The Pro Kabaddi Season 10 retained players list was announced on Monday, August 7.
A total of 84 players have been retained across three 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 Maninder Singh, Pawan Sehrawat and Vikash Kandola will go under the hammer in the Pro Kabaddi Season 10 player auction. The PKL Season 10 player auction will be held from September 8-9 in Mumbai.
U.P. Yoddhas have retained star raider Pardeep Narwal, while Aslam Mustafa Inamdar has been retained by Puneri Paltan.
Meanwhile, the PKL Season 9 Most Valuable Player award winner - Arjun Deshwal has been retained by Jaipur Pink Panthers.
Tamil Thalaivas are the team that has retained the most number of players. They have made nine retentions, including PKL Season 9’s breakout star Narender.
Haryana Steelers, Patna Pirates, and Puneri Paltan are the teams that follow Tamil Thalaivas in terms of retentions made having retained seven players each.
Gujarat Giants, on the other hand, is the team with the fewest retentions having only retained three of the players from their squad last season. Here’s the complete list of Pro Kabaddi Season 9 retained players.
Pro Kabaddi Season 9 retained players list
Bengal Warriors retained players
Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje - Defender
R Guhan - Raider
Suyog Baban Gaikar - Raider
Parshant Kumar - Raider
Bengaluru Bulls retained players
Bharat - Raider
Saurabh Nandal - Defender
Aman - Defender
Yash Hooda - Defender
Dabang Delhi K.C. retained players
Naveen Kumar - Raider
Vijay - All-rounder
Manjeet - Raider
Ashish Narwal - Raider
Suraj Panwar - Raider
Gujarat Giants retained players
Rakesh - Raider
Rohan Singh - All-rounder
Parteek Dahiya - Raider
Haryana Steelers retained players
Vinay - Raider
Jaideep - Defender
Mohit - Defender
Naveen - Raider
Monu - Raider
Harsh - Defender
Sunny - Defender
Jaipur Pink Panthers retained players
Ankush - Defender
Abhishek KS - Defender
Ashish - Raider
Devank - Raider
Patna Pirates retained players
Sachin - Raider
Neeraj Kumar - Defender
Manish - Defender
Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj - Defender
Naveen Sharma - Defender
Ranjit Venkatramana Naik - Raider
Anuj Kumar - Raider
Puneri Paltan retained players
Sanket Sawant - Defender
Pankaj Mohite - Raider
Aslam Mustafa Inamdar - All-rounder
Mohit Goyat - Raider
Akash Santosh Shinde - Raider
Badal Taqdir Singh - Defender
Aditya Tushar Shinde - Raider
Tamil Thalaivas retained players
Sagar - Defender
Himanshu - Defender
Abishek - Defender
Sahil - Raider
Mohit - Defender
Aashish - Defender
Narender - Raider
Jatin - Raider
Himanshu - Raider
Telugu Titans retained players
Rajnish - Raider
Mohit - Defender
Nitin - Raider
Vinay - Raider
U Mumba retained players
Shivam - Raider
Shivansh Thakur - Defender
Pranay Vinay Rane - Raider
Rupesh - Raider
Sachin - Raider
U.P. Yoddha retained players
Sumit - Defender
Ashu Singh - Defender
Surender Gill - Raider
Anil Kumar - Defender
Mahipal - Raider
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