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PKL 2021 Released Players List: Patna Pirates release Pardeep Narwal, Tamil Thalaivas let go of Ajay Thakur
New Delhi, Aug 20: Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) franchises have revealed the list of kabaddi players they have released ahead of this year's PKL 2021 season. The Pro Kabaddi League has on Friday (August 20) announced the list of the players they have retained, as well as the released players.
Ahead of the Season 8 Player Auction which will take place later this month, the franchises have let go of several star players, as they seek to prepare a team for the future.
PKL - which started in 2014 with just eight franchises - evolved into a 12-side league. The biggest surprise, however, is star raider Pardeep Narwal, who has been released by Patna Pirates. Defending champions Bengal Warriors have let go of veterans Sukesh Hegde and Jeeva Kumar.
The 12 teams have in total released 161 players with Bengal Warriors (16 out of 20) and Telugu Titans (15 out of 18) dropping most of their members.
Other notable players that have been released are Iranian Meraj Sheykh (Dabang Delhi K.C.), Siddharth Desai (Telugu Titans), Sandeep Narwal (U Mumba), and Rishank Devadiga (U.P. Yoddha) among others.
Among captains, Rohit Kumar (Bengaluru Bulls), Rohit Gulia (Gujarat Fortunegiants), Dharmaraj Cheralathan (Haryana Steelers), Deepak Hooda (Jaipur Pink Panthers) and Surjeet Singh (Puneri Paltan) were also let go.
In a bid to shake up their team, Tamil Thalaivas released their three legends; Ajay Thakur, Rahul Chaudhari, and Manjeet Chhillar. Ajay Thakur is the captain of the national men's kabaddi team.
These players will be added to the auction pool and can be bought by any of the 12 teams during the three-day Pro Kabaddi auction that starts on August 29.
Here's the full list of players released by every franchise:
Bengaluru Bulls released players
Bengaluru Bulls total players released: 13
Rohit Kumar - Raider
Lal Mohar Yadav - Raider
Sumit Singh - Raider
Vinod Kumar - Raider
Rajulal Choudhary - Defender
Vijay Kumar - Defender
Mahender Singh - Defender
Aman - Defender
Sandeep - Defender
Ajay - Defender
Ankit - Defender
Ashish Kumar - All Rounder
Sanjay Shreshtha - All Rounder
Bengal Warriors
Bengal Warriors total released players: 17
Sukesh Hegde - Raider
K Prapanjan - Raider
Mohammad Taghi - Raider
Rakesh Narwal - Raider
Amit - Defender
Naveen Narwal - Defender
Baldev Singh - Defender
Jeeva Kumar - Defender
Viraj Vishnu Landge - Defender
Adarsh T - Defender
Dharmendra Singh - Defender
Amir Dhumal - All Rounder
Avinash A.R. - All Rounder
Mayur Shivkarkar - All Rounder
Sourabh Patil - All Rounder
Sunil Dubili - All Rounder
Dabang Delhi K.C.
Dabang Delhi K.C. total released players: 12
Aman Kadian - Raider
Chandran Ranjit - Raider
Sumit Kumar - Raider
Joginder Narwal - Defender
Vishal Mane - Defender
Pratik Patil - Defender
Ravinder Pahal - Defender
Anil Kumar - Defender
Saeid Ghaffari - Defender
Satywan - Defender
Sombir - Defender
Meraj Sheykh - All Rounder
Gujarat Fortunegiants
Gujarat Fortunegiants total released players: 12
Abolfazl Maghsodloumahali - Raider
Gurvinder Singh - Raider
Lalit Chaudhary - Raider
More GB - Raider
Sachin Tanwar - Raider
Sonu - Raider
Amit Kharb - Defender
Ruturaj Koravi - Defender
Pankaj - All Rounder
Shazid Hossain - All Rounder
Vinod Kumar- All Rounder
Rohit Gulia - All Rounder
Haryana Steelers
Haryana Steelers total released players: 14
Amirhossein Maleki - Raider
Arun Kumar HN - Raider
Naveen - Raider
Prashanth Kumar Rai - Raider
Selvamani K. - Raider
Dharmaraj Cheralathan - Defender
Ravi Kumar - Defender
Vikas Kale - Defender
Sunil - Defender
Parveen - Defender
Subash Narwal - Defender
Vikram Kandola - Defender
Kuldeep Singh - Defender
Tin Phonchoo - All Rounder
Jaipur Pink Panthers
Jaipur Pink Panthers total released players: 15
Ajinkya Pawar - Raider
Deepak Narwal - Raider
Guman Singh - Raider
Lokesh Kaushik - Raider
Milinda Chaturanga - Raider
Nilesh Salunke - Raider
Karamvir - Defender
Sandeep Dhull - Defender
Sunil Siddhgavali - Defender
Deepak Hooda - All Rounder
Dong Gyu Kim - All Rounder
Santhapanaselvam - All Rounder
Patna Pirates
Patna Pirates total released players: 17
Pardeep Narwal - Raider
Ashish - Raider
Jang Kun Lee - Raider
Mohammad Esmaeil - Raider
Naveen - Raider
Purna Singh - Raider
Mahendra Choudhary - Defender
Jaideep - Defender
Jwahar - Defender
Amit Kumar - All Rounder
Hadi Oshtorak - All Rounder
Ravinder - All Rounder
Vikas Jaglan - All Rounder
Puneri Paltan
Puneri Paltan total released players: 14
Nitin Tomar - Raider
Amit Kumar - Raider
Darshan Kadian - Raider
Emad Sedaghatnia - Raider
Manjeet - Raider
Sriram - Raider
Sushant Sail - Raider
Deepak Yadav - Raider
Surjeet Singh - Defender
Shubham Shinde - Defender
Girish Maruti Ernak - Defender
Amit Kumar - All Rounder
Sagar Krishna - All Rounder
Sandeep - All Rounder
Tamil Thalaivas
Tamil Thalaivas total released players: 14
Rahul Chaudhari - Raider
Ajay Thakur - Raider
Anand - Raider
Shabeer Bappu - Raider
Ajith Kumar - Raider
Vineet Sharma - Raider
Yashwant Bishnoi - Raider
Ajeet - Defender
Ponparthiban Subramanian - Defender
Mohit Chhillar - Defender
Arif Robbani - Defender
Manjeet Chhillar - All Rounder
Hemant Chauhan - All Rounder
Ran Singh - All Rounder
Victor Obiero - All Rounder
Telugu Titans
Telugu Titans total released players: 12
Siddharth Desai - Raider
Sooraj Desai - Raider
Amit Kumar - Raider
Kamal Singh - Raider
Mula Siva Ganesh Reddy - Raider
Palle Mallikarjun - Raider
Vishal Bhardwaj - Defender
Arun - Defender
Krushna Madne - Defender
Abozar Mohajermighani- Defender
Armaan - All Rounder
Farhad Milaghardan - All Rounder
U Mumba
U Mumba total released players: 12
Arjun Deshwal - Raider
Athul MS - Raider
Dong Geon Lee - Raider
Gaurav Kumar - Raider
Rohit Baliyan - Raider
Vinoth Kumar - Raider
Rajaguru Subramanian - Defender
Harsh Vardhan - Defender
Anil - Defender
Young Chang Ko - Defender
Surinder Singh - Defender
Sandeep Narwal - All Rounder
Mohit Baliyan - All Rounder
U.P. Yoddha
U.P. Yoddha total released players: 12
Rishank Devadiga - Raider
Shrikant Jadhav - Raider
Monu Goyat - Raider
Masud Karim - Raider
Ankush - Raider
Azad Singh - Raider
Gulveer Singh - Raider
Surender Singh - Raider
Ashish Nagar - Defender
Amit - Defender
Akram Shaikh - All Rounder
Gurdeep - All Rounder
Mohsen Maghsoudlou - All Rounder
Narender - All Rounder
Sachin Kumar - All Rounder
Story first published: Friday, August 20, 2021, 18:03 [IST]
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