 "Pro Kabaddi 2022: Teams, squads, players list of 12 participating teams in PKL")
The Pro Kabaddi League scaled new heights in its recently-concluded player auction with the two-crore-mark being breached for the first time in the history of the tournament. Pawan Kumar Sehrawat smashed the all-time record for the highest bid for a player after he was bought by the Tamil Thalaivas for ₹ 2.26 crore. And Pawan certainly wasn’t the only crorepati that evening — Vikash Kandola held the record for the most expensive bid briefly after being bought by Bengaluru Bulls for ₹1.7 crore. Iranian star Fazel Atrachali went to Puneri Paltan for ₹1.38 crore while U Mumba secured Guman Singh’s services for ₹1.21 crore. Also Read: Top 5 expensive buys for PKL season 9 The league certainly has come a long way since its inception in 2014, both in terms of viewership as well as in its finances, and has certainly helped popularise the native Indian sport on a mainstream level. Ahead of the league’s ninth season, we take a detailed look at the 12 squads along with their most expensive buys and other facts: [caption id=“attachment_10380901” align=“alignnone” width=“640”]  Bengal Warriors captain and raider Maninder Singh tries to escape a tackle from Tamil Thalaivas captain and defender Surjeet Singh. Pro Kabaddi League[/caption] Bengal Warriors Raiders: Shrikant Jadhav, Aslam Saja Mohamed Thambi, Maninder Singh, R Guhan, Suyog Baban Gaikar, Parshant Kumar, Akash Pikalmunde Defenders: Girish Ernak, Amit Sheoran, Parveen Satpal, Shubham Shinde, Soleiman Pahlevani, Surender Nada, Sakthivel R, Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje All-Rounders: Deepak Niwas Hooda, Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre, Rohit, Ashish Kumar (Sangwan), Balaji D, Vinod Kumar, Manoj Gowda K. Top Buy: Deepak Niwas Hooda (₹ 43 lakhs) Total Players Purchased: 22
ನಮ್ಮ ಗೂಳಿ ಪಡೆ 😍
— Bengaluru Bulls (@BengaluruBulls) August 6, 2022
How's that squad looking, #BullsSene? ⚡#FullChargeMaadi #BengaluruBulls #vivoPKLPlayerAuctions pic.twitter.com/oDyrX89itc
Bengaluru Bulls Raiders: Vikash Kandola, Harmanjit Singh, Nageshor Tharu, Lal Mohar Yadav, Neeraj Narwal, More GB, Bharat Defenders: Saurabh Nandal, Mahender Singh, Aman, Rajnesh, Yash Hooda, Mayur Jagannath Kadam, Vinod Lachmayya Naik, Rohit Kumar All-Rounders: Rahul Khatik, Sachin Narwal Top Buy: Vikash Kandola (₹1.70 crore) Total Players Purchased: 18 [caption id=“attachment_10409931” align=“alignnone” width=“640”]  Dabang Delhi team celebrates after winning the final of season 8 of Pro Kabaddi League. Image: Twitter/@ProKabaddi[/caption] Dabang Delhi KC Raiders: Naveen Kumar, Suraj Panwar, Ashish Narwal, Manjeet, Ashu Malik Defenders: Sandeep Kumar (Dhull), Vishal, Aakash, Amit Hooda, Anil Kumar, Md. Liton Ali, Ravi Kumar, Krishan, Dipak, Vijay, Vinay Kumar, Monu All-Rounders: Vijay, Reza Katoulinezhad, Tejas Maruti Patil Top Buy: Ravi Kumar (₹64.10 lakhs) Total Players Purchased: 20
Hear from the coach 🗣
— Gujarat Giants (@GujaratGiants) August 7, 2022
📹 | Our head coach Ram Mehar Singh shares his views on the #vivoPKLPlayerAuction, the new squad and much more 🙌#GarjegaGujarat #Adani #vivoprokabaddi pic.twitter.com/YBFLKcDmHF
Gujarat Giants Raiders: Chandran Ranjit, Pardeep Kumar, Rakesh, Dong Geon Lee, Mahendra Ganesh Rajput, Purna Singh, Sawin, Gaurav Chhikara, Parteek Dhaiya, Sohit, Sonu, Sonu Singh Defenders: Baldev Singh, Kapil, Manuj, Ujjval Singh, Sourav Gulia, Vinod Kumar, Young Chang Ko, Rinku Narwal, Sandeep Kandola All-Rounders: Arkam Shaikh, Shankar Bhimraj Gadai, Rohan Singh Top Buy: Rinku Narwal (₹40 lakhs) Total Players Purchased: 24
We are हरियाणा स्टीलर्स, we win as one, we live as one.💪
— Haryana Steelers (@HaryanaSteelers) July 5, 2022
Tell us in the comments if you are a #dhaakadfan👇#dhaakadboys #shaansesteelers pic.twitter.com/y16zYyEuOs
Haryana Steelers Raiders: Manjeet, Vinay, Rakesh Narwal, Meetu, Sushil, K. Prapanjan, Mohammad Esmaeil Maghsoudlou Mahalli, Manish Gulia, Lovepreet Singh Defenders: Joginder Singh Narwal, Jaideep, Naveen, Sunny, Monu, Harsh, Ankit, Amirhossein Bastami, Mohit All-Rounder: Nitin Rawal Top Buy: Manjeet (₹ 80 lakhs) Total Players Purchased: 19 [caption id=“attachment_10295211” align=“alignnone” width=“640”]  Jaipur Pink Panthers had won the inaugural edition of the Pro Kabaddi League in 2014. Image: Twitter/@JaipurPanthers[/caption] Jaipur Pink Panthers Raiders: Ajith V Kumar, Arjun Deshwal, Devank, Rahul Chaudhari, Nitin Panwar, Navneet, Bhavani Rajput Defenders: Sunil Kumar, Abhishek KS, Ashish, Ankush, Sahul Kumar, Deepak, Woosan KO, Lucky Sharma, Reza Mirbagheri, Nitin Chandel All-Rounder: Rahul Gorakh Dhanawade Top Buy: Sunil Kumar (₹ 90 lakhs) Total Players Purchased: 18 [caption id=“attachment_11040561” align=“alignnone” width=“640”]  Patna Pirates are the most successful team in PKL, having won a hat-trick of titles. PTI[/caption] Patna Pirates Raiders: Sachin, Sushil Gulia, Vishwas S, Anand Surendra Tomar, Ranjit Venkatramana Naik, Anuj Kumar, Monu, Rohit Defenders: Neeraj Kumar, Sunil, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Naveen Sharma, Manish, Shivam Chaudhari All-Rounders: Rohit Gulia, Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh, Sajin Chandrasekar, Abdul Insamam S, Daniel Omondi Odhiambo, Sagar Kumar Top Buy: Sachin (₹ 81 lakhs) Total Players Purchased: 21
These stats are only bound to get better in Pro Kabaddi Season 9! 💪
— Puneri Paltan (@PuneriPaltan) August 11, 2022
Comment 🔥 if you agree!
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.#PuneriPaltan #BhaariPaltan #Gheuntak #BhaariStats #BhaariPlayer pic.twitter.com/mh4i8CInLh
Puneri Paltan Raiders: Aslam Mustafa Inamdar, Mohit Goyat, Aditya Tushar Shinde, Akash Santosh Shinde, Pankaj Mohite, Shubham Nitin Shelke Defenders: Fazel Atrachali, Sombir, Badal Taqdir Singh, Abinesh Nadarajan, Sanket Sawant, Alankar Kaluram Patil, Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav, Rakesh Bhalle Ram, D Mahindraprasad, Harsh Mahesh Lad All-Rounders: Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh, Govind Gurjar Top Buy: Fazel Atrachali (₹ 1.38 crore) Total Players Purchased: 18 [caption id=“attachment_10274561” align=“alignnone” width=“640”]  A view from Tamil Thalaivas vs Haryana Steelers match. Twitter @ProKabaddi[/caption] Tamil Thalaivas Raiders: Pawan Kumar (Sehrawat), Ajinkya Ashok Pawar, Jatin, Himanshu, Himanshu, Narender Defenders: Sagar, Ankit, M. Abishek, Ashish, Md. Arif Rabbani, Himanshu, Mohit, Sahil, Arpit Saroha All-Rounders: Visvanath V, Thanushan Laxmamoha, K. Abhimanyu Top Buy: Pawan Sehrawat (₹2.26 crore) Total Players Purchased: 18
An exciting talent from Iran 🇮🇷, is set to join the #Titansquad
— Telugu Titans (@Telugu_Titans) August 6, 2022
Welcoming our Second overseas buy of #vivoPKLPlayerAuction, a All-Rounder Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari#idiaatakaaduvetaa #vivoPKLPlayerAuction #Titansquad #titanarmy @ProKabaddi pic.twitter.com/WI4cH2je2q
Impact Shorts
More ShortsTelugu Titans Raiders: Abhishek Singh, Monu Goyat, Siddharth Sirish Desai, Rajnish, Ankit Beniwal, Vinay, Aman Kadian Defenders: Surjeet Singh, Parvesh Bhainswal, Vishal Bhardwaj, Adarsh T, Ravinder Pahal, Vijay Kumar, Nitin, Mohit, Mohit Pahal, Muhammed Shihas S All-Rounders: Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari, K. Hanumanthu, Hamid Mirzaei Nader, Ravinder Top Buy: Parvesh Bhainswal (₹ 62 lakhs) Total Players Purchased: 23 [caption id=“attachment_10225241” align=“alignnone” width=“643”]  U Mumba won the second season of PKL and have finished runners-up twice. Image Courtesy: @umumba[/caption] U Mumba Raiders: Ashish, Guman Singh, Jai Bhagwan, Heidarali Ekrami, Ankush, Kamlesh, Shivam, Pranay Vinay Rane, Sachin, Rupesh Defenders: Surinder Singh, Rinku, Shivansh Thakur, Rahul, Prince, Kiran Laxman Magar, Harendra Kumar, Satywan, Mohit All-Rounder: Gholamabbas Korouki Top Buy: Guman Singh (₹ 1.22 crore) Total Players Purchased: 20 [caption id=“attachment_10225251” align=“alignnone” width=“643”]  File image of the UP Yoddha team. Image Courtesy: @UpYoddha[/caption] UP Yoddhas Raiders: Pardeep Narwal, Nitin Tomar, Rathan K, James Namaba Kamweti, Gulveer Singh, Surender Gill, Anil Kumar, Durgesh Kumar, Aman, Rohit Tomar, Mahipal Defenders: Abozar Mohajer Mighani, Babu Murugasan, Jaideep, Sumit, Nitesh Kumar, Ashu Singh, Shubham Kumar All-Rounders: Gurdeep, Nehal Desai, Nitin Panwar Top Buy: Pardeep Narwal (₹ 90 lakhs) Total Players Purchased: 21 Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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