Gujarat Giants PKL Auction 2023 Squad: Full list of players, new buys, team news in Pro Kabaddi League Season 10

Gujarat Giants team updates, PKL 2023 auction: Here is the full players’ list and the remaining purse of Gujarat Giants of Pro Kabaddi League season 10.

Fazel Atrachali and Mohammad Esmail Nabibakhsh | Photo Credit: Lavanya Lakshmi Narayanan

The player auction ahead of Season 10 of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) takes place on October 9 and 10 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai.

The 12 PKL teams will be looking to seal their squads ahead of the new season. Each of the franchises must have a minimum of 18 players this season, with the upper limit being set at 25.

PLAYERS BOUGHT IN THE PKL 2023 AUCTION

Fazel Atrachali - (Iranian defender) - Rs. 1.60 CR

Rohit Gulia (Indian all-rounder) - Rs. 58.50 Lakh

Arkam Shaikh (Indian all-rounder) - Rs. 20.25 Lakh

Mohammad Esmail Nabibakhsh (Iranian all-rounder) - Rs. 22 Lakh

Sombir (Indian defender) - Rs. 26.25 Lakh

Vikas Jaglan (Indian all-rounder) - Rs. 13 Lakh

Sourav Gulia (Indian defender) - Rs. 13 Lakh

Deepak Rajender Singh (Indian defender) - Rs. 15.70 Lakh

Ravi Kumar (Indian defender) - Rs. 13.30 Lakh

More G B (Indian raider) - Rs. 13 Lakh

Jitender Yadav (Indian all-rounder) - Rs. 9 Lakh

Nitesh (Indian defender) - Rs. 9 Lakh

Jagdeep (Indian defender) - Rs. 9 Lakh

Balaji D (Indian all-rounder) - Rs. 13 Lakh

GUJARAT GIANTS - RETAINED PLAYERS FOR PKL SEASON 10

Elite players: Manuj, Sonu

Retained young players: Rakesh

Existing young players: Rohan Singh, Parteek Dahiya

PURSE UPDATE

Gujarat Giants had INR 4 CR at the start of the auction having let go of most of their players, especially in the higher categories. They brought in Fazel for INR 1.6 CR. Fazel returns to Gujarat for a second stint after the 2017 edition.