Kabaddi PKL auction day 1: As it happened Monu Goyat became the most expensive player in Pro Kabaddi league history when he was signed by the Haryana Steelers for a massive 1.51 crores. Team Sportstar CHENNAI Last Updated: 31 May, 2018 00:23 IST 422 players set to go under the hammer, which includes 58 overseas players from nations such as Bangladesh, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, among other countries. The auction pool also includes 87 players from the Future Kabaddi Heroes programme. - PTI Team Sportstar CHENNAI Last Updated: 31 May, 2018 00:23 IST And that brings us to the end of the first day of the auction. It has been a pulsating day which saw Fazel Atrachali attract a bid of 1 crore to become the most expensive foreign buy, however, that record was shattered later this evening. Deepak Niwas Hooda was the first player to breach the 1 crore mark when he was signed up by Jaipur Pink Panthers for a astounding 1.15 crore, while Nitin Tomar soon followed suit when he was taken by Puneri Paltans for the same amount.Another big move was UP Yoddha's retention of Rishank Devadiga for 1.11 crore. The evening, though, belonged to one man, Monu Goyat. The ace raider, who was with defending champ Patna Pirates last year, was roped in by the Haryana Steelers for a mindblowing 1.51 crores, making him the most expensive player in PKL history. 9:15 pm: The last player to go under the hammer for today, Deepak Narwal, has been signed by the Patna Pirates for 57 lakh.9:13 pm: Monu Goyat is officially the most expensive player in ProKabaddi league history at a price of 1.51 crores. Big, big scalp for the Haryana Steelers. 1⃣.5⃣1⃣ Cr for Monu Goyat! We'll take some time ungluing our jaws from the floor & it's @HaryanaSteelers who bag this mother of all record-shattering deals! #VivoProKabaddiAuction— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) May 30, 2018 9:08 pm: SCRATCH THAT, WE HAVE ANOTHER RECORD! Monu Goyat has just set this auction on fire! The Haryana Steelers steal him away from Dabang Delhi's clutches for a jaw-dropping 1.51 crores.9:00 pm: AND WE HAVE A NEW RECORD! Telugu Titans use the FBM card to retain 'Raid Machine' Rahul Chaudhari for an astounding 1.29 crores! The battle for bidding @RaiderRahul finally comes to an end as @Telugu_Titans use their Final Match Bid and get him at a mind blowing 1.29C. #VivoProKabaddiAuction— Tamil Thalaivas (@tamilthalaivas) May 30, 2018 126 Lakhs, 127 lakhs..Still going, smashing the record with ease.#DilSeDabang #TheEagles #VivoProKabaddiAuction— #DilSeDabang (@DabangDelhiKC) May 30, 2018 Rahul Chaudhari has broken yet another record, becoming the most expensive player and the bidding hasn't stopped! Watch the #VivoProKabaddiAuction on Star Sports NOW!— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) May 30, 2018 8:55 pm: Kashiling Adake heads to Bengaluru Bulls for 32 lakhs. 8:53 pm: Tamil Thalaivas rope in the experienced Sukesh Hegde for 28 lakh.8:40 pm: Dabang Delhi ropes in Pawan Kumar for 20 lakhs. 8:38 pm: K. Prapanjan has been sold to the Gujarat Fortunegiants for 38 lakhs.8:35 pm: UP Yoddha retains Rishank Devadiga using the FBM card to pip Dabang Delhi's massive offer of 1.11 crore! This is getting intense! FBM USED! Dabang Delhi ne Rishank Devadiga ko Rs. 111 lacs mein kharida, but we were not letting him go! #YoddhaHum #VivoProKabaddiAuction— UP YODDHA (@UpYoddha) May 30, 2018 8:30 pm: Wazir Singh goes to Haryana Steelers for 20 lakhs. 8:28 pm: UP Yoddha signs up Shrikant Jadhav for 38 lakhs. 8:25 pm: Jaipur Pink Panthers acquire the services of Anup Kumar for 30 lakhs. Captain cool is now ready to #RoarForPanthers! Anup Kumar will now wear the pink of the Pink Panthers! Welcome to the family, Anup! #RoarForPanthers #VivoProKabaddiAuction— Jaipur Pink Panthers (@JaipurPanthers) May 30, 2018 8:22 pm: AND WE HAVE A RECORD-EQUALLING BID BY PUNERI PALTAN! The Paltans snap up ace raider Nitin Tomar for 1.15 crore! Nitin Tomar equals the highest bid for the day, going for 1.15 Cr to @PuneriPaltan! Keep watching the #VivoProKabaddiAuction - the action's heating up!— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) May 30, 2018 8:30 pm: Nitin Tomar, who was the most expensive player at 93 lakhs until today, is the first raider to go under the hammer.The raiders are up next! Stay tuned.8:00 pm: And the Jaipur Pink Panthers get their man Sandeep Dhull for 66 lakhs. .@juniorbachchan is not messing around as we begin another bidding war, this time for Sandeep Dhull and we get our man for 66 lakhs! #RoarForPanthers #VivoProKabaddiAuction— Jaipur Pink Panthers (@JaipurPanthers) May 30, 2018 7:56 pm: My oh my, after the Jaipur Pink Panthers offer 75 lakhs for Surender Nada, the Haryana Steelers swoop in to retain him using the FBM. We've got him! @SurenderNada heads back into the Steelers army as the table at the #VivoProKabaddiAuction exercise their FBM to grab him at 75 lakhs. #AuctionAction #VivoProKabaddiAuction pic.twitter.com/RydHketUW7— Haryana Steelers (@HaryanaSteelers) May 30, 2018 Another bidding war won but once again the FBM card goes against us. We won the bid for Surender Nada but the @HaryanaSteelers play their card and get their player back! #RoarForPanthers #VivoProKabaddiAuction— Jaipur Pink Panthers (@JaipurPanthers) May 30, 2018 7:53 pm: The Tamil Thalaivas use the FBM to hold on to ace defender Darshan J. Namma dashing defender Darshan joins namma Thalaivas squad in season 6 of @ProKabaddi! Welcome back thalaiva!!!! #VivoProKabaddiAuction— Tamil Thalaivas (@tamilthalaivas) May 30, 2018 7:50 pm: Bengaluru Bulls use the FBM to retain Mahender Singh. THE BULLDOZER IS BACK! Our FBM card was up even before the auctioneer asked! Welcome back, Mahender Singh! #FullChargeMaadi #VivoProKabaddiAuction— Bengaluru Bulls (@BengaluruBulls) May 30, 2018 7:47 pm: Will Mohit Chillar become the most expensive defender this year? Jaipur Pink Panthers splurge 58 lakhs to sign him! Mo is a ‘hit’ at the #VivoProKabaddiAuction! After a long-drawn battle at the bidding table, it’s @JaipurPanthers who have secured the services of the experienced customer, Mohit Chhillar at a price of 58 lakhs!— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) May 30, 2018 7:43: What a fierce battle here! UP Yoddha finally wins the bid to sign Jeeva Kumar for 45 lakhs. SOLD! Jeeva Kumar, the veteran defender, is back with us once again! We get him for Rs. 45 lacs! #YoddhaHum #VivoProKabaddiAuction— UP YODDHA (@UpYoddha) May 30, 2018 7:41 pm: Gujarat Fortunegiants retain Parvesh Bhainswal using the FBM. Earlier in the day, Fazel Atrachali became the most expensive foreign player in PKL history. How did the foreign players fare in the auction? Read here7:40 pm: The defenders go under the hammer now and Parvesh Bhainswal at a base price of 20 Lakh. Good job, guys! Well, 28% of you were spot on! Deepak Hooda will play for @JaipurPanthers after an intense bidding! Thanks for participating in the poll. https://t.co/WOknMk3Uky— Sportstar (@sportstarweb) May 30, 2018 7:25 pm: WE HAVE A NEW RECORD HERE! The Jaipur Pink Panthers, after an intense round of bidding, sign up Deepak Niwas Hooda for a staggering 1.15 crore! Talk about making a statement! And we get our man! We have got @DeepakHooda5555 for a record fee of 1.15 cr! Welcome to the Panther family Deepak! #RoarForPanthers #VivoProKabaddiAuction— Jaipur Pink Panthers (@JaipurPanthers) May 30, 2018 The #VivoProKabaddiAuction is breaking records by the hour! Deepak Niwas Hooda surpasses Fazel as the most expensive player in #VivoProKabaddi history, with the bidding war still on!— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) May 30, 2018 7:16 pm: Defending champ Patna Pirates signs Kuldeep Singh for 22 lakh.7:15: That's interesting. Manjeet Chillar barely evoked any interest and was finally signed by Tamil Thalaivas for his base price of 20 lakh. Quite strange to see how there were hardly any bids for Manjeet, who was the Jaipur captain last year. The Thalaivas swooped in at the last moment to prevent him from going unsold. Manjeet Chillar, known as a one man army and the best all-rounder joins the Thalaivas army for season 6 of @ProKabaddi. We are super pumped up to welcome him to our team. #VivoProKabaddiAuction— Tamil Thalaivas (@tamilthalaivas) May 30, 2018 7:13: It's the Bengal Warriors again as they lap up Shrikant Tewthia for 25 lakh!7:10: RETAINED! Ran Singh has been retained by the Bengal Warriors using the FBM! We exercise our second 'Final Bid Match' card to bring back Ran Singh to the #WarriorSquad for a price of Rs. 43 Lakh.#ProkabaddiAuction pic.twitter.com/HqvlLFwCdp— Bengal Warriors (@BengalWarriors) May 30, 2018 The FBM gets us again! We win the bid to bring back Ran Singh but @BengalWarriors use their card and Ran will return to the Warriors! #RoarForPanthers #VivoProKabaddiAuction— Jaipur Pink Panthers (@JaipurPanthers) May 30, 2018 Ran Singh is the first one to go under the hammer tonight. Base price of 20 lakh. Some intense bidding here, bids have gone upto 40 lakhs!We are just minutes away from the auction of the Indian players. The teams are ready, the players are, so are we and we hope you are ready too!Head over to our Twitter to vote! Fazel Atrachali became @ProKabaddi league's most expensive player when he was signed by @U_Mumba for a whopping Rs. 1 crore. Which Indian player do you reckon will fetch a bigger purse? #PKLseason6 #PKLAuctions— Sportstar (@sportstarweb) May 30, 2018 The A-list Indian kabaddi stars, including the likes of Rahul Chaudhari, Anup Kumar, Manjeet Chillar and Deepak Niwas Hooda go under the hammer at 6:30 pm. Stay tuned to this space for more. And that concludes the end of the second round of the overseas player auction. Some of the biggest buys include Fazel Atrachali's 1 crore move to U Mumba, Telugu Titans snapping up Abozar Mighani for 76 lakh and Bengal Warriors signing Jang Kun Lee for 33 lakh.5:25 pm: Fazel Atrachali on joining U Mumba: "I am so happy to join U Mumba, my second home. I am so happy to have a contract with U Mumba."5:20 pm: Korean all-rounder, Gyung Tae Kim has been taken by Bengaluru Bulls for 8 lakh.5:17 pm: Defending champ Patna Pirates signs all-rounder Hyunil Park for 8 lakh.5:15 pm: Jae Min Lee, ROK, left-corner defender, previously with Jaipur Pink Panthers, has been sold to Tamil Thalaivas for 8 lakh.5:10 pm: U Mumba owner Ronnie Screwvala says, "We have invested 1 crore on Fazel because teams which have hadbetter defences have won PKL."And we're back!4:46: And that brings an end to a fierce first round of bidding. The unsold overseas players unsold will be up for auction again in 10 minutes from now. Stay tuned!4:45 pm: Haryana Steelers in the mix now! The side shells out 8.4 lakh to grab Bangladeshi raider Md. Zakir Hossain.4:42 pm: UP Yoddha has roped in Bangladesh's Sulieman Kabir for his base price of 8 lakh.4:40 pm: Thailand's Khomsan Thongkham has been signed up by Dabang Delhi for 8 lakh.4:35 pm: Dong Geon Lee, who was previously Tamil Thalaivas, has been sold to Gujarat Fortunegiants for 17.2 lakh. Namma raider Dong Geon Lee joins the @Fortunegiants pack for the upcoming season of @ProKabaddi .We wish namma Thalaiva the very best with his new team. #VivoProKabaddiAuction— Tamil Thalaivas (@tamilthalaivas) May 30, 2018 4:25 pm: Young Chang Ko, ROK, left-cover defender, previously Bengal Warriors, sold to Jaipur Pink Panthers for 11.4 lakh.4:20 pm: Iran's Hadi Tajik, right-corner defender, who was previously with UP Yoddha has been roped in by U Mumba for 11 Lakh. Another overseas player added to our squad! Welcome back, Hadi Tajik! @prokabaddi #VivoProKabaddiAuction #OneTeamOneZid pic.twitter.com/9RJE7RK5Ta— U Mumba (@U_Mumba) May 30, 2018 4:12 pm: Dong Ju Hong has been sold to Bengaluru Bulls for 8 Lakh. And we have our first overseas player from the auction! Dong Ju Hong, the all-rounder from South Korea is now a Bull after we won the bid at Rs. 8 lakhs!#FullChargeMaadi #VivoProKabaddiAuction— Bengaluru Bulls (@BengaluruBulls) May 30, 2018 4:09 pm: Hyunil Park (ROK), Dong Gyu Kim (ROK), Tin Phonchoo (Thailand), Chia-Ming Chang (China-Taiwan), Gyung Tae Kim (ROK), Mohammad Shazid (Bangladesh) and Chrispine Otieno (Kenya) go unsold.4:05 pm: Patrick Nzau (Kenya, all-rounder) sold for 8 lakh to Haryana Steelers. He’s ours! All rounder Patrick Nzau Muvai has joined the Steelers Army. #VivoProKabaddiAuction #LathGaadDo pic.twitter.com/LX3lJGFuk8— Haryana Steelers (@HaryanaSteelers) May 30, 2018 4:03 pm: Puneri Paltan makes its first signing. Nepal's Sanjay Shrestha joins the Paltans for 8 Lakh. Paltan ke naye all-rounder hai Sanjay Shrestha! Jaisa naam waisa kaam, sabse Shreshth! Swaagat aahe to #TheNewPaltan— Puneri Paltan (@PuneriPaltan) May 30, 2018 4:03 pm: Tamil Thalaivas join the party! The side ropes in Korean all-rounder Chan Sik Park for 8 Lakh.4:02 pm: Kenya's Victor Onyango becomes first unsold player.4:02 pm: UP Yoddha ropes in Koran all-rounder Seong Ryeol for 8.2 lakh. BOUGHT! Seong Ryeol Kim ab Yoddha keh layenge! WE GET HIM FOR Rs. 8.2 LACS!#YoddhaHum #VivoProKabaddiAuction— UP YODDHA (@UpYoddha) May 30, 2018 4 pm: Iranian raider Abolfazl, who was previously with Dabang Delhi, has been acquired by U Mumba for Rs 21.25 lakh. Throwback to Season 3 as Fazel & Abolfazl are back with @U_Mumba! #VivoProKabaddiAuction pic.twitter.com/Aj2mPmC8zm— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) May 30, 2018 3:55 pm: Iranian defender Farhad Rahimi has been retained by Telugu Titans using the FBM card. Happy to stay on-board, Farhad Rahimi Milaghardhan. #WeAreTitanium #ThopTitans #TitanArmy pic.twitter.com/gpMQda9F1S— Telugu Titans (@Telugu_Titans) May 30, 2018 3:49 pm: The Bengal Warriors are at it again! After retaining Jang Kun Lee, the side has now roped in Bangladeshi defender Ziaur Rahman for 33.25 Lakh! Welcome the Bangladesh Army man Ziaur Rahman to the #WarriorSquad. #AamarWarriors won the bid at Rs. 33.25 Lakhs #ProkabaddiAuction pic.twitter.com/Csb0Z6FGJh— Bengal Warriors (@BengalWarriors) May 30, 2018 3:45 pm: Gujarat FortuneGiants sign Iranian all-rounder Hadi for 12 Lakh. The Giant from Iran will now play for #GFG ! Ab Hadi Oshtorak ke saath #GarjegaGujarat #VivoProKabaddiAuction pic.twitter.com/9RGYLoEdOM— GujaratFortunegiants (@Fortunegiants) May 30, 2018 3:40pm: Korea's Jang Kun Lee has been retained by Bengal Warriors using the Final Bid Match option for 33 lakhs. The Fan's Favourite and most decorated Foreign Player, @JKNlee will be a part of the #WarriorSquad for the 6th consecutive season.We use the 'Final Bid Match' option to bring back the Korean Raider for a price of Rs. 33 Lakh pic.twitter.com/zQVtnLAOIe— Bengal Warriors (@BengalWarriors) May 30, 2018 3:35 pm: Fellow Iranian Fazel Atrachali has been sold to U Mumba for a whopping one crore!This makes Fazel the costliest player in PKL history! Record Alert! Fazel Atrachali becomes the highest bid player ever in @ProKabaddi, as U Mumba bag him for INR 1 Crore. #DilSeDabang #TheEagles #VivoProKabaddi— #DilSeDabang (@DabangDelhiKC) May 30, 2018 3:30 pm: SOLD! Abozar Mighani, who was part of the FortuneGiants last year, has been snapped up for 76 lakh by Telugu Titans. That's a huge move, considering that Gujarat did not even choose to use the Final Bid Match option. The #TitanArmy has started to make their defence , as the smiling assassin from Iran, Abozar Mighani will be donning @Telugu_Titans colours next season! #VivoProKabaddiAuction pic.twitter.com/KCHwkDu3zk— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) May 30, 2018 It's time! Stay tuned for live updates from the auctions. Chris Cowdrey - the man with the hammer in the hand is in the house! Are you ready for the second session of the #VivoProKabaddiAuction? Keep watching this space for more. pic.twitter.com/2g7ioc6UoN— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) May 30, 2018 Domestic players to go under hammerCategory AAll-rounders: Deepak Niwas Hooda, Kuldeep Singh, Manjeet Chillar, Ran Singh; Defenders: Shrikant Tewathia, Sandeep Dhull, Surinder Nada, Mahender Singh, Parvesh Bhainswal, Jeeva Kumar, Mohit Chillar, Ravinder Pahal, Darshan J; Raiders: Anup Kumar, Deepak Narwal, K. Prapanjan, Kashiling Adake, Monu Goyat, Nitin Tomar, Pawan Kumar, Rahul Chaudhari, Rishank Devadiga, Shrikant Jadhav, Sukesh Hegde, Wazir Singh Overseas players to go under hammerCategory AAbozar Mohajermighani (Iran), Fazel Atrachali (Iran), Jang Kun Lee (South Korea)Category BHadi Ostorak (Iran), Ziaur Rahman (Bangladesh), Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan (Iran), Abofazl Maghsodloumahali (Iran)Category CChan Sik Park, Chia-Ming Chang, Chrispine Otieno Oketch, Dicki Candra, Dong Gyu Kim, Dong Ju Hong,Gyung Tae Kim, Hyunil Park, I Halus Suandana Wayan, James Obilo, Lahiru Bandara, Makoto Sawazu, Michal Spiczko, Mohammad Maghshoudlu, Mohammad Hossain, Ogak Odhiambo, Patrick Muvai, Sanjay Shrestha, Seong Kim, Taedeok Eom, Kono Takamitsu, Tin Phonchoo, Victor Obiero, Wei Hung Lin, Bassy Jonathan, Chaminda Mudyanselage, Filip Szczeski, Jae Min Lee, Jaepil Jo, Piotr Karnowicz, Young Chang Ko, Hadi Tajik, Khateravan Mariapan, Md. Sabuj Mia, Mugilan Batumalai, Piotr Sitek, Ranidu Chamara, David Mosambayi, Dong Geon Lee, Felix Opana, Khomsan Thongkham, Lal Mohar Yadav, Mohd Fatin Fuhad, Mohd Masud Karim, Md. Zakir Hossain, Milinda Chathuranga, Piotr Pamulak, Sulieman Kabir, Waheed Al Hasani 1:22 pm: AB: "The final bid match throws a new concept into the auction process, making it exciting. I cannot say what Jaipur Pink Panthers' strategy is because two of our rivals (Patna and Tamil Thalaivas) are alongside me."1:17 pm: Abhishek Bachchan, "The day isn't far away when the anticipation for PKL will be same as IPL."1:15 pm: Abhishek Bachchan, "When we sat for first-ever PKL auction, we had only four people from the media. It is growing exponentially and it will grow more."1:00 pm: Charu Sharma, PKL director: "Patna Pirates winning the PKL for three seasons in a row is an incredible achievement."12:15 pm: Midway through day one of PKL 2018 auction and the league commissioner, Anupam Goswami, along with owners of Tamil Thalaivas (N. Prasad), Patna Pirates and Jaipur Pink Panthers (Abhishek Bachchan) are about to start a press conference. It will be followed by auction for overseas players in the afternoon. The first session of the #VivoProKabaddiAuction saw teams draft New Young Players into their squad and soon, the bidding war for the overseas players will begin! Stay tuned, we'll be back at 3 PM!— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) May 30, 2018 11:40 AM: The players who weren't picked will move to Category D and will be auctioned with the other players.11:30 AM: The New Young Players draft is over and the final list is awaited. Eighty seven players from the Future Kabaddi Heroes Programme , with a fixed price of Rs 6.6 lakh, were in the auction pool.Hello and welcome to Sportstar's live blog of the Pro Kabaddi League auctions. The auction is scheduled to take place today and tomorrow at Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre.422 players set to go under the hammer, which includes 58 overseas players from nations such as Bangladesh, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, among other countries. The auction pool also includes 87 players from the Future Kabaddi Heroes programme.READ: PKL auctions: Kabaddi's 'gen next' in the frayThe players have been split into five categories (A, B, C, D, and New Young Players). The players in Categories A, B, C, and D have been set a base price of Rs 20, 12, 8, and 5 lakh respectively, while the New Young Players have a fixed price of Rs 6.6 lakh.Of the 12 teams, only nine have exercised the option to retain their star performers. Patna Pirates and Puneri Paltan have retained four players each, the maximum number a franchise is allowed to. Jaipur Pink Panthers, U Mumba, and UP Yoddha have chosen to not retain any of the players from last season and will use the auction to build a completely new squad.
Bengaluru Bulls Dabang Delhi Haryana Steelers Telugu Titans Bengal Warriors Gujarat Fortunegiants Patna Pirates Jaipur Pink Panthers UP Yoddha Tamil Thalaivas