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PKL auction 2021
The 12 Pro Kabaddi League teams bought 116 players for ₹27.073 crore at the 2021 auction for Season 8. Pardeep Narwal went for the most, ₹1.65 crore to the UP Yoddhas, and Arjun Deshwal was next at ₹96 lakh. Every figure is the price a player was bought for at the league's auction, which is his fee for the season that follows. The players each team retained from the season before are not bought, so they are not in these figures, and nor are the young players the teams sign outside the auction.
SPENT₹27.07cr
BOUGHT116
AVERAGE₹23.34 lakh
MEDIAN₹11.25 lakh
HIGHEST₹1.65cr
Every player bought at the 2021 auction
All 116 players, most expensive first
| # | PLAYER | TEAM | ROLE | NATION | PRICE | CONVERTED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pardeep Narwal | UP Yoddhas | Raider | India | ₹1.65 crore | £161,700£162k |
| 2 | Arjun Deshwal | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Raider | India | ₹96 lakh | £94,080£94k |
| 3 | Manjeet Dahiya | Tamil Thalaivas | Raider | India | ₹92 lakh | £90,160£90k |
| 4 | Sachin Tanwar | Patna Pirates | Raider | India | ₹84 lakh | £82,320£82k |
| 5 | Rohit Gulia | Haryana Steelers | All-rounder | India | ₹83 lakh | £81,340£81k |
| 6 | Chandran Ranjit | Bengaluru Bulls | Raider | India | ₹80 lakh | £78,400£78k |
| 7 | Surjeet Singh | Tamil Thalaivas | Defender | India | ₹75 lakh | £73,500£74k |
| 8 | Ravinder Pahal | Gujarat Giants | Defender | India | ₹74 lakh | £72,520£73k |
| 9 | K. Prapanjan | Tamil Thalaivas | Raider | India | ₹71 lakh | £69,580£70k |
| 10 | Baldev Singh | Puneri Paltan | Defender | India | ₹60 lakh | £58,800£59k |
| 10 | Sandeep Narwal | Dabang Delhi K.C. | All-rounder | India | ₹60 lakh | £58,800£59k |
| 10 | Vishal Bhardwaj | Puneri Paltan | Defender | India | ₹60 lakh | £58,800£59k |
| 13 | Sandeep Kandola | Telugu Titans | Defender | India | ₹59.5 lakh | £58,310£58k |
| 14 | Brijendra Singh Chaudhary | Haryana Steelers | All-rounder | India | ₹55 lakh | £53,900£54k |
| 14 | Prashanth Kumar Rai | Patna Pirates | Raider | India | ₹55 lakh | £53,900£54k |
| 14 | Surinder Singh | Telugu Titans | Defender | India | ₹55 lakh | £53,900£54k |
| 17 | Amit Patel | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Raider | India | ₹46 lakh | £45,080£45k |
| 18 | Jeeva Kumar | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Defender | India | ₹44 lakh | £43,120£43k |
| 19 | Rohit Kumar | Telugu Titans | Raider | India | ₹36 lakh | £35,280£35k |
| 20 | Sombir | Puneri Paltan | Defender | India | ₹34.5 lakh | £33,810£34k |
| 21 | Rinku Sharma | U Mumba | Defender | India | ₹32 lakh | £31,360£31k |
| 22 | Sunil | Patna Pirates | Defender | India | ₹31.5 lakh | £30,870£31k |
| 23 | Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh | Patna Pirates | All-rounder | Iran | ₹31 lakh | £30,380£30k |
| 24 | Abozar Mohajer Mighani | Bengal Warriorz | Defender | Iran | ₹30.5 lakh | £29,890£30k |
| 25 | Athul Ms | Tamil Thalaivas | Raider | India | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 25 | Rahul Chaudhari | Bengaluru Bulls | Raider | India | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 27 | Deepak Narwal | Bengaluru Bulls | Raider | India | ₹26.5 lakh | £25,970£26k |
| 28 | Ajith V Kumar | U Mumba | Raider | India | ₹25 lakh | £24,500£25k |
| 28 | More G B | Bengaluru Bulls | Raider | India | ₹25 lakh | £24,500£25k |
| 28 | Rathan K | Gujarat Giants | Raider | India | ₹25 lakh | £24,500£25k |
| 31 | Naveen | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Raider | India | ₹22 lakh | £21,560£22k |
| 32 | Amit | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Defender | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 32 | Dharmaraj Cheralathan | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Defender | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 32 | Girish Maruti Ernak | Gujarat Giants | Defender | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 32 | Hadi Oshtorak | Gujarat Giants | All-rounder | Iran | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 32 | Joginder Singh Narwal | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Defender | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 32 | Manjeet Chhillar | Dabang Delhi K.C. | All-rounder | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 32 | Monu Goyat | Patna Pirates | Raider | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 32 | Rishank Devadiga | Bengal Warriorz | Raider | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 32 | Sumit Singh | Bengal Warriorz | Raider | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 32 | Surender Nada | Haryana Steelers | Defender | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 32 | Vikas Jaglan | Haryana Steelers | All-rounder | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Ruturaj Shivaji Koravi | Telugu Titans | Defender | India | ₹19.8 lakh | £19,404£19k |
| 44 | Ajinkya Ashok Pawar | Tamil Thalaivas | Raider | India | ₹19.5 lakh | £19,110£19k |
| 45 | Guman Singh | Patna Pirates | Raider | India | ₹18.5 lakh | £18,130£18k |
| 46 | Sachin Vittala | Bengal Warriorz | Defender | India | ₹17.5 lakh | £17,150£17k |
| 47 | Akash Pikalmunde | Bengal Warriorz | Raider | India | ₹17 lakh | £16,660£17k |
| 48 | Mahendra Ganesh Rajput | Gujarat Giants | Raider | India | ₹15 lakh | £14,700£15k |
| 48 | Mayur Jagannath Kadam | Bengaluru Bulls | Defender | India | ₹15 lakh | £14,700£15k |
| 48 | Sourabh Tanaji Patil | Tamil Thalaivas | All-rounder | India | ₹15 lakh | £14,700£15k |
| 51 | Mohammad Esmaeil Maghsodlou | Haryana Steelers | Raider | Iran | ₹13.2 lakh | £12,936£13k |
| 52 | Abolfazl Maghsodlou Mahali | Bengaluru Bulls | Raider | Iran | ₹13 lakh | £12,740£13k |
| 53 | Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari | U Mumba | All-rounder | Iran | ₹12.8 lakh | £12,544£13k |
| 54 | Dong Geon Lee | Bengaluru Bulls | Raider | South Korea | ₹12.5 lakh | £12,250£12k |
| 55 | Ziaur Rahman | Bengaluru Bulls | Defender | Bangladesh | ₹12.2 lakh | £11,956£12k |
| 56 | Hamid Mirzaei Nader | Haryana Steelers | All-rounder | Iran | ₹12.1 lakh | £11,858£12k |
| 57 | Mohammad Taghi Paein Mahali | UP Yoddhas | Raider | Iran | ₹12 lakh | £11,760£12k |
| 58 | Soleiman Pahlevani | Gujarat Giants | Defender | Iran | ₹11.5 lakh | £11,270£11k |
| 59 | Mohammad Amin Nosrati | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Raider | Iran | ₹11 lakh | £10,780£11k |
| 60 | Emad Sedaghat Nia | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Raider | Iran | ₹10.2 lakh | £9,996£10k |
| 61 | Aashish Nagar | UP Yoddhas | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Adarsh T | Telugu Titans | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Ajay Ghanghas | Haryana Steelers | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Ajay Kumar | Gujarat Giants | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Ajeet | U Mumba | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Raider | Iran | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Amit Nagar | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Ankit | Bengaluru Bulls | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Ankit | UP Yoddhas | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Anwar Saheed Baba | Tamil Thalaivas | All-rounder | Sri lanka | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Ashish Kumar Sangwan | U Mumba | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Ashok | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Bhavani Rajput | Tamil Thalaivas | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | C. Arun | Telugu Titans | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Darshan J. | Bengal Warriorz | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | E Subash | Puneri Paltan | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Gaurav Kumar | UP Yoddhas | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Gulveer Singh | UP Yoddhas | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Gurdeep | UP Yoddhas | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Harshit Yadav | Gujarat Giants | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Hyunsu Park | Telugu Titans | Raider | Korea | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Jashandeep Singh | U Mumba | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Karamvir | Puneri Paltan | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Maninder Singh | Gujarat Giants | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Manoj Gowda K. | Bengal Warriorz | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Md. Masud Karim | UP Yoddhas | Raider | Bangladesh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Mohammad Malak | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Defender | Iran | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Mohammad Tuhin Tarafder | Tamil Thalaivas | Defender | Bangladesh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Pankaj | U Mumba | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Pardeep Kumar | Gujarat Giants | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Parveen Satpal | Bengal Warriorz | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Rahul Rana | U Mumba | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Rajesh Gurjar | Haryana Steelers | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Rajesh Narwal | Haryana Steelers | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Rohit Banne | Bengal Warriorz | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Sagar B. Krishna | Tamil Thalaivas | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Sahil | UP Yoddhas | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Sahil | Tamil Thalaivas | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Sahul Kumar | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Sajin Chandrasekar | Patna Pirates | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Sandeep | Patna Pirates | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Santhapanaselvam | Tamil Thalaivas | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Shubham Shashikant Shinde | Patna Pirates | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Sourav Gulia | Patna Pirates | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Sunil Siddhgavali | U Mumba | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Sushant Sail | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Victor Onyango Obiero | Puneri Paltan | All-rounder | Kenya | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Vijin Thangadurai | Bengal Warriorz | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Vikas | Bengaluru Bulls | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 61 | Vishwas S | Puneri Paltan | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 111 | Aakash Sharma | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Raider | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 111 | Amit Chauhan | Telugu Titans | Raider | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 111 | G. Raju | Telugu Titans | Raider | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 111 | Rohit | Bengal Warriorz | All-rounder | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 111 | Sourav Kumar | Puneri Paltan | Defender | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 111 | Vikas | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Defender | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
The 20 most expensive
How the money was spread
Half the 116 went for ₹11.25 lakh or less, and the average is ₹23.34 lakh, pulled up by the top of the list: 30 players went for more than it and 86 for less. 67 of the 116 were bought at their base price, the first and only bid. Sandeep Kandola was bid furthest past his, from ₹10 lakh to ₹59.5 lakh, 6 times over.
Players in each price band
What each team spent
The 12 teams at the 2021 auction, biggest spender first
| # | TEAM | BOUGHT | SPENT | CONVERTED | BIGGEST BUY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamil Thalaivas | 12 | ₹3.625 crore | £355,250£355k | Manjeet Dahiya |
| 2 | Patna Pirates | 10 | ₹2.8 crore | £274,400£274k | Sachin Tanwar |
| 3 | UP Yoddhas | 9 | ₹2.47 crore | £242,060£242k | Pardeep Narwal |
| 4 | Bengaluru Bulls | 10 | ₹2.342 crore | £229,516£230k | Chandran Ranjit |
| 5 | Haryana Steelers | 9 | ₹2.333 crore | £228,634£229k | Rohit Gulia |
| 6 | Dabang Delhi K.C. | 10 | ₹2.322 crore | £227,556£228k | Sandeep Narwal |
| 7 | Telugu Titans | 9 | ₹2.123 crore | £208,054£208k | Sandeep Kandola |
| 8 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 9 | ₹2.09 crore | £204,820£205k | Arjun Deshwal |
| 9 | Gujarat Giants | 10 | ₹2.055 crore | £201,390£201k | Ravinder Pahal |
| 10 | Puneri Paltan | 8 | ₹2.005 crore | £196,490£196k | Baldev Singh |
| 11 | Bengal Warriorz | 11 | ₹1.61 crore | £157,780£158k | Abozar Mohajer Mighani |
| 12 | U Mumba | 9 | ₹1.298 crore | £127,204£127k | Rinku Sharma |
Spend by team
Raiders, defenders and all-rounders
What the teams paid for each role at the 2021 auction
| ROLE | BOUGHT | SPENT | AVERAGE | MOST EXPENSIVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raider | 49 | ₹12.984 crore | ₹26.5 lakh | Pardeep Narwal |
| Defender | 44 | ₹9.54 crore | ₹21.68 lakh | Surjeet Singh |
| All-rounder | 23 | ₹4.549 crore | ₹19.78 lakh | Rohit Gulia |
The 49 raiders took 48% of the money, the 44 defenders 35%, and the 23 all-rounders 17%. 20 of the 116 were from outside India and went for ₹2.72 crore between them, an average of ₹13.6 lakh against ₹25.37 lakh for an Indian player.
Every auction, season by season
What the teams spent at each of the 5 auctions, and the record buy at each
| SEASON | AUCTION | BOUGHT | SPENT | CONVERTED | RECORD BUY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 12 | 2025 | 121 | ₹37.9075 crore | £3,714,935£3.7m | Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh, ₹2.23cr |
| Season 11 | 2024 | 118 | ₹33.7085 crore | £3,303,433£3.3m | Sachin Tanwar, ₹2.15cr |
| Season 10 | 2023 | 118 | ₹32.4495 crore | £3,180,051£3.2m | Pawan Sehrawat, ₹2.6cr |
| Season 9 | 2022 | 122 | ₹29.209 crore | £2,862,482£2.9m | Pawan Sehrawat, ₹2.26cr |
| Season 8 | 2021 | 116 | ₹27.073 crore | £2,653,154£2.7m | Pardeep Narwal, ₹1.65cr |
Spent at each auction
₹27.073 crore 21
₹29.209 crore 22
₹32.4495 crore 23
₹33.7085 crore 24
₹37.9075 crore 25
The most anyone has gone for across the 5 auctions is ₹2.605 crore, paid for Pawan Sehrawat by the Telugu Titans in 2023. Spending rose from ₹27.073 crore in 2021 to ₹37.9075 crore in 2025.
Every team at every auction
What each team spent at each of the 5 auctions, biggest spender over all of them first
| TEAM | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gujarat Giants | ₹4.04cr | ₹4.02cr | ₹3.95cr | ₹2.74cr | ₹2.06cr | ₹16.81cr |
| Bengal Warriorz | ₹3.94cr | ₹3.52cr | ₹4.2cr | ₹2.58cr | ₹1.61cr | ₹15.85cr |
| Telugu Titans | ₹3.15cr | ₹3.5cr | ₹3.44cr | ₹3.35cr | ₹2.12cr | ₹15.58cr |
| Bengaluru Bulls | ₹4.07cr | ₹2.96cr | ₹2.75cr | ₹2.78cr | ₹2.34cr | ₹14.9cr |
| Dabang Delhi K.C. | ₹4.46cr | ₹1.79cr | ₹3.08cr | ₹1.86cr | ₹2.32cr | ₹13.52cr |
| Patna Pirates | ₹3.52cr | ₹3.22cr | ₹2.49cr | ₹1.01cr | ₹2.8cr | ₹13.03cr |
| Tamil Thalaivas | ₹2.53cr | ₹2.53cr | ₹1.46cr | ₹2.83cr | ₹3.63cr | ₹12.97cr |
| Haryana Steelers | ₹2.44cr | ₹2.56cr | ₹2.9cr | ₹2.59cr | ₹2.33cr | ₹12.82cr |
| U Mumba | ₹2.21cr | ₹2.79cr | ₹2.69cr | ₹2.97cr | ₹1.3cr | ₹11.96cr |
| Puneri Paltan | ₹2.49cr | ₹1.74cr | ₹2.79cr | ₹2.67cr | ₹2cr | ₹11.69cr |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | ₹3.23cr | ₹2.16cr | ₹87 lakh | ₹2.73cr | ₹2.09cr | ₹11.07cr |
| UP Yoddhas | ₹1.83cr | ₹2.92cr | ₹1.83cr | ₹1.1cr | ₹2.47cr | ₹10.15cr |
Across the 5 auctions the Gujarat Giants spent the most, ₹16.806 crore, and the UP Yoddhas the least, ₹10.1515 crore.
Frequently asked questions
Who was the most expensive player at the PKL auction 2021?
Pardeep Narwal, bought by the UP Yoddhas for ₹1.65 crore. Arjun Deshwal of the Jaipur Pink Panthers was next at ₹96 lakh.
How many players were sold at the PKL auction 2021?
116, for ₹27.073 crore between them. 526 were in the pool: 59 had already been retained by their teams and 347 went unsold.
How many players went for a crore or more in 2021?
1: Pardeep Narwal (₹1.65 crore).
Which team spent the most at the PKL auction 2021?
The Tamil Thalaivas, ₹3.625 crore on 12 players. The U Mumba spent the least, ₹1.298 crore on 9 players.
What was the average price at the PKL auction 2021?
₹23.34 lakh across the 116 players bought. The median is ₹11.25 lakh, so half of them went for that or less.
Where to next
What each team bought: Tamil Thalaivas, Patna Pirates, UP Yoddhas, Bengaluru Bulls, Haryana Steelers, Dabang Delhi K.C., Telugu Titans, Jaipur Pink Panthers, Gujarat Giants, Puneri Paltan, Bengal Warriorz and U Mumba. The auction after is 2022. Cricket's auction, player by player since 2009, is on the IPL auction pages. India's hockey auction, men and women, is on the HIL auction pages. Street cricket's auction, tennis ball and ten overs a side, is on the ISPL auction pages.