Full List of Retained Players Before Pro Kabaddi Auction 2023 by All 12 Teams – PKL Season 10

You’ll get all the information about the full list of retained players before Pro Kabaddi Auction 2023 by all 12 teams (team-wise) and PKL Season 10 details.

Before the start of every PKL season, an auction takes place. Every team buys the best players according to their analysis to balance their squads. These players that are highly required in the squads for the upcoming season and are retained by the 12 teams of Vivo Pro Kabaddi.

All 12 teams ahead of the Vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 10 Player Auction retained a total number of 111 players before the PKL Auction in 2023. Out of that 111 retained players, 13 are Retained Young Players, 19 are Elite Retained Players, and 38 are Existing New Young Players. There are also 41 Franchisees-nominated New Young Players in PKL 2023 Auction.

The three-time champions Patna Pirates have the most Elite Retained Players (4) and their all-rounder Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh is the only overseas player retained by any PKL team ahead of PKL Season 10 2023.

All the franchisees are only allowed to retain up to 6 players under the Elite Retained Players category and as many as only 4 New Young Players (NYPs) under specific conditions in every PKL season.

All players that are not retained are set to go under the hammer for a two-day auction in Mumbai from August 5th to 6th.

In this year’s auction, the non-retained players from all categories the Domestic, Overseas, and New Young Players (NYPs) groups will be divided into four categories: A, B, C, and D. The players are then subdivided as ‘All-Rounders’, ‘Defenders’ and ‘Raiders’ within these categories.

The base prices for each of the categories are:

• Category A – INR 30 Lakhs
• Category B – INR 20 Lakhs
• Category C – INR 10 Lakhs
• Category D – INR 6 Lakhs.

The total Salary Purse that will be available to each franchisee for its squad for PKL auction Season 10 is INR 4.4 Crores. The Vivo PKL Season 10’s Player Pool has been expanded to 500+ including 24 players from the top 2 teams of the Khelo India University Games 2021, Bangalore.

The Vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 10 Players Auction 2023 was held in Mumbai from August 5^th to 6^th. A total number of 450 players (domestic and international) will go under the hammer and the 12 teams will battle to sign them in.

PKL Season 10: Full List of Retained Players Before Pro Kabaddi Auction 2023 by All 12 Teams

The full list of retained players before Pro Kabaddi Auction 2023 by all 12 teams in Season 10 in all categories are as follows:

Elite Players	Retained Young Players	Existing Young Players	Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
19	13	38	41

The Team wise full list of all these categories is broken down in the tables below:

Bengal Warriors 2023 Retained Players

Bengal Warriors retained a total number of 7 players before Pro Kabaddi Auction 2023 which are as follows:

Elite Players	Retained Young Players	Existing Young Players	Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Maninder Singh – (Raider)	–	–	Suyog Baban Gaikar – Raider
Manoj Gowda K. – All-rounder	–	–	R Guhan – Raider
Akash Pikalmunde – Raider	–	–	Parshant Kumar – Raider
–	–	–	Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje – Defender

Bengaluru Bulls 2023 Retained Players

Bengaluru Bulls retained a total number of 10 players before Pro Kabaddi Auction 2023 which are as follows:

Elite Players	Retained Young Players	Existing Young Players	Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Mahender Singh – Defender	Saurabh Nandal – Defender	Bharat – Raider	Aman – Defender
Mayur Jagannath Kadam – Defender	–	Rohit Kumar – Defender	Rajnesh – Defender
More G B – Raider	–	Vinod Lachmayya Naik – Defender	Yash Hooda – Defender

Dabang Delhi K.C 2023 Retained Players

Dabang Delhi KC retained a total number of 10 players before the Pro Kabaddi Auction 2023 which are as follows:

Elite Players	Retained Young Players	Existing Young Players	Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Vijay – (All-Rounder)	Naveen Kumar – (Raider)	Dipak – Defender	Ashish Narwal – Raider
–	–	Krishan – Defender	Manjeet – Raider
–	–	Vinay Kumar – Defender	Suraj Panwar – Raider
–	–	Ashu Malik – Raider	Vijay – Defender

Gujarat Giants 2023 Retained Players

Gujarat Giants retained a total number of 7 players before PKL Auction 2023 which are as follows:

Elite Players	Retained Young Players	Existing Young Players	Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Sonu – Raider	–	Rakesh – Raider	Parteek Dhaiya – Raider
–	–	Gaurav Chhikara – Raider	Rohan Singh – All-rounder
–	–	Sohit – Raider	–
–	–	Sonu Singh – Raider	–

Haryana Steelers 2023 Retained Players

Haryana Steelers retained a total number of 9 players before PKL Auction 2023 which are as follows:

Elite Players	Retained Young Players	Existing Young Players	Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
–	Vinay – Raider	Meetu – Raider	Monu – Defender
–	–	Jaideep – Defender	Naveen – Defender
–	–	Ankit – Defender	Harsh – Defender
–	–	Mohit – Defender	Sunny – Defender

Jaipur Pink Panthers 2023 Retained Players

Jaipur Pink Panthers retained a total number of 7 players before Pro Kabaddi Player Auction 2023 which are as follows:

Elite Players	Retained Young Players	Existing Young Players	Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Arjun Deshwal – Raider	–	Deepak – Defender	Devank – Raider
Sahul Kumar – Defender	–	–	Ankush – Defender
–	–	–	Ashish – Defender
–	–	–	Abhishek KS – Defender

Patna Pirates 2023 Retained Players

Patna Pirates retained a total number of 10 players before the Pro Kabaddi League Auction 2023 which are as follows:

Elite Players	Retained Young Players	Existing Young Players	Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh – All-rounder	–	Rohit – Raider	Ranjit Venkatramana Naik – Raider
Sajin Chandrasekar – All-rounder	–	Manish – Defender	Anuj Kumar – Raider
Monu – Raider	–	–	Naveen Sharma – Defender
Neeraj Kumar – Defender	–	–	Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj – Defender

Puneri Paltan 2023 Retained Players

Puneri Paltan retained a total number of 11 players before the PKL Player Auction 2023 which are as follows:

Elite Players	Retained Young Players	Existing Young Players	Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Sombir – Defender	Pankaj Mohite – Raider	Aslam Inamdar – Raider	Aditya Tushar Shinde – Raider
Abinesh Nadarajan – Defender	Sanket Sawant – Defender	Mohit Goyat – Raider	Badal Taqdir Singh – Defender
–	–	Akash Santosh Shinde – Raider	–
–	–	Shubham Nitin Shelke – Raider	–
–	–	Govind Gurjar – All-rounder	–

Tamil Thalaivas 2023 Retained Players

Tamil Thalaivas retained a total number of 11 players before the Pro Kabaddi Auction 2023 which are as follows:

Elite Players	Retained Young Players	Existing Young Players	Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Ajinkya Ashok Pawar – Raider	Sagar – Defender	Himanshu – Raider	Himanshu – Raider
–	Himanshu – Defender	Sahil – Defender	Narender – Raider
–	M. Abishek – Defender	Ashish – Defender	Jatin – Raider
–	–	Mohit – Defender	–

Telugu Titans 2023 Retained Players

Telugu Titans retained a total number of 9 players before PKL Auction Season 10 which are as follows:

Elite Players	Retained Young Players	Existing Young Players	Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
–	Ankit Beniwal – Raider	Muhammed Shihas S – Defender	Vinay – Raider
–	Rajnish – (Raider)	Palla Ramakrishna – Defender	Mohit Pahal – Defender
–	–	Prince – Defender	Mohit – Defender
–	–	–	Nitin – Defender

U Mumba 2023 Retained Players

U Mumba retained a total number of 9 players before the Pro Kabaddi League Auction Season 10 which are as follows:

Elite Players	Retained Young Players	Existing Young Players	Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Rinku – Defender	–	Kamlesh – Raider	Sachin – Raider
–	–	Shivam – Raider	Pranay Vinay Rane – Raider
–	–	Prince – Defender	Rupesh – Raider
–	–	Rahul – Defender	Shivansh Thakur – Defender

U.P Yoddhas 2023 Retained Players

UP Yoddhas retained a total number of 11 players before the PKL Player Auction 2023 which are as follows:

Elite Players	Retained Young Players	Existing Young Players	Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Nitesh Kumar – Defender	Surender Gill – Raider	Nitin Panwar – All-rounder	Durgesh Kumar – Raider
–	Sumit – Defender	Shubham Kumar – Defender	Mahipal – Raider
–	Ashu Singh – Defender	Aman – Raider	Anil Kumar – Raider
–	–	Rohit Tomar – Raider	–

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