The PKL Auction 2021 took place over three eventful days as all 12 franchises went all out to put together their squads for the eighth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League.
With some of the most talented players in the league available in the player pool, the teams were locked in an intense battle over the three days. Big names in PKL history like Pardeep Narwal, Siddharth Sirish Desai, Rahul Chaudhari and Deepak Niwas Hooda went under the hammer.
Pardeep Narwal created a new record by becoming the costliest player in PKL Auction history when UP Yoddha bagged him for a mammoth 1.65 crore.
We take a look at the entire list of players that have been bought by the 12 PKL franchises at PKL Auction 2021.
Bengal Warriors PKL Sesaon 8 Squad
Maninder Singh - Elite Retained Player
Rinku Narwal - Elite Retained Player
Mohammad Esmael Nabibaksh - Elite Retained Player
Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat - Retained Young Player
Abozar Mohajer Mighani - ₹30.5 lakh
Sukesh Hegde - ₹30 lakh
Sumit Singh - ₹20 lakh
Manoj Gowda K - ₹10 lakh
Vijin Thangadurai - ₹10 lakh
Parveen - ₹10 lakh
Rohit Banne - ₹10 lakh
Rohit - ₹6 lakh
Rishank Devadiga - ₹20 lakh
Bengaluru Bulls PKL Season 8 Squad
Pawan Kumar Sehrawat - Elite Retained Player
Amit Sheoran - Elite Retained Player
Mohit Sehrawat - Existing New Young Player
Banty - Existing New Young Player
Saurabh Nandal - Existing New Young Player
Ziaur Rehman - ₹12.2 lakh
Dong Geon Lee - ₹12.5 lakh
Abolfazl Maghsoudloumahali - ₹13 lakh
Mahender Singh - ₹50 lakh
Chandran Ranjit - ₹80 lakh
GB More - ₹25 lakh
Deepak Narwal - ₹26.50 lakh
Mayur Jagannath Kadam - ₹15 lakh
Ankit - ₹10 lakh
Vikas - ₹10 lakh
Dabang Delhi KC PKL Season 8 Squad
Naveen Kumar Goyat - Elite Retained Player
Vijay Malik - Elite Retained Player
Neeraj Narwal - Existing New Young Player
Sumit - Existing New Young Player
Balram - Existing New Young Player
Mohammad Malak - ₹10 lakh
Emad Sedaghat Nia - ₹10.2 lakh
Sandeep Narwal - ₹60 lakh
Joginder Singh Narwal - ₹20 Lakh
Jeeva Kumar - ₹44 Lakh
Ajay Thakur - ₹46 Lakh
Vikas - ₹6 Lakh
Manjeet Chillar - ₹20 Lakh
Sushant Sail - ₹10 Lakh
Gujarat Giants PKL Season 8 Squad
Parvesh Bhainswal - Elite Retained Player
Sunil Kumar - Elite Retained Player
Harmanjit Singh - Existing New Young Player
Ankit - Existing New Young Player
Sumit - Existing New Young Player
Soleman Pahlevani - ₹11.5 lakh
Hadi Oshtorak - ₹20 lakh
Ravinder Pahal - ₹74 lakh
Sonu - ₹20 lakh
Mahendra Ganesh Rajput - ₹15 lakh
Rathan K - ₹25 lakh
Maninder Singh - ₹10 lakh
Harshit Yadav - ₹6 lakh
Girish Maruti Ernak - ₹20 lakh
Pardeep Kumar - ₹10 lakh
Ajay Kumar - ₹10 lakh
Haryana Steelers PKL Season 8 Squad
Vikash Kandola - Elite Retained Player
Vinay - Existing New Young Player
Chand Singh - Existing New Young Player
Vikash Chillar - Existing New Young Player
Hamid Mirzaei Nader - ₹12.10 lakh
Mohammed Esmaeil Maghsoudlou - ₹13.2 lakh
Rohit Gulia - ₹83 lakh
Vikas Jaglan - ₹20 lakh
Ravi Kumar - ₹27.50 lakh
Surender Nada - ₹20 lakh
Rajesh Narwal - ₹10 lakh
Brijendra Singh Chaudhary - ₹55 lakh
Ajay Ghangas - ₹10 lakh
Rajesh Gurjar - ₹10 lakh
Jaipur Pink Panthers PKL Season 8 Squad
Amit Hooda - Elite Retained Player
Vishal Lather - Elite Retained Player
Nitin Rawal - Retained Young Player
Sushil Gulia - Existing New Young Player
Sachin Narwal - Existing New Young Player
Pavan TR - Existing New Young Player
Elavarasan A - Existing New Young Player
Mohammad Amin Nosrati - ₹11 lakh
Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki - ₹10 lakh
Deepak Niwas Hooda - ₹55 lakh
Sandeep Kumar Dhull - ₹45 lakh
Dharmaraj Cheralathan - ₹20 lakh
Naveen Bazzad - ₹22 lakh
Arjun Deshwal - ₹96 lakh
Amit Kharb - ₹20 lakh
Ashok - ₹10 lakh
Amit Nagar - ₹10 lakh
Shaul Kumar - ₹10 lakh
Patna Pirates PKL Season 8 Squad
Neeraj Kumar - Elite Retained Player
Monu - Elite Retained Player
Mohit - Existing New Young Player
Rajveersinh Pratap Rao Chavan - Existing New Young Player
Sahil Mann - Existing New Young Player
Jang Kun Lee - ₹20.50 lakh
Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh - ₹31 lakh
Prashant Kumar Rai - ₹55 lakh
Sachin Tanwar - ₹84 lakh
Sunil - ₹31.50 lakh
Sajin Chandrasekar - ₹10 lakh
Sandeep - ₹10 lakh
Shubham Shinde - ₹10 Lakh
Guman Singh - ₹18.5 lakh
Monu Goyat - ₹20 lakh
Puneri Paltan PKL Season 8 Squad
Pawan Kumar Kadian - Elite Retained Player
Hadi Tajik - Elite Retained Player
Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav - Elite Retained Player
Pankaj Mohite - Existing New Young Player
Sanket Sawant - Existing New Young Player
Govind Gurjar - New Young Player Draft
Mohit Goyar - New Young Player Draft
Victor Onyango Obiero - ₹10 lakh
Vishal Bhardwaj - ₹60 lakh
Baldev Singh - ₹60 lakh
Rahul Chaudhari - ₹40 lakh
Nitin Tomar - ₹61 lakh
E Subhash - ₹10 lakh
Sombir - ₹34.5 lakh
Karmvir - ₹10 lakh
Vishwas S - ₹10 lakh
Abinesh Nadarajan - ₹6 lakh
Sourav Kumar - ₹6 lakh
Tamil Thalaivas PKL Season 8 Squad
Himashu - Existing New Young Player
M. Abisek - Existing New Young Player
Sagar - Existing New Young Player
Anwar Saheed Baba - ₹10 lakh
Mohammad Tuhin Tarafdar - ₹10 lakh
PO Surjeet Singh - ₹75 lakh
K Prapanjan - ₹71 lakh
Manjeet - ₹92 lakh
Sourabh Tanaji Patil - ₹15 lakh
Bhavani Rajput - ₹10 lakh
Ajinkya Ashok Pawar - ₹19.50 lakh
Sahil - ₹10 lakh
Athul MS - ₹30 lakh
Sagar B Krishna - ₹10 lakh
Santhapanaselvam - ₹10 Lakhs
Telugu Titans PKL Season 8 Squad
Rakesh Gowda - Elite Retained Player
Rajnish - Retained Young Player
Ankit Beniwal - Retained Young Player
Manish - Existing New Young Player
Akash Datta Arsul - Existing New Young Player
Akash Chouhdhary - Existing New Young Player
Prince - New Young Player Draft
Abe Tetsuro - ₹10 Lakh
Hyunsu Park - ₹10 Lakh
Surender Singh - ₹55 Lakh
Siddharth Sirish Desai - ₹1.30 crore
Rohit Kumar - ₹36 Lakh
Sandeep Kandola - ₹59.50 Lakh
Ruturaj Shivaji Koravi - ₹19.80 Lakh
Adarsh T - ₹10 Lakh
G Raju - ₹6 Lakh
Amit Chauhan - ₹6 Lakh
C Arun - ₹10 Lakh
U Mumba PKL Season 8 Squad
Fazel Atracheli - Elite Retained Player
Abhishek Singh - Elite Retained Player
Harendra Kumar - Elite Retained Player
Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre - Elite Retained Player
Navneet - Existing New Young Player
Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari - ₹12.80 Lakhs
Ajith V Kumar - ₹25 Lakhs
Pankaj - ₹10 Lakh
Rinku - ₹32 Lakh
Sunil Siddhgavali - ₹10 Lakh
Ajeet - ₹10 Lakh
Jashandeep Singh - ₹10 Lakh
Rahul Rana - ₹10 Lakh
Ashish Kumar Sangwan - ₹10 Lakh
U.P. Yoddha PKL Season 8 Squad
Nitesh Kumar - Retained Young Player
Sumit Sangwan - Existing New Young Player
Surender Gill - Existing New Young Player
Ashu Singh - Existing New Young Player
Nitin Panwar - New Young Player Draft
Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali - ₹12 Lakhs
Mohammad Masud Karim - ₹10 Lakhs
Pardeep Narwal - ₹1.65 Crores
Shrikant Jadhav - ₹72 Lakhs
Gurdeep - ₹10 Lakhs
Gaurav Kumar - ₹10 Lakhs
Sahil - ₹10 Lakhs
Gulveer Singh - ₹10 Lakhs
Ankit - ₹10 Lakhs
Aashish Nagar - ₹10 Lakhs