Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) recently announced the ‘Elite Retained Players’ ‘Retained Young Players’ and ‘Existing New Young Players’ for Season 11 on Tuesday. Each of the franchises has retained a strong core group of players and is looking to build stronger units for the auction, which will be held on August 15–16 in Mumbai.
Dabang Delhi K.C. has retained its raider duo of Ashu Malik and Naveen Kumar. Meanwhile, the Most Valuable Player award winner in Season 10, Aslam Inamdar, has been retained by Puneri Paltan. Furthermore, the Jaipur Pink Panthers has retained their star raider, Arjun Deshwal.
88 players retained ahead of PKL auction
A total of 88 players were retained across three categories with 22 from the Elite Retained Players (ERP) category, 26 in the Retained Young Players (RYP) category and 40 in the Existing New Young Players (ENYP).
The non-retained players, which include star players such as Pawan Sehrawat, Pardeep Narwal, Maninder Singh, Fazel Atrachali and Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh will go under the hammer.
PKL retention list
Elite retained players
TEAMPLAYER 1PLAYER 2PLAYER 3PLAYER 4PLAYER 5PLAYER 6Bengal WarriorsVishwas SNitin Kumar____Bengaluru BullsPonparthiban SubramanianSushilRohit Kumar___Dabang Delhi K.C.Ashu MalikVikrantNaveen Kumar___Gujarat GiantsBalaji DJitender Yadav____Haryana SteelersRahul SethpalGhanshyam Magar____Jaipur Pink PanthersArjun DeshwalReza Mirbagheri____Patna PiratesAnkitSandeep Kumar____Puneri PaltanAbinesh NadarajanGaurav Khatri____Tamil Thalaivas______Telugu TitansShankar GadaiAjit Pawar____U MumbaAmirmohammad ZafardaneshRinku____UP Yoddhas______
Retained young players
TEAMPLAYER 1PLAYER 2PLAYER 3PLAYER 4PLAYER 5PLAYER 6PLAYER 7Bengal Warriors_______Bengaluru BullsSaurabh Nandal______Dabang Delhi K.C._______Gujarat GiantsParteek DahiyaRakesh_____Haryana SteelersJaideepMohitVinay____Jaipur Pink PanthersAnkushAbhishek KS_____Patna PiratesManish______Puneri PaltanAditya ShindeAkash ShindeMohit GoyatAslam Mustafa InamdarPankaj MohiteSanket Sawant_Tamil ThalaivasNarenderSahilMohitAashishSagarHimanshuM. AbishekTelugu Titans_______U MumbaShivam______UP YoddhasSumitSurender GillAshu Singh____
Existing new young players
TEAMPLAYER 1PLAYER 2PLAYER 3PLAYER 4PLAYER 5PLAYER 6Bengal WarriorsShreyas UmbardandAditya S. ShindeDipak Arjun ShindeMaharudra Garje__Bengaluru BullsAditya PowarAkshitArulnanthababuParteek__Dabang Delhi K.C.AshishHimmat AntilManuYogesh__Gujarat GiantsNitin_____Haryana SteelersJaya Soorya NSHardeepShivam Anil PatareVishal S. Tate__Jaipur Pink PanthersAbhijeet Malik_____Patna PiratesAbinand SubhashKunal MehtaSudhakar M___Puneri PaltanDadaso PujariNitinTushar AdhavadeVaibhav Kamble__Tamil ThalaivasNitesh KumarNitin SinghRonakVishal Chahal__Telugu TitansAnkitOmkar PatilPraful ZawareSanjeevi S__U MumbaBittuGokulakannan M.Mukilan ShanmugamSombir__UP YoddhasGagana Gowda HRHiteshShivam Chaudhary___
The post PKL Auction 2024: Team wise PKL retention list appeared first on Inside Sport India.