The three-day auction of Pro Kabaddi 2021 season saw 131 players sold across 12 teams. Star raider Pardeep Narwal became the costliest player in the history of the Pro Kabaddi League after U.P. Yoddha bought him for INR 1.65 crore. Siddharth Desai was the other player to cross the crore mark in the Season 8 auction. The end of the auction saw most teams with new-look squads.
Here’s how teams shape up ahead of Pro Kabaddi Season 8.
Pro Kabaddi 2021 full squads
Bengal Warriors
Rinku Narwal (Retained) - Defender
Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (Retained) - All-rounder
Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat (Retained) - Raider
Maninder Singh (Retained) - Raider
Abozar Mohajer Mighani (INR 30.50 lakh) - Defender
Sukesh Hegde (INR 30 lakh) - Raider
Sumit Singh (INR 20 lakh) - Raider
Manoj Gowda K.(INR 10 lakh) - All-rounder
Vijin Thangadurai (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Parveen (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Rohit Banne (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Darshan J. (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Sachin Vittala (INR 17.50 lakh) - Defender
Akash Pikalmunde (INR 17 lakh) - Raider
Rohit (INR 6 lakh) - All-rounder
Rishank Devadiga (INR 20 lakh) - Raider
Bengaluru Bulls
Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (Retained) - Raider
Amit Sheoran (Retained) - Defender
Mohit Sehrawat (Retained) - Defender
Banty (Retained) - Raider
Saurabh Nandal (Retained) - Defender
Ziaur Rahman (INR 12.20) - Defender
Dong Geon Lee (INR 12.50) - Raider
Abolfazl Maghsodlou Mahali (INR 13) - Raider
Mahender Singh (INR 50 lakh) - Defender
Chandran Ranjit (INR 80 lakh) - Raider
More G B (INR 25 lakh) - Raider
Deepak Narwal (INR 26.50 lakh) - Raider
Mayur Jagannath Kadam (INR 15 lakh) - Defender
Ankit (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Vikas (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Dabang Delhi K.C.
Naveen Kumar (Retained) - Raider
Mohit (Retained) - Defender
Vijay (Retained) - All-rounder
Neeraj Narwal (Retained) - Raider
Sumit (Retained) - Defender
Balram (Retained) - All-rounder
Mohammad Malak (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Emad Sedaghat Nia (INR 10.20 lakh) - Raider
Sandeep Narwal (INR 60 lakh) - All-rounder
Joginder Singh Narwal (INR 20 lakh) - Defender
Jeeva Kumar (INR 44 lakh) - Defender
Ajay Thakur (INR 46 lakh) - Raider
Vikas (INR 6 lakh) - Defender
Manjeet Chhillar (INR 20 lakh) - All-rounder
Sushant Sail (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Gujarat Giants
Parvesh Bhainswal (Retained) - Defender
Sunil Kumar (Retained) - Defender
Harmanjit Singh (Retained) - Raider
Ankit (Retained) - Defender
Sumit (Retained) - Defender
Soleiman Pahlevani (INR 11.50 lakh) - Defender
Hadi Oshtorak (INR 20 lakh) - All-rounder
Ravinder Pahal (INR 74 lakh) - Defender
Sonu (INR 20 lakh) - Raider
Mahendra Ganesh Rajput (INR 15 lakh) - Raider
Rathan K (INR 25 lakh) - Raider
Maninder Singh (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Harshit Yadav (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Girish Maruti Ernak (INR 20 lakh) - Defender
Pardeep Kumar (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Ajay Kumar (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Haryana Steelers
Vikash Khandola (Retained) - Raider
Vinay (Retained) - Raider
Chand Singh (Retained) - Defender
Vikas Chillar (Retained) - Raider
Hamid Mirzaei Nader (INR 12.10 lakh) - All-rounder
Mohammad Esmaeil Maghsodlou (INR 13.20 lakh) - Raider
Rohit Gulia (INR 83 lakh) - All-rounder
Vikas Jaglan (INR 20 lakh) - All-rounder
Ravi Kumar (INR 27.50 lakh) - Defender
Surender Nada (INR 20 lakh) - Defender
Rajesh Narwal (INR 10 lakh) - All-rounder
Brijendra Singh Chaudhary (INR 55 lakh) - All-rounder
Ajay Ghanghas (INR 10 lakh)- All-rounder
Rajesh Gurjar (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Vishal (Retained) - Defender
Nitin Rawal (Retained) - All-rounder
Sachin Narwal (Retained) - All-rounder
Pavan TR (Retained) - Defender
Sushil Gulia (Retained) - Raider
Elavarasan A (Retained) - Defender
Mohammad Amin Nosrati (INR 11 lakh) - Raider
Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Deepak Niwas Hooda (INR 55 lakh) - All-rounder
Sandeep Kumar Dhull (INR 45 lakh) - Defender
Dharmaraj Cheralathan (INR 20 lakh) - Defender
Naveen (INR 22 lakh) - Raider
Arjun Deshwal (INR 96 lakh) - Raider
Amit (INR 20 lakh) - Defender
Ashok (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Amit Nagar (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Shaul Kumar (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Patna Pirates
Neeraj Kumar (Retained) - Defender
Monu (Retained) - Raider
Mohit (Retained) - Raider
Rajveersinh Pratap Rao Chavan (Retained) - Raider
Sahil Mann (Retained) - All-rounder
Jang Kun Lee (INR 20.50 lakh) - Raider
Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh (INR 31 lakh) - All-rounder
Prashanth Kumar Rai (INR 55 lakh) - Raider
Sachin (INR 84 lakh) - Raider
Sunil (INR 31.50 lakh) - Defender
Sajin Chandrasekar (INR 10 lakh) - All-rounder
Sourav Gulia (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Sandeep (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Shubham Shinde (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Guman Singh (INR 18.50 lakh) - Raider
Monu Goyat (INR 20 lakh) - Raider
Puneri Paltan
Pawan Kumar Kadian (Retained) - Raider
Hadi Tajik (Retained) - Defender
Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav (Retained) - Defender
Pankaj Mohite (Retained) - Raider
Sanket Sawant (Retained) - Defender
Govind Gurjar (Undisclosed) - All-rounder
Mohit Goyat (Undisclosed) - Raider
Victor Onyango Obiero (INR 10 lakh) - All-rounder
Vishal Bhardwaj (INR 60 lakh) - Defender
Baldev Singh (INR 60 lakh) - Defender
Rahul Chaudhari (INR 40 lakh) - Raider
Nitin Tomar (INR 61 lakh) - Raider
E Subash (INR 10 lakh) - All-rounder
Sombir (INR 34.50 lakh) - Defender
Karamvir (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Vishwas S (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Abinesh Nadarajan (INR 6 lakh) - Defender
Sourav Kumar (INR 6 lakh) - Defender
Tamil Thalaivas
Himanshu (Retained) - Defender
M. Abishek (Retained) - Defender
Sagar (Retained) - Defender
Anwar Saheed Baba (INR 10 lakh) - All-rounder
Mohammad Tuhin Tarafder (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
PO Surjeet Singh (INR 75 lakh) - Defender
K. Prapanjan (INR 71 lakh) - Raider
Manjeet (INR 92 lakh) - Raider
Sourabh Tanaji Patil (INR 15 lakh) - All-rounder
Bhavani Rajput (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Ajinkya Ashok Pawar (INR 19.50 lakh) - Raider
Sahil (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Athul MS (INR 30 lakh) - Raider
Sagar B. Krishna (INR 10 lakh) - All-rounder
Santhapanaselvam (INR 10 lakh) - All-rounder
Telugu Titans
Rakesh Gowda (Retained) - Raider
Rajnish (Retained) - Raider
Ankit Beniwal (Retained) - Raider
Manish (Retained) - Defender
Akash Choudhary (Retained) - Defender
Akash Dattu Arsul (Retained) - Defender
Prince (Undisclosed) - Defender
Abe Tetsuro (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Hyunsu Park (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Surender Singh (INR 55 lakh) - Defender
Siddharth Desai (INR 1.30 crore) - Raider
Rohit Kumar (INR 36 lakh) - Raider
Sandeep (INR 59.50 lakh) - Defender
Ruturaj Shivaji Koravi (INR 19.80 lakh) - Defender
Adarsh T (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
G. Raju (INR 6 lakh) - Raider
Amit Chauhan (INR 6 lakh) - Raider
C. Arun (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
U Mumba
Fazel Atrachali (Retained) - Defender
Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre (Retained) - All-rounder
Abhishek Singh (Retained) - Raider
Harendra Kumar (Retained) - Defender
Navneet (Retained) - Raider
Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari (INR 12.80 lakh) - All-rounder
Ajith V Kumar (INR 25 lakh) - Raider
Pankaj (INR 10 lakh) - All-rounder
Rinku (INR 32 lakh) - Defender
Sunil Siddhgavali (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Ajeet (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Jashandeep Singh (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Rahul Rana (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Ashish Kumar Sangwan (INR 10 lakh) - All-rounder
U.P. Yoddha
Nitesh Kumar (Retained) - Defender
Surender Gill (Retained) - Raider
Sumit (Retained) - Defender
Ashu Singh (Retained) - Defender
Nitin Panwar (Undisclosed) - All-rounder
Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali (INR 12 lakh) - Raider
Md. Masud Karim (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Pardeep Narwal (INR 1.65 crore) - Raider
Shrikant Jadhav (INR 72 lakh) - Raider
Gurdeep (INR 10 lakh) - All-rounder
Gaurav Kumar (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Sahil (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Gulveer Singh (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Ankit (INR 10 lakh) - Raider
Aashish Nagar (INR 10 lakh) - Defender
Featured Photo: Pro Kabaddi League
