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The eighth edition of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) 2021 is set to start in December. The auction for the tournament will take place from today till August 31st. More than 450 players will go under the hammer in the mega auction and many big players are up for grabs for the franchises. Players like Ajay Thakur and Rahul Chaudhari are likely to get high bids in the auction. The auction pool has been divided into 4 categories.
Category A: Rs Rs 30 lakh
Category B: Rs 20 lakh
Category C: Rs 10 lakh
Category D: Rs 6 lakh
Talking about the retention of players, a total of 59 players have been retained by franchises collectively, out of which, 22 are in the Elite Retained Players (ERP) category, six in the Retained Young Players (RYP) category, and 31 are in the New Young Players (NYP) category.
Let us look at the players who have been retained ahead of the auction:
Haryana Steelers
Retained players: Vinay, Vikas Chillar, Vikas Khandola, Chand Singh
Tamil Thalaivas
Retained players: Sagar, M Abhishek, Himanshu
Bengaluru Bulls
Retained players: Amit Sheoran, Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Saurabh Nandal, Banty, Mohit Sherawat
Telugu Titans
Retained players: Rakesh Gowda, Ankit Beniwal, Rajnish, Manish, Akash Choudhary, Akash Dattu Arsul
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Retained players: Amit Hooda, Vishal, Nitin Rawal, Sachin Narwal, Pavan TR, Sushil Gulia, Elavarsan A
UP Yoddha
Retained players: Sumit, Ashu Singh, Nitesh Kumar, Surinder Gill
Puneri Paltan
Retained players: Balasaheb Shahji Jadhav, Pawan Kumar Kadian, Hadi Tajik, Sanket Sawant, Pankaj Mohit
U Mumba
Retained players: Abhishek Singh, Ajinkya Kapre, Harendra Kumar, Fazel Atrachali, Navneet
Dabang Delhi
Retained players: Vijay Kumar, Neeraj Narwal, Naveen Kumar, Balram, Sumit, Mohit
Patna Pirates
Retained players: Neeraj Kumar, Monu, Mohit, Rajveersinh Chavan, Sahil Mann
Gujarat Fortunegiants
Retained players: Parvesh Bhainswal, Sunil Kumar, Harmanjeet Singh, Sumit, Ankit
Bengal Warriors
Retained players: Maninder Singh, Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh, Rinku Narwal, Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat