Pro Kabaddi League Season 11: Key Players Retained and Exciting Auction Ahead
The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) has announced the ‘Elite Retained Players’, ‘Retained Young Players’, and ‘Existing New Young Players’ for Season 11. Each franchise has kept a strong core group of players and aims to build stronger teams in the upcoming player auction.
Key Retained Players
Dabang Delhi KC has retained their raider duo, Ashu Malik and Naveen Kumar. The ‘Most Valuable Player’ of Season 10, Aslam Inamdar, has been retained by Puneri Paltan. Jaipur Pink Panthers have kept their star raider, Arjun Deshwal.
Retention Categories
A total of 88 players were retained across three categories:
| Category | Number of Players |
|---|---|
| Elite Retained Players (ERP) | 22 |
| Retained Young Players (RYP) | 26 |
| Existing New Young Players (ENYP) | 40 |
Upcoming Player Auction
The non-retained players, including stars like Pawan Sehrawat, Pardeep Narwal, Maninder Singh, Fazel Atrachali, and Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh, will be available in the PKL Season 11 Player Auction on August 15-16, 2024, in Mumbai.
Players will be divided into four categories: A, B, C, and D, with base prices ranging from Rs 9 Lakh to Rs 30 Lakh. The total salary purse for each franchise is Rs 5 crore.
Season 10 Recap
In March, Puneri Paltan won their first-ever PKL trophy by defeating Haryana Steelers 28-25 in a thrilling finale at the GMC Balayogi Stadium in Hyderabad.
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Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) -: The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is a professional kabaddi league in India where teams from different cities compete in the sport of kabaddi.
Season 11 -: Season 11 refers to the 11th year or edition of the Pro Kabaddi League.
Retained players -: Retained players are those who are kept by their teams from the previous season instead of being released to be picked by other teams in the auction.
Raiders -: Raiders are players in kabaddi who enter the opponent’s half of the court to tag as many defenders as possible and return to their own half without being tackled.
Ashu Malik, Naveen Kumar, Aslam Inamdar, Arjun Deshwal -: These are names of some of the top raiders in the Pro Kabaddi League who have been retained by their teams for Season 11.
Player auction -: A player auction is an event where teams bid money to buy players for their team. The highest bidder gets the player.
Pawan Sehrawat, Pardeep Narwal -: Pawan Sehrawat and Pardeep Narwal are famous kabaddi players who will be available for teams to bid on in the auction.
Mumbai -: Mumbai is a big city in India where the player auction for the Pro Kabaddi League will take place.
Base prices -: Base prices are the starting prices for players in the auction. Teams cannot bid lower than these prices.
Salary purse -: A salary purse is the total amount of money a team can spend on buying players. For each team in this auction, it is Rs 5 crore.
Rs 5 crore -: Rs 5 crore is a large amount of money in Indian currency, equal to 50 million rupees.