PKL 2024 Retention: List of Players Retained by All 12 Teams Ahead of Pro Kabaddi Auction

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The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) on Tuesday (August 6) announced the 'Elite Retained Players', 'Retained Young Players' and 'Existing New Young Players' for Season 11 with defending champions Puneri Paltan retaining the core of their title-winning squad.

Not only Puneri Paltan, but all the franchises have retained a strong core group of players and are looking to build stronger units in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 11 Player Auction, which is scheduled to take place on August 15 and 16.

PKL 2024 Retained Players

Dabang Delhi K.C. have retained their raider duo of Ashu Malik and Naveen Kumar, while, the Most Valuable Player award winner in Season 10 - Aslam Inamdar has been retained by Puneri Paltan.

Furthermore, the Jaipur Pink Panthers have retained their star raider Arjun Deshwal. Bengaluru Bulls have retained their skipper Saurabh Nandal, while Haryana Steelers, the runners up from season 10, have retained their joint captains Mohit and Jaideep

A total of 88 players were retained across three categories with 22 from the Elite Retained Players (ERP) category, 26 in the Retained Young Players (RYP) category and 40 in the Existing New Young Players (ENYP). Here is a look at the PKL 2024 retention list:

Bengal Warriors Retained Players List

• Vishwas S (Elite Retained Player)
• Nitin Kumar (Elite Retained Player)
• Shreyas Umbardand (Existing New Young Player)
• Aditya S. Shinde (Existing New Young Player)
• Dipak Arjun Shinde (Existing New Young Player)
• Maharudra Garje (Existing New Young Player)

Bengaluru Bulls Retained Players List

• Ponparthiban Subramanian (Elite Retained Player)
• Sushil (Elite Retained Player)
• Rohit Kumar (Elite Retained Player)
• Saurabh Nandal (Retained Young Player)
• Aditya Shankar Powar (Existing New Young Player)
• Akshit (Existing New Young Player)
• Arulnanthababu (Existing New Young Player)
• Parteek (Existing New Young Player)

Dabang Delhi K.C. Retained Players List

• Ashu Malik (Elite Retained Player)
• Naveen Kumar (Elite Retained Player)
• Vikrant (Elite Retained Player)
• Ashish (Existing New Young Player)
• Himmat Antil (Existing New Young Player)
• Manu Yogesh (Existing New Young Player)

Gujarat Giants Retained Players List

• Balaji D (Elite Retained Player)
• Jitender Yadav (Elite Retained Player)
• Parteek Dahiya (Retained Young Player)
• Rakesh (Retained Young Player)
• Nitin (Existing New Young Player)

Haryana Steelers Retained Players List

• Rahul Sethpal (Elite Retained Player)
• Ghanshyam Roka Magar (Elite Retained Player)
• Jaideep (Retained Young Player)
• Mohit (Retained Young Player)
• Vinay (Retained Young Player)
• Jaya Soorya NS (Existing New Young Player)
• Hardeep (Existing New Young Player)
• Shivam Anil Patare (Existing New Young Player)
• Vishal S. Tate (Existing New Young Player)

Jaipur Pink Panthers Retained Players List

• Arjun Deshwal (Elite Retained Player)
• Reza Mirbagheri (Elite Retained Player)
• Ankush (Retained Young Player)
• Abhishek KS (Retained Young Player)
• Abhijeet Malik (Existing New Young Player)

Patna Pirates Retained Players List

• Ankit (Elite Retained Player)
• Sandeep Kumar (Elite Retained Player)
• Manish (Retained Young Player)
• Abinand Subhash (Existing New Young Player)
• Kunal Mehta (Existing New Young Player)
• Sudhakar M (Existing New Young Player)

Puneri Paltan Retained Players List

• Abinesh Nadarajan (Elite Retained Player)
• Gaurav Khatri (Elite Retained Player)
• Aditya Tushar Shinde (Retained Young Player)
• Akash Santosh Shinde (Retained Young Player)
• Mohit Goyat (Retained Young Player)
• Aslam Mustafa Inamdar (Retained Young Player)
• Pankaj Mohite (Retained Young Player)
• Sanket Sawant (Retained Young Player)
• Dadaso Shivaji Pujari (Existing New Young Player)
• Nitin (Existing New Young Player)
• Tushar Dattaray Adhavade (Existing New Young Player)
• Vaibhav Balasaheb Kamble (Existing New Young Player)

Tamil Thalaivas Retained Players List

• Narender (Existing New Young Player)
• Sahil (Existing New Young Player)
• Mohit (Existing New Young Player)
• Aashish (Existing New Young Player)
• Sagar (Existing New Young Player)
• Himanshu (Existing New Young Player)
• M. Abishek (Existing New Young Player)
• Nitesh Kumar (Existing New Young Player)
• Nitin Singh (Existing New Young Player)
• Ronak (Existing New Young Player)
• Vishal Chahal (Existing New Young Player)

Telugu Titans Retained Players List

• Shankar Bhimraj Gadai (Elite Retained Player)
• Ajit Pandurang Pawar (Elite Retained Player)
• Ankit (Existing New Young Player)
• Omkar Narayan Patil (Existing New Young Player)
• Praful Sudam Zaware (Existing New Young Player)
• Sanjeevi S (Existing New Young Player)

U Mumba Retained Players List

• Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (Elite Retained Player)
• Rinku (Elite Retained Player)
• Shivam (Retained Young Player)
• Bittu (Existing New Young Player)
• Gokulakannan M. (Existing New Young Player)
• Mukilan Shanmugam (Existing New Young Player)
• Sombir (Existing New Young Player)

UP Yoddhas Retained Players List

• Sumit (Retained Young Player)
• Surender Gill (Retained Young Player)
• Ashu Singh (Retained Young Player)
• Gagana Gowda HR (Existing New Young Player)
• Hitesh (Existing New Young Player)
• Shivam Chaudhary (Existing New Young Player)