U Mumba Squad 2021: Players List and Full Team for PKL Season 8

Bengaluru, August 31: The season 2 champions U Mumba will hope to go all the way and win their second title when Pro Kabaddi makes a much awaited return later this year in December for season 8.

PKL returns after the two-year coronavirus pandemic-induced break and the organisers got the ball rolling with the three-day auction from August 29 to August 31.

Heading into the auction, U Mumba retained its core group of elite players and made a couple of key signings to form a well-balanced unit. While they retained five players from the last campaign in 2019, U Mumba added nine more players to their squad spending close to INR 1.3 Crore.

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Iranian Fazel Atrachali, who will potentially lead the side, was among the players retained, while they made Rinku the most expensive buy at the auction at INR 32 Lakhs. U Mumba also roped in promising young raider Ajith V Kumar and Iranian all-rounder Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari for INR 25 Lakhs and INR 12.8 Lakhs.

Former PKL champions U Mumba also retained the services of raider Abhishek Singh, Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre, Harendra Kumar and youngster Navneet. The Mumbai based franchise also bought six category C players at their base price of INR 10 Lakhs.

As the dust settles following the three-day auction, here is how U Mumba Squad looks after the PKL Auction 2021:

U Mumba 2021 Full Squad

Retained Players

Players bought in auction