Pro Kabaddi 2022: Teams, squads, players list of 12 participating teams in PKL

The Pro Kabaddi League scaled new heights in its recently-concluded player auction with the two-crore-mark being breached for the first time in the history of the tournament.

Pawan Kumar Sehrawat smashed the all-time record for the highest bid for a player after he was bought by the Tamil Thalaivas for INR 2.26 crore.

And Pawan certainly wasn’t the only crorepati that evening — Vikash Kandola held the record for the most expensive bid briefly after being bought by Bengaluru Bulls for INR1.7 crore. Iranian star Fazel Atrachali went to Puneri Paltan for INR1.38 crore while U Mumba secured Guman Singh’s services for INR1.21 crore.

Also Read: Top 5 expensive buys for PKL season 9

The league certainly has come a long way since its inception in 2014, both in terms of viewership as well as in its finances, and has certainly helped popularise the native Indian sport on a mainstream level.

Ahead of the league’s ninth season, we take a detailed look at the 12 squads along with their most expensive buys and other facts:

Bengal Warriors

Raiders: Shrikant Jadhav, Aslam Saja Mohamed Thambi, Maninder Singh, R Guhan, Suyog Baban Gaikar, Parshant Kumar, Akash Pikalmunde

Defenders: Girish Ernak, Amit Sheoran, Parveen Satpal, Shubham Shinde, Soleiman Pahlevani, Surender Nada, Sakthivel R, Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje

All-Rounders: Deepak Niwas Hooda, Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre, Rohit, Ashish Kumar (Sangwan), Balaji D, Vinod Kumar, Manoj Gowda K.

Top Buy: Deepak Niwas Hooda (INR 43 lakhs)

Total Players Purchased: 22

Bengaluru Bulls

Raiders: Vikash Kandola, Harmanjit Singh, Nageshor Tharu, Lal Mohar Yadav, Neeraj Narwal, More GB, Bharat

Defenders: Saurabh Nandal, Mahender Singh, Aman, Rajnesh, Yash Hooda, Mayur Jagannath Kadam, Vinod Lachmayya Naik, Rohit Kumar

All-Rounders: Rahul Khatik, Sachin Narwal

Top Buy: Vikash Kandola (INR1.70 crore)

Total Players Purchased: 18

Dabang Delhi KC

Raiders: Naveen Kumar, Suraj Panwar, Ashish Narwal, Manjeet, Ashu Malik

Defenders: Sandeep Kumar (Dhull), Vishal, Aakash, Amit Hooda, Anil Kumar, Md. Liton Ali, Ravi Kumar, Krishan, Dipak, Vijay, Vinay Kumar, Monu

All-Rounders: Vijay, Reza Katoulinezhad, Tejas Maruti Patil

Top Buy: Ravi Kumar (INR64.10 lakhs)

Total Players Purchased: 20

Gujarat Giants

Raiders: Chandran Ranjit, Pardeep Kumar, Rakesh, Dong Geon Lee, Mahendra Ganesh Rajput, Purna Singh, Sawin, Gaurav Chhikara, Parteek Dhaiya, Sohit, Sonu, Sonu Singh

Defenders: Baldev Singh, Kapil, Manuj, Ujjval Singh, Sourav Gulia, Vinod Kumar, Young Chang Ko, Rinku Narwal, Sandeep Kandola

All-Rounders: Arkam Shaikh, Shankar Bhimraj Gadai, Rohan Singh

Top Buy: Rinku Narwal (INR40 lakhs)

Total Players Purchased: 24

Haryana Steelers

Raiders: Manjeet, Vinay, Rakesh Narwal, Meetu, Sushil, K. Prapanjan, Mohammad Esmaeil Maghsoudlou Mahalli, Manish Gulia, Lovepreet Singh

Defenders: Joginder Singh Narwal, Jaideep, Naveen, Sunny, Monu, Harsh, Ankit, Amirhossein Bastami, Mohit

All-Rounder: Nitin Rawal

Top Buy: Manjeet (INR 80 lakhs)

Total Players Purchased: 19

Jaipur Pink Panthers

Raiders: Ajith V Kumar, Arjun Deshwal, Devank, Rahul Chaudhari, Nitin Panwar, Navneet, Bhavani Rajput

Defenders: Sunil Kumar, Abhishek KS, Ashish, Ankush, Sahul Kumar, Deepak, Woosan KO, Lucky Sharma, Reza Mirbagheri, Nitin Chandel

All-Rounder: Rahul Gorakh Dhanawade

Top Buy: Sunil Kumar (INR 90 lakhs)

Total Players Purchased: 18

Patna Pirates

Raiders: Sachin, Sushil Gulia, Vishwas S, Anand Surendra Tomar, Ranjit Venkatramana Naik, Anuj Kumar, Monu, Rohit

Defenders: Neeraj Kumar, Sunil, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Naveen Sharma, Manish, Shivam Chaudhari

All-Rounders: Rohit Gulia, Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh, Sajin Chandrasekar, Abdul Insamam S, Daniel Omondi Odhiambo, Sagar Kumar

Top Buy: Sachin (INR 81 lakhs)

Total Players Purchased: 21

Puneri Paltan

Raiders: Aslam Mustafa Inamdar, Mohit Goyat, Aditya Tushar Shinde, Akash Santosh Shinde, Pankaj Mohite, Shubham Nitin Shelke

Defenders: Fazel Atrachali, Sombir, Badal Taqdir Singh, Abinesh Nadarajan, Sanket Sawant, Alankar Kaluram Patil, Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav, Rakesh Bhalle Ram, D Mahindraprasad, Harsh Mahesh Lad

All-Rounders: Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh, Govind Gurjar

Top Buy: Fazel Atrachali (INR 1.38 crore)

Total Players Purchased: 18

Tamil Thalaivas

Raiders: Pawan Kumar (Sehrawat), Ajinkya Ashok Pawar, Jatin, Himanshu, Himanshu, Narender

Defenders: Sagar, Ankit, M. Abishek, Ashish, Md. Arif Rabbani, Himanshu, Mohit, Sahil, Arpit Saroha

All-Rounders: Visvanath V, Thanushan Laxmamoha, K. Abhimanyu

Top Buy: Pawan Sehrawat (INR2.26 crore)

Total Players Purchased: 18

Telugu Titans

Raiders: Abhishek Singh, Monu Goyat, Siddharth Sirish Desai, Rajnish, Ankit Beniwal, Vinay, Aman Kadian

Defenders: Surjeet Singh, Parvesh Bhainswal, Vishal Bhardwaj, Adarsh T, Ravinder Pahal, Vijay Kumar, Nitin, Mohit, Mohit Pahal, Muhammed Shihas S

All-Rounders: Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari, K. Hanumanthu, Hamid Mirzaei Nader, Ravinder

Top Buy: Parvesh Bhainswal (INR 62 lakhs)

Total Players Purchased: 23

U Mumba

Raiders: Ashish, Guman Singh, Jai Bhagwan, Heidarali Ekrami, Ankush, Kamlesh, Shivam, Pranay Vinay Rane, Sachin, Rupesh

Defenders: Surinder Singh, Rinku, Shivansh Thakur, Rahul, Prince, Kiran Laxman Magar, Harendra Kumar, Satywan, Mohit

All-Rounder: Gholamabbas Korouki

Top Buy: Guman Singh (INR 1.22 crore)

Total Players Purchased: 20

UP Yoddhas

Raiders: Pardeep Narwal, Nitin Tomar, Rathan K, James Namaba Kamweti, Gulveer Singh, Surender Gill, Anil Kumar, Durgesh Kumar, Aman, Rohit Tomar, Mahipal

Defenders: Abozar Mohajer Mighani, Babu Murugasan, Jaideep, Sumit, Nitesh Kumar, Ashu Singh, Shubham Kumar

All-Rounders: Gurdeep, Nehal Desai, Nitin Panwar

Top Buy: Pardeep Narwal (INR 90 lakhs)

Total Players Purchased: 21

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