According to the vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 9 released players list announced on Tuesday, superstar raiders Pawan Sehrawat and Pardeep Narwal have been released by Bengaluru Bulls and U.P. Yoddha respectively ahead of PKL Season 9.

Of the 12 teams, Bengal Warriors and Jaipur Pink Panthers have released most of their players.

Other prominent players who were released from their respective teams include Abhishek Singh (U Mumba), Vikash Khandola (Haryana Steelers), Deepak Hooda (Jaipur Pink Panthers), Surjeet Singh (Tamil Thalaivas) and Parvesh Bhainswal (Gujarat Giants).

A few more players who were captains of their teams but were let go ahead of the new season are Nitin Tomar (Puneri Paltan), Joginder Narwal (Dabang Delhi K.C.) and Rohit Kumar (Telugu Titans).

Stars like Mohammad Nabibakhsh (Bengal Warriors), Surender Nada (Haryana Steelers) and Fazel Atrachali (U Mumba) were released as well with their respective teams looking to freshen things up ahead of PKL Season 9.

All of the PKL S9 released players will be added to the Player Auction where they will be vying for bids from the 12 teams. They will go under the hammer for the two-day Player Auction in Mumbai from August 5th to 6th.

This year’s Player Auction will see players from the Domestic, Overseas, and New Young Players (NYPs) groups being divided into four categories: A, B, C and D. The players are then further 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 franchise for its squad for PKL Season 9 is INR 4.4 Crores. 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 released players’ list

Bengal Warriors: Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (F), Abozar Mohajer Mighani (F), Ran Singh, Rohit, Amit Nirwal, Sukesh Hegde, Tapas Pal, Rinku Narwal, Rohit Banne, Parveen Satpal, Sachin Vittala, Vinod Kumar, Darshan J., Vishal Mane, Vijin Thangadurai, Sumit Singh, Anand V, Rishank Devadiga, Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat

Bengaluru Bulls: Dong Geon Lee (F), Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Chandran Ranjit, Amit Sheoran, Ankit, Vikas, Sachin, Jaideep, Mohit Sehrawat, Banty, Deepak Narwal, Naseeb, Rohit Singh

Dabang Delhi: Sandeep Narwal, Joginder Singh Narwal, Balram, Vikash D, Sumit Bhainswal, Jeeva Kumar, Mohit Bhainswal, Neeraj Narwal, Sushant Sail, Nitin Panwar

Gujarat Giants: Hadi Oshtorak (F), Soleiman Pahlevani (F), Parvesh Bhainswal, Sunil Kumar, Girish Maruti Ernak, Ajay Kumar, Rakesh Narwal, Pardeep Kumar, Sumit, Vishav Chaudhary, Ankit, Ravinder Pahal, Davinder Singh, Harshit Yadav, Rathan K, Mahendra Ganesh Rajput, Harmanjit Singh, Maninder Singh, Bhuvneshwar Gaur

Haryana Steelers: Hamid Mirzaei Nader (F), Rohit Gulia, Vikash Khandola, Ashish, Ajay Ghanghas, Rajesh Narwal, Vikas Jaglan, Shrikant Tewthia, Akshay Kumar, Surender Nada, Rajesh Gurjar, Sudhakar Krishant Kadam, Vijay Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Sawin

Jaipur Pink Panthers: Deepak Niwas Hooda, Sandeep Kumar Dhull, Nitin Rawal, Brijendra Singh Chaudhary, Vishal, Sachin Narwal, Elavarasan A, Amit Hooda, Pavan TR, Ashok, Naveen, Amit Nagar, Sushil Gulia

Patna Pirates: Daniel Omondi Odhiambo (F), Sachin, Sunil, Guman Singh, Monu Goyat, Prashanth Kumar Rai, Sahil Mann, Balaji D, Sunder, Sourav Gulia, Sandeep, Manuj, Shubham Shinde, Mohit, Rajveersinh Pratap Rao Chavan, Selvamani K

Puneri Paltan: Victor Onyango Obiero (F), Vishal Bhardwaj, Nitin Tomar, E Subash, Karamvir, Chethan S, Babu Murugasan, Baldev Singh, Sourav Kumar, Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav, Pawan Kumar Kadian, Vishwas S, Rahul Chaudhari

Tamil Thalaivas: Surjeet Singh, Manjeet, Sagar B. Krishna, Sourabh Tanaji Patil, Santhapanaselvam, Sahil Surender, Athul MS, Bhavani Rajput, K. Prapanjan

Telugu Titans: Surinder Singh, Siddharth Sirish Desai, Sandeep Kandola, Adarsh T, C. Arun, Manish, Akash Choudhary, Akash Dattu Arsul, Rohit Kumar, Amit Chauhan, Rakesh Gowda, Galla Raju

U Mumba: Fazel Atrachali (F), Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari (F), Ajith V Kumar, Abhishek Singh, Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre, Monu, Ashish Kumar (Sangwan), Pankaj, Sunil Siddhgavali, Harendra Kumar, Baljinder Singh, Ajeet, Rahul Rana, Prathap S., Jashandeep Singh, Navneet

U.P. Yoddhas: Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali (F), James Namaba Kamweti (F), Pardeep Narwal, Shrikant Jadhav, Gurdeep, Bintu Narwal, Gaurav Kumar, Anil Kumar, Aashish Nagar, Ankush, Ankit, Sahil, Azad Singh, Gulveer Singh

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