The auction for the eighth season of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL 8) was held in Mumbai from August 29-31. The league, which was not held last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, should start in December 2021.
Here is a list of players selected by each team and the offers they attracted (all figures in INR):
Bengal warriors
Elite retained players – Maninder Singh (attacker), Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (all-around), Rinku Narwal (defender)
Retained young player – Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat (raider)
Overseas players – Abozar Mohajer Migani (defender, 30.5L)
Home players of B category – Sukesh Hegde (raider, 30L), Sumit Singh (raider, 20L), Rishank Devadiga (raider, 20L)
Home players of category C – Manoj Gowda K (all-around, 10 l), Parveen (brac, 10 l), Vijin Thangadurai (brac, 10 l), Rohit Banne (brac, 10 l), Darshan J (brac, 10 l), Sachin Vittala (defensive , 17.5 l), Akash Pikalmunde (raider, 17L)
Home player of category D – Rohit (all-round, 6L)
Bengaluru Bulls
Elite retained players – Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (raider), Amit Sheoran (defender)
Existing new young players – Saurabh Nandal (defender), Mohit Sehrawat (defender), Banty (forward)
Overseas Players – Ziaur Rahman (defender, 12.2L), Dong Geon Lee (raider, 12.5L), Abolfazl Maghsodlou Mahali (raider, 13L)
Home players of category A – Chandran Ranjit (raider, 80L), Mahender Singh (defender, 50L)
Home players of B category – Deepak Narwal (raider, 26.5L), GB More (raider, 25L)
Home players of category C – Mayur Jagannath Kadam (defender, 15L), Ankit (defense, 10L), Vikas (defense, 10L)
Dabang Delhi KC
Elite retained player – Vijay Kumar (all-rounder)
Retained young player – Naveen Kumar (attacker)
Existing new young players – Balram (versatile), Sumit (defender), Mohit (defender), Neeraj Narwal (forward)
Overseas Players – Mohammad Malak (defender, 10L), Emad Sedaghat Nia (raider, 10.2L)
Home players of B category – Sandeep Narwal (versatile, 60L), Ajay Thakur (raider, 46L), Jeeva Kumar (defender, 44L), Joginder Singh Narwal (brac, 20L), Less Chhillar (versatile, 20L)
Home player of category C – Sushant Sail (raider, 10L)
Home player of category D – Vikas (defender, 6L)
Gujarat Giants
Elite retained players – Parvesh Bhainswal (defender), Sunil Kumar (defender)
Existing new young players – Harmanjeet Singh (raider) Sumit (defender), Ankit (defender)
Overseas Players – Hadi Oshtorak (all-around, 20L), Soleiman Pahlevani (brac, 11.5L)
Home player of category A – Ravinder Pahal (defender, 74L)
Home players of category B – Sonu (raider, 20L), Girish Maruti Ernak (defender, 20L)
Home players of category C – Rathan K (raider, 25L), Mahendra Ganesh Rajput (15L), Maninder Singh (raider, 10L), Harshit Yadav (raider, 10L), Pardeep Kumar (raider, 10L), Ajay Kumar (raider, 10L)
Haryana Steelers
Elite retained player – Vikash Kandola (attacker)
Existing new young players – Vinay (raider), Vikas Chillar (raider), Chand Singh (defender)
Overseas players – Hamid Mirzaei Nader (all-around, 12.1L), Mohammad Esmaeil Maghsodlou (raider, 13.2L)
Home player of category A – Rohit Gulia (versatile, 83L)
Home players of B category – Surrender, Nada (defender, 20L), Ravi Kumar (defender, 27.5L), Vikas Jaglan (all-around, 20L)
Home players of category C – Brijendra Singh Chaudhary (all-around, 55L), Ajay Ghanghas (all-around, 10L), Rajesh Narwal (all-around, 10L), Rajesh Gurjar (defender, 10L)
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Elite retained players – Amit Hooda (defender), Vishal (defender)
Retained young player – Nitin Rawal (versatile)
New young players – Pavan TR (defender), Sachin Narwal (all-around), Sushil Gulia (forward), Elavarasan A (defender)
Overseas Players – Mohammad Amin Nosrati (raider, 11L), Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki (raider, 10L)
Home players of category A – Deepak Niwas Hooda (all-around, 55L), Sandeep Kumar Dhull (defender, 45L)
Home players of B category – Arjun Deshwal (raider, 96L), Naveen (raider, 22L), Dharmaraj Cheralathan (defender, 22L)
Home players of category C – Amit (defender, 20L), Ashok (raider, 10L), Amit Nagar (raider, 10L), Shaul Kumar (defender, 10L)
Path pirates
Elite retained players – Neeraj Kumar (defender), Mona (raider)
Existing new young players – Mojit (raider), Rajveersinh Pratap Rao Chavan (raider), Sahil Mann (all-rounder)
Overseas players – Jangkun Lee (raider, 20.5L), Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh (versatile, 31L)
Home players of category A – Prashanth Kumar Rai (raider, 55L), Sachin Tanwar (raider, 84L)
Home players of B category – Sunil (defender, 31.5L), Monu Goyat (raider, 20L)
Home players of category C – Guman Singh (raider, 18.5L), Sourav Gulia (defensive, 10L), Sajin Chandrasekar (all-rounder, 10L), Shubham Shinde (defender, 10L), Sandeep (defender, 10L)
Puneri Paltan
Elite retained players – Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav (defender), Pawan Kumar Kadian (raider), Hadi Tajik (defender)
Existing new young players – Sanket Sawant (defender), Pankaj Mohite (forward)
New young player – Govind Gurjar, Mohit Goyat (Raider)
Overseas Player – Victor Onyango Obiero (all-around, 10L)
Home players of category A – Vishal Bhardwaj (defender, 60L), Baldev Singh (brother, 60L), Rahul Chaudhari (raider, 40L)
Home player of B category – Nitin Tomar (raider, 61L)
Home players of category C – Sombir (defender, 34.5L), E Subash (all-around, 10L), Karamvir (defender, 10L), Vishwas S (raider, 10L)
Category D Home players – Abinesh Nadarajan (defender, 6L), Sourav Kumar (defense, 6L)
Tamil Thalaivas
Existing new young players – Sagar (defender), Himanshu (defender), M. Abishek (defender)
Overseas Players – Anwar Saheed Baba (all-around, 10L), Mohammad Tuhin Tarafder (defender, 10L)
Home players of category A – Surjeet Singh (defender, 75L), K Prapanjan (raider, 71L), Less (raider, 92L)
Home player of B category – Athul MS (raider, 30L)
Home players of category C – Bhavani Rajput (raider, 10L), Sourabh Tanaji Patil (all-around, 15L), Ajinkya Ashok Pawar (19.5L), Sahil (defender, 10L), Sagar B Krishna (all-around, 10L), Santhapanaselvam (all-round, 10L )
Telugu Titanium
Elite retained player – Rakesh Gowda (raider)
Retained young players – Ankit Beniwal (raider), Rajnish (raider)
Existing new young players – Manish (defender), Akash Choudhary (defender), Akash Dattu Arsul (defender)
New young player – Prince (Telugu Titans)
Overseas Players – Abe Tetsuro (defender, 10L), Hyunsu Park (raider, 10L)
Home players of category A – Surender Singh (defender, 55L), Siddharth Desai (raider, 1.3 Crores)Rohit Kumar (raider, 36 L)
Home players of category C – Sandeep Kandola (defensive, 59.5L), Ruturaj Shivaji Koravi (defensive, 19.8L), Adarsh T (defensive, 10L), C Arun (defensive, 10L)
Category D Home players – Amit Chauhan (raider, 6L), G Raju (raider, 6L)
In Mumba
Elite retained players – Fazel Atrachali (defender), Abhishek Singh (raider), Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre (all round), Harendra Kumar (defender)
Existing new young player – Navneet (raider)
Overseas Player – Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari (all-around, 12.8L)
Home player of B category – Ajith V Kumar (raider, 25L)
Home players of category C – Rinku (defender, 32L), Ajeet (defensive, 10L), Sunil Siddhgavali (defensive, 10L), Pankaj (all-around, 10L), Rahul Rana (raider, 10L), Jashandeep Singh (raider, 10L), Ashish Kumar Sangwan versatile, 10L)
UP Yoddha
Retained young player – Nitesh Kumar (defender)
Existing new young players – Sumit (defender), Ashu Singh (defender), Surinder Gill (forward)
New young player – Nitin Panwar (all-rounder)
Overseas Players – Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali (raider, 12L), Md. Masud Karim (raider, 10L)
Home players of category A – Pardeep Narwal (raider, 1,65 Crores), Shrikant Jadhav (raider, 72 L)
Home players of category C – Sahil (raider, 10L), Gaurav Kumar (defender, 10L), Gurdeep (all-rounder, 10L), Gulveer Singh (raider, 10L), Ankit (raider, 10L), Aashish Nagar (defender, 10L)
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