The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) has announced the retained players for Season 11. A total of 22 elite players have been retained by different franchises.
Notable names include Aslam Inamdar, who has been retained by Puneri Paltan, and Arjun Deshwal, retained by Jaipur Pink Panthers. Dabang Delhi K.C. has also retained their raider duo, Ashu Malik and Naveen Kumar.
In addition to the elite players, 26 young players have been retained under the Retained Young Players (RYP) category, and 40 players under the Existing New Young Players (ENYP) category.
In today's story with the SportingNews, let's take a look at the list of retained players for the upcoming season.
Full list of retained players for Pro Kabbadi League season 11
Bengal Warriors (6 players retained)
- Vishwas S (Elite Retained Player)
- Nitin Kumar (Elite Retained Player)
- Shreyas Umbardand (Existing New Young Player)
- Aditya S. Shinde (Existing New Young Player)
- Dipak Arjun Shinde (Existing New Young Player)
- Maharudra Garje (Existing New Young Player)
Bengaluru Bulls (8 players retained)
- Ponparthiban Subramanian (Elite Retained Player)
- Sushil (Elite Retained Player)
- Rohit Kumar (Elite Retained Player)
- Saurabh Nandal (Retained Young Player)
- Aditya Shankar Powar (Existing New Young Player)
- Akshit (Existing New Young Player)
- Arulnanthababu (Existing New Young Player)
- Parteek (Existing New Young Player)
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Dabang Delhi K.C. (7 players retained)
- Ashu Malik (Elite Retained Player)
- Vikrant (Elite Retained Player)
- Naveen Kumar (Elite Retained Player)
- Ashish (Existing New Young Player)
- Himmat Antil (Existing New Young Player)
- Manu (Existing New Young Player)
- Yogesh (Existing New Young Player)
Gujarat Giants (5 players retained)
- Balaji D (Elite Retained Player)
- Jitender Yadav (Elite Retained Player)
- Parteek Dahiya (Retained Young Player)
- Rakesh (Retained Young Player)
- Nitin (Existing New Young Player)
Haryana Steelers (9 players retained)
- Rahul Sethpal (Elite Retained Player)
- Ghanshyam Roka Magar (Elite Retained Player)
- Jaideep (Retained Young Player)
- Mohit (Retained Young Player)
- Vinay (Retained Young Player)
- Jaya Soorya NS (Existing New Young Player)
- Hardeep (Existing New Young Player)
- Shivam Anil Patare (Existing New Young Player)
- Vishal S. Tate (Existing New Young Player)
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Jaipur Pink Panthers (5 players retained)
- Arjun Deshwal (Elite Retained Player)
- Reza Mirbagheri (Elite Retained Player)
- Ankush (Retained Young Player)
- Abhishek KS (Retained Young Player)
- Abhijeet Malik (Existing New Young Player)
Patna Pirates (6 players retained)
- Ankit (Elite Retained Player)
- Sandeep Kumar (Elite Retained Player)
- Manish (Retained Young Player)
- Abinand Subhash (Existing New Young Player)
- Kunal Mehta (Existing New Young Player)
- Sudhakar M (Existing New Young Player)
Puneri Paltan (12 players retained)
- Abinesh Nadarajan (Elite Retained Player)
- Gaurav Khatri (Elite Retained Player)
- Aditya Tushar Shinde (Retained Young Player)
- Akash Santosh Shinde (Retained Young Player)
- Mohit Goyat (Retained Young Player)
- Aslam Mustafa Inamdar (Retained Young Player)
- Pankaj Mohite (Retained Young Player)
- Sanket Sawant (Retained Young Player)
- Dadaso Shivaji Pujari (Existing New Young Player)
- Nitin (Existing New Young Player)
- Tushar Dattaray Adhavade (Existing New Young Player)
- Vaibhav Balasaheb Kamble (Existing New Young Player)
Tamil Thalaivas (11 players retained)
- Narender (Retained Young Player)
- Sahil (Retained Young Player)
- Mohit (Retained Young Player)
- Aashish (Retained Young Player)
- Sagar (Retained Young Player)
- Himanshu (Retained Young Player)
- M. Abishek (Retained Young Player)
- Nitesh Kumar (Existing New Young Player)
- Nitin Singh (Existing New Young Player)
- Ronak (Existing New Young Player)
- Vishal Chahal (Existing New Young Player)
Telugu Titans (6 players retained)
- Shankar Bhimraj Gadai (Elite Retained Player)
- Ajit Pandurang Pawar (Elite Retained Player)
- Ankit (Existing New Young Player)
- Omkar Narayan Patil (Existing New Young Player)
- Praful Sudam Zaware (Existing New Young Player)
- Sanjeevi S (Existing New Young Player)
U Mumba (7 players retained)
- Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (Elite Retained Player)
- Rinku (Elite Retained Player)
- Shivam (Retained Young Player)
- Bittu (Existing New Young Player)
- Gokulakannan M. (Existing New Young Player)
- Mukilan Shanmugam (Existing New Young Player)
- Sombir (Existing New Young Player)
UP Yoddhas (6 players retained)
- Sumit (Retained Young Player)
- Surender Gill (Retained Young Player)
- Ashu Singh (Retained Young Player)
- Gagana Gowda HR (Existing New Young Player)
- Hitesh (Existing New Young Player)
- Shivam Chaudhary (Existing New Young Player)
When will the Pro Kabaddi League auction take place?
The PKL season 11 player auction will take place from August 15th to 16th, 2024, in Mumbai. Star players like Pawan Sehrawat, Pardeep Narwal, Maninder Singh, Fazel Atrachali, and Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh will be up for grabs.
What will the player categories and base prices be?
The players in the auction will be divided into four categories: A, B, C, and D. Each category will have sub-divisions for all-rounders, defenders, and raiders. The base prices are:
Category A: INR 30 Lakh
Category B: INR 20 Lakh
Category C: INR 13 Lakh
Category D: INR 9 Lakh
What will be the salary cap for franchises?
Each franchise has a salary cap of INR 5 crore for their squad. The player pool for Season 11 will include over 500 players and will feature 24 players from the two finalist teams of the Khelo India University Games 2024.
Where to watch the Pro Kabaddi League season 11 player auction?
The Pro Kabaddi League season 11 player auction category A will be broadcasted live on the Star Sports Network and streamed on Disney+ Hotstar on August 15, 2024.
Ahead of the auction, fans can look forward to seeing which teams will secure the top talents and how the new combinations will perform in the league.