PKL 12: Team-wise list of players officially retained by franchises ahead of auction

A total of 25 Elite Players have been retained across all franchises for PKL 12.

On Saturday, the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) announced the ‘Elite Retained Players’, ‘Retained Young Players’, and ‘New Young Players’ for Season 12. PKL season 12 auction will be held on May 31 and June 1 in Mumbai. While most franchises have retained their key players, they will also seek to build stronger units in the upcoming PKL Season 12 Player Auction.

Top players retained by their respective teams include Sunil Kumar and Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (U Mumba), Jaideep Dahiya (Haryana Steelers), Surender Gill (UP Yoddhas), and the Puneri Paltan duo of Aslam Inamdar and Mohit Goyat.

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Meanwhile, a total of 83 players were retained across three categories: 25 in the Elite Retained Players (ERP) category, 23 in the Retained Young Players (RYP) category, and 35 in the New Young Players (NYP) category.

500+ players, including notable Indian players like Pawan Sehrawat, Arjun Deshwal, Ashu Malik, and PKL 11’s top raider Devank Dalal, are set to go under the hammer. Iranian powerhouses Fazel Atrachali, Mohammadreza Shadloui, PKL veterans Maninder Singh, and Pardeep Narwal will also enter the PKL 12 auction.

An interesting stat is that star raider Naveen Kumar will go under the hammer for the first time. The PKL 8 winner will enter the auction having scored 1102 Raid Points for Dabang Delhi across six seasons. He will be the first player in the league’s history to have 1000+ points with a single team before entering a PKL auction.

For the auction, both domestic and overseas players will be divided into four categories: A, B, C, and D. Players in each category will be further classified as ‘All-Rounders’, ‘Defenders’, and ‘Raiders’. The base prices for each category are:

• Category A: INR 30 Lakh
• Category B: INR 20 Lakh
• Category C: INR 13 Lakh
• Category D: INR 9 Lakh

Each franchise will have a total salary purse of INR 5 Crore available for their squad.

Team-wise list of players officially retained:

The list of “Elite Retained Players” for PKL 12 is appended below:

• Bengal Warriorz: Vishwas S
• Bengaluru Bulls: —–
• Dabang Delhi: —–
• Gujarat Giants: Himanshu Singh, Himanshu
• Haryana Steelers: Rahul Sethpal, Vinay
• Jaipur Pink Panthers: Reza Mirbagheri
• Patna Pirates: Hamid Mirzaei, Thiyagarajan Yuvraj
• Puneri Paltan: Abinesh Nadarajan, Gaurav Khatri, Pankaj Mohite
• Tamil Thalaivas: Moein Shafaghi, Himanshu, Sagar
• Telugu Titans: Shankar Gadai, Ajit Pawar
• U Mumba: Sunil Kumar, Satish Kannan, Rohit Raghav, Amir Zafardanesh
• UP Yoddhas: Sumit, Bhavani Rajput, Sahul Kumar, Surender Gill, Ashu Singh

The list of “Retained Young Players” for PKL 12 is appended below:

• Bengal Warriorz: —–
• Bengaluru Bulls: —–
• Dabang Delhi: —–
• Gujarat Giants: Parteek Dahiya, Rakesh
• Haryana Steelers: Shivam Patare, Jaideep Dahiya, Vishal Tate, Jaya Soorya
• Jaipur Pink Panthers: Abhishek KS
• Patna Pirates: Sudhakar M
• Puneri Paltan: Aslam Inamdar, Mohit Goyat, Dadaso Pujari, Aditya Shinde
• Tamil Thalaivas: Nitesh Kumar, Narender Kandola, Vishal Chahal, Ronak, Aashish
• Telugu Titans: Ankit, Praful Zaware
• U Mumba: Mukilan Shanmugam
• UP Yoddhas: Hitesh, Gagan Gowda, Shivam Chaudhary

The list of “Existing New Young Players” for PKL 12 is appended below:

• Bengal Warriorz: Yash Malik, Manjeet, Deep Kumar, Sushil Kambrekar
• Bengaluru Bulls: Chandranaik M, Lucky Kumar, Manjeet, Pankaj
• Dabang Delhi: Sandeep, Mohit
• Gujarat Giants: —–
• Haryana Steelers: Sahil, Vikas Jadhav, Manikandan N
• Jaipur Pink Panthers: Ronak Singh, Nitin Kumar, Sombir, Ritik Sharma
• Patna Pirates: Ayan, Navdeep, Deepak, Sahil Patil
• Puneri Paltan: —–
• Tamil Thalaivas: Anuj Gawade, Dhiraj Bailmare
• Telugu Titans: Sagar, Chetan Sahu, Nitin, Rohit
• U Mumba: Ajit Chouhan, Deepak Kundu, Lokesh Ghosliya, Sunny
• UP Yoddhas: Jayesh Mahajan, Gangaram, Sachin, Keshav Kumar

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