The two-day event of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) 2023 started from Monday, 9 October 2023. On Day 1 of the event, many renowned players like Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Maninder Singh, Vikash Khandola, and Siddharth Desai were under the hammer. Some overseas players like Mohammadreza Shadlou, Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh, and Fazel Atrachali were also in the fray.
Pawan Kumar Sehrawat – capitain of Indian Men's Kabaddi – once again made a history by joining Telugu Titans with a bid of Rs 2.605 crore. Iranian all-rounder Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh acquired by Puneri Paltan is the second-most expensive player of the auction with a bid of Rs 2.35 crore. The other sold players in Day 1 of the PKL auction are Maninder Singh (Rs 2.12 crore), Fazel Atrachali (Rs 1.60 crore), and Siddharth Sirish Desai (Rs 1 crore).
Let us read about the list of sold and unsold players of PKL 2023 suction on Day 2.
PKL Auction 2023: Team-wise List of Sold Players
Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh (2.35 crore); Puneri Paltan
Fazel Atrachali (1.60 crore); Gujarat Giants
Rohit Gulia (58.50 lakh); Gujarat Giants
Vijay Malik (85 lakh); UP Yoddhas
Maninder Singh (2.12 crore); Bengal Warriors (Final Bid Match)
Manjeet (92 lakh); Patna Pirates
Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (22 lakh); Gujarat Giants
Arkam Shaikh (20.25 lakh); Gujarat Giants (FBM)
Nitin Rawal (30 lakh); Bengal Warriors
Girish Ernak (20 lakh); U Mumba
Mahender Singh (40.25 lakh); U Mumba
Shubham Shinde (32.25 lakh); Bengal Warriors (FBM)
Sombir (26.25 lakh); Gujarat Giants
Vishal (20 lakh); Bengaluru Bulls
Sunil (20 lakh); Dabang Delhi
Shrikant Jadhav (35.25 lakh); Bengal Warriors (FBM)
Ashu Malik (96.25 lakh); Dabang Delhi (FBM)
Guman Singh (85 lakh); U Mumba (FBM)
Meetu (93 lakh); Dabang Delhi
Pawan Sehrawat (2.60 crore); Telugu Titans
Vikash Kandola (55.25 lakh); Bengaluru Bulls (FBM)
Siddarth Desai (1 crore); Haryana Steelers
Chandran Ranjit (62 lakh); Haryana Steelers
Helvic Wanjala (13 lakh); UP Yoddhas
Shankar Gadai (13 lakh); Telugu Titans
Rohit (16 lakh); Patna Pirates
Sajin Chandrasekar (13 lakhs); Patna Pirates (FBM)
Ran Singh (13 lakh); Bengaluru Bulls
Akshay Bharat (13 lakh); Bengal Warriors
Vikas Jaglan (13 lakh); Gujarat Giants
Krishan (17.20 lakhs); Patna Pirates
Sourav Gulia (13 lakh); Gujarat Giants
Akshay Kumar (13 lakh); Bengal Warriors
Harendra Kumar (13 lakh); UP Yoddhas
Lucky Sharma (13 lakh); Jaipur Pink Panthers
Nitin Chandel (13 lakh); Dabang Delhi
Rahul Sethpal (40.7 lakh); Haryana Steelers
Ponparthiban Subramanian (19.20 lakh); Bengaluru Bulls
Deepak Singh (15.70 lakh); Gujarat Giants
Lavish (13 lakh); Jaipur Pink Panthers
Ritik (9 lakh); Tamil Thalaivas
Jitender Yadav (9 lakh); Gujarat Giants
Ahmed Enamdar (9 lakh); Puneri Paltan
Gaurav Dahiya (9 lakh); Telugu Titans
Ishwar (9 lakh); Puneri Paltan
Ankit (9 lakh); Bengaluru Bulls
Nitesh (9 lakhs); Gujarat Giants
Himanshu Chaudhary (9 lakhs); Haryana Steelers
Deepak Kumar (9 lakh); Patna Pirates
Ravindra Chauhan (9 lakhs); Haryana Steelers
Mohit (9 lakh); Dabang Delhi
Mahendra Choudhary (9 lakhs); Patna Pirates
Rohit Yadav (9 lakhs); U Mumba
Ravi Kumar (13.30 lakh); Gujarat Giants
Surjeet Singh (14.20 lakh); Bengaluru Bulls
Banty (13 lakh); Bengaluru Bulls
Akshay Bodake (13 lakh); Bengal Warriors
Abhishek Singh (14 lakh); Bengaluru Bulls
Himanshu Singh (25 lakh); Tamil Thalaivas (FBM)
Monu (24.10 lakh); Bengaluru Bulls
More G B (13 Lakh); Gujarat Giants
Gulveer Singh (13 Lakhs); U.P. Yoddhas
Omkar R (9 lakh); Telugu Titans
Ankit (31.50 lakh); Patna Pirates
Akash Prasher (9 lakh); Dabang Delhi
PKL 2023 Auction: Overseas Sold Players List
Hamid Nader (Iran) – 13 lakh ; Telugu Titans
Samuel Wafala (Kenya) – 13 lakh; U.P. Yoddhas
Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (Iran) – 68 lakh; U Mumba
Md. Liton Ali (Bangladesh) – 13 lakh; Bengaluru Bulls
Vahid Rezaeimehr (Iran) – 16.60 lakh; Puneri Paltan
Amirhossein Bastami (Iran) – 30 lakh; Tamil Thalaivas
Felix Li (England) – 13 lakh; Dabang Delhi
Milad Jabbari (Iran) – 13 lakh; Telugu Titans
Yuvraj Pandeya (England) –13 lakh; Dabang Delhi
Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi (Iran) – 19.20 lakh; Tamil Thalaivas
Hasan Balbool (Iran) – 13 lakh; Haryana Steelers
Ghanshyam Magar (Nepal) – 13 lakh; Haryana Steelers
Chai-Ming Chang (Taiwan) – 13 lakh; Bengal Warriors
Alireza Mirzaeian (Iran) – 16.10 lakh ; U Mumba
Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki (Iran) – 13 lakh; Jaipur Pink Panthers
Piotr Pamulak (Poland) – 13 lakh; Bengaluru Bulls
Zheng-Wei Chen (Taiwan) – 13 lakh; Patna Pirates
Aslam Thambi (Sri Lanka) – 13 lakh; Bengal Warriors
Daniel Odhiambo (Kenya) – 13 lakh; Patna Pirates
PKL 2023 Auction: List of Unsold Players
Monu Goyat
Vishal Mane
Rahul Chaudhari
Rohit Kumar
Sandeep Narwal
Deepak Niwas Hooda
Asish
Sachin Narwal
Gurdeep
Ajinkya Kapre
Vishal Bhardwaj
PKL Auction 2023: Remaining Purse Balance
Bengal Warriors: Rs 48.196 lakh
Bengaluru Bulls: 1.006 crore
Dabang Delhi: Rs 64.446 lakh
Gujarat Giants: 47.671 lakh
Haryana Steelers: 84.646 lakh
Jaipur Pink Panthers: 49.958 lakh
Patna Pirates: 1.454 crore
Puneri Paltan: 29.115 lakh
Tamil Thalaivas: 1.564 crore
Telugu Titans: 45.127 lakh
U Mumba: 40.634 lakh
UP Yoddhas: 69.428 lakh
PKL Auction 2023: Team-Wise Retained Players List
UP YODDHAS: Pardeep Narwal, Nitesh Kumar, Sumit, Ashu Singh, Surender Gill, Anil Kumar, Mahipal.
U MUMBA: Surinder Singh, Jai Bhagwan, Rinku, Heidarali Ekrami, Shivam, Shivansh Thakur, Pranay Vinay Rane, Rupesh, Sachin.
TELUGU TITANS: Parvesh Bhainswal, Rajnish, Mohit, Nitin, Vijay.
TAMIL THALAIVAS: Ajinkya Pawar, Sagar, Himanshu, M Abhishek, Sahil, Mohit, Aashish, Narender, Himanshu, Jatin.
PUNERI PALTAN: Abhinesh Nadarajan, Gaurav Khatri, Sanket Sawant, Pankaj Mohite, Aslam Inamdar, Mohit Goyat, Akash Shinde, Badal Singh, Aditya Shinde.
PATNA PIRATES: Sachin, Neeraj Kumar, Manish, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Naveen Sharma, Ranjit Venkatramana Naik, Anuj Kumar.
JAIPUR PINK PANTHERS: Sunil Kumar, Arjun Deshwal, Ajith Kumar V, Reza Mirbhageri, Bhavani Rajput, Sahul Kumar, Ankush, Abhishek KS, Ashish, Devank.
HARYANA STEELERS: K Prapanjan, Vinay, Jaideep, Mohit, Naveen, Monu, Harsh, Sunny.
GUJARAT GIANTS: Manuj, Sonu, Rakesh, Rohan Singh, Parteek Dahiya.
DABANG DELHI: Naveen Kumar, Vijay, Manjeet, Ashish Narwal, Suraj Panwar.
BENGALURU BULLS: Neeraj Narwal, Bharat, Saurabh Nandal, and Yash Hooda.
BENGAL WARRIORS: Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje, R Guhan, Suyon Baban Gaikar, Parshant Kumar.
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