Full list of Vivo Pro Kabaddi 2021 retained players – Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Fazel Atrachali amongst top players

Full list of Vivo Pro Kabaddi 2021 retained players – Pawan Kumar Sehrawat, Fazel Atrachali amongst top players

Pro Kabaddi League

The wait is finally over for the kabaddi fans as the eighth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League is about to start in the coming months. All 12 teams have announced their respective lists of retained players ahead of the PKL 2021 auction, scheduled from August 29 to August 31.

A total of 59 players have made the cut for the upcoming season across all franchises. These players are divided into three categories: 22 in the Elite Retained Players (ERP) category, 6 in the Retained Young Players (RYP) category, and 31 in the New Young Players (NYP) category.

Let’s look at all the retained players for Vivo PKL 2021:

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Bengal Warriors

Elite Retained Players: Maninder Singh (raider), Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh (all-rounder), Rinku Narwal (defender)

Retained Young Players: Ravindra Ramesh Kumawat (raider)

Bengaluru Bulls

Elite Retained Players: Pawan Kumar Sehrawat (raider), Amit Sheoran (defender), 

Existing New Young Players: Saurabh Nandal (defender), Mohit Sehrawat (defender), Banty (raider)

Dabang Delhi KC

Elite Retained Players: Vijay Malik (all-rounder), Neeraj Narwal (raider)

Retained Young Players: Naveen Kumar Goyat (raider)

Existing New Young Players: Balram (all-rounder), Sumit (defender), Mohit (defender)

Gujarat Giants

Elite Retained Players: Sunil Kumar Malik (defender), Parvesh Bhainswal (defender)

Existing New Young Players: Harmanjeet Singh (raider), Sumit (defender), Ankit (defender)

Haryana Steelers

Elite Retained Players: Vikash Kandola (raider)

Existing New Young Players: Vikas Chhillar (raider), Vinay Tewatia (raider), Chand Singh (defender)

Jaipur Pink Panthers

Elite Retained Players: Amit Hooda (defender), Vishal Lather (defender)

Existing New Young Players: Nitin Narwal, Sachin Narwal (all-rounder), Sushil Gulia (raider), Pavan TR (defender), Elavarasan A (defender)

Patna Pirates

Elite Retained Players: Neeraj Kumar (defender), Monu (raider)

Existing New Young Players: Mohit (raider), Rajveersinh Pratap Rao Chavan (raider), Sahil Mann (all-rounder)

Puneri Paltan

Elite Retained Players: Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav (defender), Hadi Tajik (defender), Pawan Kumar Kadian (raider)

Existing New Young Players: Pankaj Mohite (raider), Sanket Sawant (defender)

Tamil Thalaivas

Existing New Young Players: Himanshu (defender), Sagar (defender), M. Abhishek (defender)

Telugu Titans

Elite Retained Players: Rakesh Gowda (raider)

Retained Young Players: Rajnish Dalal (raider), Ankit Beniwal (raider)

Existing New Young Players: Akash Dattu Arsul (defender), Manish (defender), Akash Choudhary (defender)

U Mumba

Elite Retained Players: Fazel Atrachali (defender), Harendra Kumar (defender), Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre (all-rounder), Abhishek Singh (raider)

Existing New Young Players: Navneet (raider)

UP Yoddha

Retained Young Players: Nitesh Kumar (defender)

Existing New Young Players: Sumit Sangwan (defender), Surender Gill (raider), Ashu Singh (defender)

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