In the ongoing PKL 2024 auction, on one hand, there are players who have forced franchises to break the bank for them, becoming some of the costliest players in the history of PKL. From Sachin Tanwar to Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh, they came and conquered the auction. However, there are quite a few for whom no interest has been shown. One such player is India’s expert defender Vishal Bhardwaj, who went unsold as he found no takers.
The PKL Season 11 auction started with a bang, with many players becoming millionaires. Yet, as with anything, there are two sides to every coin. While some players are highly sought after, others are not. Let’s take a look at all the players who went unsold in PKL Season 11 first, and then we can discuss why this conclusion came as a shock to many.
Unsold Players in PKL Auction
| NAME | BASE PRICE (IN INR) | POSITION |
| Visvanth V | 20 lakh | All-rounder |
| Rohit Gulia | 20 lakh | All-rounder |
| Vishal Bhardwaj | 20 lakh | Defender |
| Vaibhav Garje | 20 lakh | Defender – Right Cover |
| Helvic Simuyu Wanjala (Kenya) | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Etsuki Manita (Japan) | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Arash Akbari (Iran) | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Hosea Muriuki Muthee (Kenya) | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Md. Liton Ali (Bangladesh) | 13 lakh | Defender – Right Corner |
| Mohammad Malak (Iran) | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Md. Arif Rabbani (Bangladesh) | 13 lakh | Defender – Left Corner |
| Ziaur Rahman (Bangladesh | 13 lakh | Defender – Left Cover |
| Rodrigo Ezequiel Molina (Argentina) | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Afshin Jafari (Iran) | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Reuben Mburu Njuguna (Kenya) | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Asadujjaman Howlader (Bangladesh) | 13 lakh | Defender – Left Corner |
| Krzysztof Sawicki (Poland) | 13 lakh | Defender – Left Corner |
| Felix Li (England) | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Jong Hoon Choi (Republic Of Korea) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Ju Hwan Kim (Republic Of Korea) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Ashan Mihiranga (Sri Lanka) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Md. Sharif Miah (Bangladesh) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| James Namaba Kamweti (Kenya) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Allan Oduor Omondi (Kenya) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Shahan Sha Mohammed (Bangladesh) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Md. Rabiul Alam (Bangladesh) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Jyun Jie Li (Chinese Taipei) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Akikazu Izumi (Japan) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Mobin Nazari (Iran) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Piotr Pamulak (Poland) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Wu Fu Kai Jin (Chinese Taipei) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Chayaphon Kamunee (Thailand) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Md. Mijanur Rahman (Bangladesh) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Tobius Kinyua Muriithi (Kenya) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Lal Mohar Yadav (Nepal) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Shoya Suzuki (Japan) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Ali Tolaqani (Iraq) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Hasan Balbool (Iraq) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Nestor Mariano Pascual (Argentina) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| I Gede Jaya Guna (Indonesia) | 13 lakh | Raider |
| Shivansh Thakur | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Siddhesh Pingle | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Sumit Kumar | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Manoj Gowda K. | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Rajesh Narwal | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Ritik | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Nehal B Sawal Desai | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Rohan Singh | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Sagar Kumar | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Sandeep Narwal | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Vikas Jaglan | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Akash Prasher | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Ahmed Mustafa Enamdar | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Bhoir Akshay Bharat | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Sachin Narwal | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Deepak Niwas Hooda | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Ravinder | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Omkar R More | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Tejas Maruti Patil | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Ashish Kumar Sangwan | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Rahul Khatik | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Ran Singh | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Arkam Shaikh | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Vinod Kumar | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Narender Hooda | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Rahul Gorakh Dhanawade | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Akshay Shivaji Ugade | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Govind Gurjar | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Binod Kumar Prasad | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Santhapanaselvam | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Balram | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| K Abhimanyu | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Amarjeet | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Paras Ram Gadri | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Nitesh Singh Thakur | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Nitin Dalal | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Rohit | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Mohit Balyan | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Kuldeep Singh Gour | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Abdul Insamam S | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Sajin Chandrasekar | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Mohit | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| B Y Someshwar | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Mohammad Tabish | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Harkirat Singh | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Afjal Khan | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| P M Chethan | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| K Hanumanthu | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Tarandeep Singh | 13 lakh | All-rounder |
| Ankit | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Rahul Veeresh Nagavat | 13 lakh | Defender – Left Corner |
| Rinku Narwal | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Gaurav Dahiya | 13 lakh | Defender – Left Corner |
| Sourav Gulia | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Aakash | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Sandeep Kandola | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Akshay Kumar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Vishal Kushal | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Rohit Kumar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Priyank Chandel | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Dipak | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Ankit | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Parveen Satpal | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Vinod Lachmayya Naik | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Naveen Sharma | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Nitesh | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Amit Sheoran | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Surinder Singh | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Deepak Kumar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Sandeep | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Sahish Gaude | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Jaideep | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Devendra Gopal Joshi | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Naveen | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Himanshu Choudhary | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Darpan | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Kiran Laxman Magar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Muhammed Shihas S | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Sumit | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Harsh Mahesh Lad | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Adarsh T | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Arvind Raja R | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Ashish | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Badal Taqdir Singh | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Marimuthu Kamaraj | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Vishal | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Vijay | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Sandeep Kumar Dhull | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Satywan | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Sachin Vittala | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Surender Nada | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Akshay Jaywant Bodake | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Anil Kumar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Palla Ramakrishna | 13 lakh | Defender |
| D Mahindraprasad | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Vinod Kumar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Davinder Singh | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Prince | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Ujjval Singh | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Vinay Kumar Singh | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Gaurav Kumar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Ankit | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Mohit Sehrawat | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Harendra Kumar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Monu | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Baldev Singh | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Aashish Nagar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Amit Hooda | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Nitin Chandel | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Ishwar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Baljinder Singh | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Harsh | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Jaskirat Singh | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Shekhar Shrikant Tatkare | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Babu Murugasan | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Viraj Vishnu Landge | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Sourav Kumar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Navneet | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Sudhakar Krishant Kadam | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Shubham Kumar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Mohit | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Ram Adhagle | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Sunil | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Devendra Shrikant Kadam | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Ravindra Chouhan | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Akash Choudhary | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Ravinder Pahal | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Manuj | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Alankar Kaluram Patil | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Ankit | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Lucky Sharma | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Mahendra Choudhary | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Kapil Gurjar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Monu | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Sakthivel R | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Nitin | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Vishal Mane | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Sunny | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Ruturaj Shivaji Koravi | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Shivam Chaudhari | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Yash Hooda | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Kapil | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Rakesh Bhalle Ram | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Chethan S | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Mohit | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Ashish | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Prince D | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Deepak | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Ravi Kumar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Navneet | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Hardeep | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Lavish | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Vijin Thangadurai | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Rakshith | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Vijay Kumar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Shubham Rawal | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Gaurav Bhardwaj | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Pavan TR | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Kavali Kavindar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Sandeep Kumar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Dhruv Chhillar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Jitin Dasa Naik | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Jagdeep | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Saurav | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Anuj Saini | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Gaurav | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Shivam Singh Tomar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Hasan M. Nishan | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Sumit Kumar | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Nikhil Krishnat Jadhav | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Ankit Sharma | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Karan Singh | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Lalit Gajram | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Mahammad Afreed | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Vinod R | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Ravi | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Sushanth Shetty | 13 lakh | Defender |
| Aditya Kaushal | 13 lakh | Defender |
Vishal Bhardwaj & Rohit Gulia
Speaking of two top players, on one hand, there is the left corner defender who was with Dabang Delhi last season. Without a doubt, he was used as a strong and impactful defender, but he was released by the team. Although there were expectations that Dabang Delhi might use the FBM (Final Bid Match) option if any bids went up, this was unfortunately not the case. He has been with the PKL since Season 4 but couldn’t be placed in any team this time.
Whereas another surprise came when Rohit Gulia couldn’t find any bidders for himself. The 26-year-old all-rounder, who has been going through an inconsistent phase of form, failed to attract interest. It is true that there were several seasons where his consistency was notable, starting his career with Gujarat Giants. The all-rounder’s best performance came in seven seasons with 142 points. However, a string of poor performances in recent seasons led to his unsold status.
