PKL announces retained players list for season 10; Sehrawat and Kandola up for grabs at auction

By Team ISN August 7, 2023

The Pro Kabaddi League announced the ‘Elite Retained Players’, ‘Retained Young Players’ and ‘Existing New Young Players’ for the milestone Season 10 on Monday. With a strong group of players retained, each of the franchises are all set to build their units further in the upcoming Player Auction and celebrate the tenth season of the Pro Kabaddi League through high-octane contests.

A total of 84 players were retained across 3 categories with 22 from the Elite Retained Players (ERP) category, 24 in the Retained Young Players (RYP) category and 38 in the Existing New Young Players (ENYP) category. The non-retained players, which include star players such as Pawan Sehrawat and Vikash Kandola will go under the hammer at the PKL Season 10 Player Auction from 8^th-9^th September 2023 in Mumbai.

Anupam Goswami, Head Sports Leagues, Mashal Sports and League Commissioner, Pro Kabaddi League said,“With an exceptional core group of players retained across all teams, Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 already promises to be a great contest. At the same time, the Pro Kabaddi Season X Player Auction too promises to be an absolutely riveting affair, given the return of several talented athletes to the auction pool and the fact that some of the teams will use this opportunity to rebuild and strengthen their squads. Together, these elements pave the way for an electrifying and unforgettable Season 10 for the Pro Kabaddi League.”

The talent pool retained by the teams has a great balance between young and experienced players. PKL legend Pardeep Narwal has been retained by U.P. Yoddhas, whereas Aslam Mustafa Inamdar has been retained by Puneri Paltan. Meanwhile, the Most Valuable Player award winner in Season 9 – Arjun Deshwal has been retained by Jaipur Pink Panthers.

The list of “Elite Retained Players” is appended below:

TEAM	PLAYER 1	PLAYER 2	PLAYER 3	PLAYER 4	PLAYER 5	PLAYER 6
Bengal Warriors	_	_	_	_	_	_
Bengaluru Bulls	Neeraj Narwal	_	_	_	_	_
Dabang Delhi K.C.	_	_	_	_	_	_
Gujarat Giants	Manuj	Sonu	_	_	_	_
Haryana Steelers	K. Prapanjan	_	_	_	_	_
Jaipur Pink Panthers	Sunil Kumar	Ajith V Kumar	Reza Mirbagheri	Bhavani Rajput	Arjun Deshwal	Sahul Kumar
Patna Pirates	Sachin	Neeraj Kumar	_	_	_	_
Puneri Paltan	Abinesh Nadarajan	Gaurav Khatri	_	_	_	_
Tamil Thalaivas	Ajinkya Ashok Pawar	_	_	_	_	_
Telugu Titans	Parvesh Bhainswal	_	_	_	_	_
U Mumba	Surinder Singh	Jai Bhagwan	Rinku	Heidarali Ekrami	_	_
U.P. Yoddhas	Pardeep Narwal	Nitesh Kumar	_	_	_	_

The list of “Retained Young Players” is appended below:

TEAM	PLAYER 1	PLAYER 2	PLAYER 3	PLAYER 4	PLAYER 5	PLAYER 6
Bengal Warriors	_	_	_	_	_	_
Bengaluru Bulls	Bharat	Saurabh Nandal	_	_	_	_
Dabang Delhi K.C.	Naveen Kumar	_	_	_	_	_
Gujarat Giants	Rakesh	_	_	_	_	_
Haryana Steelers	Vinay	Jaideep	Mohit	_	_	_
Jaipur Pink Panthers	_	_	_	_	_	_
Patna Pirates	Manish	_	_	_	_	_
Puneri Paltan	Sanket Sawant	Pankaj Mohite	Aslam Mustafa Inamdar	Mohit Goyat	Akash Santosh Shinde	_
Tamil Thalaivas	Sagar	Himanshu	M. Abishek	Sahil	Mohit	Aashish
Telugu Titans	Rajnish	_	_	_	_	_
U Mumba	Shivam	_	_	_	_	_
U.P. Yoddhas	Sumit	Ashu Singh	Surender Gill	_	_	_

The list of “Existing New Young Players” is appended below:

TEAM	PLAYER 1	PLAYER 2	PLAYER 3	PLAYER 4	PLAYER 5	PLAYER 6
Bengal Warriors	Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje	R Guhan	Suyog Baban Gaikar	Parshant Kumar	_	_
Bengaluru Bulls	Aman	Yash Hooda	_	_	_	_
Dabang Delhi K.C.	Vijay	Manjeet	Ashish Narwal	Suraj Panwar	_	_
Gujarat Giants	Rohan Singh	Parteek Dahiya	_	_	_	_
Haryana Steelers	Naveen	Monu	Harsh	Sunny	_	_
Jaipur Pink Panthers	Ankush	Abhishek KS	Ashish	Devank	_	_
Patna Pirates	Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj	Naveen Sharma	Ranjit Venkatramana Naik	Anuj Kumar	_	_
Puneri Paltan	Badal Taqdir Singh	Aditya Tushar Shinde	_	_	_	_
Tamil Thalaivas	Narender	Himanshu	Jatin	_	_	_
Telugu Titans	Mohit	Nitin	Vinay	_	_	_
U Mumba	Shivansh Thakur	Pranay Vinay Rane	Rupesh	Sachin	_	_
U.P. Yoddhas	Anil Kumar	Mahipal	_	_	_