After 5 successful season, the sixth edition of Pro Kabaddi League is all set to begin on 19th October, which is still 5 months away. 12 teams will fight it out for the coveted title, but the team composition will be alot different this year. Considering the grand auction which took place on 30 and 31 May, here’s a look at the PKL 2018 squad, full players list and participating teams. Several records were broken and Kabaddi finally got into the crore club.
Patna Pirates PKL 2018 squad
Player bought: Indians-Pardeep Narwal, Jaideep, Jawahar Dagar, Manish Kumar, Kuldeep Singh 22 lakh, Deepak Narwal 57 lakh, Parveen Birwal, Arvind Kumar, Vijay Kumar 8 lakh, Vikas Kale 27.4 Lakh, Manjeet 20.4 Lakh, Tushar Patil 20 Lakh, Surender Singh 12.25 Lakh, Vikas Jaglan 8 Lakh, Ravinder Kumar 8 Lakh
Overseas- Taedok Eom 11.4 lakh, Hyunil Park 8 lakh, Jae Min Lee 8 lakh
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Puneri Paltan PKL 2018 squad
Players bought: Indians- Sandeep Narwal, Rajesh Mondal, More GB, Girish Ernak,Nitin Tomar 1.15 crore, Sanjay Shrestha 8 Lakh, Amit Kumar, Vinod Kumar 20.2 Lakh, Parvesh 8 Lakh, Akshay Jadhav 8 Lakh, Bajrang 5 Lakh
Overseas- Takamitsu Kono
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Bengal Warriors PKL 2018 squad
Players bought after day 1- Indians– Surjeet Singh, Maninder Singh, Ravindra Ramesh, Amaresh Mondal, Mithin Kumar, Shrikant Tewthia 25 lakh, Ran Singh 43 lakh, Mahesh Goud 12 Lakh, Vijin Thangadurai 8.4 Lakh, Bhupender Singh 8 Lakh, Vittal Meti 8 Lakh, Amit Kumar 8 Lakh, Rakesh Narwal 8 Lakh, Amit Nagar 8 Lakh, Ashish Chhokar 8 Lakh, Manoj Dhull 8 Lakh
Overseas- Jang Kun Lee(Korea) 33 lakh, Ziaur Rahman(Bangladesh) 33 lakh
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U Mumba PKL 2018 squad
Players bought on day 1: Indians– E Subash, Surinder Singh, Shiv Om, Gaurav Kumar, Mohit Balyan, Anil, Dharmarajan Cheralathan 46 Lakh, Abhishek Singh 42.8 Lakh, Siddharth Desai 36.4 Lakh, Vinod Kumar 22.25 Lakh, R. Sriram 12 Lakh, Rohit Baliyan 12 Lakh, Adinath Gavali 8 Lakh
Overseas– Fazel Atrachali 1 crore, Hadi Tajik 11 lakh, Abolfazl Maghsodlou 21.75 lakh
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Haryana Steelers PKL squad
Players bought: Indians– Kuldeep Singh, Mayur Shivtarkar, Neeraj Kumar, Vikas, Arun Kumar, Surender Nada 75 lakh, Wazir Singh 20 lakh, Monu Goyat 1.51 crore- Costliest Buy in PKL history, Arun Kumar, Vikash Khandola 47 Lakh, Prateek 5 Lakh
Overseas– Patrick Nzau Muvai, Md. Zakir Hossain 8.4 lakh
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That’s even bigger than what cricketers get in IPL. All thanks to the collective efforts of @ProKabaddi and @StarSportsIndia .
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UP Yoddha’ PKL 2018 squad
Players bought: Indians- Rishank Devadiga 1.11 crore, Jeeva Kumar 41 lakh, Shrikanth Jadhav 37 lakh, Prashanth Kumar Rai 79 Lakh, Sachin Kumar 19.2 Lakh, Darshan Kadian 12 Lakh, Rohit Kumar Choudhary 8 Lakh, Amit 8 Lakh, Bhanu Pratap Tomar, 8 Lakh, Pankaj, Nitesh Kumar, Azad Singh, Arkam Shaikh
Overseas– Seaong Ryeol Kim 8.2 Lakh, Suleiman Kabir 8 lakh
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Dabang Delhi’ PKL 2018 squad
Players bought: Indians– Pawan Kumar 20 lakh, Naveen Kumar, Chandran Ranjit 61.25 Lakh, Vishal Mane 45 Lakh, Viraj Landge 25 Lakh, Pawan Kumar 20 Lakh, Ravinder Pahal 20 Lakh, Rajesh Narwal 16 Lakh, Shabeer Bapu 15.5 Lakh, Siddharth 12 Lakh, Anil Kumar 8 Lakh, Kamal Kishor Jat 8 Lakh, Yogesh Hooda 8 Lakh, Joginder Narwal, Satpal Narwal, Tushar Balaram Bhoir, Tapas Pal, Vishal, Naveen Kumar
Overseas- Khomsan Thongkham 8 lakh, Meraj Sheykh
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Jaipur Pink Panthers’ PKL 2018 squad
Players bought: Indians– Anup Kumar 30 lakh, Deepak Hooda 1.15 crore, Mohit Chillar 58 lakh, Sandeep Dhull 66 lakh, Lokesh Kaushik, K Selvamani 15 Lakh, Bajirao Hodage 14.6 Lakh, Gangadhari Mallesh 8 Lakh, Sunil Siddhgavali 8 Lakh, Anand Patil 8 Lakh, Shiva Ramakrishna 8 Lakh, Brijendra Singh Chaudhary 5.6 Lakh
Overseas- Chang Ko 11.4 lakh, David Mosambayi 10.2 lakh
Telugu Titans’ PKL 2018 squad
Players bought: Indians– Rahul Chaudhari 1.29 crore, Kamal Singh, Ankit Beniwal, Anand, Nilesh Salunke, Rakesh Singh Kumar 12 Lakh, Manoj Kumar 8 Lakh, Sanket Chavan 8 Lakh, Mahender Reddy 8 Lakh, Vishal Bhardwaj, Rakshith, Sombir
Overseas– Abozar Mohajermighani 76 lakh, Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan 21.5 lakh, Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari
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Gujarat Fortunegiants’ PKL 2018 squad
Players bought: Indians: Sachin Tanwar, Sunil Kumar, Mahendra Ganesh Rajput, Parvesh Bhainswal 35 lakh, K Prapanjan 38 lakh, Lalit Chaudhary, Vikram Kandola, Anil, Ruturaj Koravi 30.4 Lakh, Ajay Kumar 25 Lakh, Shubham Palkar 8 Lakh, Amit Sharma 8 Lakh, Dharmender 5 Lakh
Overseas: Hadi Oshtorak 12 lakh, Dong Geon Lee 17.2 lakh
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Bengaluru Bulls’ PKL 2018 squad
Players bought: Indians– Rohit Kumar, Sumit Singh, Harish Naik, Amit Sheoran, Kashiling Adake 32 lakh, Mahendra Singh 40 lakh, Pawan Kumar 52.8 Lakh, Jasmer Singh Gulia 12 Lakh, Raju Lal Choudhary 8.8 Lakh, Sandeep 8 Lakh, Jawahar Vivek 8 Lakh, Mahesh Maruti Magdum 8 Lakh, Mahendra Singh Dhaka 8 Lakh, Nitesh BR 8 Lakh, Anil 8 Lakh, Anand V 8 Lakh, Rohit 8 Lakh
Overseas: Dong Ju Hong(South Korea) 8 lakh, Gyung Tae Kim 8 lakh
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Tamil Thalaivas’ PKL 2018 squad
Players bought: Indians– Ajay Thakur, Amit Hooda, C Arun, D Pradap, Sukesh Hegde 28 lakh, Manjeet Chillar 20 lakh, Darshan J 28 lakh, Rajnish, Jasvir Singh 12 Lakh, K Jayasselan 12 Lakh, Atul MS 9.2 Lakh, Anil Sharma 8 Lakh, Abhinandan Chandel 8 Lakh, D Gopu 8 Lakh, Vimal Raj 5 Lakh
Overseas– Chan Sik Park 8 lakh, Jae Min Lee
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