The Prime Volleyball League 2021 auctions took place on Thursday in Kolkata with international, platinum, gold, silver and bronze category players going under the hammer.
Some players were retained before the auctions including the likes of Ashwal Rai, Jerome Vinith, Naveen Raja Jacob to name a few.
Prime Volleyball League 2022 Auctions Highlights
Retained Players
- Kolkata Thunderbolts - Vinit Kumar, Ashwal Rai and Janshad U.
- Ahmedabad Defenders- Muthusamy A, Shon T John and S Santhosh,
- Calicut Heroes- Jerome Vinith and Abil Krishnan.
- Chennai Blitz- Akhin GS, Naveen Raja Jacob and Pinamma Prashant
- Bengaluru Torpedoes- Vinyak Rokhade, B Midhun Kumar, Pankaj Sharma.
- Hyderabad Black Hawks- Guru Prasanth, Anand K and John Joseph
- Kochi Blue Spikers- Venu C, Dushyanth G N and Erin Varghese
- Mumbai Meteors- Anu James, Shameem and S Aravindhan
Here is the full list of overseas players drafted at the 2022 auction
- Hyderabad Black Hawks - Trent O’Dea from Australia, Carlos Andres Zamora from Colombia
- Chennai Blitz- Renato Mendes from Brazil, Moyo Audran from Cameroon
- Kochi Blue Spikers- Eduardo Romay from Peru, Walter Da Cruz from Brazil
- Calicut Heroes- Jose Antonio Sandoval from Cuba, Matt Hilling from USA
- Bengaluru Torpedoes- Sebastian Giraldo from Colombia, Alirza Abaldoch from Iran
- Kolkata Thunderbolts- Jose Verdi from Venezuela, Cody Caldwell from Cuba
- Mumbai Meteors- Brandon Greenway from USA, Hiroshi Centellas from Cuba
- Ahmedabad Defenders- Danial Motazedi from Iran, Andrew Kohut James from USA
Here is the full list of domestic players sold at the 2022 auction-
Platinum category- 8 lakh(base price)
Rohit Kumar (Kochi Blue Spikers) and Ranjit Singh (Hyderabad Black Hawks) are the most expensive players from the platinum category.
| Player | Team | Auction Price (in Rs) |
| Rohit Kumar | Kochi Blue Spikers | 17.5 lakh |
| LM Manoj | Ahmedabad Defenders | 8.75 lakh |
| Karthik A | Mumbai Meteors | 10 lakh |
| Ranjit Singh | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 12.25 lakh |
Gold category- 5 lakh (base price)
Chirag Yadav (Calicut Heroes) and Vipul Kumar (Kochi Blue Spikers) are the most expensive players in the gold category.
| Player | Team | Auction Price (in Rs) |
| Vipul Kumar | Kochi Blue Spikers | 10.75 lakh |
| M Ashwin Raj | Calicut Heroes | 6.7 lakh |
| Rahul K | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 7 lakh |
| Chirag Yadav | Calicut Heroes | 12.25 lakh |
| Amit Gulia | Mumbai Meteors | 7.10 lakh |
| Hardeep Singh | Mumbai Meteors | 6.60 lakh |
| Angamuthu | Ahmedabad Defenders | 7.40 lakh |
| Rohit P | Mumbai Meteors | 5 lakh |
Silver category- 3 lakh (base price)
| Player | Team | Auction Price (in Rs) |
| Mohan Ukkrapandian | Calicut Heroes | 3 lakh |
| Jithin N | Mumbai Meteors | 5.30 lakh |
| Prasanna Raja A A | Chennai Blitz | 4.10 lakh |
| Hariharan | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 3.30 lakh |
| Lal Sujan MV | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 4.50 lakh |
| Mohamed Riyazudeen | Chennai Blitz | 6.60 lakh |
| Ashamatullah | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 5.30 lakh |
| Sethu TR | Bengaluru Torpedoes | 9.75 lakh |
| Ibin Jose | Bengaluru Torpedoes | 3 lakh |
| Arun Zacharias Siby | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 4 lakh |
| Saurabh Maan | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 3 lakh |
| Shafeeque Rahman | Calicut Heroes | 3.60 lakh |
| Jishnu PV | Bengaluru Torpedoes | 3 lakh |
| Lavmeet Katariya | Calicut Heroes | 3.90 lakh |
| Fayis | Kochi Blue Spikers | 3 lakh |
| Mujeeb MC | Bengaluru Torpedoes | 3 lakh |
| Ramanathan | Chennai Blitz | 3 lakh |
| Abdul Raheem | Mumbai Meteors | 3 lakh |
Unsold players brought back for 2 lakh (base price)
| Player | Team | Auction Price (in Rs) |
| Deepesh Sinha | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 2 lakh |
| Ansab O | Calicut Heroes | 2 lakh |
| Prabakaran | Calicut Heroes | 5.5 lakh |
| Ratheesh CK | Mumbai Meteors | 2 lakh |
| Varun GS | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 2 lakh |
Bronze category 2 lakh (base price)
| Player | Team | Auction Price (in Rs) |
| Aswath | Ahmedabad Defenders | 2 lakh |
| Gokulnath | Bengaluru Torpedoes | 2 lakh |
| Pavan Ramesh | Kochi Blue Spikers | 2 lakh |
| Sushil Kumar | Calicut Heroes | 2 lakh |
| Anush | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 2 lakh |
| Aswin Rag | Kochi Blue Spikers | 2 lakh |
| Nandhagopal | Ahmedabad Defenders | 2 lakh |
| Nisam Muhammed A | Bengaluru Torpedoes | 2 lakh |
| Raman Kumar | Chennai Blitz | 4.90 lakh |
| Suryansh Tomar | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 2 lakh |
| Hemanth | Hyderabad Black Hawks | 4.80 lakh |
| Harsh Chaudhary | Ahmedabad Defenders | 2 lakh |
| Jibin Sebastian | Kochi Blue Spikers | 2 lakh |
| Jobin Varughese | Chennai Blitz | 2 lakh |
| Sudheer Shetty | Bengaluru Torpedoes | 2 lakh |
| Abhilash Chaudhary | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 3.60 lakh |
| Parth Patel | Ahmedabad Defenders | 2 lakh |
| YV Sita Rama Raju | Chennai Blitz | 2 lakh |
| Tushar Laware | Chennai Blitz | 2 lakh |
| Hari Prasad BS | Kolkata Thunderbolts | 2 lakh |
| T Srikanth | Ahmedabad Defenders | 2 lakh |
| George Anthony | Kochi Blue Spikers | 2 lakh |
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