A total number of 181 players were bought by 12 franchises in the Pro Kabaddi League auction held in Mumbai on 30 and 31 May. And after two days of non-stop action, a total of Rs 45.93 crore was spent by the teams, who at the start of the auction had a budget of Rs 4 crore each.
This was also an auction of many firsts. For the time in PKL history, players were bid for over Rs 1 crore. As many as six players – including 5 Indians and 1 Iranian – were were bagged for over a crore.
Monu Goyat became the highest payed non-cricket sportsman in Kabaddi history. Among the foreign players, it was Fazel Atrachali who had the highest pay day after netting a whopping Rs 1 crore sum. Other Star Marquee Players like Rahul Chaudhari who was retained by Telugu Titans via FBM for Rs 1.29 crore, Deepak Niwas Hooda who was bought by Jaipur Pink Panthers for Rs 1.15 crore and Nitin Tomar who was bought by Puneri Paltans for Rs 1.15 crore were critical acquisitions in the auction.
Here’s a list of all the players sold at the Pro Kabaddi League auction:
Pro Kabaddi League: Bengal Warriors Squad
- Raiders
Maninder Singh – Rs 56,87,627
Mithin Kumar – Rs 6,60,000
Jang Kun Lee – Rs 33,00,000
Mahesh Goud – Rs 12,00,000
Amit Kumar – Rs 8,00,000
Amit Nagar – Rs 8,00,000
Rakesh Narwal – Rs 8,00,000
Ashish (Chhokar) – Rs 8,00,000
- All-Rounders
Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat – Rs 6,60,000
Vittal Meti – Rs 8,00,000
Bhupender Singh – Rs 8,00,000
Ran Singh – Rs 43,00,000
Shrikant Tewthia – Rs 25,00,000
- Defenders
PO Surjeet Singh – Rs 80,30,000
Ameares Mondal – Rs 6,60,000
Baldev Singh – Rs 12,00,000
Vijin Thangadurai – Rs 8,40,000
Manoj Dhull – Rs 8,00,000
Ziaur Rahman – Rs 33,25,000
Total Spent: Rs 3,79,62,627
Remaining Purse: Rs 20,37,373
Pro Kabaddi League: Bengaluru Bulls Squad
- Raiders
Rohit Kumar – Rs 89,10,000
Harish Naik – Rs 10,00,000
Sumit Singh – Rs 10,00,000
Kashiling Adake – Rs 32,00,000
Pawan Kumar – Rs 52,80,000
Anand V – Rs 8,00,000
Anil – Rs 8,00,000
Rohit – Rs 8,00,000
- All-Rounders
Dong Ju Hong – Rs 8,00,000
Gyung Tae Kim – Rs 8,00,000
Mahesh Maruti Magdum – Rs 8,00,000
Jasmer Gulia – Rs 8,00,000
- Defenders
Amit Sheoran – Rs 6,60,000
Mahender Singh – Rs 40,00,000
Ashish Kumar (Sangwan) – Rs 23,50,000
Jawahar Vivek K – Rs 8,00,000
Sandeep – Rs 8,00,000
Mahendra Singh Dhaka – Rs 8,00,000
Nithesh BR – Rs 8,00,000
Raju Lal Choudhary – Rs 880,000
Total Spent: Rs 3,60,80,000
Remaining Purse: Rs 39,20,000
Pro Kabaddi League: Dabang Delhi KC Squad
- Raiders
Naveen Kumar – Rs 6,60,000
Khomsan Thongkham – Rs 8,00,000
Pawan Kumar – Rs 20,00,000
Chandran Ranjit – Rs 61,25,000
Shabeer Bappu – Rs 15,50,000
Kamal Kishor Jat – Rs 8,00,000
Yogesh Hooda – Rs 8,00,000
- All-Rounders
Meraj Sheykh – Rs 65,55,588
Tapas Pal – Rs 6,60,000
Vishal – Rs 6,60,000
Rajesh Narwal – Rs 16,00,000
Sidharth – Rs 12,00,000
- Defenders
Tushar Balaram Bhoir – Rs 6,60,000
Satpal – Rs 12,00,000
Viraj Vishnu Landge – Rs 25,00,000
Vishal Mane – Rs 45,00,000
Joginder Singh Narwal – Rs 33,00,000
Anil Kumar – Rs 8,00,000
Ravinder Pahal – Rs 20,00,000
Total Spent: Rs 3,83,70,588
Remaining Purse: Rs 16,29,412
Pro Kabaddi League: Gujarat Fortunegiants Squad
- Raiders
Sachin – Rs 56,87,627
Mahendra Ganesh Rajput – Rs 24,55,961
Lalit Chaudhary – Rs 6,60,000
Dong Geon Lee – Rs 17,20,000
K Prapanjan – Rs 38,00,000
Ajay Kumar – Rs 25,00,000
Shubham Ashok Palkar – Rs 8,00,000
Yashwant Bishnoi – Rs 5,00,000
Dharmender – Rs 5,00,000
- All-rounders
Rohit Gulia – Rs 6,60,000
Anil All-Rounder – Rs 6,60,000
Hadi Oshtorak – Rs 12,00,000
- Defenders
Sunil Kumar – Rs 49,10,766
C Kalai Arasan – Rs 6,60,000
Amit – Rs 6,60,000
Vikram Kandola – Rs 6,60,000
Parvesh Bhainswal – Rs 35,00,000
Ruturaj Shivaji Koravi – Rs 30,40,000
Sachin Vittala – Rs 20,00,000
Amit Jaivir Sharma – Rs 8,00,000
Total Spent: Rs 3,73,74,354
Remaining Purse: Rs 26,25,646
Pro Kabaddi League: Team Haryana Squad
- Raiders
Arun Kumar HN – Rs 6,60,000
Md. Zakir Hossain – Rs 8,40,000
Wazir Singh – Rs 20,00,000
Monu Goyat – Rs 1,51,00,000
Vikash Khandola – Rs 47,00,000
Anand Surendra Tomar – Rs 5,00,000
Bhuvneshwar Gaur – Rs 5,00,000
- All-rounders
Kuldeep Singh – Rs 10,34,916
Mayur Shivtarkar – Rs 6,60,000
Patrick Nzau Muvai – Rs 8,00,000
Prateek – Rs 5,00,000
- Defenders
Vikash – Rs 6,60,000
Neeraj Kumar – Rs 6,60,000
Surender Nada – Rs 75,00,000
Sachin Shingade – Rs 20,00,000
Amit Singh – Rs 5,00,000
Total Spent: Rs 3,86,14,916
Remaining Purse: Rs 13,85,084
Pro Kabaddi League: Jaipur Pink Panthers Squad
- Raiders
Ajit Singh – Rs 6,60,000
Lokesh Kaushik – Rs 6,60,000
David Shilisia J Mosambayi – Rs 10,00,000
Anup Kumar – Rs 30,00,000
Selvamani K – Rs 15,00,000
Gangadhari Mallesh – Rs 8,00,000
Sunil Siddhgavali – Rs 8,00,000
Anand Patil – Rs 8,00,000
- All-rounders
Santhapanaselvam – Rs ,660,000
Deepak Niwas Hooda – Rs 1,15,00,000
Brijendra Singh Chaudhary – Rs 5,60,000
N Shiva Ramakrishna – Rs 8,00,000
- Defenders
Nitin Rawal – Rs 6,60,000
Young Chang Ko – Rs 11,40,000
Mohit Chhillar – Rs 58,00,000
Sandeep Kumar (Dhull) – Rs 66,00,000
Bajirao Hodage – Rs 14,60,000
Total Spent: Rs 3,84,00,000
Remaining Purse: Rs 16,00,000
Pro Kabaddi League: Patna Pirates Squad
- Raiders
Jawahar – Rs 13,20,000
Pardeep Narwal – Rs 60,50,000
Vijay – Rs 6,60,000
Deepak Narwal – Rs 57,00,000
Surender Singh – Rs 12,25,000
Tushar Patil – Rs 20,00,000
Vikas Jaglan – Rs 8,00,000
Manjeet – Rs 20,40,000
- All-rounders
Arvind Kumar – Rs 6,60,000
Parveen Birwal – Rs 6,60,000
Taedeok Eom – Rs 11,40,000
Hyunil Park – Rs 8,00,000
Kuldeep Singh – Rs 22,00,000
- Defenders
Jaideep – Rs 55,00,000
Manish – Rs 29,05,320
Vikas Kale – Rs 27,40,000
Ravinder Kumar – Rs 8,00,000
Vijay Kumar – Rs 8,00,000
Total Spent: Rs 3,80,00,320
Remaining Purse: Rs 19,99,680
Pro Kabaddi League: Puneri Paltan Squad
- Raiders
More GB – Rs 13,57,931
Rajesh Mondal – Rs 24,55,961
Monu – Rs 6,60,000
Vikash Khatri – Rs 6,60,000
Nitin Tomar –Rs 1,15,00,000
Deepak Kumar Dahiya – Rs 12,00,000
Parvesh – Rs 8,00,000
Akshay Jadhav – Rs 8,00,000
- All-rounders
Sandeep Narwal – Rs 72,60,000
Amit Kumar – Rs 6,60,000
Sanjay Shrestha – Rs 8,00,000
Takamitsu Kono – Rs 8,00,000
- Defenders
Girish Maruti Ernak – Rs 49,10,766
Rinku Narwal – Rs 6,60,000
Ravi Kumar – Rs 16,00,000
Vinod Kumar – Rs 20,20,000
Bajrang – Rs 5,00,000
Total Spent: Rs 3,86,44,658
Remaining Purse: Rs 13,55,342
Pro Kabaddi League: Tamil Thalaivas Squad
- Raiders
Ajay Thakur – Rs 76,23,000
Anand – Rs 6,60,000
Sukesh Hegde – Rs 28,00,000
Jasvir Singh – Rs 12,00,000
CPO Surjeet Singh – Rs 12,00,000
Athul MS – Rs 9,20,000
Anil Kumar – Rs 8,00,000
K Jayaseelan – Rs 12,00,000
Abhinandan Chandel – Rs 8,00,000
- All-rounders
Vimal Raj V – Rs 5,00,000
Manjeet Chhillar – Rs 20,00,000
Chan Sik Park – Rs 8,00,000
D. Pradap – Rs 6,60,000
- Defenders
D Gopu – Rs 8,00,000
Sunil – Rs 12,00,000
Darshan J – Rs 28,00,000
Jae Min Lee – Rs 8,00,000
Amit Hooda – Rs 69,30,000
Arun – Rs 36,30,000
Total Spent: Rs 3,73,23,000
Remaining Purse: Rs 26,77,000
Pro Kabaddi League: Telugu Titans Squad
- Raiders
Nilesh Salunke – Rs 56,87,627
Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari – Rs 24,55,961
Rakshith – Rs 6,60,000
Rajnish – Rs 6,60,000
Ankit Beniwal – Rs 6,60,000
Kamal Singh – Rs 6,60,000
Rahul Chaudhari – Rs 1,29,00,000
- All-rounders
Vishal Bhardwaj – Rs 6,60,000
Armaan –Rs 5,00,000
Mahender Reddy – Rs 8,00,000
- Defenders
Sombir – Rs 6,60,000
Abozar Mohajermighani – Rs 76,00,000
Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan – Rs 21,50,000
C Manoj Kumar – Rs 8,00,000
Sanket Chavan – Rs 8,00,000
Anuj Kumar – Rs 5,00,000
Deepak – Rs 5,00,000
Rakesh Singh Kumar – Rs 12,00,000
Total Spent: Rs 3,98,53,588
Remaining Purse: Rs 1,46,412
Pro Kabaddi League: UP Yoddha Squad
- Raiders
Azad Singh – Rs 6,60,000
Sulieman Kabir – Rs 8,00,000
Shrikant Jadhav – Rs 37,00,000
Rishank Devadiga – Rs 1,11,00,000
Prashanth Kumar Rai – Rs 79,00,000
Rohit Kumar Choudary – Rs 8,00,000
Bhanu Pratap Tomar – Rs 8,00,000
- All-rounders
Pankaj – Rs 6,60,000
Arkam Shaikh – Rs 660,000
Seong Ryeol Kim – Rs 8,20,000
Narender – Rs 8,00,000
Sagar B Krishna – Rs 13,20,000
- Defenders
Nitesh Kumar – Rs 6,60,000
Jeeva Kumar – Rs 45,00,000
Sachin Kumar – Rs 19,20,000
Nitin Mavi – Rs 8,00,000
Vishav Chaudhary – Rs 5,00,000
Amit – Rs 8,00,000
Total Spent: Rs 3,92,00,000
Remaining Purse: Rs 8,00,000
Pro Kabaddi League: U Mumba Squad
- Raiders
Gaurav Kumar – Rs 6,60,000
Abolfazl Maghsodloumahali – Rs 21,25,000
Vinod Kumar – Rs 22,25,000
Darshan Kadian – Rs 12,00,000
R. Sriram – Rs 12,00,000
Siddharth Sirish Desai – Rs 36,40,000
Arjun Deshwal – Rs 8,00,000
Abhishek Singh – Rs 42,80,000
Rohit Baliyan – Rs 12,00,000
- All-rounders
E Subash – Rs 6,60,000
Shiv Om – Rs 6,60,000
Mohit Balyan – Rs 6,60,000
- Defenders
Surender Singh – Rs 6,60,000
Anil Defender – Rs 6,60,000
Adinath Sakharam Gavali – Rs 8,00,000
Hadi Tajik – Rs 11,00,000
Dharmaraj Cheralathan – Rs 46,00,000
Rajaguru Subramanian – Rs 12,00,000
Rohit Rana – Rs 12,00,000
Fazel Atrachali – Rs 1,00,00,000
Total Spent: Rs 3,95,30,000
Remaining Purse: Rs 4,70,000
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