A two-day Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) 2024 Player Auction concluded on Friday with Sachin, who was acquired by Tamil Thalaivas, emerging as the most expensive buy at the two-day event. He was acquired for INR 2.15 Crore. A total of 118 players were sold to the 12 franchises during the PKL 2024 Player Auction.
Ajith V Kumar became the most expensive player in Category C in this year’s Player Auction after he was acquired by Puneri Paltan for INR 66 lakh, meanwhile, Jai Bhagwan was bought by Bengaluru Bulls for INR 63 Lakh.
Arjun Rathi emerged as the most expensive player in Category D after he was acquired by Bengal Warriorz for INR 41 Lakh. Furthermore, Mohd. Amaan found a place in the Puneri Paltan team for INR 16.2 lakh and Stuwart Singh was bought for INR 14.2 lakh by U Mumba.
“I didn’t expect my bid to be so high. It feels really good to join the Tamil Thalaivas. This is certainly a life-changing moment for me. The team has put faith in my abilities and I’ll certainly give my best in the upcoming season,” star raider of the Player Auction Sachin spoke about being sold to Tamil Thalaivas for INR 2.15 Cr – the highest bid in this year’s Player Auction said.
Key highlights from the PKL 2024 Auction:
Eight players crossed the 1 crore mark for the first time in PKL history
Sachin (Tamil Thalaivas – INR 2.15 Crore) emerged as the most expensive player
Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh (Haryana Steelers – INR 2.07) emerged as the most expensive foreign player in PKL Season 11 Player Auction
Sunil Kumar (U Mumba – INR 1.015 Crore) became the most expensive Indian defender ever
Among the Category C players, Ajith V Kumar emerged as the highest bid, attracting an amount of INR 66 Lakh from Puneri Paltan
Among the Category D players, Arjun Rathi emerged as the highest bid, attracting an amount of INR 41 from Bengal Warriorz
Bengal Warriorz
Elite Retained Players: Vishwas S (Raider), Nitin Kumar (Raider).
Retained Young Players: None.
Existing New Young Players: Shreyas Umbardand (Defender), Aditya Shinde (Defender), Dipak Arjun Shinde (Defender), Maharudra Garje (Raider)
Overseas Players: Fazel Atrachali (Defender, Rs 50 lakh), Chai-ming Chang (Raider, 13 lakh)
Category A domestic Players: Maninder Singh (Raider, Rs 1.15cr)
Category B Domestic Players: Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje (Defender, Rs 20 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Nitesh Kumar (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Mayur Jagannath Kadam (Defender, Rs 30.20 lakh), Praveen Thakur (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Sagar Kumar (All-Rounder, Rs 13 lakh), Pranay Vinay Rane (Raider, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Sambhaji Wabhale (Defender, Rs 12.90 lakh), Hem Raj (Defender, Rs 9 lakh), Akash B Chavhan (Raider, Rs 9 lakh), Arjun Rathi (Raider, Rs 41 lakh)
Bengaluru Bulls
Elite Retained Players: Ponparthiban Subramanian (Defender), Sushil (Raider), Rohit Kumar (Defender), Saurabh Nandal (Defender)
Retained Young Players: None.
Existing New Young Players: Parteek (Defender), Akshit (Raider), Arulnathababu (Defender), Aditya Shankar Powar (Defender)
Overseas Players: Hasun Thongkruea (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Pramot Saising (Raider, 13 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: None.
Category B Domestic Players: Ajinkya Pawar (Raider, Rs 1.1075cr), Pardeep Narwal (Raider, Rs 70 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Nitin Rawal (All-Rounder, Rs 13 lakh), Jai Bhagwan (Raider, Rs 63 lakh), Jatin (Raider, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: None.
Dabang Delhi KC
Elite Retained Players: Ashu Malik (Raider), Naveen Kumar (Raider), Vikrant (Defender)
Retained Young Players: None.
Existing New Young Players: Ashish (Defender), Himmat Antil (Defender), Manu (Raider), Yogesh (Defender)
Overseas Players: Md Mijanur Rahman (Raider, 13 lakh) Mohammad Baba Ali (Defender, Rs 13.50 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: None.
Category B Domestic Players: Ashish (All-Rounder, Rs 23.50 lakh), Siddharth Desai (Raider, Rs 26 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Nitin Panwar (All-Rounder, 20.10 lakh) Brijendra Singh Chaudhary (All-Rounder, Rs 13 lakh), Gaurav Chhillar (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Himanshu (Raider, Rs 13 lakh), Rinku Narwal (Raider, Rs 13 lakh), Vinay (Raider, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Rahul (Defender, Rs 9 lakh), Parveen (Raider, Rs 9 lakh)
Gujarat Giants
Elite Retained Players: Jitender Yadav (Defender), Balaji D (All-Rounder)
Retained Young Players: Rakesh HS (Raider), Parteek Dahiya (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Nitin (Raider)
Overseas Players: Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (All-Rounder, Rs 13.60 lakh), Vahid RezaEimehr (Defender, Rs 17.10 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: Guman Singh (Raider, Rs. 1.97cr)
Category B Domestic Players: Sombir (Defender, Rs 20 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Neeraj Kumar (Defender, Rs 30 lakh), Monu (Raider, Rs 14 lakh), Himanshu Singh (Raider, Rs 13 lakh), Harsh Mahesh Lad (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Rohan Singh (All-Rounder, Rs 13 lakh), Mohit (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Manuj (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Nitesh (Defender, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Raj D Salunkhe (All-Rounder, Rs 9 lakh), Aadesh Siwach (Raider, Rs 9 lakh)
Haryana Steelers
Elite Retained Players: Rahul Sethpal (Defender), Ghanshyam Roka Magar (Raider)
Retained Young Players: Jaideep (Defender), Vinay (Raider), Mohit (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Shivam Anil Patare (Raider), Hardeep (Defender), Vishal Tate (Raider), Jaya Soorya NS (Raider)
Overseas Players: Mohammedreza Shadloui Chiyaneh (All-Rounder, Rs 2.07cr)
Category A Domestic Players: None.
Category B Domestic Players: None.
Category C Domestic Players: Sanjay (Defender, Rs 13.20 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Manikandan S (Defender, Rs 9 lakh), Ashish Gill (Defender, Rs 9 lakh), Naveen (All-Rounder, Rs 9 lakh), Sanskar Mishra (All-Rounder, Rs 9 lakh)
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Elite Retained Players: Arjun Deshwal (Raider), Reza Mirbagheri (Defender)
Retained Young Players: Ankush Rathee (Defender), Abhishek KS (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Abhijeet Malik (Raider)
Overseas Players: Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki (All-Rounder, Rs 13 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: None.
Category B Domestic Players: Surjeet (Defender, Rs 60 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Arpit Saroha (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Shrikant Jadhav (Raider, Rs 15 lakh), Vikash Kandola (Raider, Rs 32 lakh), Neeraj Narwal (Raider, Rs 13 lakh), Ravi Kumar (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Lucky Sharma (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Navneet (Raider, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Aamir Wani (All-Rounder, Rs 9 lakh), Mayank Malik (Defender, Rs 9 lakh), K Dharanidharan (Raider, Rs 13 lakh)
Patna Pirates
Elite Retained Players: Ankit (All-Rounder), Sandeep Kumar (Raider)
Retained Young Players: Manish (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Kunal Mehta (Raider), Sudhakar M (Raider), Abinand Subash (Defender)
Overseas Players: Hamid Mirzaei Nader (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Jang Kun Lee (Raider, Rs 17.50 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: None.
Category B Domestic Players: Shubham Shinde (Defender, Rs 70 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Gurdeep (All-Rounder Rs 59 lakh), Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj (Defender, Rs 13.10 lakh), Deepak Rajender Singh (Defender, Rs 50 lakh), Prashant Kumar Rathi (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Meetu (Raider, Rs. 21.90 lakh), Devank (Raider, Rs 20.10 lakh), Babu Muragasan (Defender, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Aman (Defender, Rs 9 lakh), Sagar (Defender, Rs 9 lakh), Pravinder (Defender, Rs 13 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 (Raider), Sanket Sawant (Defender), Aditya Shinde (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Vaibhav Balasaheb Kamble (Defender), Nitin (Raider), Dadaso Shivaji Pujari (Defender), Tushar Dattaray Adhavade (Defender)
Overseas Players: Amir Hassan Noroozi (All rounder, Rs 13.40 lakh), Ali Hadi (Defender, Rs 14.10 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: None.
Category B Domestic Players: Mohit (Defender, Rs 20 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Aman (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), V Ajith Kumar (Raider, Rs 66 lakh), Vishal (Defender, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Mohammed Amaan (Defender, Rs 16.20 lakh), Aryavardhan Navale (Raider, Rs 9 lakh), Sourav (Defender, Rs 9 lakh)
Tamil Thalaivas
Elite Retained Players: None.
Retained Young Players: None.
Existing New Young Players: Narender (Raider), Himanshu (Defender), Sahil (Defender), Mohit (Defender), Ashish (Defender), Sagar (Defender), M Abishek (Defender), Nitesh Kumar (Defender), Nitin Singh (Raider), Ronak (Defender), Vishal Chahal (Raider)
Overseas Players: Amirhossein Bastami (Defender, Rs 16 lakh), Moein Safaghi (All-Rounder, Rs 13 laks)
Category A Domestic Players: Sachin Tanwar (Raider, Rs 2.15cr)
Category B Domestic Players: None.
Category C Domestic Players: None.
Category D Domestic Players: Sourabh Fagare (Raider, Rs 9 lakh)
Telugu Titans
Retained Young Players: Shankar Bhimraj Gadai (All-Rounder), Ajit Pandurang Pawar (Defender)
Retained Young Players: None.
Existing New Young Players: Sanjeevi S (All Rounder), Ankit (Defender), Praful Sudam Zaware (Raider), Omkar Narayan Patil (Raider)
Overseas Players: Milad Jabbari (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Mohammad Malak ( Defender, Rs 13 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: Pawan Sehrawat (All-Rounder, Rs 1.725cr), Krishan Dhull (Defender, Rs 70 lakh)
Category B Domestic Players: Vijay Malik (All-Rounder, Rs 20 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Sunder (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Ashish Narwal (Raider, Rs 13 lakh), Manjeet (Raider, Rs 27 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Amit Kumar (Defender, Rs 9 lakh)
U Mumba
Elite Retained Players: Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (All-Rounder), Rinku (Defender)
Retained Young Players: Shivam (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Gokulakannan M (Defender), Bittu (Defender), Sombir (Defender), Mukilan Shanmugham (Defender)
Overseas Players: Amin Ghorbani (Defender, Rs 14 lakh),
Category A Domestic Players: Sunil Kumar (Defender, Rs. 1.015cr)
Category B Domestic Players: Manjeet (Raider, Rs 80 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Parvesh Bhainswal (Defender, Rs 19.50 lakh), Satish Kannan (Raider, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Shubham Kumar (All-Rounder, Rs 9.20 lakh), M Dhanasekar (Raider, Rs 9.40 lakh), Stuwart Singh (Raider, Rs 14.20 lakh), Vishal Choudhary (Raider, Rs 9 lakh), Aashish Kumar (Defender, Rs 9 lakh)
UP Yoddhas
Elite Retained Players: None.
Retained Young Players: Sumit (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Ashu Singh (Defender), Hitesh (Defender), Gagana Gowda HR (Raider), Shivam Chaudhary (Raider)
Overseas Players: Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi (Defender, Rs 25 lakh), Heidarali Ekrami (Raider, Rs 19.10 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: None.
Category B Domestic Players: Bharat Hooda (All-Rounder, Rs 1.3cr), Sahul Kumar (Defender, Rs 30 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Mahender Singh (Defender, Rs 21.40 lakh), Bhavani Rajpu (Raider, Rs 45 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Vivek (All-Rounder, Rs 9 lakh), Akshay R Suryawanshi (Raider, Rs 12.90 lakh
