The auction for the 10th season of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL 10) were held in Mumbai on October 9 and 10 and history was made yet again as Pawan Kumar Sehrawat was signed by Telugu Titans for Rs. 2.6 crore, making him the most expensive player of the League.
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Two more players went past the two-crore mark as Mohammadreza Shadlou was roped in by Puneri Paltan for Rs. 2.31 crore and Bengal Warriors used their FBM Card to retain Maninder Singh for Rs. 2.12 crore. A couple of the other top signings include Fazel Atrachali to Gujarat Giants for Rs. 1.6 crore and Siddharth Desai's move to Haryana Steelers for Rs. 1 crore.
At the end of the PKL season 10 auctions, here is a full list of the players picked by each team and the bids they attracted:
Bengal Warriors
Elite Retained Players: None.
Retained Young Players: None.
Existing New Young Players: Vaibhav Garje (Defender), R. Guhan (Raider), Suyog Gaikar (Radier), Parshant Kumar (Raider)
Overseas Players: Chai-Ming Chang (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs), Aslam Saja Mohamed Thambi (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category A domestic Players: Maninder Singh (Raider, Rs. 2.12 crore)
Category B Domestic Players: Shrikant Jadhav (Raider, Rs. 35.25 lakhs), Shubham Shinde (Defender, Rs. 32.25 lakhs), Nitin Rawal (All-Rounder, Rs. 30 lakhs)
Category C Domestic Players: Bhoir Akshay Bharat (All Rounder, Rs. 13 lakhs), Akshay Kumar (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs), Akshay Jaywant Bodake (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs), Vishwas S (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category D Domestic Players: Nitin Kumar (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs)
New Young Players: Maharudra Garje (Raider), Aditya S Shinde (Defender), Shreyas Umbardand (Defender), Dipak Arjun Shinde (Defender)
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Bengaluru Bulls
Elite Retained Players: Neeraj Narwal (Raider)
Retained Young Players: Bharat Hooda (Raider), Saurabh Nandal (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Aman (Defender), Yash Hooda (Defender)
Overseas Players: Piotr Pamulak (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs), Md. Liton Ali (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category A Domestic Players: None
Category B Domestic Players: Vikash Khandola (Raider, Rs. 55.25 lakhs), Sachin Narwal (All Rounder, Rs. 23.25 lakhs), Vishal (Defender, Rs. 20 lakhs)
Category C Domestic Players: Monu (Raider, Rs. 24.1 lakhs), Ponparthiban Subramanian (Defender, Rs. 19.2 lakhs), Surjeet Singh (Defender, Rs. 14.2 lakhs), Abhishek Singh (Raider, Rs. 14 lakhs), Ran Singh (All Rounder, Rs. 13 lakhs), Banty (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs), Sunder (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs), Sushil (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category D Domestic Players: Rakshith (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs), Rohit Kumar (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs), Ankit (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs)
New Young Players: Parteek (Defender), Akshit (Raider), Arulnathababu (Defender), Aditya Shankar Powar (Defender)
Dabang Delhi KC
Elite Retained Players: None
Retained Young Players: Naveen Kumar (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Ashish Narwal (Raider), Manjeet (Raider), Suraj Panwar (Raider), Vijay (Defender)
Overseas Players: Felix Li (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs), Yuvraj Pandeya (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category A Domestic Players: None
Category B Domestic Players: Ashu Malik (Raider, Rs. 96.25 lakhs), Meetu Sharma (Raider, Rs 93 lakhs), Vishal Bhardwaj (Defender, Rs. 20 lakhs) Sunil (Defender, Rs. 20 lakhs)
Category C Domestic Players: Nitin Chandel (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs), Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category D Domestic Players: Akash Prasher (All Rounder, Rs. 9 lakhs), Vikrant (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs), Mohit (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs)
New Young Players: Ashish (Defender), Himmat Antil (Defender), Manu (Raider), Yogesh (Defender)
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Gujarat Giants
Elite Retained Players: Sonu (Raider), Manuj (Defender)
Retained Young Players: Rakesh HS (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Parteek Dhaiya (Raider), Rohan Singh (All-rounder)
Overseas Players: Fazel Atrachali (Defender, Rs. 1.60 crores), Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (All-Rounder, Rs. 22 lakhs)
Category A Domestic Players: Rohit Gulia (All-Rounder, Rs. 58.50 lakhs)
Category B Domestic Players: Sombir (Defender, Rs. 26.25 lakhs), Arkam Shaikh (All-Rounder, Rs. 20.25 lakhs)
Category C Domestic Players: Vikas Jalgan (All Rounder, Rs. 13 lakhs), Sourav Gulia (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs), Deepak Rajender Singh (Defender, Rs. 15.70 lakhs), Ravi Kumar (Defender, Rs. 13.30 lakhs), More GB (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs), Balaji D (All Rounder, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category D Domestic Players: Jitender Yadav (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs), Nitesh (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs), Jagdeep (Raider, Rs. 9 lakhs)
New Young Players: Rohan Singh (All Rounder), Nitin (Raider)
Haryana Steelers
Elite Retained Players: K. Prapanjan (Raider)
Retained Young Players: Jaideep (Defender), Vinay (Raider), Mohit (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Monu (Defender), Naveen (Defender), Harsh (Defender), Sunny (Defender)
Overseas Players: Ghanshyam Roka Magar (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs), Hasan Balbool (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category A Domestic Players: None
Category B Domestic Players: Siddharth Desai (Raider, Rs. 1 crore), Chandran Ranjith (Raider, Rs. 62 lakhs), Ashish (All Rounder, Rs. 23.25 lakhs),
Category C Domestic Players: Rahul Sethpal (Defender, Rs. 40.70 lakhs), Mohit (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category D Domestic Players: Himanshu Choudhary (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs), Ravindra Chouhan (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs)
New Young Players: Shivam Anil Patare (Raider), Hardeep (Defender), Vishal Tate (Raider), Jaya Soorya (Raider)
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Jaipur Pink Panthers
Elite Retained Players: Arjun Deshwal (Raider), Sunil Kumar (Defender), V Ajith (Raider), Reza Mirbagheri (Defender), Bhavani Rajput (Raider), Sahul Kumar (Defender)
Retained Young Players: None
Existing New Young Players: Ankush Rathee (Defender), Devank (Raider), Ashish (Defender), Abhishek KS (Defender)
Overseas Players: Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category A Domestic Players: None
Category B Domestic Players: None
Category C Domestic Players: Rahul Chaudhari (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs), Lucky Sharma (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs), Lavish (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs), Sumit (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs), Navneet (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category D Domestic Players: Shashank (Raider, Rs. 9 lakhs)
New Young Players: Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi (Raider), Abhijeet Malik (Raider)
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Patna Pirates
Elite Retained Players: Sachin Tanwar (Raider), Neeraj Kumar (Defender)
Retained Young Players: Manish (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Ranjit Venkatramana Naik (Raider), Anuj Kumar (Raider), Naveen Sharma (Defender), Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj (Defender)
Overseas Players: Zheng-Wei Chen (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs), Daniel Omondi Odhiambo (All Rounder, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category A Domestic Players: Manjeet (Raider, Rs. 92 lakhs)
Category B Domestic Players: None
Category C Domestic Players: Krishan (Defender, Rs. 17.20 lakhs), Rohit (All Rounder, Rs. 16 lakhs), Sajin Chandrashekar (All Rounder, Rs. 13 lakhs), Rakesh Narwal (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs), Sanjay (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs),
Category D Domestic Players: Ankit (All Rounder, Rs. 31.50 lakhs), Deepak Kumar (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs), Mahendra Choudhary (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs), Sandeep Kumar (Raider, Rs. 9 lakhs)
New Young Players: Kunal Mehta (Raider), Sudhakar M (Raider), Abinand Subash (Defender)
Puneri Paltan
Elite Retained Players: Abinesh Nadarajan (Defender), Gaurav Khatri (Defender)
Retained New Young Players: Aslam Inamdar (All Rounder), Mohit Goyat (Raider), Akash Santosh Shinde (Raider), Pankaj Mohite (Raider), Sanket Sawant (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Aditya Tushar Shinde (Raider), Badal Taqdir Singh (Defender)
Overseas Players: Mohammadreza Shadlou (All-Rounder, Rs. 2.35 crores), Vahid Reza Eimehr (Defender, Rs. 16.60 lakhs)
Category A Domestic Players: None
Category B Domestic Players: None
Category C Domestic Players: None
Category D Domestic Players: Ahmed Mustafa Enamdar (All Rounder, Rs. 9 lakhs), Ishwar (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs), Hardeep (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs)
New Young Players: Vaibhav Balasaheb Kamble (Defender), Nitin (Raider), Dadaso Shivaji Pujari (Defender), Tushar Dattaray Adhavade (Defender)
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Tamil Thalaivas
Elite Retained Players: Ajinkya Ashok Pawar (Raider)
Retained Young Players: Sagar (Defender), Himanshu (Defender), M. Abishek (Defender), Sahil (Defender), Ashish (Defender), Mohit (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Narender (Raider), Himanshu (Raider), Jatin (Raider)
Overseas Players: Amirhossein Bastami (Defender, Rs. 30 lakhs), Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi (Defender, Rs. 19.20 lakhs)
Category A Domestic Players: None
Category B Domestic Players: None
Category C Domestic Players: Himanshu Singh (Raider, Rs. 25 lakhs), Selvamani K (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category D Domestic Players: Masanamuthi Lakshnanan (Raider, Rs. 31.60 lakhs), Satish Kannan (Raider, Rs. 18.10 lakhs)
New Young Players: Vishal Chahal (Raider), Ronak (Defender), Nitin Singh (Raider), Nitesh Kumar (Defender)
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Telugu Titans
Retained Young Players: Parvesh Bhainswal (Defender)
Retained Young Players: Rajnish (All Rounder)
Existing New Young Players: Vinay (Raider), Mohit (Defender), Nitin (Defender)
Overseas Players: Milad Jabbari (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs), Hamid Mirazei Nader (All Rounder, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category A Domestic Players: None
Category B Domestic Players: Pawan Sehrawat (Raider, Rs. 2.605 crores)
Category C Domestic Players: Shankar Bhimraj Gadai (All Rounder, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category D Domestic Players: Omkar More (All Rounder, Rs. 9 lakhs), Gaurav Dahiya (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs), Ajit Pandurang Pawan (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs), Mohit (Defender, Rs. 9 lakhs), Robin Choudhary (Raider, Rs. 9 lakhs)
New Young Players: Sanjeevi S (All Rounder), Ankit (Defender), Praful Sudam Zaware (Raider), Omkar Narayan Patil (Raider)
U Mumba
Elite Retained Players: Surinder Singh (Defender), Rinku (Defender), Jai Bhagwan (Raider), Heidarali Ekrami (Raider)
Retained Young Players: Shivam (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Sachin (Raider), Pranay Vinay Rane (Raider), Rupesh (Raider), Shivansh Thakur (Defender)
Overseas Players: Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (All Rounder, Rs. 68 lakhs), Alireza Mirzaeian (Raider, Rs. 16.10 lakhs)
Category A Domestic Players: None
Category B Domestic Players: Guman Singh (Raider, Rs. 85 lakhs), Mahender Singh (Defender, Rs. 40.25 lakhs), Girish Maruti Ernak (Defender, Rs. 20 lakhs)
Category C Domestic Players: Visvanath V (All Rounder, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category D Domestic Players: Saurav Parthe (Raider, Rs. 9 lakhs), Rohit Yadav (Raider, Rs. 9 lakhs), Kunal (Raider, Rs. 9 lakhs)
New Young Players: Gokulakannan M (Defender), Bittu (Defender), Sombir (Defender), Mukilan Shanmugham (Defender)
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UP Yoddha
Elite Retained Players: Nitesh Kumar (Defender), Pardeep Narwal (Raider)
Retained Young Players: Surender Gill (Raider), Sumit (Defender), Ashu Singh (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Mahipal (Raider), Anil Kumar (Raider)
Overseas Players: Helvic Simuyu Wanjala (All Rounder, Rs. 13 lakhs), Samuel Wanjala Wafula (All Roundr, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category A domestic Player: Vijay Malik (All-Rounder, Rs. 85 lakhs)
Category B domestic Players: Gurdeep (All Rounder, Rs. 20 lakhs)
Category C Domestic Players: Harendra Kumar (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs), Gulveer Singh (Raider, Rs. 13 lakhs), Nitin Panwar (All Rounder, Rs. 13 lakhs), Kiran Laxman Magar (Defender, Rs. 13 lakhs)
Category D Domestic Players: None
New Young Players: Hitesh (Defender), Gagana Gowda HR (Raider), Shivam Chaudhary (Raider)
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