2021 PKL | Full team list of all 12 PKL franchises for season 8 after auction
The 2021 PKL will kick-start later this year
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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 |
