PKL Auction 2021: Full list of most expensive Indian & overseas buys; Pardeep Narwal, Siddharth Desai top bids

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New Delhi, August 30: Day two of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) auction 2021 witnessed 12 franchises open their coffers to bid for top overseas and domestic players.

After only four players were drafted during day one of the three-day auction on Sunday (August 29), 42 foreign players went under the hammer on Monday (August 30) with 22 players being sold.

The franchises, however, went into a bidding war in the evening session with star raiders Pardeep Narwal and Siddharth Desai attracting record bids in excess of Rs 1 crore.

While UP Yoddha bought record-breaker Pardeep for a whopping 1.65 Crores, which was the highest price paid for a player in PKL auction history, Telugu Titans used the Final Bid Match (FBM) card to re-sign Siddharth Desai for 1.30 Crores.

Four more Category A Domestic players fetched bids more than 80 Lakhs or more while all the 19 players were sold in this round of the PKL auction for Season 8.

List of PKL's expensive players of all-time:

Pardeep Narwal - Rs 1.65 crore - UP Yodhha, Season 8

Monu Goyat - Rs 1.51 crore - Haryana Steelers, Season 6

Siddharth Desai - Rs 1.45 crore - Telugu Titans, Season 7

Rahul Chaudhari - Rs 1.29 crore - Telugu Titans, Season 6

Nitin Tomar - Rs 1.20 crore - Puneri Paltan, Season 7

Deepak Hooda - Rs 1.15 crore - Jaipur Pink Panthers, Season 6

Nitin Tomar - Rs 1.15 crore - Puneri Paltan, Season 6

Rishank Devadiga - Rs 1.11 crore - UP Yoddha, Season 6

Fazel Atrachali - Rs 1 crore - U Mumba, Season 6

Here are the costliest buys made by every franchise for the PKL 2021 season:

Bengal Warriors:

Costliest Buy:

Sukesh Hegde (Raider - 30L) - Category A

Abozar Mohajer Mighani (Defender, 30.5L) - Overseas player

Bengaluru Bulls:

Costliest Buy:

Chandran Ranjit (Raider, 80L) Mahender Singh (Defender, 50L) - Category A domestic player

Abolfazl Maghsodlou Mahali (Raider, 13L) - Category-C domestic player

Dabang Delhi KC:

Costliest Buy:

Sandeep Narwal (All-Rounder, 60L) - Category-B domestic player

Mohammad Malak (Defender, 10L) & Emad Sedaghat Nia (Raider, 10.2L) - Overseas Player

Gujarat Fortunegiants:

Costliest Buy: Ravinder Pahal (Defender, 74L)

Hadi Oshtorak (All-Rounder, 20L) - Category-B Overseas player

Haryana Steelers:

Costliest Buy: Rohit Gulia (all-rounder, 83L) - Category A domestic player

Mohammad Esmaeil Maghsodlou - (Raider, 13.20 L) - Category-C Overseas player

Jaipur Pink Panthers:

Costliest Buy: Deepak Niwas Hooda (all-rounder, 55L) & Sandeep Kumar Dhull (Defender, 45L) - Category A domestic player

Mohammad Amin Nosrati - (Raider, 11L) - Category-C Overseas Player

Patna Pirates:

Costliest Buy: Sachin Tanwar (Raider, 84L) & Prashanth Kumar Rai (Raider, 55L) - Category A domestic player

Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh (All-Rounder, 31L) - Category-C Overseas Player

Puneri Paltan:

Costliest Buy: Nitin Tomar (Raider, 61L), Vishal Bhardwaj (Defender, 60L), Baldev Singh (Defender, 60L), Rahul Chaudhari (Raider, 40L) - Category A domestic player

Victor Onyango Obiero (All-Rounder, 1L) - Category-C Overseas Player

Tamil Thalaivas:

Costliest Buy: Surjeet Singh (Defender, 75L), K Prapanjan (Raider, 71L), Manjeet (Raider, 92L) - Category A domestic player

Mohammad Tuhin Tarafder (Defender, Rs 10L) & Anwar Saheed Baba (All-Rounder, 10L) - Category-C Overseas player

Telugu Titans:

Costliest Buy: Siddharth Desai (Raider, 1.30 crore), Sandeep Singh (Defender, 59.50L), Surender Singh (Defender, 55L), Rohit Kumar (Raider, 36L) - Category A domestic player

Hyunsu Park (Raider, 10L) & Abe Tetsuro (Defender, 10L) - Category-C Overseas Player.

U Mumba:

Costliest Buy:

Rinku (defender - 32L) - Category C domestic player

Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari (all-rounder, 12.8L) - Overseas Player

UP Yodhha:

Costliest Buy: Pardeep Narwal (Raider, 1.65 crores), Shrikanth Jadhav (Raider, 72L) - Category A domestic player

Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali (Raider, 12L) - Category-C Overseas Player