Pro Kabaddi Auction HIGHLIGHTS: Pawan Sehrawat sold to Tamil Thalaivas for ₹2.26 crores, Sandeep Narwal goes unsold

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That's it from our end from Day 1 of the PKL auctions. Join us tomorrow for all the coverage from Day 2. 

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So, Pawan Sehrawat has sent all the records for a toss. Vikash Kandola was sold to Bengaluru Bulls for ₹1.70 crores and Fazel Atrachali is bought by Puneri Paltan for ₹1.38 crores. Sandeep Narwal has gone unsold on Day 1 of the auctions. 

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Pawan Sehrawat is now the most expensive player in PKL auctions

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The bid is now ₹2.26 crores and Pawan Sehrawat is sold to Tamil Thalaivas

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The bid is now ₹2 crores for Pawan

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Pawan Sehrawat is the next man in. Haryana Steelars begin the bidding with ₹1 crores. U Mumba and Haryana get into a bidding war. The Steelars though take it to ₹1.20 crores. Tamil Thalaivas are the new entrants at ₹1.50 crores. The bid now extends to ₹1.72 crores. U Mumba and Tamil Thalaivas are in no mood of taking a step back. This is already the highest bid of the day now

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V Ajith Kumar is the next one going under the hammer. He is sold to Jaipur Pink Panthers for ₹66 lakhs

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Vikash Kandola has been bought by Bengaluru Bulls for ₹1.70 crores

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This is now the highest bid of the day as Tamil Thalaivas call for ₹1.50 crores

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We are nearing the end of Category A. We now have Raider Vikash Kandola. Bengaluru Bulls and UP Yoddhas are in the bidding war straight away. The Bulls accelerate to ₹75 lakhs. Tamil join in at ₹80 lakhs but Bengaluru Bulls are on the charge with ₹85 lakhs. The Bulls called for ₹95 lakhs but Tamil Thalaivas stretch it to ₹1 crores. The franchises are not letting this go away at any cost. The bid is now ₹1.20 crores. 

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Manjeet is sold to Haryana Steelars for ₹80 lakhs

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Sachin remains with Patna Pirates at ₹81 lakhs as they exercise their FBM 

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The next name is PARDEEP NARWAL. Telugu Titans begin the bidding at the base price ₹30 lakhs. Bengal Warriors also join in. Gujarat have also joined in but the Titans are staying in. Gujarat had made a bid of ₹90 lakhs but UP Yoddhas have used their FBM card and Narwal goes to UP

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We now move to Raiders and the first player after the break is Abhishek Singh. Tamil Thalaivas open the bidding with the base price. Patna Pirates join at ₹31 lakhs. We have the bidding war for Singh. UP have also come in and lead at ₹45 lakhs. Jaipur Pink Panthers come in at ₹46 lakhs. The Titans have also joined at ₹47 lakhs. Jaipur are pretty quick in raising the bid. The Titans finally have him for ₹60 lakhs

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We are back with the auctions after the break. There have been some surprises already. Let's see what's more in the kitty

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Fazel Atrachali becomes the most expensive defender in the history of PKL auctions

19:53 (IST)

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We already have a couple surprises in the auctions. Fazel Atrachali is sold to Puneri Paltan for ₹1.38 crores while Sandeep Narwal has been unsold

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Surjeet Singh is the next player. Telugu Titans make the opening bid at the base amount of ₹30 lakhs. Gujarat Giants also join the bidding war. He is sold to Telugu Titans for ₹50 lakhs

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Sandeep Dhull is the next player with a base price of ₹30 lakhs. Dabang Delhi make a quick opening bid. He is sold to Delhi for ₹40 lakhs

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The next category is defenders. We have Parvesh at a base price of ₹30 lakhs. Dabang Delhi make the first bid. The Telugu Titans are in the bidding war and the bid remains with them with ₹52 lakhs but Delhi are back with ₹53 lakhs. He finally goes to Titans for ₹62 lakhs

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Rohit Gulia now goes under the hammer. He has a base price of ₹30 lakhs. Patna Pirates make the first bid. Gulia goes to the Pirates for ₹30 lakhs

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Rohit Gulia now goes under the hammer. He has a base price of ₹30 lakhs. Patna Pirates make the first bid. Gulia goes to the Pirates for ₹30 lakhs

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Now, we have Deepak Hooda. He has a base price of ₹30 lakhs. Bengal Warriors make the bid and are joined by Gujarat Giants and the two franchises are not really shying away to make the bids. Bengal Warriors get him for ₹43 lakhs

19:31 (IST)

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Next up in the bid is Sandeep Narwal in the all-rounder's category. He has ₹30 lakhs as the base price. HE GOES UNSOLD!

19:28 (IST)

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Fazel Atrachali is finally sold to Puneri Paltan for ₹1.38 crores but U Mumba can still exercise their FBM card. They decide NOT to exercise it

19:26 (IST)

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We have the second player of the day going under the hammer. Fazel Atrachali who had a base price of ₹30 lakhs has a bidding war. Telugu Titans and Dabang Delhi making some aggressive bids for him. The Titans make it ₹75 lakhs straight away. But Delhi are not holding back. Delhi make it ₹1 crores. The two franchises want Atrachali at any cost, it seems.

19:18 (IST)

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Mohammad Nabibakhsh is the first one to go under the hammer under the all-roundners' category. The base price for him is INR 30 lakhs. Gujarat Giants begin the bidding. Patna Pirates have also joined in and we have a bidding war straight away. Puneri Paltan are also making the bids. And he goes to Puneri Paltan for ₹87 lakhs

19:03 (IST)

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A total of 111 players were retained across all three categories. These include 19 from the Elite Retained Players (ERP) category, 13 in the Retained Young Players (RYP) category, and 38 in the New Young Players (NYP) category.

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A team can have a maximum of 4 overseas players in the squad

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We are moments away from the start of the auctions for this season. The teams would look to have a balanced squad 

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The PKL teams can have a minimum of 18 players and a maximum of 25 players in their squad

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