Pro Kabaddi League 2022: PKL 2022 complete squad, retained players list, auction buys

The two-day Pro Kabaddi 2022 auction that ended on Saturday, August 6 saw record-breaking bids taking place on Day 1, while the second day of the PKL 2022 auction was a quieter affair. Pawan Kumar Sehrawat became the League's most-expensive player of all time when Tamil Thalaivas signed him on for a whopping Rs 2.26 crore, while Vikash Kandola moved to Bengaluru Bulls for Rs 1.70 crore. Here's a look at PKL 2022 squad, PKL 2022 team news and other details from the Pro Kabaddi League 2022 auction.

Pro Kabaddi League 2022: A look at PKL 2022 squad

Bengal Warriors 

Retained Players

Maninder Singh (Raider), Manoj Gowda (All-rounder), Akash Pikalmunde (Raider)

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players

Suyog Baban Gaikar (Raider), R Guhan (Raider), Parshant Kumar (Raider), Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje (Defender)

Indian Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Deepak Niwas Hooda ( all-rounder, INR 43 lakh), Ajinkya Kapre (all-rounder, INR 26 lakh),  Girish Maruti Ernak (Defender, INR 20 lakh), Shrikant Jadhav (Raider, INR 26 lakh), Rohit (all-rounder, 20 lakh), Shubham Shinde (Defender, INR 20.3 lakh), Balaji D (All-Rounder, INR 20.6 lakh), Amit Sheoran (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Ashish Kumar Sangwan (All-Rounder, INR 10 lakh) Parveen Satpal (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Surender Nada (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Vinod Kumar (All-Rounder, INR 10 lakh), Sakthivel R (Defender, INR 12.2 lakh)

Overseas Players brought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Aslam Saja Mohamed Thambi (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Soleiman Pahlevani (Defender, 10 lakh)

Bengaluru Bulls

Retained Players

Mahender Singh (defender), Mayur Jagannath Kadam (defender), More G B (raider), Saurabh Nandal (defender) Bharat (Raider), Rohit Kumar (Defender), Vinod Lachmayya Naik (Defender)

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players

Aman (Defender), Rajnesh (Defender), Yash Hooda (Defender)

Indian Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Vikash Khandola (Raider, INR 1.7 crore) Neeraj Narwal (Raider, INR 43 lakh), Harmanjit Singh (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Rahul Khatik (All-Rounder, INR 10 lakh), Sachin Narwal (All-Rounder, INR 10 lakh), Sudhakar Krishant Kadam (Defender, INR 10 lakh)

Overseas Players brought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Lal Mohar Yadav (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Nageshor Tharu (Raider, INR 10 lakh)

Dabang Delhi KC

Retained Player

Vijay (All-rounder), Naveen Kumar (Raider), Dipak (Defender), Krishan (Defender), Vinay Kumar (Defender), Ashu Malik (Raider)

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players

Ashish Narwal (Raider), Manjeet (Raider), Suraj Panwar (Raider), Vijay (Defender)

Indian Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Sandeep Kumar Dhull (Defender, INR 40 lakh), Vishal (Defender, INR 20 lakh), Ravi Kumar (Defender, INR 64.1 lakh), Amit Hooda (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Akash (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Anil Kumar (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Monu (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Tejas Maruti Patil (All-Rounder, INR 6 lakh)

Overseas Players brought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Md. Liton Ali (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Reza Katoulinezhad (All-Rounder, INR 10 lakh)

Gujarat Giants

Retained Players

Sonu (Raider), Rakesh (Raider), Gaurav Chhikara (Raider), Sohit (Raider), Sonu Singh (Raider)

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players

Parteek Dhaiya (Raider), Rohan Singh (All-rounder)

Indian Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Chandran Ranjit (Raider, INR 30 lakh), Pardeep Kumar (Raider, INR 25 lakh), Rinku Narwal (Defender, INR 40 lakh), Sandeep Kandola (Defender, INR 20 lakh), Arkam Shaikh (Defender, INR 32.1 lakh), Shankar Bhimraj Gadai (All-Rounder, INR 30.3 lakh), Baldev Singh (Defender, INR 21.5 lakh), Kapil (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Mahendra Ganesh Rajput (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Manuj (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Purna Singh (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Sawin (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Sourav Gulia (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Ujjval Singh (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Vinod Kumar (Defender, INR 10 lakh)

Overseas Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Dong Geon Lee (Raider, INR 20 lakh), Young Chang Ko (Defender, INR 10 lakh)

Haryana Steelers

Retained Player

Vinay (Raider), Meetu (Raider), Jaideep (Defender), Ankit (Defender), Mohit (Defender)

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players

Monu (Defender), Naveen (Defender), Harsh (Defender), Sunny (Defender)

Indian Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Manjeet (Raider, INR 80 lakh), Nitin Rawal (All-Rounder, INR 37.5 lakh), Joginder Singh Narwal (Defender, INR 20 lakh), Rakesh Narwal (Raider, INR 20 lakh), K Prapanjan (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Manish Gulia (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Sushil (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Lovepreet Singh (Raider, INR 6 lakh)

Overseas Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Amirhossein Bastami (Defender, INR 65.1 lakh), Mohammad Esmaeil Maghsoudlou Mahalli (Raider, INR 10.5 lakh)

Jaipur Pink Panthers

Retained Players

Arjun Deshwal (Raider), Sahul Kumar (Defender), Deepak (Defender)

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players

Devank (Raider), Ankush (Defender), Ashish (Defender), Abhishek KS (Defender)

Indian Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Ajith V Kumar (Raider, INR 66 lakh), Sunil Kumar (Defender, INR 90 lakh), Rahul Chaudhari (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Bhavani Rajput (Raider, INR 10.4 lakh), Lucky Sharma (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Navneet (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Nitin Panwar (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Rahul Gorakh Dhanawade (All-Rounder, INR 10 lakh),  Nitin Chandel (Defender, INR 19.7 lakh).

Overseas Players  bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Reza Mirbagheri (Defender, INR 26.8 Lakhs), Woosan Ko (Defender, INR 10 Lakhs)

Patna Pirates

Retained Players

Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh (All-rounder), Sajin Chandrasekar (All-rounder), Monu (Raider), Neeraj Kumar (Defender)  Rohit (Raider), Manish (Defender)

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players

Ranjit Venkatramana Naik (Raider), Anuj Kumar (Raider), Naveen Sharma (Defender), Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj (Defender)

Indian Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Sachin Tawar (Raider, INR 81 lakh), Rohit Gulia (All-Rounder, INR 30 lakh), Sunil (Defender, INR 21.5 lakh), Shivam Chaudhari (Defender, INR 15.2 lakh), Abdul Insamam S (All-Rounder, INR 10 lakh) Anand Surendra Tomar (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Sushil Gulia (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Vishwas S (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Sagar Kumar (All-Rounder, INR 6 lakh).

Overseas Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Daniel Omondi Odhiambo (All-Rounder, INR 10 lakh)

Puneri Paltan

Retained Players

Sombir (Defender), Abinesh Nadarajan (Defender), Aslam Inamdar (Raider), Mohit Goyat (Raider), Akash Santosh Shinde (Raider), Shubham Nitin Shelke (Raider), Govind Gurjar (All-rounder), Pankaj Mohite (Raider), Sanket Sawant (Defender)

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players

Aditya Tushar Shinde (Raider), Badal Taqdir Singh (Defender)

Indian Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Alankar Kaluram Patil (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Rakesh Bhalle Ram (Defender, INR 10 lakh), D Mahindraprasad (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Harsh Mahesh Lad (Defender, INR 6 lakh)

Overseas Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Fazel Atrachali (Defender, INR 1.38 crore), Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (All-Rounder, INR 87 lakh)

Tamil Thalaivas

Retained Player

Ajinkya Ashok Pawar (Raider), Sagar (Defender), Himanshu (Defender), M. Abishek (Defender), Himanshu (Raider), Sahil (Defender), Ashish (Defender), Mohit (Defender)

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players

Himanshu (Raider), Narender (Raider), Jatin (Raider)

Indian Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (Raider, INR 2.26 crore), Visvanath V (All-Rounder, INR 12.8 lakh), Ankit (Defender, INR 10 lakh)

Arpit Saroha (Defender, INR 8.2 lakh), K Abhimanyu (All-Rounder, INR 6 lakh)

Overseas Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Md. Arif Rabbani (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Thanushan Laxmamohan (All-Rounder, INR 10 lakh)

Telugu Titans

Retained Players

Ankit Beniwal (Raider), Rajnish (Raider),Muhammed Shihas S (Defender), Palla Ramakrishna (Defender), Prince (Defender)

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players

Vinay (Raider), Mohit Pahal (Defender), Mohit (Defender), Nitin (Defender)

Indian Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Parvesh Bhainswal (Defender, INR 62 lakh), Abhishek Singh (Raider, INR 60 lakh), Surjeet Singh (Defender, INR 50 lakh), Siddharth Desai (Raider, INR 20 lakh), Vishal Bhardwaj (Defender, INR 30 lakh), Monu Goyat (Raider, INR 20 lakh), Ravinder Pahal (Defender, INR 23 lakh), Adarsh T (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Aman Kadian (Raider, INR 10 lakh), K. Hanumanthu (All-Rounder, INR 10 lakh), Ravinder (All-Rounder, INR 10 lakh), Vijay Kumar (Defender, INR 10 lakh)

Overseas Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari (All-Rounder, INR 20 lakh), Hamid Mirzaei Nader (All-Rounder, INR 10.1 lakh)

U Mumba

Retained Player

Rinku (Defender), Kamlesh (Raider), Shivam (Raider), Prince (Defender), Rahul (Defender)

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players

Sachin (Raider), Pranay Vinay Rane (Raider), Rupesh (Raider), Shivansh Thakur (Defender)

Indian Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Guman Singh (Raider, INR1.25 crore), Ashish (Raider, INR 45 lakh), Surinder Singh (Defender, INR 35.5 lakh)  Kiran Laxman Magar (Defender, INR 31 lakh), Harendra Kumar (Defender, INR 20 lakh), Ankush (Raider, INR10 lakh), Jai Bhagwan (Raider, INR 10 lakh), Mohit (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Satywan (Defender, INR 10 lakh)

Overseas Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Heidarali Ekrami (Raider, INR 14 lakh), Gholamabbas Korouki (All-Rounder, INR 10 lakh)

UP Yoddha

Retained Player

Nitesh Kumar (defender), Surender Gill (Raider), Sumit (Defender), Ashu Singh (Defender), Nitin Panwar (All-rounder), Shubham Kumar (Defender), Aman (Raider), Rohit Tomar (Raider)

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players

Durgesh Kumar (Raider), Mahipal (Raider), Anil Kumar (Raider)

Indian Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Pardeep Narwal (Raider, INR 90 lakh), Nitin Tomar (Raider, INR 20 lakh), Babu Murugasan (Defender, INR10 lakh), Gulveer Singh (Raider INR 10 lakh), Gurdeep (All-Rounder, INR 10 lakh), Jaideep (Defender, INR 10 lakh), Nehal B Sawal Desai (All-Rounder, INR 10 lakh), Rathan K (Raider, INR 10 lakh)

Overseas Players bought in PKL 2022 Auction 

Abozar Mighani (Defender, INR 20 lakh), James Namaba Kamweti (Raider, INR 10 lakh)