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PKL auction 2022
The 12 Pro Kabaddi League teams bought 122 players for ₹29.209 crore at the 2022 auction for Season 9. Pawan Sehrawat went for the most, ₹2.26 crore to the Tamil Thalaivas, and Vikash Khandola was next at ₹1.7 crore. 4 players went for a crore or more. 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₹29.21cr
BOUGHT122
AVERAGE₹23.94 lakh
MEDIAN₹10 lakh
HIGHEST₹2.26cr
Every player bought at the 2022 auction
All 122 players, most expensive first
| # | PLAYER | TEAM | ROLE | NATION | PRICE | CONVERTED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pawan Sehrawat | Tamil Thalaivas | Raider | India | ₹2.26 crore | £221,480£221k |
| 2 | Vikash Khandola | Bengaluru Bulls | Raider | India | ₹1.7 crore | £166,600£167k |
| 3 | Fazel Atrachali | Puneri Paltan | Defender | Iran | ₹1.38 crore | £135,240£135k |
| 4 | Guman Singh | U Mumba | Raider | India | ₹1.215 crore | £119,070£119k |
| 5 | Sunil Kumar | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Defender | India | ₹90 lakh | £88,200£88k |
| 6 | Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh | Puneri Paltan | All-rounder | Iran | ₹87 lakh | £85,260£85k |
| 7 | Manjeet Dahiya | Haryana Steelers | Raider | India | ₹80 lakh | £78,400£78k |
| 8 | Ajith V Kumar | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Raider | India | ₹66 lakh | £64,680£65k |
| 9 | Amir Hossein Bastami | Haryana Steelers | Defender | Iran | ₹65.1 lakh | £63,798£64k |
| 10 | Ravi Kumar | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Defender | India | ₹64.1 lakh | £62,818£63k |
| 11 | Parvesh Bhainswal | Telugu Titans | Defender | India | ₹62 lakh | £60,760£61k |
| 12 | Abhishek Singh | Telugu Titans | Raider | India | ₹60 lakh | £58,800£59k |
| 13 | Surjeet Singh | Telugu Titans | Defender | India | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 14 | Ashish | U Mumba | Raider | India | ₹45 lakh | £44,100£44k |
| 15 | Deepak Niwas Hooda | Bengal Warriorz | All-rounder | India | ₹43 lakh | £42,140£42k |
| 15 | Neeraj Narwal | Bengaluru Bulls | Raider | India | ₹43 lakh | £42,140£42k |
| 17 | Rinku Narwal | Gujarat Giants | Defender | India | ₹40 lakh | £39,200£39k |
| 17 | Sandeep Kumar Dhull | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Defender | India | ₹40 lakh | £39,200£39k |
| 19 | Nitin Rawal | Haryana Steelers | All-rounder | India | ₹37.5 lakh | £36,750£37k |
| 20 | Surinder Singh | U Mumba | Defender | India | ₹35.5 lakh | £34,790£35k |
| 21 | Arkam Shaikh | Gujarat Giants | All-rounder | India | ₹32.1 lakh | £31,458£31k |
| 22 | Kiran Laxman Magar | U Mumba | Defender | India | ₹31 lakh | £30,380£30k |
| 23 | Shankar Bhimraj Gadai | Gujarat Giants | All-rounder | India | ₹30.3 lakh | £29,694£30k |
| 24 | Chandran Ranjit | Gujarat Giants | Raider | India | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 24 | Rohit Gulia | Patna Pirates | All-rounder | India | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 24 | Vishal Bhardwaj | Telugu Titans | Defender | India | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 27 | Reza Mirbagheri | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Defender | Iran | ₹26.8 lakh | £26,264£26k |
| 28 | Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre | Bengal Warriorz | All-rounder | India | ₹26 lakh | £25,480£25k |
| 28 | Shrikant Jadhav | Bengal Warriorz | Raider | India | ₹26 lakh | £25,480£25k |
| 30 | Ravinder Pahal | Telugu Titans | Defender | India | ₹23 lakh | £22,540£23k |
| 31 | Baldev Singh | Gujarat Giants | Defender | India | ₹21.5 lakh | £21,070£21k |
| 32 | Balaji D | Bengal Warriorz | All-rounder | India | ₹20.6 lakh | £20,188£20k |
| 33 | Shubham Shashikant Shinde | Bengal Warriorz | Defender | India | ₹20.3 lakh | £19,894£20k |
| 34 | Abozar Mohajer Mighani | UP Yoddhas | Defender | Iran | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 34 | Dong Geon Lee | Gujarat Giants | Raider | South Korea | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 34 | Girish Maruti Ernak | Bengal Warriorz | Defender | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 34 | Joginder Singh Narwal | Haryana Steelers | Defender | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 34 | Mohsen Maghsoudlou Jafari | Telugu Titans | All-rounder | Iran | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 34 | Monu Goyat | Telugu Titans | Raider | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 34 | Nitin Tomar | UP Yoddhas | Raider | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 34 | Rakesh Narwal | Haryana Steelers | Raider | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 34 | Rohit | Bengal Warriorz | All-rounder | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 34 | Sandeep Kandola | Gujarat Giants | Defender | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 34 | Siddharth Sirish Desai | Telugu Titans | Raider | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 34 | Vishal | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Defender | India | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 46 | Nitin Chandel | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Defender | India | ₹19.7 lakh | £19,306£19k |
| 47 | Shivam Chaudhari | Patna Pirates | Defender | India | ₹15.2 lakh | £14,896£15k |
| 48 | Harmanjit Singh | Bengaluru Bulls | Raider | India | ₹15 lakh | £14,700£15k |
| 49 | Heidarali Ekrami | U Mumba | Raider | Iran | ₹14 lakh | £13,720£14k |
| 50 | Visvanath V. | Tamil Thalaivas | All-rounder | India | ₹12.8 lakh | £12,544£13k |
| 51 | Sakthivel R | Bengal Warriorz | Defender | India | ₹12.2 lakh | £11,956£12k |
| 52 | Bhavani Rajput | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Raider | India | ₹10.4 lakh | £10,192£10k |
| 53 | Hamid Mirzaei Nader | Telugu Titans | All-rounder | Iran | ₹10.1 lakh | £9,898£10k |
| 54 | Aakash | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Abdul Insamam S | Patna Pirates | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Alankar Kaluram Patil | Puneri Paltan | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Aman Kadian | Telugu Titans | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Amit Hooda | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Amit Sheoran | Bengal Warriorz | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Anand Surendra Tomar | Patna Pirates | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Anil Kumar | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Ankit | Tamil Thalaivas | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Ankush | U Mumba | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Ashish Kumar Sangwan | Bengal Warriorz | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Aslam Saja Mohamed Thambi | Bengal Warriorz | Raider | Sri Lanka | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Babu Murugasan | UP Yoddhas | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav | Puneri Paltan | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Daniel Omondi Odhiambo | Patna Pirates | All-rounder | Kenya | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Gholamabbas Korouki | U Mumba | All-rounder | Iran | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Gulveer Singh | UP Yoddhas | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Gurdeep | UP Yoddhas | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Jai Bhagwan | U Mumba | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Jaideep | UP Yoddhas | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | James Namaba Kamweti | UP Yoddhas | Raider | Kenya | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | K. Hanumanthu | Telugu Titans | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | K. Prapanjan | Haryana Steelers | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Kapil | Gujarat Giants | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Lal Mohar Yadav | Bengaluru Bulls | Raider | Nepal | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Lucky Sharma | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Manish Gulia | Haryana Steelers | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Manuj | Gujarat Giants | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Md. Arif Rabbani | Tamil Thalaivas | Defender | Bangladesh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Md. Liton Ali | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Defender | Bangladesh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Mohit | U Mumba | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Nageshor Tharu | Bengaluru Bulls | Raider | Nepal | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Navneet | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Nehal B Sawal Desai | UP Yoddhas | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Nitin Panwar | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Parveen Satpal | Bengal Warriorz | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Purna Singh | Gujarat Giants | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Rahul Chaudhari | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Rahul Gorakh Dhanawade | Jaipur Pink Panthers | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Rahul Khatik | Bengaluru Bulls | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Rakesh Bhalle Ram | Puneri Paltan | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Rathan K | UP Yoddhas | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Ravinder | Telugu Titans | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Reza Katoulinezhad | Dabang Delhi K.C. | All-rounder | Iran | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Sachin Narwal | Bengaluru Bulls | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Satywan | U Mumba | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Sawin | Gujarat Giants | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Soleiman Pahlevani | Bengal Warriorz | Defender | Iran | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Sourav Gulia | Gujarat Giants | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Sudhakar Krishant Kadam | Bengaluru Bulls | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Surender Nada | Bengal Warriorz | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Sushil | Haryana Steelers | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Sushil Gulia | Patna Pirates | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Thanushan Laxmamohan | Tamil Thalaivas | All-rounder | Sri Lanka | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Ujjval Singh | Gujarat Giants | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Vijay Kumar | Telugu Titans | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Vinod Kumar | Gujarat Giants | Defender | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Vinod Kumar | Bengal Warriorz | All-rounder | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Vishwas S | Patna Pirates | Raider | India | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | Woosan KO | Jaipur Pink Panthers | Defender | Korea | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 54 | YoungChang Ko | Gujarat Giants | Defender | Korea | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 115 | Arpit Saroha | Tamil Thalaivas | Defender | India | ₹8.2 lakh | £8,036£8k |
| 116 | D Mahindraprasad | Puneri Paltan | Defender | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 116 | Harsh Mahesh Lad | Puneri Paltan | Defender | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 116 | K. Abhimanyu | Tamil Thalaivas | All-rounder | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 116 | Lovepreet Singh | Haryana Steelers | Raider | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 116 | Monu | Dabang Delhi K.C. | Defender | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 116 | Sagar Kumar | Patna Pirates | All-rounder | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
| 116 | Tejas Maruti Patil | Dabang Delhi K.C. | All-rounder | India | ₹6 lakh | £5,880£6k |
The 20 most expensive
How the money was spread
Half the 122 went for ₹10 lakh or less, and the average is ₹23.94 lakh, pulled up by the top of the list: 29 players went for more than it and 93 for less. 79 of the 122 were bought at their base price, the first and only bid. Pawan Sehrawat was bid furthest past his, from ₹30 lakh to ₹2.26 crore, 7.5 times over.
Players in each price band
What each team spent
The 12 teams at the 2022 auction, biggest spender first
| # | TEAM | BOUGHT | SPENT | CONVERTED | BIGGEST BUY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telugu Titans | 13 | ₹3.351 crore | £328,398£328k | Parvesh Bhainswal |
| 2 | U Mumba | 10 | ₹2.97 crore | £291,060£291k | Guman Singh |
| 3 | Tamil Thalaivas | 7 | ₹2.83 crore | £277,340£277k | Pawan Sehrawat |
| 4 | Bengaluru Bulls | 8 | ₹2.78 crore | £272,440£272k | Vikash Khandola |
| 5 | Gujarat Giants | 15 | ₹2.739 crore | £268,422£268k | Rinku Narwal |
| 6 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 11 | ₹2.729 crore | £267,442£267k | Sunil Kumar |
| 7 | Puneri Paltan | 7 | ₹2.67 crore | £261,660£262k | Fazel Atrachali |
| 8 | Haryana Steelers | 9 | ₹2.586 crore | £253,428£253k | Manjeet Dahiya |
| 9 | Bengal Warriorz | 15 | ₹2.581 crore | £252,938£253k | Deepak Niwas Hooda |
| 10 | Dabang Delhi K.C. | 10 | ₹1.861 crore | £182,378£182k | Ravi Kumar |
| 11 | UP Yoddhas | 9 | ₹1.1 crore | £107,800£108k | Abozar Mohajer Mighani |
| 12 | Patna Pirates | 8 | ₹1.012 crore | £99,176£99k | Rohit Gulia |
Spend by team
Raiders, defenders and all-rounders
What the teams paid for each role at the 2022 auction
| ROLE | BOUGHT | SPENT | AVERAGE | MOST EXPENSIVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raider | 39 | ₹12.129 crore | ₹31.1 lakh | Pawan Sehrawat |
| Defender | 54 | ₹11.806 crore | ₹21.86 lakh | Fazel Atrachali |
| All-rounder | 29 | ₹5.274 crore | ₹18.19 lakh | Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh |
The 39 raiders took 42% of the money, the 54 defenders 40%, and the 29 all-rounders 18%. 22 of the 122 were from outside India and went for ₹5.31 crore between them, an average of ₹24.14 lakh against ₹23.9 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 2022?
Pawan Sehrawat, bought by the Tamil Thalaivas for ₹2.26 crore. Vikash Khandola of the Bengaluru Bulls was next at ₹1.7 crore.
How many players were sold at the PKL auction 2022?
122, for ₹29.209 crore between them. 622 were in the pool: 111 had already been retained by their teams and 389 went unsold.
How many players went for a crore or more in 2022?
4: Pawan Sehrawat (₹2.26 crore), Vikash Khandola (₹1.7 crore), Fazel Atrachali (₹1.38 crore) and Guman Singh (₹1.215 crore).
Which team spent the most at the PKL auction 2022?
The Telugu Titans, ₹3.351 crore on 13 players. The Patna Pirates spent the least, ₹1.012 crore on 8 players.
What was the average price at the PKL auction 2022?
₹23.94 lakh across the 122 players bought. The median is ₹10 lakh, so half of them went for that or less.
Where to next
What each team bought: Telugu Titans, U Mumba, Tamil Thalaivas, Bengaluru Bulls, Gujarat Giants, Jaipur Pink Panthers, Puneri Paltan, Haryana Steelers, Bengal Warriorz, Dabang Delhi K.C., UP Yoddhas and Patna Pirates. The auction before is 2021. The auction after is 2023. 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.