2021 PKL | Full team list of all 12 PKL franchises for season 8 after auction

Bysounak mullick, SportsCafe Editor

09/02/2021

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The 2021 PKL mega-auction ended after three days of intense bidding from 12 franchises. While the usual suspects went big in the market, a few surprises unfolded as some out-of-the-blue stars fetched fairly lucrative deals compared to their allotted price tags before the bidding started.

After a one-year absence, the Pro Kabaddi League is back with its share of thrills and chills, and guess what? The fun is set to double-up, with the franchises completing a revamp of their squads which saw many top stars shift allegiance to their rival teams. Even though the showdown is set to begin later this year, the madness has already started with a three-day nail-biting auction scripting a perfect prologue to the main act.

As far as the auctions panned out, Pardeep Narwal, who was expected to go big, was roped in by UP Yoddha for a record fee of INR 1.65 crores. While everyone saw the above coming, Siddharth Desai’s retention by Telugu Titans at a price tag of 1.30 crores was shocked many to their core. Just as the Titans feared what they might be losing, they used the FBM (Final Bid Match) card to keep him in their scheme of things.

Meanwhile, former PKL winner with U Mumba – Arjun Deshwal was the third most expensive player in the auction, with Jaipur Pink Panthers securing his services after an intense bid war with Telugu Titans. Iran’s Abozar Mohajer Mighani was the foreigner sold with the highest price tag, with the Bengal Warriors dishing out INR 30.50 lakh for defender ahead of the 2021 PKL season.

Meanwhile, veteran players like Ajay Thakur (Dabang Delhi), Manjeet Chillar (Dabang Delhi), and Monu Goyat (Patna Pirates) were all retained by their respective franchises for decent remunerations. In fact, Monu, who was once the most expensive player in the league with a price tag of 1.51 crore, has seen his current value plunge to INR 20 lakh.

Now, let us have a look at the full squad of the 12 franchises for the 2021 PKL:

Bengal Warriors

Name	Position	Price
Maninder Singh	Raider	Retained
Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat	Raider	Retained
Sukesh Hegde	Raider	Rs.30 L
Sumit Singh	Raider	Rs.20 L
Akash Pikalmunde	Raider	Rs.17 L
Rishank Devadiga	Raider	Rs. 20 L
Rinku Narwal	Defender	Retained
Abozar Mohajer Mighani	Defender	Rs.30.50 L
Vijin Thangadurai	Defender	Rs.10 L
Parveen	Defender	Rs.10 L
Rohit Banne	Defender	Rs.10 L
Darshan J	Defender	Rs.10 L
Sachin Vittala	Defender	Rs.17.50 L
Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh	All-rounder	Retained
Manoj Gowda K	All-rounder	Rs.10 L
Rohit	All-rounder	Rs. 6 L

Bengaluru Bulls

Name	Position	Price
Pawan Kumar Sehrawat	Raider	Retained
Banty	Raider	Retained
Dong Geon Lee	Raider	Rs.12.50 L
Abolfazl Maghsodlou Mahali	Raider	Rs.13 L
Chandran Ranjit	Raider	Rs.80 L
GB More	Raider	Rs.25 L
Deepak Narwal	Raider	Rs.26.50 L
Amit Sheoran	Defender	Retained
Saurabh Nandal	Defender	Retained
Mohit Sehrawat	Defender	Retained
Ziaur Rahman	Defender	Rs.12.20 L
Mahender Singh	Defender	Rs.50 L
Mayur Jagannath Kadam	Defender	Rs.15 L
Vikas	Defender	Rs 10 L
Ankit	Defender	Rs.10 L

Dabang Delhi

Name	Position	Price
Naveen Kumar	Raider	Retained
Neeraj Narwal	Raider	Retained
Emad Sedaghat Nia	Raider	Rs.10.20 Lakh
Ajay Thakur	Raider	Rs.46 Lakh
Sushant Sail	Raider	Rs.10 Lakh
Mohit	Defender	Retained
Sumit	Defender	Retained
Mohammad Malak	Raider	Rs.10 Lakh
Joginder Singh Narwal	Defender	Rs.20 Lakh
Jeeva Kumar	Defender	Rs.44 Lakh
Vikas	Defender	Rs.6 Lakh
Vijay	All-rounder	Retained
Balram	All-rounder	Retained
Sandeep Narwal	All-rounder	Rs.60 Lakh
Manjeet Chhillar	All-rounder	Rs.20 Lakh

Gujarat Giants

Name	Position	Price
Parvesh Bhainswal	Defender	Retained
Sunil Kumar	Defender	Retained
Ravinder Pahal	Defender	Rs.74 L
Ajay Kumar	Raider	Rs.10 L
Pardeep Kumar	Raider	Rs.10 L
Girish Maruti Ernak	Defender	Rs.20 L
Rathan K	Raider	Rs.25 L
Harshit Yadav	Raider	Rs.10 L
Maninder Singh	Raider	Rs.10 L
Hadi Oshtorak	All-rounder	Rs.20 L
Mahendra Ganesh Rajput	Raider	Rs.15 L
Sonu	Raider	Rs.30 L
Soleiman Pahlevani	Defender	Rs.11.5 L
Harmanjit Singh	Raider	Retained
Ankit	Defender	Retained
Sumit	Defender	Retained

Haryana Steelers

Name	Position	Price
Rohit Gulia	Raider	Rs. 83L
Vikash Khandola	Raider	Retained
Brijendra Singh Chaudhary	All-Rounder	Rs. 55L
Ravi Kumar	Defender	Rs. 27.5L
Surender Nada	Defender	Rs. 20L
Vikas Jaglan	All-Rounder	Rs. 20L
Mohammad Esmaeil Maghsodlou	Raider	Rs. 13.20L
Vinay	Raider	Retained
Vikas Chillar	Raider	Retained
Hamid Mirzaei Nader	All-rounder	Rs. 12.10L
Chand Singh	Defender	Retained
Rajesh Gurjar	Defender	Rs. 10L
Ajay Ghanghas	All-rounder	Rs. 10L
Rajesh Narwal	All-Rounder	Rs. 10L

Jaipur Pink Panthers

Name	Position	Price
Arjun Deshwal	Raider	Rs. 96L
Deepak Niwas Hooda	All-Rounder	Rs. 55L
Sandeep Kumar Dhull	Defender	Rs. 45L
Naveen	Raider	Rs. 22L
Dharmaraj Cheralathan	Defender	Rs. 20L
Amit Hooda	Defender	Retained
Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki	Raider	Rs. 10L
Mohammad Amin Nosrati	Raider	Rs. 11L
Amit	Defender	Rs. 10L
Shaul Kumar	Defender	Rs. 10L
Amit Nagar	Raider	Rs. 10L
Ashok	Raider	Rs. 10L
Vishal	Defender	Retained
Nitin Rawal	All-Rounder	Retained
Sachin Narwal	All-Rounder	Retained
Pavan TR	Defender	Retained
Sushil Gulia	Raider	Retained
Elavarasan A	Defender	Retained

Patna Pirates

Name	Position	Price
Monu	Raider	Retained
Mohit	Raider	Retained
Rajveersinh Pratap Rao Chavan	Raider	Retained
Jangkun Lee	Raider	Rs.20.50 L
Prashanth Kumar Rai	Raider	Rs.55 L
Sachin	Raider	Rs.84 L
Guman Singh	Raider	Rs.18.50 L
Monu Goyat	Raider	Rs. 20 L
Neeraj Kumar	Defender	Retained
Sunil	Defender	Rs. 31.50 L
Sourav Gulia	Defender	Rs.10 L
Sandeep	Defender	Rs.10 L
Shubham Shinde	Defender	Rs. 10 L
Sahil Mann	All-rounder	Retained
Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh	All-rounder	Rs. 31 L
Sajin Chandrasekar	All-rounder	Rs.10 L

Puneri Paltan

Name	Position	Price
Arjun Deshwal	Raider	Rs. 96L
Deepak Niwas Hooda	All-Rounder	Rs. 55L
Sandeep Kumar Dhull	Defender	Rs. 45L
Naveen	Raider	Rs. 22L
Dharmaraj Cheralathan	Defender	Rs. 20L
Amit Hooda	Defender	Retained
Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki	Raider	Rs. 10L
Mohammad Amin Nosrati	Raider	Rs. 11L
Amit	Defender	Rs. 10L
Shaul Kumar	Defender	Rs. 10L
Amit Nagar	Raider	Rs. 10L
Ashok	Raider	Rs. 10L
Vishal	Defender	Retained
Nitin Rawal	All-Rounder	Retained
Sachin Narwal	All-Rounder	Retained
Pavan TR	Defender	Retained
Sushil Gulia	Raider	Retained
Elavarasan A	Defender	Retained

Tamil Thalaivas

Name	Position	Price
Manjeet	Raider	Rs. 92L
PO Surjeet Singh	Defender	Rs. 75L
K. Prapanjan	Raider	Rs. 71L
Athul MS	Raider	Rs. 30L
Ajinkya Ashok Pawar	Raider	Rs. 19.5L
Sourabh Tanaji Patil	All-rounder	Rs. 15L
Himanshu	Defender	Retained
M. Abishek	Defender	Retained
Sagar	Defender	Retained
Bhavani Rajput	Raider	Rs. 10L
Mohammad Tuhin Tarafder	Defender	Rs. 10L
Anwar Saheed Baba	All-Rounder	Rs. 10L
Sahil	Defender	Rs. 10L
Sagar B. Krishna	All-Rounder	Rs. 10L
Santhapanaselvam	All-rounder	Rs. 10L

Telugu Titans

Name	Position	Price
Rakesh Gowda	Raider	Retained
Rajnish	Raider	Retained
Ankit Beniwal	Raider	Retained
Siddharth Desai	Raider	Rs. 1.30 CR
Hyunsu Park	Raider	Rs.10 L
Rohit Kumar	Raider	Rs.36 L
G. Raju	Raider	Rs. 6 L
Amit Chauhan	Raider	Rs. 6 L
Manish	Defender	Retained
Akash Choudhary	Defender	Retained
Akash Dattu Arsul	Defender	Retained
Prince	Defender (NYP)	Undisclosed
Abe Tetsuro	Defender	Rs. 10 L
Surender Singh	Defender	Rs. 55 L
Sandeep	Defender	Rs. 59.50 L
Ruturaj Shivaji Koravi	Defender	Rs. 19.80 L
Adarsh T	Defender	Rs. 10 L
C. Arun	Defender	Rs. 10 L

UP Yoddha

Name	Position	Price
Surender Gill	Raider	Retained
Pardeep Narwal	Raider	Rs. 1.65 cr
Md. Masud Karim	Raider	Rs.10 L
Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali	Raider	Rs.12 L
Shrikant Jadhav	Raider	Rs. 72 L
Sahil	Raider	Rs.10 L
Gulveer Singh	Raider	Rs.10 L
Ankit	Raider	Rs.10 L
Gaurav Kumar	Defender	Rs.10 L
Aashish Nagar	Defender	Rs.10 L
Nitesh Kumar	Defender	Retained
Sumit	Defender	Retained
Ashu Singh	Defender	Retained
Nitin Panwar	All-rounder (NYP)	Undisclosed
Gurdeep	All-rounder	Rs.10 L

U Mumba

Name	Position	Price
Fazel Atrachali	Defender	Retained
Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre	All-Rounder	Retained
Rinku	Raider	Rs. 32L
Ajith V Kumar	Raider	Rs. 25L
Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari	All-Rounder	Rs. 12.8L
Harendra Kumar	Defender	Retained
Abhishek Singh	Raider	Retained
Navneet	Raider	Rs. 10L
Sunil Siddhgavali	Defender	Rs. 10L
Jashandeep Singh	Raider	Rs. 10L
Rahul Rana	Raider	Rs. 10L
Ajeet	Defender	Rs. 10L
Ashish Kumar Sangwan	All-rounder	Rs. 10L
Pankaj	All-Rounder	Rs. 10L