Pro Kabaddi Season 11 Player Auction: V Ajith Kumar, Jai Bhagwan attract biggest bids on Day 2

The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 11 Player Auction has concluded after Day 2 witnessed some huge bids for Category C and D players.

V Ajith Kumar was the most expensive buy on Day 2 of the PKL 2024 auction after defending champions Puneri Paltan roped in the Indian raider for INR 66 lakh.

Jai Bhagwan was the second most expensive buy on the second day of the Pro Kabaddi Season 11 auction after Bengaluru Bulls added the young raider to their squad for INR 63 lakh.

Earlier, three-time winners Patna Pirates acquired the services of Indian all-rounder Gurdeep for INR 59 lakh and defender Deepak Rajender Singh for INR 50 lakh.

In an action-packed Day 2 of the PKL 2024 auction, Puneri Paltan bought Iranian all-rounder Amir Hassan Noroozi for INR 13.40 lakh while Gujarat Giants retained their star all-rounder Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh for INR 13.60 lakh after exercising the Final Bid Match (FBM) card.

Gujarat Giants further bolstered their squad with defender Neeraj Kumar for INR 35 lakh.

Two-time PKL champions Jaipur Pink Panthers acquired the services of Iranian raider Amir Hossein Mohammadmaleki and defender Arpit Saroha for INR 13 lakh each.

The Pink Panthers also added the likes of Vikash Kandola (32 lakh), Shrikant Jadhav (15 lakh), Aamir Wani (INR 9 lakh) and Mayank Malik (INR 9 lakh) to their squad later in the day.

After making the most expensive purchase on Day 1 of the player auction, Tamil Thalaivas used their FBM card to retain Iranian defender Amirhossein Bastami for INR 16 lakh. His countryman and all-rounder Moein Safaghi was also purchased by the Thalaivas for INR 13 lakh.

UP Yoddhas strengthened their defence by roping in young Iranian defender Mohammadreza Kaboudrahangi for INR 25 lakh and Mahender Singh for INR 21.40 lakh.

Seasoned Indian defender Parvesh Bhainswal was sold to U Mumba for INR 19.50 lakh.

Meanwhile, South Korean raider Jang Kun Lee was snapped up by Patna Pirates for INR 17.50 lakh and he is set to return to PKL after four years.

Apart from Jang Kun Lee, the Pirates also bought Iranian defender Hamid Nader (INR 13 lakh), defender Prashant Kumar Rathi (INR 13 lakh) and retained defender Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj (INR 13.10 lakh) through the FBM card.

Among the other Category C players, Dabang Delhi K.C. roped in Bangladeshi raider Md. Mijanur Rahman (INR 13 lakh), defender Mohammad Baba Ali (INR 13.50 lakh) and right cover defender Gaurav Chhillar (INR 13 lakh), while Bengal Warriorz bought back Taiwanese raider Chai-Ming Chang for INR 13 lakh.

Having already roped in Fazel Atrachali on Day 1, Bengal Warriorz further reinforced their defence for the upcoming season by acquiring Mayur Kadam (INR 30.20 lakh), Nitesh Kumar (INR 13 lakh) and Praveen Thakur (INR 13 lakh) on the second day of the auction.

Arjun Rathi was the most expensive Category D player of the auction after Bengal Warriorz bought him for INR 41 lakh. The Warriorz also roped in Vaibhav Garje for INR 20 lakh from Category B.

Elsewhere, Telugu Titans bought young raider Manjeet for INR 27 lakh while Haryana Steelers acquired right cover defender Sanjay for INR 13.20 lakh.

Among the other Category D players, newcomer Mohd. Amaan was sold to Puneri Paltan for INR 16.20 lakh while Stuwart Singh was bought by U Mumba for INR 14.20 lakh.

Rahul Chaudhari, Deepak Niwas Hooda, Monu Goyat, Nitin Tomar, Chandran Ranjit, Narender Hooda and Vikas Jaglan were some of the players that went unsold on Day 2 of the Pro Kabaddi Season 11 Player Auction.

Now that the franchises have all completed building their squads, fans can eagerly look forward to the start of Pro Kabaddi Season 11 soon.

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