Ten Players Cross ₹1 Crore Mark on Day 1 of PKL Season 12 Auction
The opening day of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 12 players auction, held in Mumbai on May 31, saw the top 40 players go under the hammer.
For the first time in PKL history, ten players breached the ₹1 crore mark in a single edition. Notably, only two players — including the renowned “Record Breaker” Pardeep Narwal — went unsold.
Player Categories
Players were divided into four categories based on their base prices and roles:
- Category A: ₹30 lakh
- Category B: ₹20 lakh
- Category C: ₹13 lakh
- Category D: ₹9 lakh
Additionally, players were grouped by position: raiders, defenders, and all-rounders.
Sold Players
- Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh – Gujarat Giants – ₹2.23 Cr
- Fazel Atrachali – Dabang Delhi – ₹30 L
- Pawan Sehrawat – Tamil Thalaivas – ₹59.5 L
- Bharat – Telugu Titans – ₹81 L
- Vijay Malik – Telugu Titans – ₹51.5 L (FBM: 1 Season)
- Shubham Shinde – Telugu Titans – ₹80 L
- Ankush – Bengaluru Bulls – ₹30 L
- Deepak Singh – Patna Pirates – ₹86 L (FBM: 2 Seasons)
- Yogesh – Bengaluru Bulls – ₹1.125 Cr
- Ashu Malik – Dabang Delhi – ₹1.90 Cr (FBM: 2 Seasons)
- Arjun Deshwal – Tamil Thalaivas – ₹1.405 Cr
- Devank – Bengal Warriors – ₹2.205 Cr
- Amir Hossein Bastami – Dabang Delhi – ₹30 L
- Ankit Jaglan – Patna Pirates – ₹1.573 Cr (FBM: 1 Season)
- Nitesh Kumar – Bengal Warriors – ₹20.25 L (FBM: 1 Season)
- Sanket Sawant – Patna Pirates – ₹40.5 L
- Mahender Singh – UP Yoddhas – ₹20 L (FBM: 1 Season)
- Surjeet Singh – Dabang Delhi – ₹20 L
- Rinku Sharma – U Mumba – ₹21 L (FBM: 1 Season)
- Sanjay Dhull – Bengaluru Bulls – ₹60 L
- Guman Singh – UP Yoddhas – ₹1.0725 Cr
- Maninder Singh – Patna Pirates – ₹20 L
- Nitin Kumar Dhankhar – Jaipur Pink Panthers – ₹1.0025 Cr
- Manjeet Dahiya – Jaipur Pink Panthers – ₹40 L
- Sachin Tanwar – Puneri Paltan – ₹1.0575 Cr
- Naveen Kumar – Haryana Steelers – ₹1.20 Cr
Unsold Players
- Sahil Gulia
- Pardeep Narwal