In the grand auction a total of 422 players, including 58 overseas players, went under the hammer during the two-day of bidding battle where 87 players from the Future Heroes Kabaddi programme were also up for bidding. While the other franchise shifted their focus to Category A and B players, Bulls were more focussed on Category C players and picked 6 players from the lot. They managed to retain their key raider from Services- Rohit Kumar for a sum of 89.1 lakh. On that note, here’s a look at Bengaluru Bulls team for PKL 2018.
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In the raiding department they managed to get the services of raid machine Kahiling Adake for a budget price of 32 lakh who will be accompanied by Rohit Kumar and Pawan Kumar Sehrawat.
In the defense Mahender Singh Raju Lal Choudhary will be the young prospects to watch out for.
Jasmer Gulia will bring his all-round abilities for the Bulls and will be accompanied by Ashish Kumar Sangwan, who was purchased for a price tag of 23.5.
Bengaluru Bulls team for PKL 2018
Rohit Kumar [Retained] – ₹89.1 lakh
Kashiling Adake – ₹32 lakh
Pawan Kumar Sehrawat – ₹52.8 lakh
Harish Naik [NYP] – ₹10 lakh
Sumit Singh [NYP] – ₹10 lakh
Rohit – ₹8 lakh
Anand V – ₹8 lakh
Defenders:
Mahender Singh – ₹40 lakh
Raju Lal Choudhary – ₹8.8 lakh
Jawahar Vivek K – ₹8 lakh
Sandeep – ₹8 lakh
Mahendra Dhaka – ₹8 lakh
Nitesh B R – ₹8 lakh
Amit Sheoran [NYP] – ₹6.6 lakh
All-rounders:
Ashish Kumar Sangwan – ₹23.5 lakh
Mahesh Maruti Magdum – ₹8 lakh
Jasmer Gulia – ₹8 lakh
Dong Ju Hong – ₹8 lakh
Gyung Tae Kim -₹8 lakh
Bengaluru Bulls team owners: Kosmik Global Media
Bengaluru Bulls coach: Randhir Singh
Home stadium: Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru
DS Verdict: Their defense consists of some of the younger talents but may prove adequate in the context. The raiding department looks formidable.
