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Pawan Sehrawat And Pradeep Narwal To Go Under The Hammer At Vivo Pro Kabaddi Player Auction

VIVO Pro Kabaddi announces the ‘Elite Retained Players’, ‘Retained Young Players’, and ‘New Young Players’ for Season 9 ahead of the auction. 

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Mumbai, 27th July, 2022: VIVO Pro Kabaddi announces the ‘Elite Retained Players’, ‘Retained Young Players’, and ‘New Young Players’ for Season 9 ahead of the player auction.

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A total of 111 players were retained across all 3 categories with 19 from the Elite Retained Players (ERP) category, 13 in the Retained Young Players (RYP) category, and 38 in the New Young Players (NYP) category as teams begin to assemble their squads for Season 9 slated to take place later this year. This year, there are 41 Franchisees nominated New Young Players. The non-retained players will go under the hammer at the auctions in Mumbai between August 5th to 6th, 2022.

Anupam Goswami, CEO, Sports League, Disney Star India and League Commissioner, VIVO Pro Kabaddi League“Some of the star performers of VIVO Pro Kabaddi have a fan following across the country and we believe that this auction will witness some interesting bidding wars. This will lead to creation of new team squads and an increased level of competition in the upcoming season 9.”

The talent pool retained by the teams is a mixture of young and experienced players. Bengal Warriors have retained Maninder Singh, U Mumba has retained Rinku whereas U P Yoddhas have retained Nitesh Kumar.

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The list of “Elite Retained Players” is appended below:  

TEAM  PLAYER 1  PLAYER 2  PLAYER 3  PLAYER 4 
Bengal Warriors Maninder Singh  Manoj Gowda K.  Akash Pikalmunde   

Bengaluru Bulls Mahender Singh  Mayur Jagannath Kadam  More G B 
Dabang Delhi K.C. Vijay 
Gujarat Giants Sonu 
Haryana Steelers
Jaipur Pink Panthers Arjun Deshwal  Sahul Kumar 
Patna Pirates Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh (F)  Sajin Chandrasekar  Neeraj Kumar  Monu 
Puneri Paltan Sombir  Abinesh Nadarajan 
Tamil Thalaivas Ajinkya Ashok Pawar 
Telugu Titans
U Mumba Rinku 
U.P. Yoddha Nitesh Kumar 

VIVO PKL Player Auction will be broadcast LIVE on 5th August, 6:30 PM onwards on the Star Sports Network and Disney+ Hotstar.

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