The Pro Kabaddi auction 2024 is around the corner and all the 12 teams have finalised the players, who they want to retain, and who will be released. In a major surprise, the likes of Pawan Sehrawat, Pardeep Narwal and Maninder Singh will enter the auction, while Puneri Paltan has decided to show faith in Aslam Inamdar, and retained him. In short, only 88 players have been retained across 12 teams, who are broadly divided in three categories: Elite Retained Players (ERP), Retained Young Players (RYP), and Existing New Young Players (ENYP).
Tamil Thalaivas have retained 11, followed by Haryana Steelers have 9, while Jaipur Pink Panthers and Gujarat Giants have retained only five each. The most retentions have come from the defending champs — Puneri Paltan, 12. InsideSport takes a look at the full list of retained players in PKL 2024.
Retained Players for Pro Kabaddi 2024
| Teams | Retained Players |
| UP Yoddhas | Sumit (RYP), Surender Gill (RYP), Ashu Singh (RYP), Gagana Gowda HR (ENYP), Hitesh (ENYP), Shivam Chaudhary (ENYP) |
| U Mumba | Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (ERP), Rinku (ERP), Shivam (RYP), Bittu (ENYP), Gokulakannan M. (ENYP), Mukilan Shanmugam (ENYP), Sombir (ENYP) |
| Telugu Titans | Shankar Bhimraj Gadai (ERP), Ajit Pandurang Pawar (ERP), Ankit (ENYP), Omkar Narayan Patil (ENYP), Praful Sudam Zaware (ENYP), Sanjeevi S (ENYP) |
| Tamil Thalaivas | Narender (ENYP), Sahil (ENYP), Mohit (ENYP), Aashish (ENYP), Sagar (ENYP), Himanshu (ENYP), M. Abishek (ENYP), Nitesh Kumar (ENYP), Nitin Singh (ENYP), Ronak (ENYP), Vishal Chahal (ENYP) |
| Puneri Paltan | Abinesh Nadarajan (ERP), Gaurav Khatri (ERP), Aditya Tushar Shinde (RYP), Akash Santosh Shinde (RYP), Mohit Goyat (RYP), Aslam Mustafa Inamdar (RYP), Pankaj Mohite (RYP), Sanket Sawant (RYP), Dadaso Shivaji Pujari (ENYP), Nitin (ENYP), Tushar Dattaray Adhavade (ENYP), Vaibhav Balasaheb Kamble (ENYP) |
| Patna Pirates | Ankit (ERP), Sandeep Kumar (ERP), Manish (RYP), Abinand Subhash (ENYP), Kunal Mehta (ENYP), Sudhakar M (ENYP) |
| Jaipur Pink Panthers | Arjun Deshwal (ERP), Reza Mirbagheri (ERP), Ankush (RYP), Abhishek KS (RYP), Abhijeet Malik (ENYP) |
| Haryana Steelers | Rahul Sethpal (ERP), Ghanshyam Roka Magar (ERP), Jaideep (RYP), Mohit (RYP), Vinay (RYP), Jaya Soorya NS (ENYP), Hardeep (ENYP), Shivam Anil Patare (ENYP), Vishal S. Tate (ENYP) |
| Gujarat Giants | Balaji D (ERP), Jitender Yadav (ERP), Parteek Dahiya (RYP), Rakesh (RYP), Nitin (ENYP) |
| Dabang Delhi | Ashu Malik (ERP), Naveen Kumar (ERP), Vikrant (ERP), Ashish (ENYP), Himmat Antil (ENYP), Manu Yogesh (ENYP) |
| Bengaluru Bulls | Ponparthiban Subramanian (ERP), Sushil (ERP), Rohit Kumar (ERP), Saurabh Nandal (RYP), Aditya Shankar Powar (ENYP), Akshit (ENYP), Arulnanthababu (ENYP), Parteek (ENYP) |
| Bengal Warriors | Vishwas S (ERP), Nitin Kumar (ERP), Shreyas Umbardand (ENYP), Aditya S. Shinde (ENYP), Dipak Arjun Shinde (ENYP), Maharudra Garje (ENYP) |
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