By Ravi - May 23, 2025 05:28 PM
The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) on Saturday announced the 'Elite Retained Players', 'Retained Young Players' and 'New Young Players' for Season 12. The Season 12 auction will be held on May 31 and June 1 in Mumbai. While most of the franchises have retained their key players
A total of 83 players were retained in Pro Kabaddi Season 12: 25 in the Elite Retained Players (ERP) category, 23 in the Retained Young Players (RYP) category and 35 in the New Young Players (NYP) category.
Over 500 players will take part in the auction, including notable Indian players like Pawan Sehrawat, Arjun Deshwal, Ashu Malik and PKL 11 top raider Devank Dalal. Iranian powerhouses Fazel Atrachali and Mohammadreza Shadlooi, as well as PKL veterans Maninder Singh and Pardeep Narwal will also make their debut in the PKL 12 auction.
Star raider Naveen Kumar will be entering the auction for the first time. The PKL 8 winner has scored 1102 raid points for Dabang Delhi KC in six seasons. He will be the first player in the history of the league to score 1000+ points with a single team before entering the PKL auction.
The domestic and foreign players for the auction will be divided into four categories: A, B, C and D. Players in each category will be classified as 'all-rounders', 'defenders' and 'raiders'. The base prices for each category are as follows:
| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player | |
| Bengal Warriors | Vishwas S | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| Dabang Delhi K.C. | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Gujarat Giants | Himanshu Singh | Himanshu | _ | _ | _ | |
| Haryana Steelers | Rahul Sethpal | Vinay | _ | _ | _ | |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | Reza Mirbagheri | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Patna Pirates | Hamid Mirzai Nader | Thyagarajan Yuvraj | _ | _ | _ | |
| Puneri Paltan | Abinesh Nadarajan | Gaurav Khatri | Pankaj Mohite | _ | _ | |
| Tamil Thalaivas | Moeen Shafagi | Himanshu | Sagar | _ | _ | |
| Telugu Titans | Shankar Bhimraj Gadai | Ajit Pandurang Pawar | _ | _ | _ | |
| U Mumba | Sunil Kumar | Rohit | Aamir Mohammed Zafardanesh | Satish Kannan | ||
| UP Yodha | Sumit | Bhawani Rajput | Sahul Kumar | Surender Gill | Ashu Singh |
| TEAM | PLAYER 1 | PLAYER 2 | PLAYER 3 | PLAYER 4 | PLAYER 5 |
| Bengal Warriorz | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Bengaluru Bulls | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Dabang Delhi K.C. | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Gujarat Giants | Parteek Dahiya | Rakesh | _ | _ | _ |
| Haryana Steelers | Shivam Anil Patare | Jaideep | Jaya Soorya NS | Vishal S. Tate | _ |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | Abhishek KS | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Patna Pirates | Sudhakar M | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Puneri Paltan | Aslam Mustafa Inamdar | Mohit Goyat | Dadaso Shivaji Pujari | Aditya Tushar Shinde | _ |
| Tamil Thalaivas | Nitesh Kumar | Narender | Ronak | Vishal Chahal | Aashish |
| Telugu Titans | Ankit | Praful Sudam Zaware | _ | _ | _ |
| U Mumba | Mukilan Shanmugam | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| UP Yoddhas | Hitesh | Gagana Gowda HR | Shivam Chaudhary | _ | _ |
| TEAM | PLAYER 1 | PLAYER 2 | PLAYER 3 | PLAYER 4 |
| Bengal Warriorz | Yash Malik | Manjeet | Deep Kumar | Sushil Kambrekar |
| Bengaluru Bulls | Chandranaik M | Lucky Kumar | Manjeet | Pankaj |
| Dabang Delhi K.C. | Sandeep | Mohit | _ | _ |
| Gujarat Giants | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Haryana Steelers | Sahil | Manikandan N | Vikas Ramadas Jadhav | _ |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | Ronak Singh | Nitin Kumar | Sombir | Ritik Sharma |
| Patna Pirates | Ayan | Navdeep | Deepak | Sahil Patil |
| Puneri Paltan | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Tamil Thalaivas | Anuj Kaluram Gawade | Dhiraj Ravindra Bailmare | _ | _ |
| Telugu Titans | Sagar | Chetan Sahu | Nitin | Rohit |
| U Mumba | Ajit Chouhan | Deepak Kundu | Lokesh Ghosliya | Sunny |
| UP Yoddhas | Jayesh Vikas Mahajan | Gangaram | Sachin | Keshav Kumar |
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