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PKL 2021 Retained Players List: Franchises retain 59 players ahead of season 8 auction

Just days ahead of the vivo Pro Kabaddi 2021 Auction, the twelve franchises announced the players they have retained for the upcoming season 8 on Friday (August 20).

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Bengaluru Bulls retained star raider Pawan Sehrawat for PKL Season 8
Bengaluru Bulls retained star raider Pawan Sehrawat for PKL Season 8

Bengaluru, August 20: Just days ahead of the vivo Pro Kabaddi 2021 Auction, the twelve franchises announced the players they have retained for the upcoming season 8 on Friday (August 20).

While the new season is scheduled to start in December, the three day PKL 2021 auction is set to take place in Mumbai on August 29, 30 and 31 with around 500 players up for grabs. And before the auction, the franchises were given an option to retain players from previous season.

A maximum of 12 players were allowed to be retained by each team, including a maximum of six Elite Retained Players (established PKL players from previous seasons) and six Retained Young Players, comprising those selected in the team through the New Young Player programme.

The 12 teams have retained 59 players - 6 Retained Young Players, 31 Existing New Young Players and 22 Elite Retained Players with Bengaluru Bulls retaining their prolific raider Pawan Sehrawat, while defending champions Bengal Warriors retained Maninder Singh and star all-rounder Mohammed Esmaeil Nabibakhsh.

Here is the franchise-wise retained players list, according to the list released by the vivo Pro Kabaddi on Friday (August 20):

Bengal Warriors retained players for PKL Season 8

Bengal Warriors retained players for PKL Season 8

Elite Retained Players

Maninder Singh - Raider

Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh - All Rounder

Rinku Narwal - Defender

Retained Young Players

Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat - Raider

Bengaluru Bulls retained players for PKL Season 8

Bengaluru Bulls retained players for PKL Season 8

Elite Retained Players

Pawan Kumar Sehrawat - Raider

Amit Sheoran - Defender

Existing New Young Players

Saurabh Nandal - Defender

Banty - Raider

Mohit Sehrawat - Defender

Dabang Delhi K.C. retained players for PKL Season 8

Dabang Delhi K.C. retained players for PKL Season 8

Elite Retained Players

Vijay - All Rounder

Neeraj Narwal - Raider

Retained Young Players

Naveen Kumar - Raider

Existing New Young Players

Balram - All Rounder

Sumit - Defender

Mohit - Defender

Gujarat Giants retained players for PKL Season 8

Gujarat Giants retained players for PKL Season 8

Elite Retained Players

Parvesh Bhainswal - Defender

Sunil Kumar - Defender

Existing New Young Players

Harmanjeet Singh - Raider

Sumit - Defender

Ankit - Defender

Haryana Steelers retained players for PKL Season 8

Haryana Steelers retained players for PKL Season 8

Elite Retained Players

Vikash Kandola - Raider

Existing New Young Players

Vinay - Raider

Vikas Chillar - Raider

Chand Singh - Defender

Jaipur Pink Panthers retained players for PKL Season 8

Jaipur Pink Panthers retained players for PKL Season 8

Elite Retained Players

Amit Hooda - Defender

Vishal - Defender

Retained Young Players

Nitin Rawal - All Rounder

Existing New Young Players

Sachin Narwal - All-rounder

Pavan TR - Defender

Sushil Gulia - Raider

Elavarasan A - Defender

Patna Pirates retained players for PKL Season 8

Patna Pirates retained players for PKL Season 8

Elite Retained Players

Neeraj Kumar - Defender

Monu - Raider

Existing New Young Players

Sahil Mann - All Rounder

Rajveersinh Pratap Rao Chavan - Raider

Mohit - Raider

Puneri Paltan retained players for PKL Season 8

Puneri Paltan retained players for PKL Season 8

Elite Retained Players

Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav - Defender

Pawan Kumar Kadian - Raider

Hadi Tajik - Defender

Existing New Young Players

Sanket Sawant - Defender

Pankaj Mohite - Raider

Tamil Thalaivas retained players for PKL Season 8

Tamil Thalaivas retained players for PKL Season 8

Existing New Young Players

Sagar - Defender

Himanshu - Defender

M Abishek - Defender

Telugu Titans retained players for PKL Season 8

Telugu Titans retained players for PKL Season 8

Elite Retained Players

Rakesh Gowda - Raider

Retained Young Players

Ankit Beniwal - Raider

Rajnish - Raider

Existing New Young Players

Manish - Defender

Akash Choudhary - Defender

Akash Dattu Arsul - Defender

U Mumba retained players for PKL Season 8

U Mumba retained players for PKL Season 8

Elite Retained Players

Abhishek Singh - Raider

Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre - All Rounder

Harendra Kumar - Defender

Fazel Atrachali - Defender

Existing New Young Players

Navneet - Raider

U.P. Yoddha retained players for PKL Season 8

U.P. Yoddha retained players for PKL Season 8

Retained Young Players

Nitesh Kumar - Defender

Existing New Young Players

Sumit - Defender

Ashu Singh - Defender

Surinder Gill - Raider

Story first published: Friday, August 20, 2021, 16:04 [IST]
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