PKL Auction 2023: Pawan Kumar Sehrawat Shines, Unsung Heroes, And Retained Talents

The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Auction 2023 has concluded, setting the stage for an exciting 10th season commencing on December 2, 2023. On Day 1, teams fortified their squads with Category A and B players, while Day 2 witnessed the acquisition of Category C and D talents.

Pawan Kumar Sehrawat: The Record Breaker
The auction's spotlight was on Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, securing a record-breaking deal of Rs 2.605 crore with the Telugu Titans. This hefty sum made him the most expensive player of the auction, promising an electrifying performance in the upcoming season.

Foreign Sensations: Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh and Fazel Atrachali
Iranian kabaddi stars made waves in the auction. Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh became the costliest overseas player at Rs 2.35 crore, joining Puneri Paltan. Fazel Atrachali, another Iranian ace, fetched Rs 1.60 crore and will represent the Gujarat Giants.

Unsung Heroes: Sandeep Narwal and More
Despite their talent, some prominent players like Sandeep Narwal, Deepak Niwas Hooda, Vishal Mane, and Rohit Kumar surprisingly went unsold, adding an unexpected twist to the auction dynamics.

Team-wise Player Acquisitions and Retentions
Teams strategically bolstered their rosters, aiming for a well-rounded line-up. From raiders to defenders, each team meticulously drafted players across categories to assemble a formidable squad.

Bengal Warriors
Player Bought:
Maninder Singh (Raider) - Category A, Rs 2.12 cr
Nitin Rawal (All Rounder) - Category B, Rs 30 lac
Shubham Shinde (Defender, Right Corner) - Category B, Rs 32.25 lac
Shrikant Jadhav (Raider) - Category B, Rs 35.25 lac
Bhoir Akshay Bharat (All Rounder) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Akshay Kumar (Defender, Left Corner) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Akshay Jaywant Bodake (Raider) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Vishwas S (Raider) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Nitin Kumar (Right Raider) - Category D, Rs 32.20 lac
Aslam Saja Mohamed Thambi (Raider) - Category C, Sri Lanka, Rs 13 lac
Chai-Ming Chang (Raider) - Category C, Taiwan, Rs 13 lac
Retained:
Suyog Gaikar (Raider)
R Guhan (Raider)
Parshant Kumar (Raider)
Vaibhav Garje (Defender, Right Cover)
Other Players in the Squad:
Maharudra Garje (Raider)
Shreyas Umardand (Defender, Left Cover)
Aditya S. Shinde (Defender, Left Corner)
Dipak Arjun Shinde (Defender, Right Corner)
Bengaluru Bulls
Player Bought:
Vishal (Defender, Left Cover) - Category B, Rs 20 lac
Vikash Khandola (Raider) - Category B, Rs 55.25 lac
Ran Singh (All Rounder) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Sunder (Defender) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Ponparthiban Subramanian (Defender, Right Cover) - Category C, Rs 19.20 lac
Surjeet Singh (Defender, Right Cover) - Category C, Rs 14.20 lac
Abhishek Singh (Raider) - Category C, Rs 14 lac
Banty (Raider) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Monu (Raider) - Category C, Rs 24.10 lac
Sushil (Raider) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Ankit (Defender, Left Corner) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Md. Liton Ali (Defender, Right Corner) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Piotr Pamulak (Raider) - Category C, Poland, Rs 13 lac
Rakshith0 (Defender, Right Cover) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Rohit Kumar (Defender, Left Cover) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Retained:
Neeraj Narwal (Raider)
Bharat (Raider)
Aman (Defender, Left Corner)
Yash Hooda (Defender, Right Corner)
Saurabh Nandal (Defender, Right Corner)
Other Players in the Squad:
Akshit (Raider)
Aditya Powar (Defender, Left Corner)
Parteek (Defender, Left Cover)
Arulnanthababu (Defender, Right Corner)
Dabang Delhi K.C.
Player Bought:
Sunil (Defender, Right Corner) - Category B, Rs 20 lac
Ashu Malik (Raider) - Category B, Rs 96.25 lac
Meetu (Raider) - Category B, Rs 93 lac
Nitin Chandel (Defender, Right Corner) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav (Defender, Right Cover) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Akash Prasher (All Rounder) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Vikrant (Defender, Left Cover) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Felix Li (Defender) - Category C, England, Rs 13 lac
Yuvraj Pandeya (Defender) - Category C, England, Rs 13 lac
Mohit (Defender, Right Cover) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Retained:
Naveen Kumar (Raider)
Manjeet (Raider)
Ashish Narwal (Raider)
Suraj Panwar (Raider)
Vijay Kumar (Defender, Left Corner)
Other Players in the Squad:
Himmat Antil (Raider)
Manu (Raider)
Ashish (Defender, Left Corner)
Yogesh (Defender, Right Corner)
Gujarat Giants
Player Bought:
Fazel Atrachali (Defender) - Category A, Iran, Rs 1.60 cr
Rohit Gulia (All Rounder) - Category A, Rs 58.50 lac
Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (All Rounder) - Category B, Iran, Rs 22 lac
Arkam Shaikh (All Rounder) - Category B, Rs 20.25 lac
Sombir (Defender) - Category B, Rs 26.25 lac
Balaji D (All Rounder) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Vikas Jaglan (All Rounder) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Sourav Gulia (Defender) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Deepak Rajender Singh (Defender, Right Cover) - Category C, Rs 15.70 lac
Ravi Kumar (Defender, Right Cover) - Category C, Rs 13.30 lac
More G B (Raider) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Jitender Yadav (All Rounder) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Nitesh (Defender, Left Corner) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Jagdeep (Right Raider) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Retained:
Sonu (Raider)
Rakesh (Raider)
Parteek Dahiya (Raider)
Manuj (Defender, Right Corner)
Rohan Singh (All Rounder)
Other Players in the Squad:
Nitin (Raider)
Haryana Steelers
Player Bought:
Chandran Ranjit (Raider) - Category B, Rs 62 lac
Siddharth Sirish Desai (Raider) - Category B, Rs 1 cr
Mohit (Defender, Left Corner) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Rahul Sethpal (Defender, Right Corner) - Category C, Rs 40.70 lac
Himanshu Choudhary (Defender, Left Corner) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Ravindra Chouhan (Defender, Right Corner) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Ghanshyam Roka Magar (Raider) - Category C, Nepal, Rs 13 lac
Hasan Balbool (Raider) - Category C, Iraq, Rs 13 lac
Retained:
K. Prapanjan (Raider)
Vinay (Raider)
Mohit Nandal (Defender, Right Cover)
Monu Hooda (Defender, Right Corner)
Naveen Kundu (Defender, Left Corner)
Harsh (Defender, Left Cover)
Sunny Sehrawat (Defender, Right Cover)
Jaideep Dahiya (Defender, Left Cover)
Other Players in the Squad:
Shivam Patare (Raider)
Vishal Tate (Raider)
Ns.Jayasoorya (Raider)
Hardeep Ranbir (Defender, Left Corner)
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Player Bought:
Sumit (Defender, Left Corner) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Lucky Sharma (Defender, Right Corner) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Lavish (Defender, Right Cover) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Navneet (Raider) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Rahul Chaudhari (Raider) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Shashank B (Raider) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki (Raider) - Category C, Iran, Rs 13 lac
Retained:
Bhavani Rajput (Raider)
V Ajith Kumar (Raider)
Sunil Kumar (Defender, Left Cover)
Reza Mirbagheri (Defender, Right Cover) - Overseas
Sahul Kumar (Defender, Right Corner)
Arjun Deshwal (Raider)
Ankush (Defender, Left Corner)
Ashish (Defender, Left Corner)
Abhishek KS (Defender, Left Cover)
Devank (Raider)
Other Players in the Squad:
Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi (Raider)
Abhijeet Malik (Raider)
Patna Pirates
Player Bought:
Manjeet (Raider) - Category A, Rs 92 lac
Rohit (All Rounder) - Category C, Rs 16 lac
Sajin Chandrasekar (All Rounder) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Krishan (Defender) - Category C, Rs 17.20 lac
Rakesh Narwal (Raider) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Sanjay (Defender, Right Cover) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Ankit (All Rounder) - Category D, Rs 31.50 lac
Deepak Kumar (Defender) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Daniel Omondi Odhiambo (All Rounder) - Category C, Kenya, Rs 13 lac
Zheng-Wei Chen (Raider) - Category C, Taiwan, Rs 13 lac
Mahendra Choudhary (Defender, Right Corner) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Sandeep Kumar (Raider) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Retained:
Sachin (Raider)
Anuj Kumar (Raider)
Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj (Defender)
Ranjit Naik (Raider)
Neeraj Kumar (Defender, Right Cover)
Naveen Sharma (Defender)
Manish (Defender)
Other Players in the Squad:
Kunal Mehta (Raider)
Sudhakar M (Raider)
Abinand Subhash (Defender, Left Cover)
Puneri Paltan
Player Bought:
Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh (All Rounder) - Category A, Iran, Rs 2.35 cr
Ahmed Mustafa Enamdar (All Rounder) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Ishwar (Defender, Right Corner) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Hardeep (Defender, Right Cover) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Vahid Reza Eimehr (Defender) - Category C, Iran, Rs 16.60 lac
Retained:
Mohit Goyat (Raider)
Abinesh Nadarajan (Defender, Right Cover)
Gaurav Khatri (Defender, Right Corner)
Sanket Sawant (Defender, Left Cover)
Badal Singh (Defender, Left Corner)
Aslam Inamdar (All-rounder)
Akash Shinde (Raider)
Pankaj Mohite (Raider)
Aditya Shinde (Raider)
Other Players in the Squad:
Nitin R (Raider)
Vaibhav Kamble (Defender, Left Corner)
Dadaso Pujari (Defender, Right Corner)
Tushar Dattaray Adhavade (Defender, Right Cover)
Tamil Thalaivas
Player Bought:
Himanshu Singh (Raider) - Category C, Rs 25 lac
Selvamani K (Raider) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Ritik (All Rounder) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Masanamuthu Lakshnanan (Right Raider) - Category D, Rs 31.60 lac
Satish Kannan (Right Raider) - Category D, Rs 18.10 lac
Amirhossein Bastami (Defender) - Category C, Iran, Rs 30 lac
Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi (Defender) - Category C, Iran, Rs 19.20 lac
Retained:
Ajinkya Pawar (Raider)
Himanshu Narwal (Raider)
Narender (Raider)
Jatin (Raider)
M. Abishek (Defender, Right Cover)
Himanshu (Defender, Left Corner)
Sagar (Defender, Right Corner)
Sahil Gulia (Defender, Left Corner)
Aashish (Defender, Left Cover)
Mohit (Defender, Left Cover)
Other Players in the Squad:
Vishal Chahal (Raider)
Nitin Singh (Raider)
Ronak (Defender, Right Cover)
Nitesh Kumar (Defender, Left Corner)
Telugu Titans
Player Bought:
Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (Raider) - Category B, Rs 2.605 cr
Shankar Bhimraj Gadai (All Rounder) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Omkar R. More (All Rounder) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Gaurav Dahiya (Defender, Left Corner) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Ajit Pandurang Pawar (Defender, Left Cover) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Mohit (Defender, Right Corner) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Robin Chaudhary (Right Raider) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Hamid Mirzaei Nader (All Rounder) - Category C, Iran, Rs 13 lac
Milad Jabbari (Defender) - Category C, Iran, Rs 13 lac

Retained:
Rajnish (Raider)
Vinay (Raider)
Nitin-Defender (Right Cover)
Parvesh Bhainswal (Defender, Left Cover)
Mohit (Defender, Left Cover)

Other Players in the Squad:
Prafull Zaware (Raider)
Omkar Patil (Raider)
Ankit (Defender, Left Corner)
Sanjeevi S (All Rounder)

U Mumba

Player Bought:
Girish Maruti Ernak (Defender, Left Corner) - Category B, Rs 20 lac
Mahender Singh (Defender, Left Cover) - Category B, Rs 40.25 lac
Guman Singh (Raider) - Category B, Rs 85 lac
Visvanath V. (All Rounder) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Saurav Parthe (Left Raider) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Rohit Yadav (Left Raider) - Category D, Rs 9 lac
Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (All Rounder) - Category C, Iran, Rs 68 lac
Alireza Mirzaeian (Raider) - Category C, Iran, Rs 16.10 lac
Kunal (Left Raider) - Category D, Rs 9 lac

Retained:
Shivam (Raider)
Jai Bhagwan (Raider)
Rupesh (Raider)
Sachin (Raider)
Pranay Rane (Raider)
Heidarali Ekrami (Raider, Overseas)
Rinku-Defender (Right Corner)
Shivansh Thakur (Defender, Right Cover)
Surinder Singh (Defender, Right Cover)

Other Players in the Squad:
Gokul AK (Defender, Right Cover)
Bittu (Defender, Right Corner)
Sombir (Defender, Left Corner)
Mukilan Shanmugam (Defender, Left Cover)

U.P. Yoddhas
Player Bought:
Vijay Malik (All Rounder) - Category A, Rs 85 lac
Nitin Panwar (All Rounder) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Kiran Laxman Magar (Defender, Left Corner) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Harendra Kumar (Defender, Left Cover) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Gulveer Singh (Raider) - Category C, Rs 13 lac
Helvic Simuyu Wanjala (All Rounder) - Category C, Kenya, Rs 13 lac
Samuel Wanjala Wafula (All Rounder) - Category C, Kenya, 13 lac

Retained:
Pardeep Narwal (Raider)
Surender Gill (Raider)
Mahipal (Raider)
Anil Kumar (Raider)
Nitesh Kumar (Defender, Right Corner)
Sumit (Defender, Left Corner)
Ashu Singh (Defender, Right Cover)

Other Players in the Squad:
Gagana Gowda (Raider)
Shivam Chaudhary (Raider)
Hitesh (Defender, Right Corner)

Unsold Players - Day 1
Sandeep Narwal, Deepak Niwas Hooda, Asish, Ajinkya Kapre, Monu Goyat, Vishal Mane, and Rohit Kumar remained unsold on Day 1 of the auction.

Stay tuned for an exhilarating season as these players showcase their kabaddi prowess in the upcoming PKL 10th season!