Players: Moein Safaghi (All-Rounder, ♛Rs 13 laks)
Telugu Titans
Retained Young Players: Sh😼ankar Bജhimraj Gadai (All-Rounder), Ajit Pandurang Pawar (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Sanjeevi S (All Rounder), 🌜Ankit (Defender), Praful Sudam Zaware (Raider), Omkar Na��rayan Patil (Raider)
Category A Domestic Players: Pawan Sehrawat (All-Rounder, Rs 1.725cr), Krishan 🐼Dhull (Defender, Rs 70 lakh)
Category B Domestꦯic Players𒉰: Vijay Malik (All-Rounder, Rs 20 lakh)
U Mumba
Elite Retained Players: Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (All-Rounder), Rinku♈ (Defender)
Retained Young Players: Shivam (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: G💯okulakannan M (Defender), Bittu (Defender), Sombir (Defender), Mukilan Shanmugham (Defender)
Category A Domestic Play𒊎ers: Sunil Kumar (Defender, Rs. 1.015cr)
♏Category💧 B Domestic Players: Manjeet (Raider, Rs 80 lakh)
UP Yoddha
Retained Young Players: Sumit (Defender)
Existing New Young Pᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚlayers: Ashu Singh (Defender), Hitesh (Defender), Gagana Gowda HR (Raider), Shivam Chaudhꩲary (Raider)
Category B domestic Players: Bharat Hooda (All-Rounder, Rs 1.3cr), Sahul Kumar (Defende💯r, Rs 30 lakh)
Category C Players: Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi (Defender, Rs 25 la⭕kh)
