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. Tulugu Titans were the most busy franchise in the auctions as they spent a total of 399.92 lakhs to acquire the services of 18 players. They again purchased back their key raider Rahul Chaudhari for a whooping 1.31 crore rupees. On that note, here’s a look at Telugu Titans team for PKL 2018.
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In the raiding department their dependable raider Nilesh Salunke was retained for a price tag of 56.87 lakh who will be again be joined by poster boy of Indian kabaddi-Rahul Chaudhari and Iran’s Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari.
Iranian defender Abozar Mighani was purchased for a sum of 76 lakhs and will be the key in the defense alongside Rakesh Kumar and Vishal Bharadwaj
Some young players like Kamal Singh, Ankit Beniwal and Anand were picked up from the Future Kabaddi Heroes programme.
Telugu Titans team for PKL 2018
Raiders:
Nilesh Salunke [Retained] – ₹56.87 lakh
Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari [Retained] – ₹24.55 lakh
Rahul Chaudhari – ₹129 lakhs
Kamal Singh [NYP] – ₹6.6 lakhRakshith [NYP] – ₹6.6 lakh
Ankit Beniwal [NYP] – ₹6.6 lakh
Anand [NYP] – ₹6.6 lakh
Defenders:
Vishal Bharadwaj [Retained] – ₹6.6 lakh
Abozar Mighani – ₹76 lakh
Farhad Milagardhan – ₹21.5 lakh
Rakesh Singh Kumar – ₹12 lakh
Sanket Chavan – ₹8 lakh
D Gopu – ₹8 lakh
C Manoj Kumar – ₹8 lakh
Anuj Kumar – ₹5 lakh
Deepak – ₹5 lakh
All-rounders:
Mahender Reddy – ₹8 lakh
Armaan – ₹5 lakh
Telugu Titans team owner: Veera Sports constituting Srini Sreeramaneni of Core Green Group, Mahesh Kolli of Greenko Group and Gautham Nedurumalli of NED Group.
Coach of Telugu Titans: Naveen Kumar, Mentor: Mr. Sai Prasad
Home stadium: Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad & Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Visakhapatnam.
DS Verdict: The team has some good mix of youth and experience but lack a quality all-rounder.
