Kolkata : PKL franchises have officially announced list of all retained players ahead of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 12 auction.
The retentions were based under categories – ‘Elite Retained Players’, ‘Retained Young Players’, and ‘New Young Players’. The auction will be held from May 31-June 1 in Mumbai.
500+ players, including notable Indian players like Pardeep Narwal, Maninder Singh, Pawan Sehrawat, Arjun Deshwal, Naveen Kumar, Ashu Malik, and PKL 11’s top raider Devank Dalal, are set to go under the hammer. Iranian powerhouses Fazel Atrachali, Mohammadreza Shadloui, PKL veterans Maninder Singh, will also enter the PKL 12 auction.
An interesting, rather shocking stat is that star raider Naveen Kumar will go under the hammer for the first time. The PKL 8 winner will enter the auction having scored 1102 Raid Points for Dabang Delhi across 6 seasons.
Among top players that franchises retained include Sunil Kumar and Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (U Mumba), Jaideep Dahiya (Haryana Steelers), Surender Gill (UP Yoddhas), and the Puneri Paltan duo of Aslam Inamdar and Mohit Goyat.
Total of 83 players were retained across three categories: 25 in the Elite Retained Players (ERP) category, 23 in the Retained Young Players (RYP) category, and 35 in the New Young Players (NYP) category.
For the auction, both domestic and overseas players will be divided into four categories: A, B, C, and D. Players in each category will be further classified as ‘All-Rounders’, ‘Defenders’, and ‘Raiders’. The base prices for each category are:
Category A: INR 30 Lakh
Category B: INR 20 Lakh
Category C: INR 13 Lakh
Category D: INR 9 Lakh
Each franchise will have a total salary purse of INR 5 Crore available for their squad.
TEAM WISE FULL LIST OF OFFICIALLY RETAINED PLAYERS –
1) Bengal Warriorz :
“Elite Retained Players” – Vishwas S
“Exciting New Young Players” –
Yash Malik, Manjit, Deep Kumar, Sushil Kambrekar
2) Bengaluru Bulls :
“Exciting New Young Players” :
Chandranaik M, Lucky Kumar, Manjeet, Pankaj
3) Dabang Delhi K.C. :
“Exciting New Young Players” –
Sandeep, Mohit
4) Gujarat Giants :
“Elite Retained Players” –
Himanshu Singh, Himanshu
“Retained Young Players”-
Prateek Dahiya, Rakesh
5) Haryana Steelers :
“Elite Retained Players” –
Rahul Sethpal, Vinay
“Retained Young Players” –
Shivam Anil Patare, Jaideep, Jaya Soorya NS, Vishal S Tate
“Exciting New Young Players” –
Sahil, Manikandan N, Vikas Ramdas Jadhav
6) Jaipur Pink Panthers :
“Elite Retained Players” –
Reza Mirbagheri
“Retained Young Players”-
Abhishek KS
“Exciting New Young Players” –
Ronak Singh, Nitin Kumar, Sombir, Ritik Sharma
7) Patna Pirates :
“Elite Retained Players” :
Hamid Nader, Thiyagaraj N Yuvaraj
“Retained Young Players” :
Sudhakar M
“Exciting New Young Players” –
Ayan, Navdeep, Deepak, Sahil Patil
8) Puneri Paltan :
“Elite Retained Players” –
Abhishek Nadarajan, Gaurav Khatri, Pankaj Mohite
“Retained Young Players” –
Aslam Inamdar, Mohit Goyat, Dadaso, Aditya Shinde
9) Tamil Thalaivas :
“Elite Retained Players” –
Sagar, Himanshu, Moein Shafaghi
“Retained Young Players” –
Nitesh Kumar, Narender, Ronak, Aashish, Vishal Chahal
“Exciting New Young Players” –
Dhiraj, Anuj Gawade
10) Telugu Titans :
“Elite Retained Players” –
Shankar Gadai, Ajit Pawar
“Young Retained Players” –
Ankit, Praful Zaware
“Exciting New Young Players” –
Sagar, Nitin, Rohit, Chetan Sahu
11) U Mumba :
“Elite Retained Players” –
Sunil Kumar, Rohit, Satish Kannan, Amir Md Zafardanesh
“Retained Young Players” –
Mukilan Shanmugam
“Exciting New Young Players” –
Ajit Chouhan, Deepak Kundu, Sunny, Lokesh Ghosliya
12) UP Yoddhas :
“Elite Retained Players” –
Sumit, Bhavani Rajput, Sahul Kumar, Surender Gill, Ashu Singh
“Retained Young Players” –
Hitesh, Gagan Gowda HR, Shivam Chahdhary
“Exciting New Young Players” –
Jayesh Vikas Mahajan, Gangaram, Sachin, Keshav Kumar.
