PKL 2019 : 3 teams that can pick Rahul Chaudhari at the auction

The 2019 Pro Kabaddi League auction is just 8 days away as all the team owners and coaches would gather in the auction room to materialize their plans for the 7th edition of Pro Kabaddi League.

All the 12 teams had made their retention list public a few days ago and there were a ton of surprises in the list.

The biggest surprise of them was Telugu Titans releasing their poster boy, Rahul Chaudhari once again. They had released the talismanic raider ahead of season six as well but they bought him back at the auction for a whopping price.

Chaudhari failed to live up to his price tag and hence was released by the Titans. It seems like the Telugu franchise may not buy him ahead of season seven and look to form a new core.

However, the raider who has 832 raid points to his name in his illustrious career will prove to be a hot property in the auction as almost every team will go for him.

Here are the 3 PKL teams who may buy Chaudhari at the auction -

#3 Puneri Paltan

Puneri Paltan have retained none of their players

Puneri Paltan have released all of their season six players and will go in the auction with a fully loaded purse. They will be able to outbid any other franchise in the auction to get the players they want.

And talking about the player that everyone wants, Pune might also have in their mind to get Rahul Chaudhari in the team. With no players in the team, Pune can build their team around Chaudhari, who has immense experience of playing in the league.

The Maharashtra city has a plethora of Kabaddi fans and bringing Rahul Chaudhari in the team will increase Pune's fans by leaps and bounds.

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#2 UP Yoddhas

UP Yoddha reached the play-offs last year

UP Yoddha scripted a miraculous comeback in PKL 2018 to reach the final 3 after being in the bottom-half of the table for a major part of the league stage. Their lead defender, Nitesh Kumar played the key role in the team's sudden change of fortunes. The defender had got great support from the team's raiding department as well.

Rishank Devadiga was the cornerstone of their raiding department but he has been left out this year and, thus, Uttar Pradesh will love to snap their local boy, Rahul Chaudhari in the auction this year. Chaudhari's home town, Bijnour is in Uttar Pradesh and the homeboy would receive a lot of support from the home crowd if the UP Yoddha manages to buy him.

UP Yoddha have maximized their budget by letting Devadiga go, which will make them one of the leading candidates to sign Rahul.

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#1 Haryana Steelers

Rahul Chaudhari and Vikas Kandola will form a dream raiding combination

Haryana Steelers had got off to a sparkling start in their debut PKL season as the Steelers had reached the playoffs of season 5. With the aim of continuing their momentum, the Sonipat based franchise signed Monu Goyat for an expensive amount last year. But, the costliest player in PKL history failed to perform well as his team finished last in the pool A points table.

The Haryana Steelers proved last year that they will cross any limits to sign the player they want and with Rahul Chaudhari in the mix this year, the Steelers will try their best to get him in their squad.

Chaudhari will get the support of Vikas Kandola as well which will make sure that the Haryana team start PKL 2019 as the most dangerous raiding team of the league.

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