Pro Kabaddi League Season 9: Full list of retained players for all teams

The Pro Kabaddi League 2022 is all set to begin in October this year. The mega event will be venturing into its ninth season, having gained massive success in the past.

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The Player auction for season nine of the Pro Kabaddi League is scheduled to start at 6:30 PM on August 5. A number of exciting players go under the hammer. The teams, though, have already retained some of their best players.

Patna Pirates have retained their star defender Mohammadreza Chiyaneh making him the only overseas player to be retained ahead of the Mega auction. Patna Pirates are also the only team to retain four elite players in their squad.

Bengal Warrior have retained their captain Maninder Singh while the defending champions Dabang Delhi have retained the services of all-rounder Vijay and raider Naveen Kumar in their squad. Meanwhile, Jaipur Pink Panthers have retained Arjun Deshwal.

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Surender Gill by UP Yoddhas and Sourabh Nandal by Bengaluru Bulls are some of the other star players to be retained by Pro Kabaddi League franchises ahead of Season nine.

Patna Pirates Retained Players for PKL Season 9

Elite Retained Players
Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh – All-rounder
Sajin Chandrasekar – All-rounder
Monu – Raider
Neeraj Kumar – Defender

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Existing New Young Players
Rohit – Raider
Manish – Defender

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Ranjit Venkatramana Naik – Raider
Anuj Kumar – Raider
Naveen Sharma – Defender
Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj – Defender

Bengaluru Bulls Retained Players PKL Season 9

Elite Retained Players
Mahender Singh – Defender
Mayur Jagannath Kadam – Defender
More G B – Raider

Retained Young Players
Saurabh Nandal – Defender

Existing New Young Players
Bharat – Raider
Rohit Kumar – Defender
Vinod Lachmayya Naik – Defender

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Aman – Defender
Rajnesh – Defender
Yash Hooda – Defender

Dabang Delhi Retained Players PKL Season 9

Elite Retained Players
Vijay – All-rounder

Retained Young Players
Naveen Kumar – Raider

Existing New Young Players
Dipak – Defender
Krishan – Defender
Vinay Kumar – Defender
Ashu Malik – Raider

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Ashish Narwal – Raider
Manjeet – Raider
Suraj Panwar – Raider
Vijay – Defender

Haryana Steelers Retained Players PKL Season 9

Retained Young Players
Vinay – Raider

Existing New Young Players
Meetu – Raider
Jaideep – Defender
Ankit – Defender
Mohit – Defender

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Monu – Defender
Naveen – Defender
Harsh – Defender
Sunny – Defender

Gujarat Giants 

Elite Retained Players
Sonu – Raider

Existing New Young Players
Rakesh – Raider
Gaurav Chhikara – Raider
Sohit – Raider
Sonu Singh – Raider

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Parteek Dhaiya – Raider
Rohan Singh – All-rounder

Puneri Paltan Retained Players PKL Season 9

Elite Retained Players
Sombir – Defender
Abinesh Nadarajan – Defender

Retained Young Players
Pankaj Mohite – Raider
Sanket Sawant – Defender

Existing New Young Players
Aslam Inamdar – Raider
Mohit Goyat – Raider

Akash Santosh Shinde – Raider
Shubham Nitin Shelke – Raider
Govind Gurjar – All-rounder

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Aditya Tushar Shinde – Raider
Badal Taqdir Singh – Defender

Jaipur Pink Panthers Retained Players PKL Season 9

Elite Retained Players
Arjun Deshwal – Raider
Sahul Kumar – Defender

Existing New Young Players
Deepak – Defender

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Devank – Raider
Ankush – Defender
Ashish – Defender
Abhishek KS – Defender

Tamil Thalaivas Retained players PKL Season 9

Elite Retained Players
Ajinkya Ashok Pawar – Raider

Retained Young Players
Sagar – Defender
Himanshu – Defender
M. Abishek – Defender

Existing New Young Players
Himanshu – Raider
Sahil – Defender
Ashish – Defender
Mohit – Defender

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Himanshu – Raider
Narender – Raider
Jatin – Raider

Telugu Titans Retained players PKL Season 9

Retained Young Players
Ankit Beniwal – Raider
Rajnish – Raider

Existing New Young Players
Muhammed Shihas S – Defender
Palla Ramakrishna – Defender
Prince – Defender

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Vinay – Raider
Mohit Pahal – Defender
Mohit – Defender
Nitin – Defender

U Mumba Retained players PKL Season 9

Elite Retained Players
Rinku – Defender

Existing New Young Players
Kamlesh – Raider
Shivam – Raider
Prince – Defender
Rahul – Defender

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Sachin – Raider
Pranay Vinay Rane – Raider
Rupesh – Raider
Shivansh Thakur – Defender

U.P. Yoddhas Retained players PKL Season 9

Elite Retained Players
Nitesh Kumar – Defender

Retained Young Players
Surender Gill – Raider
Sumit – Defender
Ashu Singh – Defender

Existing New Young Players
Nitin Panwar – All-rounder
Shubham Kumar – Defender
Aman – Raider
Rohit Tomar – Raider

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Durgesh Kumar – Raider
Mahipal – Raider
Anil Kumar – Raider