The Prime Volleyball League Auction 2021 saw some intense bidding war between the seven teams. All franchises have built their squad for the upcoming edition of the Premier Volleyball League and will have their eyes on the silverware.
The event started with a quick draft, where each team was allowed to pick up a couple of foreign players.
Bengaluru Torpedoes made the first pick of the draft. They were followed by Ahmedabad Defenders, Black Hawks Hyderabad, Kolkata Thunderbolts, Kochi Blue Spikers, Chennai Blitz and Calicut Heroes.
The second round of the draft went in reverse order. Calicut Heroes got us underway with the first pick. Bengaluru Torpedoes picked the final player to end the foreign player draft.
All the teams were allocated a purse of INR 75 lakh ahead of the auction. Each foreign player cost INR 15 lakh. Thus, all teams were left with INR 45 lakh to fill their squad.
The Indian players were divided into four categories — Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze.
Ashwal Rai, Ajithlal C, Akhin GS, Deepesh Kumar Sinha, Jerome Vinith, Karthik A, Naveen Raja Jacob and Vinit Kumar were slotted into the Platinum category with a base price of INR 8 lakh.
All these players attracted bidders and found a team for themselves during the upcoming edition of the Prime Volleyball League.
Prime Volleyball League list of sold players with prices in INR
Here is the list of all players signed at the Prime Volleyball League Auction so far.
Ahmedabad Defenders full squad
Foreigners: Ryan Meehan, Rodrigo Villalboa
Indian players: Muthusamy Appavu (₹10 lakh), Shon T John (₹7.25 lakh), Manoj (₹7.25 lakh), Hardeep Singh (₹4.4 lakh), Prabhakaran S (₹4 lakh), S Santosh (₹1.9 lakh), Angamuthu (₹1.5 lakh), Harsh Chaudhary (₹1.5 lakh), Sanju Prakash (₹1.5 lakh), Prasanna Raja AA (₹1.5 lakh)
Bengaluru Torpedoes full squad
Foreigners: Noah Taitano, Kyle Friend
Indian players: Rohit P (₹7.75 lakh), Pankaj Sharma (₹7.5 lakh), Vinayak Rokhade (₹5.75 lakh), B Midhun Kumar (₹5.6 lakh), Lavmeet Katariya (₹4.6 lakh), Ranjit Singh (₹4.4 lakh), Srajan U Shetty (₹1.5 lakh), Varun GS (₹1.5 lakh), Ganesha K (₹1.5 lakh), Sarang Shantilal (₹1.5 lakh).
Black Hawks Hyderabad full squad
Foreigners: Luis Antonio Arias, Henry Bell
Indian players: Amit Gulia (₹10 lakh), SV Guru Prasanth (₹6.75 lakh), Rohit Kumar (₹5.3 lakh), Hariharan (₹5 lakh), Vipul Kumar (₹4 lakh), John Joseph EJ (₹2.9 lakh), George Antony (₹1.8 lakh), Praful S (₹1.5 lakh), Jishnu PV (₹1.5 lakh), Sudhir Shetty (₹1.5 lakh), Anand K (₹1.5 lakh).
Calicut Heroes full squad
Foreign players: Aaron Koubi, David Lee
Indian players: Jerome Vinith (₹15 lakh), Ajith Lal C (₹8.5 lakh), Mujeeb MC (₹6.25 lakh), Jitin N (₹5 lakh), Arun Zacharias Siby (₹1.5 lakh), Arjun Nath (₹1.5 lakh), R Ramanathan (₹1.5 lakh), Vishal Krishna PS (₹1.5 lakh), Sujan Lal MV (₹1.5 lakh), Vignesh Raj D (₹1.5 lakh).
Chennai Blitz full squad
Foreigners: Fernando David Gonzalez, Bruno Da Silva
Indian players: Akhin GS (₹9.75 lakh), Naveen Raja Jacob (₹8 lakh), Mohan Ukkrapandian (₹7.75 lakh), GR Vaishnav (₹4 lakh), Mohit Bheem Sehrawat (₹3 lakh), Azmat Ullah (₹2.9 lakh), Kanagraj (₹2 lakh), Pinnamma Prashant (₹1.5 lakh), Amit (₹1.5 lakh), Jobin Varghese (₹1.5 lakh).
Kochi Blue Spikers full squad
Foreigners: Colton Cowell, Cody Caldwel
Indian players: Karthik A (₹15 lakh), Deepesh Kumar Sinha (₹10.75 lakh), Asham A (₹3 lakh), C Venu (₹3 lakh), Abdul Raheem (₹2.5 lakh), Erin Varghese (₹2.1 lakh), Raison Rebello (₹1.5 lakh), Sethu TR (₹1.5 lakh), Dushyant G (₹1.5 lakh), Prashant B Saroh (₹1.5 lakh).
Kolkata Thunderbolts full squads
Foreigners: Mathew August, Ian Satterfield
Indian players: Ashwal Rai (₹15 lakh), Hari Prasad BS (₹5.75 lakhs), Rahul K (₹3 lakh), Anu James (₹2.5 lakh), Tharun Gowda K (₹2.3 lakh), Mohammad Riyazudeen (₹1.7 lakh), Aravindhan S (₹1.5 lakh), Janshad U (₹1.5 lakh), Mohamed Shafiq (₹1.5 lakh).