The Pro Kabaddi league 2022 will commence in December this year. However, the PKL Auction for day 1 has ended, in which Pawan Sehrawat has joined Tamil Thalaivas for 2.26 crores. He became the most expensive player in the history of PKL. There are a total of 12 teams in this tournament who will compete with each other to lift the Cup.
The franchises can retain up to 6 players under the Elite Retained Players category. As per rules, 4 new Young Players under some circumstances in each PKL season can be retained.
The base prices for each of the categories are
- Category A – INR 30 Lakhs
- Category B- INR 20 Lakhs
- Category C- INR 10 Lakhs
- Category D- INR 6 lakhs
The total salary Purse available to each franchise for its squad in this season is INR 4.4 Crores.
Let’s have a look at the full squad of the 12 teams
1. Bengal Warriors
Elite Retained Players
- Maninder Singh – Raider
- Manoj Gowda K. – All-rounder
- Akash Pikalmunde – Raider
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
- Suyog Baban Gaikar – Raider
- R Guhan – Raider
- Parshant Kumar – Raider
- Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje – Defender
Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction –
- Deepak Niwas Hooda – 43 Lakh
- Ajinkya Kapre – 26 Lakh
- Girish Maruti Ernak – 20 Lakh
- Shrikant Jadhav – 26 lakh
2. Bengaluru Bulls
- Elite Retained Players
- Mahender Singh – Defender
- Mayur Jagannath Kadam – Defender
- More G B – Raider
Retained Young Players
- Saurabh Nandal – Defender
Existing New Young Players
- Bharat – Raider
- Rohit Kumar – Defender
- Vinod Lachmayya Naik – Defender
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
- Aman – Defender
- Rajnesh – Defender
- Yash Hooda – Defender
3. Dabangg Delhi
Elite Retained Players
Vijay – All-rounder
Retained Young Players
Naveen Kumar – Raider
Existing New Young Players
Dipak – Defender
Krishan – Defender
Vinay Kumar – Defender
Ashu Malik – Raider
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Ashish Narwal – Raider
Manjeet – Raider
Suraj Panwar – Raider
Vijay – Defender
4. Gujarat Giants
Elite Retained Players
Sonu – Raider
Existing New Young Players
Rakesh – Raider
Gaurav Chhikara – Raider
Sohit – Raider
Sonu Singh – Raider
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Parteek Dhaiya – Raider
Rohan Singh – All-rounder
5. Haryana Steelers
Retained Young Players
Vinay – Raider
Existing New Young Players
Meetu – Raider
Jaideep – Defender
Ankit – Defender
Mohit – Defender
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Monu – Defender
Naveen – Defender
Harsh – Defender
Sunny – Defender
6. Jaipur Pink Panthers
Elite Retained Players
Arjun Deshwal – Raider
Sahul Kumar – Defender
Existing New Young Players
Deepak – Defender
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Devank – Raider
Ankush – Defender
Ashish – Defender
Abhishek KS – Defender
7. Patna Pirates
Elite Retained Players
Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh – All-rounder
Sajin Chandrasekar – All-rounder
Monu – Raider
Neeraj Kumar – Defender
Existing New Young Players
Rohit – Raider
Manish – Defender
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Ranjit Venkatramana Naik – Raider
Anuj Kumar – Raider
Naveen Sharma – Defender
Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj – Defender
8. Puneri Paltan
Elite Retained Players
Sombir – Defender
Abinesh Nadarajan – Defender
Retained Young Players
Pankaj Mohite – Raider
Sanket Sawant – Defender
Existing New Young Players
Aslam Inamdar – Raider
Mohit Goyat – Raider
Akash Santosh Shinde – Raider
Shubham Nitin Shelke – Raider
Govind Gurjar – All-rounder
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Aditya Tushar Shinde – Raider
Badal Taqdir Singh – Defender
9. Tamil Thalaivas
Elite Retained Players
Ajinkya Ashok Pawar – Raider
Retained Young Players
Sagar – Defender
Himanshu – Defender
M. Abishek – Defender
Existing New Young Players
Himanshu – Raider
Sahil – Defender
Ashish – Defender
Mohit – Defender
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Himanshu – Raider
Narender – Raider
Jatin – Raider
10. Telegu Titans
Retained Young Players
Ankit Beniwal – Raider
Rajnish – Raider
Existing New Young Players
Muhammed Shihas S – Defender
Palla Ramakrishna – Defender
Prince – Defender
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Vinay – Raider
Mohit Pahal – Defender
Mohit – Defender
Nitin – Defender
11. U Mumba
Elite Retained Players
Rinku – Defender
Existing New Young Players
Kamlesh – Raider
Shivam – Raider
Prince – Defender
Rahul – Defender
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Sachin – Raider
Pranay Vinay Rane – Raider
Rupesh – Raider
Shivansh Thakur – Defender
12. UP Yoddhas
Elite Retained Players
Nitesh Kumar – Defender
Retained Young Players
Surender Gill – Raider
Sumit – Defender
Ashu Singh – Defender
Existing New Young Players
Nitin Panwar – All-rounder
Shubham Kumar – Defender
Aman – Raider
Rohit Tomar – Raider
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Durgesh Kumar – Raider
Mahipal – Raider
Anil Kumar – Raider
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