A detailed look at the six teams in the inaugural Pro Wrestling League

Geeta Phogat, Sushil Kumar and Babita Kumari will feature in the marquee eventThe auctions of India’s landmark wrestling tournament, the Pro Wrestling League, took place on the 3rd of November. More than 50 high-level Indian and international grapplers were scooped by six teams – Team Punjab, Team Haryana, Team Bengaluru, Team Uttar Pradesh, Team Mumbai, and Team Delhi, reports ibtimes.co.in.The auction, conducted by renowned auctioneer Bob Hayton, took place in Delhi and saw franchises trying to get the most out of their Rs. 2 Crore purse. There were surprising pricetags at the event. Let’s take a look at the final rosters of all 6 teams

#1 Team Punjab

Geeta Phogat was the 2^nd most expensive Indian female wrestler

List of players in descending order of prices:

Vasilisa Marzaliuk - Rs 40.2 lakh

Vladimir Khinchegashvili - Rs 35.3 lakh

Geeta Phogat - Rs 33 lakh

Fredrika P - Rs 17.1 lakh

Jargal C - Rs 17 lakh

Mausam K - Rs 16 lakh

Parveen Rana - Rs 13.1 lakh

Rajneesh - Rs 7 lakh

Key members

Vasilisa Marzaliuk (Belarus) – Bronze medallist in the Women’s 75 Kg division in the 2015 World Championships and 2015 European Games gold medallist.

Vladimir Khinchegashvili (Georgia) – Silver medallist in the Men’s 57 Kg division in the 2012 London Olympics and gold medallist in the 2015 World Championships

Geeta Phogat – Gold medallist in the Women’s 55 Kg division in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and Silver medallist in the 2012 World Championships

#2 Team Haryana

Yogeshwar Dutt was the most expensive Indian wrestler

List of players in descending order of prices:

Oksana Herhel -- Rs 41.3 lakh

Yogeshwar Dutt - Rs.39.70 lakh

Amit Dahiya -- Rs 30.1 lakh

Tatyana K -- Rs 30 lakh

Livan Lopez Azcuy -- Rs 20 lakh

Hitender -- Rs 11.1 lakh

Yuri Maier -- Rs 10 lakh

Geetika Jakhar -- Rs 10 lakh

Nirmal Devi -- Rs 4 lakh

Key members

Oksana Herhel (Ukraine) – Gold medallist in the Women’s 60 Kg division in the 2015 World Championships

Yogeshwar Dutt – Bronze medallist in the Men’s 60 Kg division in the 2012 London Olympics, gold medallist in the 2010 (60 Kg) and 2014 (65 Kg) Commonwealth Games

Amit Dahiya – Silver medallist in the Men’s 57 Kg division in the 2013 World Championships and gold medallist in the Mens’ 57 kg division in the 2014 Commonwealth Games

#3 Team Uttar Pradesh

Sushil Kumar was surprisingly, not the most expensive buy

List of players in descending order of prices:

Sushil Kumar - Rs 38.20 lakh

Babita Kumari - Rs 34.1 lakh

Kogut O - Rs 27 lakh

Satyavrat K - Rs 20 lakh

Sergey Ratushniy - Rs 13 lakh

Ganzorig M - Rs 13 lakh

Joginder - Rs 7 lakh

Key members

Sushil Kumar – Bronze medallist in the Men’s 66 Kg division in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, silver medallist (66 Kg) in the 2012 London Olympics and gold medallist (66 Kg) in the 2010 World Championships

Babita Kumari – Silver medallist in the Women’s 51 Kg division in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, gold medallist (55 Kg) in the 2014 Commonwealth Games and bronze medallist in the 2012 World Championships

#4 Team Delhi

List of players in descending order of prices:

Elif Jale Yesilirmak - Rs 39.6 lakh

Geno Petriashvili - Rs 33.4 lakh

Sofia Mattsson - Rs 33 lakh

Vinesh Phogat - Rs 29.7 lakh

NavruzovI Khtiyor - Rs 26 lakh

Ravi Kumar - Rs 4 lakh

Gurpal Singh - Rs 4 lakh

Nikki - Rs 4 lakh

Key members

Elif Jale Yesilirmak (Sweden) - First ever woman to represent Turkey in the Olympics. Bronze medallist in the 58 Kg division in the 2014 and 2015 World Championships

Geno Petriashvili (Georgia) – Bronze medallist at Men’s 125 Kg in the 2013 and 2015 World Championships

Sofia Mattsson (Sweden) – Multiple World Championship medals in the Women’s 51 Kg to 59 kg from 2009-2015

Vinesh Phogat – Gold medallist in the Women’s 48 Kg division in the 2014 Commonwealth Games

#5 Team Mumbai

3-time World Champion Adeline Gray will represent Mumbai

List of players in descending order of prices:

Adeline Gray - Rs.37 lakh

Amit Dhankar - Rs 29.3 lakh

Rahul Aware - Rs 26.6 lakh

Odikadze E - Rs 19.2 lakh

Levan B - Rs 17 lakh

Odunayo - Rs 17 lakh

Sakshi Malik - Rs 12.9 lakh

Pardeep - Rs 5.6 lakh

Key members

Adeline Gray (USA) – Triple gold medallist in the 2012, 2014 and 2015 World Championships in the women’s 67 & 75 Kg divisions.

Amit Dhankar – Gold medallist at 66 Kg in the 2013 Asian Wrestling Championships

#6 Team Bengaluru

Yadav was the only Indian medallist in the 2015 World Championships

List of players in descending order of prices:

Narsingh Yadav - Rs.34.50 lakh

Bajrang Punia - Rs 29.5 lakh

Pavlova O - Rs 29 lakh

D Modzmanashvili - Rs 18.1 lakh

Alyssa L - Rs 13 lakh

Sandeep Tomar - Rs 10.3 lakh

Lalita S - Rs 4 lakh

Key members

Narsingh Yadav – Gold medallist at 74 Kg in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and bronze medallist in the 2015 World Championships

Bajrang Punia – Bronze medallist at 61 Kg in the 2013 World Championships and silver medallist in the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Edited by Staff Editor