PKL Auction 2022: Full List of sold players at the auction

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

1. Category A – INR 30 Lakhs
2. Category B- INR 20 Lakhs
3. Category C- INR 10 Lakhs
4. 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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