PKL 2021 Released Players List: Patna Pirates release Pardeep Narwal, Tamil Thalaivas let go of Ajay Thakur

New Delhi, Aug 20: Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) franchises have revealed the list of kabaddi players they have released ahead of this year's PKL 2021 season. The Pro Kabaddi League has on Friday (August 20) announced the list of the players they have retained, as well as the released players.

Ahead of the Season 8 Player Auction which will take place later this month, the franchises have let go of several star players, as they seek to prepare a team for the future.

PKL - which started in 2014 with just eight franchises - evolved into a 12-side league. The biggest surprise, however, is star raider Pardeep Narwal, who has been released by Patna Pirates. Defending champions Bengal Warriors have let go of veterans Sukesh Hegde and Jeeva Kumar.

The 12 teams have in total released 161 players with Bengal Warriors (16 out of 20) and Telugu Titans (15 out of 18) dropping most of their members.

Other notable players that have been released are Iranian Meraj Sheykh (Dabang Delhi K.C.), Siddharth Desai (Telugu Titans), Sandeep Narwal (U Mumba), and Rishank Devadiga (U.P. Yoddha) among others.

Among captains, Rohit Kumar (Bengaluru Bulls), Rohit Gulia (Gujarat Fortunegiants), Dharmaraj Cheralathan (Haryana Steelers), Deepak Hooda (Jaipur Pink Panthers) and Surjeet Singh (Puneri Paltan) were also let go.

In a bid to shake up their team, Tamil Thalaivas released their three legends; Ajay Thakur, Rahul Chaudhari, and Manjeet Chhillar. Ajay Thakur is the captain of the national men's kabaddi team.

These players will be added to the auction pool and can be bought by any of the 12 teams during the three-day Pro Kabaddi auction that starts on August 29.

Here's the full list of players released by every franchise:

Bengaluru Bulls released players

Bengaluru Bulls total players released: 13

Rohit Kumar - Raider

Lal Mohar Yadav - Raider

Sumit Singh - Raider

Vinod Kumar - Raider

Rajulal Choudhary - Defender

Vijay Kumar - Defender

Mahender Singh - Defender

Aman - Defender

Sandeep - Defender

Ajay - Defender

Ankit - Defender

Ashish Kumar - All Rounder

Sanjay Shreshtha - All Rounder

Bengal Warriors

Bengal Warriors total released players: 17

Sukesh Hegde - Raider

K Prapanjan - Raider

Mohammad Taghi - Raider

Rakesh Narwal - Raider

Amit - Defender

Naveen Narwal - Defender

Baldev Singh - Defender

Jeeva Kumar - Defender

Viraj Vishnu Landge - Defender

Adarsh T - Defender

Dharmendra Singh - Defender

Amir Dhumal - All Rounder

Avinash A.R. - All Rounder

Mayur Shivkarkar - All Rounder

Sourabh Patil - All Rounder

Sunil Dubili - All Rounder

Dabang Delhi K.C.

Dabang Delhi K.C. total released players: 12

Aman Kadian - Raider

Chandran Ranjit - Raider

Sumit Kumar - Raider

Joginder Narwal - Defender

Vishal Mane - Defender

Pratik Patil - Defender

Ravinder Pahal - Defender

Anil Kumar - Defender

Saeid Ghaffari - Defender

Satywan - Defender

Sombir - Defender

Meraj Sheykh - All Rounder

Gujarat Fortunegiants

Gujarat Fortunegiants total released players: 12

Abolfazl Maghsodloumahali - Raider

Gurvinder Singh - Raider

Lalit Chaudhary - Raider

More GB - Raider

Sachin Tanwar - Raider

Sonu - Raider

Amit Kharb - Defender

Ruturaj Koravi - Defender

Pankaj - All Rounder

Shazid Hossain - All Rounder

Vinod Kumar- All Rounder

Rohit Gulia - All Rounder

Haryana Steelers

Haryana Steelers total released players: 14

Amirhossein Maleki - Raider

Arun Kumar HN - Raider

Naveen - Raider

Prashanth Kumar Rai - Raider

Selvamani K. - Raider

Dharmaraj Cheralathan - Defender

Ravi Kumar - Defender

Vikas Kale - Defender

Sunil - Defender

Parveen - Defender

Subash Narwal - Defender

Vikram Kandola - Defender

Kuldeep Singh - Defender

Tin Phonchoo - All Rounder

Jaipur Pink Panthers

Jaipur Pink Panthers total released players: 15

Ajinkya Pawar - Raider

Deepak Narwal - Raider

Guman Singh - Raider

Lokesh Kaushik - Raider

Milinda Chaturanga - Raider

Nilesh Salunke - Raider

Karamvir - Defender

Sandeep Dhull - Defender

Sunil Siddhgavali - Defender

Deepak Hooda - All Rounder

Dong Gyu Kim - All Rounder

Santhapanaselvam - All Rounder

Patna Pirates

Patna Pirates total released players: 17

Pardeep Narwal - Raider

Ashish - Raider

Jang Kun Lee - Raider

Mohammad Esmaeil - Raider

Naveen - Raider

Purna Singh - Raider

Mahendra Choudhary - Defender

Jaideep - Defender

Jwahar - Defender

Amit Kumar - All Rounder

Hadi Oshtorak - All Rounder

Ravinder - All Rounder

Vikas Jaglan - All Rounder

Puneri Paltan

Puneri Paltan total released players: 14

Nitin Tomar - Raider

Amit Kumar - Raider

Darshan Kadian - Raider

Emad Sedaghatnia - Raider

Manjeet - Raider

Sriram - Raider

Sushant Sail - Raider

Deepak Yadav - Raider

Surjeet Singh - Defender

Shubham Shinde - Defender

Girish Maruti Ernak - Defender

Amit Kumar - All Rounder

Sagar Krishna - All Rounder

Sandeep - All Rounder

Tamil Thalaivas

Tamil Thalaivas total released players: 14

Rahul Chaudhari - Raider

Ajay Thakur - Raider

Anand - Raider

Shabeer Bappu - Raider

Ajith Kumar - Raider

Vineet Sharma - Raider

Yashwant Bishnoi - Raider

Ajeet - Defender

Ponparthiban Subramanian - Defender

Mohit Chhillar - Defender

Arif Robbani - Defender

Manjeet Chhillar - All Rounder

Hemant Chauhan - All Rounder

Ran Singh - All Rounder

Victor Obiero - All Rounder

Telugu Titans

Telugu Titans total released players: 12

Siddharth Desai - Raider

Sooraj Desai - Raider

Amit Kumar - Raider

Kamal Singh - Raider

Mula Siva Ganesh Reddy - Raider

Palle Mallikarjun - Raider

Vishal Bhardwaj - Defender

Arun - Defender

Krushna Madne - Defender

Abozar Mohajermighani- Defender

Armaan - All Rounder

Farhad Milaghardan - All Rounder

U Mumba

U Mumba total released players: 12

Arjun Deshwal - Raider

Athul MS - Raider

Dong Geon Lee - Raider

Gaurav Kumar - Raider

Rohit Baliyan - Raider

Vinoth Kumar - Raider

Rajaguru Subramanian - Defender

Harsh Vardhan - Defender

Anil - Defender

Young Chang Ko - Defender

Surinder Singh - Defender

Sandeep Narwal - All Rounder

Mohit Baliyan - All Rounder

U.P. Yoddha

U.P. Yoddha total released players: 12

Rishank Devadiga - Raider

Shrikant Jadhav - Raider

Monu Goyat - Raider

Masud Karim - Raider

Ankush - Raider

Azad Singh - Raider

Gulveer Singh - Raider

Surender Singh - Raider

Ashish Nagar - Defender

Amit - Defender

Akram Shaikh - All Rounder

Gurdeep - All Rounder

Mohsen Maghsoudlou - All Rounder

Narender - All Rounder

Sachin Kumar - All Rounder

Story first published: Friday, August 20, 2021, 18:03 [IST]

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