MUMBAI: VIVO Pro Kabaddi, India’s biggest non-cricket sports league by television ratings, concluded the Season 6 Player Auctions on a historic note. At the end, a total of Rs 459.3 million was spent on the 181 players bought out of 422 available, a huge jump from the auctions last season.
While Day 1 was dominated by Category-A stars, Day 2 saw the franchises strategically planning to construct the perfect balance between experienced and young players, to craft winning teams. On Day 2 of the auction, Indian players from Category B, C and D, went under the hammer.
Karnataka raider Prashanth Kumar Rai secured the highest bid on Day 2, acquired by UP Yoddhas for Rs 7.9 million. Amongst other players in Category B, Chandran Ranjit for Rs 6.125 million, Vikash Khandola for Rs 4.7 million, Dharmaraj Cheralathan for Rs 4.6 million and Vishal Mane for Rs 4.5 million were the top 5 buys.
Anupam Goswami, league commissioner, VIVO Pro Kabaddi said: “Every squad now has an excellent amalgamation of domestic, overseas and some talented young players. I want to congratulate Monu Goyat for being the highest bid player in the auctions, and also wish every drafted player the best for the anticipated sixth season of the league.”
So taking both the days into account, here is how each franchise’s squads stack up along with the money spent out of the Rs 40 million purse each of them possessed.
Telugu Titans:
Rahul Chaudhari (Rs 10.29 million), Abozar Mohajermighani (Rs 7.6 million), Nilesh Salunke (Rs 5.687 million), Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari (Rs 2.46 million), Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan (Rs 2.15 million), Rakesh Singh Kumar (Rs 1.2 million), C Manoj Kumar (Rs 800,000), Sanket Chavan (Rs 800,000), Mahender Reddy (Rs 800,000), Rakshith, Sombir, Vishal Bhardwaj, Rajnish, Ankit Beniwal, Kamal Singh (all for Rs 660,000 each), Armaan, Anuj Kumar and Deepak (all three for Rs 500,000 each).
Squad strength 18; Total money spent Rs 39.85 million; Purse left Rs 146,612.
U Mumba:
Fazal Atrachali (Rs 10 million), Dharmaraj Cheralathan (Rs 4.6 million), Abhishek Singh (Rs 4.28 million), Siddharth Desai (Rs 3.64 million), Vinod Kumar (Rs 2.2 million), Abolfazl Maghsodloumahali (Rs 2.125 million), Rohit Baliyan (Rs 1.2 million), Rajaguru Subramanian (Rs 1.2 million), Rohit Rana (Rs 1.2 million), Darshan Kadian (Rs 1.2 million), R Sriram (Rs 1.2 million), Hadi Tajik (Rs 1.1 million), Adinath Sakharam Gavali (Rs 800,000), Arjun Deshwal (Rs 800,000), Surender Singh, E Subash, Shiv Om, Anil, Gaurav Kumar, Mohit Balyan (all for Rs 660,000 each)
Squad strength 20; Total money spent Rs 35.93 million; Purse left Rs. 470,000.
UP Yoddhas:
Rishank Devadiga (Rs 11.1 million), Prashanth Kumar Rai (Rs 7.9 million), Jeeva Kumar (Rs 4.5 million), Shrikant Jadhav (Rs 3.7 million), Sachin Kumar (Rs 1.92 million), Sagar B Krishna (Rs 1.32 million), Seong Ryeol Kim (Rs 820,000), Sulieman Kabir, Narender, Nitin Mavi, Rohit Kumar Choudhary, Amit, Bhanu Pratap Tomar (all for Rs 800,000 each), Nitesh Kumar, Pankaj, Arkam Shaikh, Azad Singh (all for Rs 660,000 each), Vishav Chaudhary (Rs 500,000)
Squad strength 18; Total money spent Rs 39.2 million; Purse left Rs 800,000.
Puneri Paltan:
Nitin Tomar (Rs 11.5 million), Sandeep Narwal (Rs 7.26 million), Girish Maruti Ernak (Rs 4.91 million), Rajesh Mondal (Rs 2.46 million), Vinod Kumar (Rs 2.02 million), Ravi Kumar (Rs 1.6 million), More GB (Rs 1.36 million), Deepak Kumar Dahiya (Rs 1.2 million), Sanjay Shrestha, Takamitsu Kono, Akshay Jadhav, Parvesh (all for Rs 800,000 each), Rinku Narwal, Monu, Vikash Khatri, Amit Kumar (all for Rs 660,000 each), Bajrang (Rs 500,000)
Squad strength 17; Total money spent Rs 38.64 million; Purse left Rs 1.36 million.
Haryana Steelers:
Monu Goyat (Rs 15.1 million), Surender Nada (Rs 7.5 million), Vikash Khandola (Rs 4.7 million), Wazir Singh (Rs 2 million), Sachin Shingade (Rs 2 million), Kuldeep Singh (Rs 1.04 million), Md Zakir Hossain (Rs 840,000), Patrick Nzau Muvai (Rs 800,000), Vikash, Neeraj Kumar, Mayur Shivtarkar, Arun Kumar HN (all for Rs 660,000 each), Prateek, Amit Singh, Anand Surendra Tomar, Bhuvneshwar Gaur (all for Rs 500,000 each)
Squad strength 16; Total money spent Rs 38.61 million; Purse left Rs 1.39 million.
Jaipur Pink Panthers:
Deepak Niwas Hooda (Rs 11.5 million), Sandeep Dhull (Rs 6.6 million), Mohit Chhillar (Rs 5.8 million), Anup Kumar (Rs 3 million), Selvamani K (Rs 1.5 million), Bajirao Hodage (Rs 1.46 million), Young Chang Ko (Rs 1.14 million), David Shilisia J Mosambayi (Rs 1 million), Ajit Singh, Nitin Rawal, Santhapanaselvam, Lokesh Kaushik (all for Rs 660,000 each), Brijendra Singh Chaudhary (Rs 560,000), Gangadhari Mallesh, Sunil Siddhgavali, Anand Patil, N Shiva Ramakrishna (all for Rs 500,000 each)
Squad strength 17; Total money spent Rs. 38.4 million; Purse left: Rs. 1.6 million.
Dabang Delhi:
Meraj Sheykh (Rs 6.56 million), Chandran Ranjit (Rs 6.125 million), Vishal Mane (Rs 4.5 million), Joginder Singh Narwal (Rs 3.3 million), Viraj Vishnu Landge (Rs 2.5 million), Pawan Kumar (Rs 2 million), Ravinder Pahal (Rs 2 million), Rajesh Narwal (Rs 1.6 million), Shabeer Bappu (Rs 1.55 million), Sidharth (Rs 1.2 million), Satpal (Rs 1.2 million), Khomsan Thongkham, Anil Kumar, Kamal Kishor Jat, Yogesh Hooda (all for Rs 800,000 each), Tapas Pal, Tushar Balaram Bhoir, Vishal, Naveen Kumar (all for Rs 660,000 each)
Squad strength: 19; Total money spent Rs 38.38 million; Purse left Rs. 1.62 million.
Patna Pirates:
Pardeep Narwal (Rs 6.05 million), Deepak Narwal (Rs 5.07 million), Jaideep (Rs 5.5 million), Manish (Rs 2.9 million), Vikas Kale (Rs 2.74 million), Kuldeep Singh (Rs 2.2 million), Manjeet (Rs 2.04 million), Tushar Patil (Rs 2 million), Jawahar (Rs 1.32 million), Surender Singh (Rs 1.23 million), Taedeok Eom (Rs 1.14 million), Hyunil Park, Vikas Jaglan, Ravinder Kumar, Vijay Kumar (all for Rs 800,000 each), Vijay, Arvind Kumar, Parveen Birwal (all for Rs 660,000 each)
Squad strength 18; Total money spent Rs 38 million; Purse left Rs. 2 million.
Bengal Warriors:
PO Surjeet Singh (Rs 8.03 million), Maninder Singh (Rs 5.69 million), Ran Singh (Rs 4.3 million), Ziaur Rahman (Rs 3.325 million), Jang Kun Lee (Rs 3.3 million), Shrikant Tewthia (Rs 2.5 million), Baldev Singh (Rs 1.2 million), Mahesh Goud (Rs 1.2 million), Vijin Thangadurai (Rs 840,000), Vittal Meti, Bhupender Singh, Amit Kumar, Amit Nagar, Rakesh Narwal, Ashish Chhokar, Manoj Dhull (all for Rs 800,000 each), Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat, Ameares Mondal, Mithin Kumar (all for Rs 660,000 each)
Squad strength 19; Total money spent Rs 37.96 million; Purse left Rs. 2.04 million.
Gujarat FortuneGiants:
Sachin (Rs 5.69 million), Sunil Kumar (Rs 4.92 million), K Prapanjan (Rs 3.8 million), Parvesh Bhainswal (Rs 3.5 million), Ruturaj Shivaji Koravi (Rs 3.04 million), Ajay Kumar (Rs 2.5 million), Mahendra Ganesh Rajput (Rs 2.46 million), Sachin Vittala (Rs 2 million), Dong Geon Lee (Rs 1.72 million), Hadi Oshtorak (Rs 1.2 million), Shubham Ashok Palkar (Rs 800,000), Amit Jaivir Sharma (Rs 800,000), C Kalai Arasan, Amit, Rohit Gulia, Vikram Kandola, Anil, Lalitchaudhary (all for Rs 660,000 each) Yashwant Bishnoi (Rs 500,000), Dharmender (Rs 500,000)
Squad strength 20; Total money spent Rs. 37.37 million; Purse left Rs 2.63 million.
Tamil Thalaivas:
Ajay Thakur (Rs 7.62 million), Amit Hooda (Rs 6.93 million), C Arun (Rs 3.63 million), Darshan J (Rs 2.8 million), Sukesh Hegde (Rs 2.8 million), Manjeet Chhillar (Rs 2 million), Sunil, Jasvir Singh, CPO Surjeet Singh, K Jayaseelan (all for Rs 1.2 million each), Athul MS (Rs 920,000), Chan Sik Park, Jae Min Lee, Anil Kumar, D Gopu, Abhinandan Chandel (all for Rs 800,000 each), D Pradap (Rs 660,000), Anand (Rs 660,000), Vimal Raj V (Rs 500,000)
Squad strength 19; Total money spent Rs 37.32 million; Purse left Rs 2.68 million.
Bengaluru Bulls:
Rohit Kumar (Rs 8.9 million), Pawan Kumar (Rs 5.28 million), Mahender Singh (Rs 4 million), Kashiling Adake (Rs 3.2 million), Ashish Sangwan (Rs 2.35 million), Harish Naik (Rs 1 million), Sumit Singh (Rs 1 million), RajuLal Choudhary (Rs 880,000), Dong Ju Hong, Gyung Tae Kim, Mahesh Maruti Magdum, Jawahar Vivek K, Sandeep, Mahendra Singh Dhaka, Nithesh BR, Anand V, Anil, Rohit, Jasmer Gulia (all for Rs 800,000 each), Amit Sheoran (Rs. 660,000)
Squad strength 20; Total money spent Rs 36.08 million; Purse left Rs 3.92 million.
