Sachin Tanwar and Mohammadreza Shadloui Chaiyaneh emerged as the most expensive buy on Day 01 of the PKL 2024 auction and eight players were sold for more than INR 1 Crore.
The PKL season 11 Player auction began on August 15 with 88 players retained ahead of the auction. The franchises are on a quest to fill the remaining slots. The PKL season 11 Player auction made history on Thursday, with Sachin Tanwir being bought for INR 2.15 crore by Tamil Thalaivas while Mohammad Shadloui of Iran was the most expensive foreign player after Haryana Steelers spent INR 2.07 crores on him.
A total of 20 players were sold to the 12 franchise teams with as many as 3 Final Bid Match cards being used on Day 01. Bengal Warriorz, Telugu Titans, and Gujarat Giants have used FBM cards for Maninder Singh, Pawan Sehrawat, and Sombir respectively.
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Along with Sachin and Chiyaneh, Guman Singh, Pawan Sehrawat, Bharat, Maninder Singh, Ajinkya Pawar, and Sunil Kumar were part of one crore club on Day 01 of the auction.
Pardeep Narwal was acquired by Bengaluru Bulls for INR 70 Lakhs, meanwhile, the Veteran Defender Surjeet Singh has rejoined Jaipur Pink Panthers for INR 60 lakhs.
Sunil Kumar went to U Mumba for INR 1.015 crore and became the most expensive Indian defender ever. The League commissioner Anupam Goswami said, “It was absolutely riveting to watch multiple records being broken in the PKL season 11 Player Auction. We are filled with pride to see 8 players cross the 1 crore mark today and Sunil become the most expensive Indian defender ever. The exciting buys will continue on day 02 and we are eagerly waiting for the action to unfold.”
When asked about joining the Bengaluru Bulls, Pardeep Narwal said, ” It feels good to go back to the team I started with in my PKL journey; I’m looking forward to playing with the young players on the Bulls side. I am hoping to cross 1800 raid points in my career.”
Meanwhile, Maninder Singh, who was bought by Bengal Warriorz for INR 1.15 crore said, “I am very happy to be back. I will look to perform even better than last season and Bengal Warriorz has always been a home to me. The team is like a family and i have played with them for 6 years so I am very happy to be back.”
