As preparations for the Pro Kabaddi League PKL Season 9 auctions are underway, teams have released their retained and released players list
The PKL auctions, which will feature over 500 players, are set to take place from August 5th to 6th in Mumbai.
Following the league’s decision, teams can retain up to six elite players in each category and four new young players. Of course, this all comes under stipulated conditions. Subsequently, all the teams released a retained player list consisting of 111 players in total.
Pro Kabaddi (PKL) Season 9 2022 Auction Full List Of Retained And Released Players, Starting Date, Schedule And Teams
Overall 11 & Last retained player of Puneri Paltan for season 9 before PKL player auctions
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The list contains retained players across all three categories—19 from the Elite Retained Players (ERP) category, 13 from the Retained Young Players (RYP) category, and 38 from the New Young Players (NYP) category.
PKL Season 9 Auction
In this year’s edition, the New Young Players category consists of a total of 41 nominated players. Besides the non-retained players, all the rest will go under the auction hammer in Mumbai from August 5th to August 6th, 2022.
Bengaluru Bulls Retained Players
Bengaluru Bulls have retained 2 of last season’s defenders, Mahender Singh and Mayur Jagannath Kadam, and 1 all-rounder, GB More. Surprisingly, the team excluded star raider Pawan Sehrawat from the retained players list. Pawan, who has been with the franchise for 4 of his 5 seasons in PKL, will be auctioned off this season.
UP Yoddha
UP Yoddha made a shocking move as their retained players’ list did not include Pardeep Narwal, the most expensive player in PKL history.
Bengal Warriors Retained Players
2019 champions Bengal Warriors have added their star raider Maninder Singh to their retained players list. Besides him, the other two palyers retained are Akash Pikalmunde and Manoj Gowda K. The rest of the big names will be heading into the Season 9 player auctions.
Dabang Delhi Retained Players
Defending champions Dabang Delhi have retained six players, of whom only their all-rounder Vijay is an elite player.
Given below is a list of retained players so far ahead of season PKL Player Auction:
| Player | Category | Position | Retained By |
| Maninder Singh | Elite Player | Raider | Bengal Warriors |
| Akash Pikalmunde | Elite Player | Raider | Bengal Warriors |
| Manoj K Gowda | Elite Player | All-rounder | Bengal Warriors |
| Mahender Singh | Elite Player | Defender | Bengaluru Bulls |
| GB More | Elite Player | All-rounder | Bengaluru Bulls |
| Mayur Jagannath Kadam | Elite Player | Defender | Bengaluru Bulls |
| Saurabh Nandal | Retained Young Player | Defender | Bengaluru Bulls |
| Bharat | Existing New Young Player | Raider | Bengaluru Bulls |
| Rohit Kumar | Existing New Young Player | Defender | Bengaluru Bulls |
| Vinod Lachmaya Naik | New Young Player | Defender | Bengaluru Bulls |
| Vijay | Elite Player | All-rounder | Dabang Delhi |
| Naveen Kumar | Retained Young Player | Raider | Dabang Delhi |
| Krishan Existing | New Young Player | Defender | Dabang Delhi |
| Vinay Kumar | Existing New Young Player | Defender | Dabang Delhi |
| Ashu Malik | Existing New Young Player | Raider | Dabang Delhi |
| Dipak | New Young Player | Defender | Dabang Delhi |
| Sonu | Retained Elite Player | Raider | Gujarat Giants |
| Rakesh S | Retained Young Player | Raider | Gujarat Giants |
| Gaurav Chhikara | Existing New Young Player | TBC | Gujarat Giants |
| Sohit Existing | New Young Player | Raider | Gujarat Giants |
| Arjun Deshwal | Elite Player | Raider | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
| Sahul Kumar | Elite Player | Defender | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
| Deepak R | New Young Player | Defender | Jaipur Pink Panthers |
| Abhinesh Nadarajan | Elite Player | Defender | Puneri Paltan |
| Sombir | Elite Player | Defender | Puneri Paltan |
| Sanket Sawant | Retained Young Player | Defender | Puneri Paltan |
| Monu Goyat | Retained Young Player | Raider | Puneri Paltan |
| Aslam Inamdar | Retained Young Player | All-rounder | Puneri Paltan |
| Pankaj Mohite | Retained Young Player | Raider | Puneri Paltan |
| Akash Shinde | New Young Player | Raider | Puneri Paltan |
| Govind Gujjar | Retained Young Player | All-rounder | Puneri Paltan |
| Aditya Shinde | New Young Player | Raider | Puneri Paltan |
| Badal Singh | New Young Player | Defender | Puneri Paltan |
| Rinku | Elite Player | All-rounder | UMumba |
| Prince Existing | New Young Player | Defender | UMumba |
| Rahul Sethpal | Existing New Young Player | Defender | UMumba |
| Kamlesh Exisiting | New Young Player | Raider | UMumba |
| Shivam Existing | New Young Player | Raider | UMumba |
| Mohammedreza Shadlou Chiyaneh (Iran) | Elite Player | Defender | Patna Pirates |
| Sajin Chandrashekar | Elite Player | Defender | Patna Pirates |
| Neeraj Kumar | Elite Player | Defender | Patna Pirates |
| Monu | Elite Player | Raider | Patna Pirates |
| Manish | New Existing Young Player | Defender | Patna Pirates |
| Rohit New | Existing Young Player | TBC | Patna Pirates |
| Nitesh Kumar | Elite Player | Defender | UP Yoddha |
| Surender Gill | Retained Young Player | Raider | UP Yoddha |
| Sumit Retained | Young Player | Defender | UP Yoddha |
| Ashu Singh | Retained Young Player | Defender | UP Yoddha |
| Nitin Panwar | New Existing Young Player | All-rounder | UP Yoddha |
| Shubham Kumar | New Existing Young Player | Defender | UP Yoddha |
| Aman | New Existing Young Player | Raider | UP Yoddha |
| Rohit Tomar | New Existing Young Player | Raider | UP Yoddha |
| Ajinkya Ashok Pawar | Elite Player | Raider | Tamil Thalaivas |
| Sagar | Retained Young Player | Defender | Tamil Thalaivas |
| Sahil Gulia | New Existing Young Player | Defender | Tamil Thalaivas |
| Aashish | New Existing Young Player | Defender | Tamil Thalaivas |
| Mohit | New Existing Young Player | Defender | Tamil Thalaivas |
| Himanshu | New Existing Young Player | Defender | Tamil Thalaivas |
| Himanshu Singh | Retained Young Player | Raider | Tamil Thalaivas |
| M Abhishek | Retained Young Player | Defender | Tamil Thalaivas |
| Ankit Beniwal | Retained Young Player | Raider | Telugu Titans |
| Rajnish | Retained Young Player | Raider | Telugu Titans |
| Muhammed Shihas | Existing New Young Player | Defender | Telugu Titans |
| Prince D | Existing New Young Player | Defender | Telugu Titans |
| Palla Ramakrishna | Existing New Young Player | Defender | Telugu Titans |
| Vinay | Retained Young Player | Raider | Haryana Steelers |
| Jaideep | Existing New Young Player | Defender | Haryana Steelers |
| Ankit | Existing New Young Player | Defender | Haryana Steelers |
| Mohit | Existing New Young Player | Defender | Haryana Steelers |
| Meetu | Existing New Young Player | Raider | Haryana Steelers |
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