Pro Kabaddi 2024: Complete list of retained players by all teams for PKL 11 ft. Ashu Malik and Arjun Deshwal

The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) has announced the 'Elite Retained Players', 'Retained Young Players', and 'Existing New Young Players' for the upcoming Season 11. Each franchise has made retentions with some expected and some questionable releases.

The coaches and teams will be aiming to build even stronger squads at the PKL 11 Player Auction.

Dabang Delhi K.C. has kept its raider duo, Ashu Malik and Naveen Kumar, who are among some of the prominent names that have been retained. The Most Valuable Player of PKL Season 10, Aslam Inamdar, has also been retained by Puneri Paltan. Additionally, Jaipur Pink Panthers have held onto their key raider, Arjun Deshwal.

A total of 88 players were retained across three categories with 22 from the Elite Retained Players (ERP) category, 26 in the Retained Young Players (RYP) category, and 40 in the Existing New Young Players (ENYP).

The non-retained players, which include some of the biggest names such as Pawan Sehrawat, Pardeep Narwal, Maninder Singh, Fazel Atrachali, and Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh will feature in the PKL 11 Player Auction, scheduled for August 15 and 16, 2024, in Mumbai.

Ahead of the much-anticipated PKL 11 auction, here is the complete list of players retained by each franchise under the various categories.

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Pro Kabaddi 2024: Complete list of retained players by all teams for PKL 11

Bengal Warriors

Existing New Young Players: Shreyas Umbardand, Aditya S Shinde, Dipak Arjun Shinde, Maharudra Garje

Retained Young Players: Nil

Elite Retained Players: Vishwas S, Nitin Kumar

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Bengaluru Bulls

Existing New Young Players: Aditya Shankar Powar, Akshit, Arulnanthababu, Parteek

Retained Young Players: Saurabh Nandal

Elite Retained Players: Ponparthiban Subramanian, Sushil, Rohit Kumar

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Dabang Delhi KC

Existing New Young Players: Ashish, Himmat Antil, Manu, Yogesh

Retained Young Players: Nil

Elite Retained Players: Ashu Malik, Vikrant, Naveen Kumar

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Gujarat Giants

Existing New Young Players: Nitin

Retained Young Players: Parteek Dahiya, Rakesh

Elite Retained Players: Balaji D, Jitender Yadav

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Haryana Steelers

Existing New Young Players: Jaya Soorya NS, Hardeep, Shivam Anil Patare, Vishal S Tate

Retained Young Players: Jaideep, Mohit, Vinay

Elite Retained Players: Rahul Sethpal, Ghanshyam Roka Magar

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Jaipur Pink Panthers

Existing New Young Players: Abhijeet Malik

Retained Young Players: Ankush, Abhishek KS

Elite Retained Players: Arjun Deshwal, Reza Mirbagheri

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Patna Pirates

Existing New Young Players: Abinand Subhash, Kunal Mehta, Sudhakar M

Retained Young Players: Manish

Elite Retained Players: Ankit, Sandeep Kumar

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Puneri Paltan

Existing New Young Players: Dadaso Shivaji Pujari, Nitin, Tushar Dattaray Adhavade, Vaibhav Balasaheb Kamble,

Retained Young Players: Aditya Tushar Shinde, Akash Santosh Shinde, Mohit Goyat, Aslam Mustafa Inamdar, Pankaj Mohite, Sanket Sehrawat

Elite Retained Players: Abinesh Nadarajan, Gaurav Khatri

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Tamil Thalaivas

Existing New Young Players: Nitesh Kumar, Nitin Singh, Ronak, Vishal Chahal

Retained Young Players: Narender, Sahil, Mohit, Aashish, Sagar, Himanshu, M Abishek

Elite Retained Players: Nil

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Telugu Titans

Existing New Young Players: Ankit, Omkar Narayan Patil, Praful Sudam Zaware, Sanjeevi S

Retained Young Players: Nil

Elite Retained Players: Shankar Bhimraj Gadai, Ajit Pandurang Pawar

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U Mumba

Existing New Young Players: Bittu, Gokulakannan M, Mukilan Shanmugam, Sombir

Retained Young Players: Shivam

Elite Retained Players: Amirmohammed Zafardanesh, Rinku

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UP Yoddhas

Existing New Young Players: Gagana Gowda HR, Hitesh, Shivam Chaudhary

Retained Young Players: Sumit, Surender Gill, Ashu Singh

Elite Retained Players: Nil