The six teams have announced their retention list ahead of the Ultimate Kho Kho 2023 player draft, scheduled to take place on Tuesday (November 21) in Bhubaneswar.
Odisha Juggernauts have retained four players ahead of the upcoming season, while Mumbai Khiladis have retained a couple.
Meanwhile, Chennai Quick Guns, Gujarat Giants, Rajasthan Warriors and Telugu Yoddhas have retained three players apiece.
Ultimate Kho Kho 2023: Complete list of retained players
Odisha Juggernatuts: Dipesh More, Dilip Khandavi, Vishal, and Gowtham M K
Chennai Quick Guns: Madan, Amit Patil, and Ramji Kashyap
Gujarat Giants: Abhinandan Patil, Akshay Bhangare, and Suyash Gargate
Mumbai Khiladis: Gajanan Shengal and Sreejesh S
Rajasthan Warriors: Majahar Jamadar, Akshay Ganpule, and Dilrajsing Sengar
Telugu Yoddhas: Pratik Waikar, Arun Gunki, and Avdhut Patil
Ultimate Kho Kho 2023: Complete list of released players
Here is the complete list of released players ahead of the draft:
Chennai Quick Guns
Attackers: Balvir Singh, Jaswant Singh, Manoj Patil, P Narasayya, Sachin Gaur, V Kabilan, and Venu Gopal S.
Defenders: Buchannagari Raju, Daasari Jeevith Rao, Vignesh M, Mahesh Madhukar Shinde, N Suresh, P Anand Kumar, Prasad Vijay Patil, Pritam Ankush Chougule, S. Santhru, Sibin. M, and Vijay Vegad Jagdishbhai.
All-rounders: M Vignesh, P Jai Prasath, Rajvardhan Shankar Patil, K Ram.
Gujarat Giants
Attackers: Ranjan Sridhar Shetty, Chinmoy Nandi, Nilesh Sarjerao Patil, Praful Raju Bhange, S Kavin Raj, Sagar Subhash Lengare, S Sarathkumar, and Shubham Motiramji Jambhale.
Defenders: Mareppa, Ajay Kumar Mandra, Aniket Bhagawan Pote, Dhiraj Vinod Bhave, Manoj Sarkar, Sagar Deepakraj, Saleem Khan, and Vinayak Sadashiv Pokarde.
All-rounders: Pothireddy Sivareddy, Debendra Nath, T Jagannath, Rutishbhai Jayantibhai.
Mumbai Khiladis
Attackers: Kurpe Milind Rajendra, Abhishek Pathrode, Durvesh Vikas Salunke, Rajesh Kumar, Avik Singha, Bichu S S, Rahul Bharat Sawant, Devendra Dagur, and Ummer Ahmad Rathar.
Defenders: Rohan Bapuso Kore, Vijay Gajanan Hajare, Faizankha Sherkha Pathan, Rohit Verma, Sourabh Nathaji Ahir, Sribin Kp, Gaurav Kandpal, Abishek M S, Rajat Malik, Harish Mohmmad, Gaurav, and Srijin J.
All-rounders: Visag S.
Odisha Juggernauts
Attackers: Suraj Shital Lande, Mahesha P, Avinash Shivaji Desai, Lipun Mukhi, Dinesh Naik S, Shiv Kumar Sen, Manoj Narayan Ghotekar, Darshanapu Sathish, Mukesh Prajapat
Defenders: Suresh Kumar, Thugana Vinod Kumar, Gurjinder Singh, and Swayam Satyaprakash Parija.
All-rounders: Jagannatha Murmu, Aditya Sunil Kudale, Nilesh Ananda Jadhav, Subhasis Santra, Arjun Singh, and Milind Dilip Chavarekar.
Rajasthan Warriors
Attackers: Sourabh Shivaji Adavkar, Suresh Shamrao Sawant, Mohammed Taseen, Konjengbam Dhananjoy Singh, Sushant Sanjay Kaldhone, Atla Siva Nagi Reddy, Biswajit Das, Ashwani Ranjan, and Mukesh Maurya.
Defenders: SK. Murtaja Ali, Jithin B, Tapan Pal, Mahesh M, and Bhuneshwar Sahu.
All-rounders: Abhijit Patil, Sushant Dattatray, Hrushikesh Vijay Murchavade, Shailesh Mahadev Sankapal, Govind Yadav, Bharat Kumar Pradhan, Nikhil B, Yalla Satish.
Telugu Yoddhas
Attackers: Prajwal KH, Adarsh Dattatray Mohite, Subramani V, Gavara Venkatesh, Thokchom Sadananda Meitei, P Hemachandran, Sachin Bhargo, Dhanush K C, Aditya Das, and Sinam Rokeson Singh.
Defenders: Sudershan, Deepak Vitthal Madhav, Prasad Vaibhav Radye, Dhruv, and Bojjam Ranjith.
All-rounders: Rohan Shingade, Arun SA, Anukul Sarkar, and Pittu Bala Sambi Reddy.