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PBL Auction: Full Squads, complete list of players bought and retained for the fifth season
New Delhi, Nov 26: World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying and India's doubles poster boy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy turned out to be the most sought-after players as they went to Bengaluru Raptors and Chennai Superstarz respectively while world champion PV Sindhu was retained by Hyderabad Hunters in the Premier Badminton League (PBL) 5 auctions in New Delhi on Tuesday (November 26).
The fifth season of PBL, organised by Sportzlive under the aegis of Badminton Association of India, will kick off on January 20 and will continue till February 9 with the matches to be played in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Lucknow.
The Chinese Taipei ace, will be spearheading the challenge of the defending champions, became the most expensive non-retained player at the auction as she was snapped by the Bengaluru franchise for INR 77 lakhs.
Rankireddy, who won the Thailand Open in August alongside Chirag Shetty, saw intense and fervent bidding from the team before the 19-year-old went to the Chennai team, rechristened as the Chennai Superstarz this time, for a whopping INR 62 lakhs.
Having created history as the first Indian to be crowned the world champion, PV Sindhu was retained by the former Champions Hyderabad Hunters for a second consecutive season for INR 77 lakhs.
The in-form Sourabh Verma will spearhead the men's singles challenge after being bought for INR 41 lakhs and in doubles, Sikki Reddy will appear for Hyderabad for the first time.
Here's all you need to know about retained and purchased players at PBL 2020 Auction:
PBL 5 Auction at a glance:
Total number of Teams: 7
Total number of Venues: 4 (Hyderabad, Lucknow, Bengaluru, Chennai)
Total number of players in Auction: 154
Total number of Players sold: 71
Most Expensive Buy: Tai Tzu Ying- INR 77 lakh (Bengaluru Raptors)
Most Expensive Indian Buy: Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy- INR 62 lakh (Chennai Superstarz)
Expensive Debut: Ashmita Chaliha INR 3 lakh (North Eastern Warriors)
Auction purse for each Team: INR 2 crore
Player cap: INR 77 lakhs
Minimum Players per Team: 9
Maximum Players per Team: 11
Maximum Number of Foreign Players per Team: 6
Minimum Number of female shuttlers per Team: 3
Total Prize Money: INR 6 crores
Broadcaster: Star Sports/Hotstar
Hyderabad Hunters:
Men's Single
Sourabh Verma (India) - Rs 41L
Daren Liew (Malaysia) - Rs 33L
Kiran George (India) - Rs 1L
Women's Single
PV Sindhu (India) - Rs 77L (Retained)
Ruthvika Shivani Gade (India) - Rs 1L
Men's Doubles
Vladimir Ivanov (Russia) - Rs 14L
Ben Lane (England) - Rs 6.75L
Sean Vendy (England) - Rs 5.75L
Women's Mix Doubles
Sikky N Reddy (India) - Rs 20L
Mumbai Rockets
Men's Single
Parupalli Kashyap (India) - Rs 43L
Lee Dong Keun (Korea) - Rs 30L
Shreyansh Jaiswal (India) - Rs 1L
Women's Single
Shriyanshi Pardeshi (India) - Rs 1.5L
Men's Doubles
Kim Gi Jung (Korea) - Rs 45L (Retained)
Kim Sa Rang (Korea) - Rs 40L
Pranav Jerry Chopra (India) - Rs 6L
Shlok Ramachandran (India) - Rs 1L
Women's Mix Doubles
Pia Zebadiah (Indonesia) - Rs 17L
Jessica Pugh (England) - Rs 13L
Awadhe Warriors
Men's Single:
Shubhankar Dey (India) - Rs 7L
Ajay Jayaram (India) - Rs 5L
Wong Wing Ki Vincent (Hong Kong) - Rs 20L
Women's Single:
Beiwen Zhang (USA) - Rs 39L (Retained)
Tanvi Lad (India) - Rs 1L
Men's Doubles:
Shin Baek Cheol (Korea) - Rs 45L
Ko Sung Hyun (Korea) - Rs 55L
Ivan Sozonov (Korea) - Rs 13L
Women's Mix Doubles:
Christinna Pedersen (Denmark) - Rs 15L
Bengaluru Raptors
Men's Single
B Sai Praneeth (India) - Rs 32L (Retained)
Brice Leverdez (France) - Rs 21L
Ansal Yadav (India) - Rs 1L
Women's Single
Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei) - Rs 77L
Medha Shashidharan (India) - Rs 1L
Men's Doubles
Tak Ching Chang (Hong Kong) - Rs 12L
Chan Peng Soon (Malaysia) - Rs 30L
Arun George (India) - Rs 1L
Women's Mix Doubles
Eom Hye Won (Korea) - Rs 25L
Chennai Superstarz
Men's Single
Tommy Sugiarto (Indonesia) - Rs 41L
S Sankar Muthusamy (India) - Rs 1L
Lakshya Sen (India) - Rs 36L
K Sathish Kumar (India) - Rs 1L
Women's Single
Gayatri Gopichand (India) - Rs 2L
Kristy Gilmour (Scotland) - Rs 10L
Men's Doubles
Sumeeth B Reddy (India) - Rs 11L (Retained)
Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy (India) - Rs 62L
Many Attri (India) - Rs 10L
Women's Mix Doubles
Sanjana Santosh (India) - Rs 2L
Gabrielle Adcock (England) - Rs 20L
North Eastern Warriors
Retained - None
Men's Single
Saensomboonsuk Tanongsak (Thailand) - Rs 22L
Lee Cheuk Yiu (Hong Kong) - Rs 50L
Kaushal Dharmamer (India) - Rs 1L
Women's Single
Ashmita Chaliha (India) - Rs 3L
Michelle Li (Canada) - Rs 20L
Men's Doubles
Lee Yong Dae (Korea) - Rs 44L
Krishna Prasad Garaga (India) - Rs 1L
Bodin Isara (Thailand) - Rs 18L
Women's Mix Doubles
Kim Ha Na (Korea) - Rs 27L
Rutuparna Panda (India) - Rs 1L
Pune 7 Aces
Men's Single
Mithun Manjunath (India) - Rs 1L
Loh Kean Yew (Singapur) - Rs 36L
Kazumasa Sakai (Japan) - Rs 5L
Women's Single
Thi Trang Vu (Vietnam) - Rs 6L
Rituparna Das (India) - Rs 8L
Men's Doubles
Chirag Shetty (India) - Rs 15.5L (Retained)
Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia) - Rs 40L
Chris Adcock (England) - Rs 32L
MR Arjun (India) - Rs 2L
Women's Mix Doubles
Tse Ting Suet (Hong Kong) - Rs 30L
Kuhoo Garg (India) - Rs 1L
Story first published: Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 13:55 [IST]
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