Raider Sachin Tanwar was made the most expensive player of the 2024 PKL auction, as he was bought for Rs. 2.15 crore by the Tamil Thalaivas on the first day of the season 11 auction.
It was a good day for Indian raiders overall, as Guman Singh also ended up pocketing a massive amount, going to the Gujarat Giants for a staggering Rs. 1.97 crore.
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Telugu Titans made two big Indian signings in the early stages, but Haryana Steelers made the biggest international purchase, as they acquired the services of the brilliant Iranian Mohammedreza Shadloui Chiyaneh, for Rs. 2.07 crores. Shadloui was named the best defender in two of the last three PKL seasons, and will now move over to the Steelers, who lost the final of the PKL last season to Puneri Paltan, incidentally where Shadloui plied his trade then.
Pawan Sehrawat will go back to the Telugu Titans who exercised a final bid match option at Rs 1.725 crore, while the Bengal Warriorz strengthened their defence with the addition of Iran's Fazel Atrachali.
At the end of the PKL season 11 auctions, here is a full list of the players picked by each team and the bids they attracted:
Bengal Warriorz
Elite Retained Players: Vishwas S (Raider), Nitin Kumar (Raider).
Retained Young Players: None.
Existing New Young Players: Shreyas Umbardand (Defender), Aditya Shinde (Defender), Dipak Arjun Shinde (Defender), Maharudra Garje (Raider)
Overseas Players: Fazel Atrachali (Defender, Rs 50 lakh), Chai-ming Chang (Raider, 13 lakh)
Category A domestic Players: Maninder Singh (Raider, Rs 1.15cr)
Category B Domestic Players: Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje (Defender, Rs 20 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Nitesh Kumar (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Mayur Jagannath Kadam (Defender, Rs 30.20 lakh), Praveen Thakur (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Sagar Kumar (All-Rounder, Rs 13 lakh), Pranay Vinay Rane (Raider, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Sambhaji Wabhale (Defender, Rs 12.90 lakh), Hem Raj (Defender, Rs 9 lakh), Akash B Chavhan (Raider, Rs 9 lakh), Arjun Rathi (Raider, Rs 41 lakh)
New Young Players: Manjeet (Defender), Yash Malik (Defender), Deep Kumar (Defender), Sushil Kambrekar (Raider)
Bengaluru Bulls
Elite Retained Players: Ponparthiban Subramanian (Defender), Sushil (Raider), Rohit Kumar (Defender), Saurabh Nandal (Defender)
Retained Young Players: None.
Existing New Young Players: Parteek (Defender), Akshit (Raider), Arulnathababu (Defender), Aditya Shankar Powar (Defender)
Overseas Players: Hasun Thongkruea (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Pramot Saising (Raider, 13 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: None.
Category B Domestic Players: Ajinkya Pawar (Raider, Rs 1.1075cr), Pardeep Narwal (Raider, Rs 70 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Nitin Rawal (All-Rounder, Rs 13 lakh), Jai Bhagwan (Raider, Rs 63 lakh), Jatin (Raider, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: None.
New Young Players: Pankaj (Raider), Manjeet (Raider), Chandranaik M (All-Rounder), Lucky Kumar (Defender)
Dabang Delhi KC
Elite Retained Players: Ashu Malik (Raider), Naveen Kumar (Raider), Vikrant (Defender)
Retained Young Players: None.
Existing New Young Players: Ashish (Defender), Himmat Antil (Defender), Manu (Raider), Yogesh (Defender)
Overseas Players: Md Mijanur Rahman (Raider, 13 lakh) Mohammad Baba Ali (Defender, Rs 13.50 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: None.
Category B Domestic Players: Ashish (All-Rounder, Rs 23.50 lakh), Siddharth Desai (Raider, Rs 26 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Nitin Panwar (All-Rounder, 20.10 lakh) Brijendra Singh Chaudhary (All-Rounder, Rs 13 lakh), Gaurav Chhillar (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Himanshu (Raider, Rs 13 lakh), Rinku Narwal (Raider, Rs 13 lakh), Vinay (Raider, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Rahul (Defender, Rs 9 lakh), Parveen (Raider, Rs 9 lakh)
New Young Players: Sandeep (Defender), Mohit (Raider)
Gujarat Giants
Elite Retained Players: Jitender Yadav (Defender), Balaji D (All-Rounder)
Retained Young Players: Rakesh HS (Raider), Parteek Dahiya (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Nitin (Raider)
Overseas Players: Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (All-Rounder, Rs 13.60 lakh), Vahid RezaEimehr (Defender, Rs 17.10 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: Guman Singh (Raider, Rs. 1.97cr)
Category B Domestic Players: Sombir (Defender, Rs 20 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Neeraj Kumar (Defender, Rs 30 lakh), Monu (Raider, Rs 14 lakh), Himanshu Singh (Raider, Rs 13 lakh), Harsh Mahesh Lad (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Rohan Singh (All-Rounder, Rs 13 lakh), Mohit (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Manuj (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Nitesh (Defender, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Raj D Salunkhe (All-Rounder, Rs 9 lakh), Aadesh Siwach (Raider, Rs 9 lakh)
New Young Players:
Haryana Steelers
Elite Retained Players: Rahul Sethpal (Defender), Ghanshyam Roka Magar (Raider)
Retained Young Players: Jaideep (Defender), Vinay (Raider), Mohit (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Shivam Anil Patare (Raider), Hardeep (Defender), Vishal Tate (Raider), Jaya Soorya NS (Raider)
Overseas Players: Mohammedreza Shadloui Chiyaneh (All-Rounder, Rs 2.07cr)
Category A Domestic Players: None.
Category B Domestic Players: None.
Category C Domestic Players: Sanjay (Defender, Rs 13.20 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Manikandan S (Defender, Rs 9 lakh), Ashish Gill (Defender, Rs 9 lakh), Naveen (All-Rounder, Rs 9 lakh), Sanskar Mishra (All-Rounder, Rs 9 lakh)
New Young Players: Sahil (All-Rounder), Gnana Abhishek S (Raider), Vikas Ramadas Jadhav (Raider), Manikandan N (Defender)
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Elite Retained Players: Arjun Deshwal (Raider), Reza Mirbagheri (Defender)
Retained Young Players: Ankush Rathee (Defender), Abhishek KS (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Abhijeet Malik (Raider)
Overseas Players: Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki (All-Rounder, Rs 13 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: None.
Category B Domestic Players: Surjeet (Defender, Rs 60 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Arpit Saroha (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Shrikant Jadhav (Raider, Rs 15 lakh), Vikash Kandola (Raider, Rs 32 lakh), Neeraj Narwal (Raider, Rs 13 lakh), Ravi Kumar (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Lucky Sharma (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Navneet (Raider, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Aamir Wani (All-Rounder, Rs 9 lakh), Mayank Malik (Defender, Rs 9 lakh), K Dharanidharan (Raider, Rs 13 lakh)
New Young Players: Sombir (Raider), Ritik Sharma (Raider), Nitin Kumar (Defender), Ronak Singh (Defender)
Arjun Deshwal - Jaipur Pink Panthers' raider for all seasons
Patna Pirates
Elite Retained Players: Ankit (All-Rounder), Sandeep Kumar (Raider)
Retained Young Players: Manish (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Kunal Mehta (Raider), Sudhakar M (Raider), Abinand Subash (Defender)
Overseas Players: Hamid Mirzaei Nader (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Jang Kun Lee (Raider, Rs 17.50 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: None.
Category B Domestic Players: Shubham Shinde (Defender, Rs 70 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Gurdeep (All-Rounder Rs 59 lakh), Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj (Defender, Rs 13.10 lakh), Deepak Rajender Singh (Defender, Rs 50 lakh), Prashant Kumar Rathi (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Meetu (Raider, Rs. 21.90 lakh), Devank (Raider, Rs 20.10 lakh), Babu Muragasan (Defender, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Aman (Defender, Rs 9 lakh), Sagar (Defender, Rs 9 lakh), Pravinder (Defender, Rs 13 lakh)
New Young Players: Ayan (Raider), Deepak (Raider), Sahil Patil (Raider), Navdeep (Defender)
Puneri Paltan
Elite Retained Players: Abinesh Nadarajan (Defender), Gaurav Khatri (Defender)
Retained New Young Players: Aslam Inamdar (All Rounder), Mohit Goyat (Raider), Akash Shinde (Raider), Pankaj Mohite (Raider), Sanket Sawant (Defender), Aditya Shinde (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Vaibhav Balasaheb Kamble (Defender), Nitin (Raider), Dadaso Shivaji Pujari (Defender), Tushar Dattaray Adhavade (Defender)
Overseas Players: Amir Hassan Noroozi (All rounder, Rs 13.40 lakh), Ali Hadi (Defender, Rs 14.10 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: None.
Category B Domestic Players: Mohit (Defender, Rs 20 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Aman (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), V Ajith Kumar (Raider, Rs 66 lakh), Vishal (Defender, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Mohammed Amaan (Defender, Rs 16.20 lakh), Aryavardhan Navale (Raider, Rs 9 lakh), Sourav (Defender, Rs 9 lakh)
Tamil Thalaivas
Elite Retained Players: None.
Retained Young Players: None.
Existing New Young Players: Narender (Raider), Himanshu (Defender), Sahil (Defender), Mohit (Defender), Ashish (Defender), Sagar (Defender), M Abishek (Defender), Nitesh Kumar (Defender), Nitin Singh (Raider), Ronak (Defender), Vishal Chahal (Raider)
Overseas Players: Amirhossein Bastami (Defender, Rs 16 lakh), Moein Safaghi (All-Rounder, Rs 13 laks)
Category A Domestic Players: Sachin Tanwar (Raider, Rs 2.15cr)
Category B Domestic Players: None.
Category C Domestic Players: None.
Category D Domestic Players: Sourabh Fagare (Raider, Rs 9 lakh)
New Young Players: Nitesh Kumar (Defender), Anuj Kaluram Gawade (Defender), Ramkumar Mayandi (Raider), Dhiraj Ravindra Bailmare (Raider)
Telugu Titans
Elite Retained Players: Shankar Bhimraj Gadai (All-Rounder), Ajit Pandurang Pawar (Defender)
Retained Young Players: None.
Existing New Young Players: Sanjeevi S (All Rounder), Ankit (Defender), Praful Sudam Zaware (Raider), Omkar Narayan Patil (Raider)
Overseas Players: Milad Jabbari (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Mohammad Malak ( Defender, Rs 13 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: Pawan Sehrawat (All-Rounder, Rs 1.725cr), Krishan Dhull (Defender, Rs 70 lakh)
Category B Domestic Players: Vijay Malik (All-Rounder, Rs 20 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Sunder (Defender, Rs 13 lakh), Ashish Narwal (Raider, Rs 13 lakh), Manjeet (Raider, Rs 27 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Amit Kumar (Defender, Rs 9 lakh)
New Young Players: Rohit (Raider), Sagar (Defender), Nitin (Raider), Chetan Sahu (Raider)
U Mumba
Elite Retained Players: Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (All-Rounder), Rinku (Defender)
Retained Young Players: Shivam (Raider)
Existing New Young Players: Gokulakannan M (Defender), Bittu (Defender), Sombir (Defender), Mukilan Shanmugham (Defender)
Overseas Players: Amin Ghorbani (Defender, Rs 14 lakh),
Category A Domestic Players: Sunil Kumar (Defender, Rs. 1.015cr)
Category B Domestic Players: Manjeet (Raider, Rs 80 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Parvesh Bhainswal (Defender, Rs 19.50 lakh), Satish Kannan (Raider, Rs 13 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Shubham Kumar (All-Rounder, Rs 9.20 lakh), M Dhanasekar (Raider, Rs 9.40 lakh), Stuwart Singh (Raider, Rs 14.20 lakh), Vishal Choudhary (Raider, Rs 9 lakh), Aashish Kumar (Defender, Rs 9 lakh)
New Young Players: Ajit Chouhan (Raider), Lokesh Ghosliya (Defender), Deepak Kundu (Defender), Sunny (Defender)
UP Yoddhas
Elite Retained Players: None.
Retained Young Players: Sumit (Defender)
Existing New Young Players: Ashu Singh (Defender), Hitesh (Defender), Gagana Gowda HR (Raider), Shivam Chaudhary (Raider)
Overseas Players: Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi (Defender, Rs 25 lakh), Heidarali Ekrami (Raider, Rs 19.10 lakh)
Category A Domestic Players: None.
Category B Domestic Players: Bharat Hooda (All-Rounder, Rs 1.3cr), Sahul Kumar (Defender, Rs 30 lakh)
Category C Domestic Players: Mahender Singh (Defender, Rs 21.40 lakh), Bhavani Rajput (Raider, Rs 45 lakh)
Category D Domestic Players: Vivek (All-Rounder, Rs 9 lakh), Akshay R Suryawanshi (Raider, Rs 12.90 lakh)
New Young Players: Sachin (Defender), Keshav Kumar (Raider), Gangaram (Defender), Jayesh Vikas Mahajan (Defender)