PKL Auction 2024: Pawan Sehrawat & Pardeep Narwal To Go Under The Hammer As Teams Reveal Released Players List

Top raiders Pardeep Narwal and Pawan Sehrawat set to go under the hammer in the upcoming Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season 11 auction as the teams revealed their released and retained players list before they head into the bidding process.

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).

Last season's, defending champions Puneri Paltan and runners up Haryana Steelers were the teams with most retentions as the two finalists retained the services of their core players. But several teams let go of some big name players, who are expected attract huge sums in the auction on August 15 and 16 in Mumbai.

The non-retained players, include star players such as Pawan, Pardeep, Maninder Singh, Fazel Atrachali and Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh among others, who will go under the hammer at the PKL Season 11 Player Auction in Mumbai.

Bengaluru Bulls have let go of Bharat Hooda and Vikash Kandola, while Sachin also has been released by Patna Pirates. Ajinkya Pawar is also a notable release from the Tamil Thalaivas squad from last season. Here is a look at the players released by teams:

PKL 2024 Released Players List

Bengal Warriors Released Players: Maninder Singh, Shrikant Jadhav, Suyog Gaikar, R Guhan, Prashant Kumar, Aslam Tambi, Chai Ming Chang, Shubham Shinde, Jaskirat Singh, Akshay Kumar, Kapil Gurjar, Vaibhav Garje, Harsh Lad, Akshay Bharat.
Bengaluru Bulls Released Players: Aman, Bharat Hooda, Vikash Kandola, Neeraj Narwal, Abhishek Singh, Surjeet Singh, Vishal Mane, Ran Singh, Ankit, Amit Sheoran, Piotr Pamulak, Banty, Monu, Sunder, Md. Liton Ali, Akash Choudhary, Rakshit.
Dabang Delhi Released Players: Manjeet, Meetu Sharma, Suraj Panwar, Vishal Bharadwaj, Sunil, Balasaheb Jadhav, Nitin Chandel, Vijay, Felix Li, Yuvraj Pandeya, Mohit, Ashish Sangwan, Akash Prasher, Rahul Kumar.
Gujarat Giants Released Players: Manuj, Sonu, Rohan Singh, Fazel Atrachali, Rohit Gulia, Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh, Arkam Shaikh, Sombir, Vikas Jaglan, Sourav Gulia, Deepak Rajender Singh, Ravi Kumar, More GB, Nitesh, Jagdeep.
Haryana Steelers Released Players: K Prapanjan, Naveen, Monu, Harsh, Sunny, Siddharth Desai, Chandran Ranjit, Hasan Balbool, Himanshu Chaudhary, Ravindra Chauhan, Ashish, Mohit.
Jaipur Pink Panthers Released Players: Sunil Kumar, Ajith Kumar V, Bhavani Rajput, Sahul Kumar, Ashish, Devank, Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki, Shashank B, Lucky Sharma, Lavish, Navneet, Rahul Chaudhari, Sumit.
Patna Pirates Released Players: Sachin, Neeraj Kumar, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Naveen Sharma, Ranjit Venkatramana Naik, Anuj Kumar, Manjeet, Zheng-Wei Chen, Daniel Odhiambo, Rohit, Sajin Chandrasekar, Krishan, Deepak Kumar, Mahendra Choudhary, Rakesh Narwal, Sanjay.
Puneri Paltan Released Players: Badal Singh, Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyanneh, Vahid Rezaeimehr, Ahmed Mustafa Enamdar, Ishwar, Hardeep.
Tamil Thalaivas Released Players: Ajinkya Pawar, Himanshu, Jatin, Himanshu Singh, Selvamani K, Ritik, Masanmutu Lakshnanan, Satish Kanan, Amirhossein Bastami, Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi.
Telugu Titans Released Players: Parvesh Bhainswal, Rajnish, Mohit, Nitin, Vijay, Pawan Sehrawat, Hamid Mirzaei Nader, Milad Jabbari, Gaurav Dahiya, Mohit, Ajit Pandurang Pawar, Robin Chaudhary.
U Mumba Released Players: Surinder Singh, Jai Bhagwan, Heidarali Ekrami, Shivansh Thakur, Pranay Vinay Rane, Rupesh, Sachin, Girish Maruti Ernak, Mahendra Singh, Guman Singh, Alireza Mirzaeian, Rohit Yadav, Kunal, Visvanath V, Saurav Parthe.
UP Yoddhas Released Players: Pardeep Narwal, Nitesh Kumar, Anil Kumar, Mahipal, Vijay Malik, Samuel Wafala, Helvic Wanjala, Harendra Kumar, Gulveer Singh, Gurdeep, Kiran Laxman Magar, Nitin Panwar.

How are the categories divided for the PKL Auction 2024?

Like the previous editions, the Domestic and Overseas players will be divided into four categories at the PKL Season 11 Player Auction: Category A, B, C and D. The players will be further sub-divided as 'All-Rounders', 'Defenders' and 'Raiders' within each category.

What is the base price for each category in PKL 2024 Auction?

The base prices for each of the categories are Category A - INR 30 Lakh, Category B - INR 20 Lakh, Category C - INR 13 Lakh, Category D - INR 9 Lakh.

How many players will enter the PKL Auction on August 15 and 16?

The Season 11 Player Pool will consist of 500+ including the 24 players from the two finalist teams of the Khelo India University Games 2024 as well as the released star names who will be in Category A and B.

What is the total purse available to each team for the PKL Auction?

The total Salary Purse available to each franchise to build their squad for the upcoming Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season 11 is INR 5 crore. There may be in a change in purse depending on the retentions ahead of the auction.