vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 9 retained players: Maninder Singh & Mohammadreza Chiyaneh make the cut as Elite Retained Players

Among the vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 9 retained players announced on Thursday, Bengal Warriors will continue with Maninder Singh while Patna Pirates have retained their star defender Mohammadreza Chiyaneh. Defending champions Dabang Delhi K.C. have decided to keep star raider Naveen Kumar and all-rounder Vijay in their squad.

There are 13 Retained Young Players, 19 Elite Retained Players and 38 Existing New Young Players who have been retained by all 12 teams ahead of vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 9 Player Auction. There are also 41 Franchisees-nominated New Young Players this year.

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 Season 9.

Other prominent names who have been retained are Arjun Deshwal (Jaipur Pink Panthers), Surender Gill (U.P. Yoddhas) and Saurabh Nandal (Bengaluru Bulls).

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

All non-retained players are set to go under the hammer for the two-day auction in Mumbai from August 5th to 6th.

During this year’s auction, the non-retained players from 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 each category.

The base prices for each of the categories are Category A – INR 30 Lakhs, Category B – INR 20 Lakhs, Category C – INR 10 Lakhs and Category D – INR 6 Lakhs.

The total Salary Purse available to each franchisee for its squad for PKL Season 9 is INR 4.4 Crores. The vivo PKL Season 9’s Player Pool has been expanded to 500+ including 24 players from the top 2 teams of the Khelo India University Games 2021, Bangalore.

vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 9 retained players' list

Bengal Warriors retained players for PKL Season 9

Elite Retained Players
Maninder Singh - Raider
Manoj Gowda K. - All-rounder
Akash Pikalmunde - Raider

Franchisee Nominated New Young Players
Suyog Baban Gaikar - Raider
R Guhan - Raider
Parshant Kumar - Raider
Vaibhav Bhausaheb Garje - Defender


Bengaluru Bulls retained players for 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 K.C. retained players for 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


Gujarat Giants retained players for PKL Season 9

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


Haryana Steelers retained players for 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


Jaipur Pink Panthers retained players for 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


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

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


Puneri Paltan retained players for 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


Tamil Thalaivas retained players for 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 for 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 for 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 for 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