The auction for the ninth season of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL 9) was held in Mumbai on August 5-6. Pawan Kumar Sehrawat became the League's most-expensive player of all-time when Tamil Thalaivas signed him on for a whopping 2.26 crore.
Pro Kabaddi League Season 9 to begin on October 7
Here is a list of the players picked by each team and the bids they attracted (all figures in INR):
Bengal Warriors
Elite Retained Players: Maninder Singh (Raider), Manoj Gowda K (All-Rounder), Akash Pikalmunde (Raider)
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players: Suyog Baban Gaikar (Raider), R Guhan (Raider), Parshant Kumar (Raider), Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje (Defender)
Overseas Players: Aslam Saja Mohamed Thambi (Raider, 10L), Soleiman Pahlevani (Defender, 10L)
Category A domestic Player: Deepak Niwas Hooda (All-Rounder, 43L),
Category B Domestic Players: Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre (All-Rounder, 26L), Girish Maruti Ernak (Defender, 20L), Rohit (All-Rounder, 20L), Shrikant Jadhav (Raider, 26L),
Category C Domestic Players: Shubham Shinde (Defender, 20.3L), Balaji D (All-Rounder, 20.6L), Amit Sheoran (Defender, 10L), Ashish Kumar Sangwan (All-Rounder, 10L) Parveen Satpal (Defender, 10L), Surender Nada (Defender, 10L), Vinod Kumar (All-Rounder, 10L)
Category D Domestic Player: Sakthivel R (Defender, 12.2L)
Bengaluru Bulls
Elite Retained Players: Mahender Singh (defender), Mayur Jagannath Kadam (defender), More G B (raider)
Retained Young Player: Saurabh Nandal (defender)
Existing New Young Players: Bharat (Raider), Rohit Kumar (Defender), Vinod Lachmayya Naik (Defender)
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players: Aman (Defender), Rajnesh (Defender), Yash Hooda (Defender)
Overseas Players: Lal Mohar Yadav (Raider, 10L), Nageshor Tharu (Raider, 10L)
Category A domestic Players: Vikash Khandola (Raider, 1.7 crore)
Category B Domestic Players: None
Category C Domestic Players: Neeraj Narwal (Raider, 43L), Harmanjit Singh (Raider, 10L), Rahul Khatik (All-Rounder, 10L), Sachin Narwal (All-Rounder, 10L), Sudhakar Krishant Kadam (Defender, 10L)
Dabang Delhi KC
Elite Retained Player: Vijay (All-rounder)
Retained Young Player: Naveen Kumar (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Dipak (Defender), Krishan (Defender), Vinay Kumar (Defender), Ashu Malik (Raider)
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players: Ashish Narwal (Raider), Manjeet (Raider), Suraj Panwar (Raider), Vijay (Defender)
Overseas Players: Md. Liton Ali (Defender, 10L), Reza Katoulinezhad (All-Rounder, 10L)
Category A Domestic Players: Sandeep Kumar Dhull (Defender, 40L)
Category B Domestic Players: Vishal (Defender, 20L)
Category C Domestic Players: Ravi Kumar (Defender, 64.1L), Amit Hooda (Defender, 10L), Akash (Defender, 10L), Anil Kumar (Defender, 10L),
Category D Domestic Players: Monu (Defender, 10L), Tejas Maruti Patil (All-Rounder, 6L)
Gujarat Giants
Elite Retained Player: Sonu (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Rakesh (Raider), Gaurav Chhikara (Raider), Sohit (Raider), Sonu Singh (Raider)
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players: Parteek Dhaiya (Raider), Rohan Singh (All-rounder)
Overseas Players: Dong Geon Lee (Raider, 20L), Young Chang Ko (Defender, 10L)
Category A Domestic Player: None
Category B Domestic Players: Chandran Ranjit (Raider, 30L), Pardeep Kumar (Raider, 25L)
Category C Domestic Players: Rinku Narwal (Defender, 40L), Sandeep Kandola (Defender, 20L), Arkam Shaikh (Defender, 32.1L), Shankar Bhimraj Gadai (All-Rounder, 30.3L), Baldev Singh (Defender, 21.5L), Kapil (Defender, 10L), Mahendra Ganesh Rajput (Raider, 10L), Manuj (Defender, 10L), Purna Singh (Raider, 10L), Sawin (Raider, 10L), Sourav Gulia (Defender, 10L), Ujjval Singh (Defender, 10L), Vinod Kumar (Defender, 10L)
Haryana Steelers
Elite Retained Player: Vinay (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Meetu (Raider), Jaideep (Defender), Ankit (Defender), Mohit (Defender)
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players: Monu (Defender), Naveen (Defender), Harsh (Defender), Sunny (Defender)
Overseas Players: Amirhossein Bastami (Defender, 65.1L), Mohammad Esmaeil Maghsoudlou Mahalli (Raider, 10.5L)
Category A Domestic Player: Manjeet (Raider, 80L)
Category B Domestic Players: Nitin Rawal (All-Rounder, 37.5L), Joginder Singh Narwal (Defender, 20L), Rakesh Narwal (Raider, 20L)
Category C Domestic Players: K Prapanjan (Raider, 10L), Manish Gulia (Raider, 10L), Sushil (Raider, 10L)
Category D Domestic Players: Lovepreet Singh (Raider, 6L)
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Elite Retained Players: Arjun Deshwal (Raider), Sahul Kumar (Defender)
Retained Young Players: None
Existing New Young Players: Deepak (Defender)
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players: Devank (Raider), Ankush (Defender), Ashish (Defender), Abhishek KS (Defender)
Overseas Players: Reza Mirbagheri (Defender, 26.8L), Woosan Ko (Defender, 10L)
Category A Domestic Players: Ajith V Kumar (Raider, 66L)
Category B Domestic Players: Sunil Kumar (Defender, 90L)
Category C Domestic Players: Rahul Chaudhari (Raider, 10L), Bhavani Rajput (Raider, 10.4L), Lucky Sharma (Defender, 10L), Navneet (Raider, 10L), Nitin Panwar (Raider, 10L), Rahul Gorakh Dhanawade (All-Rounder, 10L)
Category D Domestic Players: Nitin Chandel (Defender, 19.7L)
Patna Pirates
Elite Retained Players: Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh (All-rounder), Sajin Chandrasekar (All-rounder), Monu (Raider), Neeraj Kumar (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Rohit (Raider), Manish (Defender)
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players: Ranjit Venkatramana Naik (Raider), Anuj Kumar (Raider), Naveen Sharma (Defender), Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj (Defender)
Overseas Players: Daniel Omondi Odhiambo (All-Rounder, 10L)
Category A Domestic Players: Sachin Tawar (Raider, 81L), Rohit Gulia (All-Rounder, 30L)
Category B Domestic Player: Sunil (Defender, 21.5L)
Category C Domestic Players: Shivam Chaudhari (Defender, 15.2L), Abdul Insamam S (All-Rounder, 10L) Anand Surendra Tomar (Raider, 10L), Sushil Gulia (Raider, 10L), Vishwas S (Raider, 10L)
Category D Domestic Players: Sagar Kumar (All-Rounder, 6L)
Puneri Paltan
Elite Retained Players: Sombir (Defender), Abinesh Nadarajan (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Aslam Inamdar (Raider), Mohit Goyat (Raider), Akash Santosh Shinde (Raider), Shubham Nitin Shelke (Raider), Govind Gurjar (All-rounder), Pankaj Mohite (Raider), Sanket Sawant (Defender)
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players: Aditya Tushar Shinde (Raider), Badal Taqdir Singh (Defender)
Overseas Players: Fazel Atrachali (Defender, 1.38 crore), Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (All-Rounder, 87L)
Category A Domestic Players: None
Category B Domestic Players: None
Category C Domestic Players: Alankar Kaluram Patil (Defender, 10L), Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav (Defender, 10L), Rakesh Bhalle Ram (Defender, 10L)
Category D Domestic Players: D Mahindraprasad (Defender, 10L), Harsh Mahesh Lad (Defender, 6L)
Tamil Thalaivas
Elite Retained Player: Ajinkya Ashok Pawar (Raider)
Retained Young Players: Sagar (Defender), Himanshu (Defender), M. Abishek (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Himanshu (Raider), Sahil (Defender), Ashish (Defender), Mohit (Defender)
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players: Himanshu (Raider), Narender (Raider), Jatin (Raider)
Overseas Players: Md. Arif Rabbani (Defender, 10L), Thanushan Laxmamohan (All-Rounder, 10L)
Category A Domestic Players: Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (Raider, 2.26 crore)
Category B Domestic Players: None
Category C Domestic Players: Visvanath V (All-Rounder, 12.8L), Ankit (Defender, 10L)
Category D Domestic Players: Arpit Saroha (Defender, 8.2L), K Abhimanyu (All-Rounder, 6L),
Telugu Titans
Retained Young Players: Ankit Beniwal (Raider), Rajnish (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Muhammed Shihas S (Defender), Palla Ramakrishna (Defender), Prince (Defender)
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players: Vinay (Raider), Mohit Pahal (Defender), Mohit (Defender), Nitin (Defender)
Overseas Players: Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari (All-Rounder, 20L), Hamid Mirzaei Nader (All-Rounder, 10.1L)
Category A Domestic Players: Parvesh Bhainswal (Defender, 62L), Abhishek Singh (Raider, 60L), Surjeet Singh (Defender, 50L)
Category B Domestic Players: Siddharth Desai (Raider, 20L), Vishal Bhardwaj (Defender, 30L), Monu Goyat (Raider, 20L)
Category C Domestic Players: Ravinder Pahal (Defender, 23L), Adarsh T (Defender, 10L), Aman Kadian (Raider, 10L), K. Hanumanthu (All-Rounder, 10L), Ravinder (All-Rounder, 10L), Vijay Kumar (Defender, 10L)
Category D Domestic Players: None
U Mumba
Elite Retained Player: Rinku (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Kamlesh (Raider), Shivam (Raider), Prince (Defender), Rahul (Defender)
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players: Sachin (Raider), Pranay Vinay Rane (Raider), Rupesh (Raider), Shivansh Thakur (Defender)
Overseas Players: Heidarali Ekrami (Raider, 14L), Gholamabbas Korouki (All-Rounder, 10L)
Category B Domestic Players: Guman Singh (Raider, 1.25 crore), Ashish (Raider, 45L), Surinder Singh (Defender, 35.5L)
Category C Domestic Players: Kiran Laxman Magar (Defender, 31L), Harendra Kumar (Defender, 20L), Ankush (Raider, 10L), Jai Bhagwan (Raider, 10L), Mohit (Defender, 10L), Satywan (Defender, 10L)
UP Yoddha
Elite Retained Player: Nitesh Kumar (defender)
Retained Young Players: Surender Gill (Raider), Sumit (Defender), Ashu Singh (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Nitin Panwar (All-rounder), Shubham Kumar (Defender), Aman (Raider), Rohit Tomar (Raider)
Franchisee Nominated New Young Players: Durgesh Kumar (Raider), Mahipal (Raider), Anil Kumar (Raider)
New Young Player: None
Overseas Players: Abozar Mighani (Defender, 20L), James Namaba Kamweti (Raider, 10L)
Category A domestic Player: Pardeep Narwal (Raider, 90L)
Category B domestic Player: Nitin Tomar (Raider, 20L)
Category C Domestic Players: Babu Murugasan (Defender, 10L), Gulveer Singh (Raider 10L), Gurdeep (All-Rounder, 10L), Jaideep (Defender, 10L), Nehal B Sawal Desai (All-Rounder, 10L), Rathan K (Raider, 10L)