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


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