The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) 2024 concluded after two days of exhilarating action at the Jio Convention Centre in Mumbai on Friday, August 16. The two days of auction saw more than 500 players going under the hammer. Day 1 of the auction saw a record number of players crossing the Rs 1 crore mark—eight in total—while Day 2 saw young players getting their chance to shine on the big stage.
Sachin Tanwar became the most expensive buy on Day 1 and overall in the auction, with Tamil Thalaivas going up to Rs 2.15 crore for the raider from Rajasthan. On Day 2, Ajith Kumar became the most expensive player when Puneri Paltan acquired his services for Rs 66 lakh.
While all the spotlight was on the big-money buys of the season, several high-profile names failed to find a buyer for season 11. The list included PKL veterans like Deepak Niwas Hooda, Sandeep Narwal, Ravinder Pahal, and Rahul Chaudhari, as well as young stars like Vishal Bharadwaj, Monu Goyat, Rohit Gulia, and others.
This will be the first season where the “Poster Boy” Rahul Chaudhari failed to find a buyer in PKL history. However, teams are still allowed to sign players from the unsold players' list until the season begins, so we might see the list getting a little smaller in the coming days. Until then, here is the full list of unsold players from the PKL 2024 auction.
PKL 2024 Auction: Unsold Players List
Name | Position |
Aakash | Defender |
Aashish Nagar | Defender |
Abdul Insamam S | All-rounder |
Abhimanyu Raghuvanshi | Raider |
Abhishek Singh | Raider |
Adarsh T | Defender |
Aditya Kaushal | Defender |
Afjal Khan | All-rounder |
Afshin Jafari (Iran) | Defender |
Ahmed Mustafa Enamdar | All-rounder |
Ajinkya Rohidas Kapre | All-rounder |
Akash | Raider |
Akash Choudhary | Defender |
Akash Pikalmunde | Raider |
Akash Prasher | All-rounder |
Akikazu Izumi (Japan) | Raider |
Akshay Jaywant Bodake | Defender |
Akshay Kumar | Defender |
Akshay Shivaji Ugade | All-rounder |
Akshaykumar Soni | Raider |
Alankar Kaluram Patil | Defender |
Ali Tolaqani (Iraq) | Raider |
Allan Oduor Omondi (Kenya) | Raider |
Aman | Raider |
Aman Kadian | Raider |
Amarjeet | All-rounder |
Amit Chauhan | Raider |
Amit Hooda | Defender |
Amit Sheoran | Defender |
Anand Surendra Tomar | Raider |
Anil Kumar | Defender |
Anil Kumar | Raider |
Aniruddh Pandey | Raider |
Ankit | Defender |
Ankit | Defender |
Ankit | Defender |
Ankit | Defender |
Ankit Sharma | Defender |
Ankush | Raider |
Anuj Kumar | Raider |
Anuj Saini | Defender |
Arash Akbari (Iran) | All-rounder |
Arkam Shaikh | All-rounder |
Arun Solanki | Raider |
Arvind Raja R | Defender |
Asadujjaman Howlader (Bangladesh) | Defender - Left Corner |
Ashan Mihiranga (Sri Lanka) | Raider |
Ashish | Defender |
Ashish | Defender |
Ashish Kumar Sangwan | All-rounder |
B Y Someshwar | All-rounder |
Babloo Singh | Raider |
Babloo Singh | Raider |
Badal Taqdir Singh | Defender |
Balasaheb Shahaji Jadhav | Defender |
Baldev Singh | Defender |
Baljinder Singh | Defender |
Balram | All-rounder |
Banty | Raider |
Bhoir Akshay Bharat | All-rounder |
Binod Kumar Prasad | All-rounder |
Chandran Ranjit | Raider |
Chayaphon Kamunee (Thailand) | Raider |
Chethan S | Defender |
D Mahindraprasad | Defender |
Darpan | Defender |
Davinder Singh | Defender |
Deepak | Defender |
Deepak Kumar | Defender |
Deepak Narwal | Raider |
Deepak Niwas Hooda | All-rounder |
Devendra Gopal Joshi | Defender |
Devendra Shrikant Kadam | Defender |
Dhruv Chhillar | Defender |
Dipak | Defender |
Etsuki Manita (Japan) | All-rounder |
Felix Li (England) | Defender |
G B More | Raider |
G Ratan | Raider |
Galla Raju | Raider |
Gaurav | Defender |
Gaurav Bhardwaj | Defender |
Gaurav Chhikara | Raider |
Gaurav Dahiya | Defender - Left Corner |
Gaurav Kumar | Defender |
Govind Gurjar | All-rounder |
Gulveer Singh | Raider |
Hardeep | Defender |
Harendra Kumar | Defender |
Harikrishnan | Raider |
Harkirat Singh | All-rounder |
Harmanjit Singh | Raider |
Harsh | Defender |
Harshit Tyagi | Raider |
Hasan Balbool (Iraq) | Raider |
Hasan M. Nishan | Defender |
Helvic Simuyu Wanjala (Kenya) | All-rounder |
Hemanth P | Raider |
Himanshu Choudhary | Defender |
Hosea Muriuki Muthee (Kenya) | Defender |
I Gede Jaya Guna (Indonesia) | Raider |
Ishwar | Defender |
Jagdeep | Defender |
Jagdeep | Raider |
Jaideep | Defender |
James Namaba Kamweti (Kenya) | Raider |
Jashandeep Singh | Raider |
Jashwant | Raider |
Jaskirat Singh | Defender |
Jitesh Choudhary | Raider |
Jitin Dasa Naik | Defender |
Jong Hoon Choi (Republic Of Korea) | Raider |
Ju Hwan Kim (Republic Of Korea) | Raider |
Juned Akhtar | Raider |
Jyun Jie Li (Chinese Taipei) | Raider |
K Abhimanyu | All-rounder |
K Hanumanthu | All-rounder |
K Prapanjan | Raider |
Kamlesh | Raider |
Kapil | Defender |
Kapil Gurjar | Defender |
Karan Singh | Defender |
Karthikeyan | Raider |
Kavali Kavindar | Defender |
Kiran Laxman Magar | Defender |
Krzysztof Sawicki (Poland) | Defender - Left Corner |
Kuldeep Singh Gour | All-rounder |
Kunal | Raider |
Lakhwinder Singh | Raider |
Lal Mohar Yadav (Nepal) | Raider |
Lalit Gajram | Defender |
Lavish | Defender |
Laxman Papanna Gawda | Raider |
Lokesh Kaushik | Raider |
Lovepreet Singh | Raider |
Mahammad Afreed | Defender |
Mahendra Choudhary | Defender |
Mahendra Ganesh Rajput | Raider |
Mahipal | Raider |
Mallikarjun Palle | Raider |
Maninder Singh | Raider |
Manoj Gowda K. | All-rounder |
Marimuthu Kamaraj | Defender |
Masanamuthu Lakshnanan | Raider |
Md. Arif Rabbani (Bangladesh) | Defender - Left Corner |
Md. Liton Ali (Bangladesh) | Defender - Right Corner |
Md. Mijanur Rahman (Bangladesh) | Raider |
Md. Rabiul Alam (Bangladesh) | Raider |
Md. Sharif Miah (Bangladesh) | Raider |
Mithun M S | Raider |
Mobin Nazari (Iran) | Raider |
Mohammad Malak (Iran) | Defender |
Mohammad Tabish | All-rounder |
Monu | Defender |
Monu | Defender |
Monu Goyat | Raider |
Muhammed Shihas S | Defender |
Narender Hooda | All-rounder |
Naveen | Defender |
Naveen | Raider |
Naveen Kumar | Raider |
Naveen Sharma | Defender |
Navneet | Defender |
Nehal B Sawal Desai | All-rounder |
Nestor Mariano Pascual (Argentina) | Raider |
Nikhil Krishnat Jadhav | Defender |
Nitesh Singh Thakur | All-rounder |
Nitin | Defender |
Nitin Chandel | Defender |
Nitin Dalal | All-rounder |
Nitin Panwar | Raider |
Nitin Tomar | Raider |
Omkar R More | All-rounder |
P M Chethan | All-rounder |
Palla Ramakrishna | Defender |
Paras Ram Gadri | All-rounder |
Pardeep Kumar | Raider |
Parshant Kumar' | Raider |
Parveen Satpal | Defender |
Pavan TR | Defender |
Piotr Pamulak (Poland) | Raider |
Prajwal S | Raider |
Prince | Defender |
Prince D | Defender |
Priyank Chandel | Defender |
Purna Singh | Raider |
R Gowtham | Raider |
R Guhan | Raider |
Rahul Chaudhari | Raider |
Rahul Gorakh Dhanawade | All-rounder |
Rahul Khatik | All-rounder |
Rahul Kumar | Raider |
Rahul Veeresh Nagavat | Defender - Left Corner |
Raj Kumar | Raider |
Rajeev Singh | Raider |
Rajendra Singh | Raider |
Rajesh Narwal | All-rounder |
Rajnish | Raider |
Rakesh Bhalle Ram | Defender |
Rakesh Gowda | Raider |
Rakesh Kumar Kuldiya | Raider |
Rakesh Narwal | Raider |
Rakshith | Defender |
Ram Adhagle | Defender |
Ran Singh | All-rounder |
Ranjit Venkatramana Naik | Raider |
Rathan K | Raider |
Rathan Sanjeeva | Raider |
Ravi | Defender |
Ravinder | All-rounder |
Ravinder Pahal | Defender |
Ravindra Chouhan | Defender |
Reuben Mburu Njuguna (Kenya) | Defender |
Ritik | All-rounder |
Rodrigo Ezequiel Molina (Argentina) | Defender |
Rohit | All-rounder |
Rohit | Raider |
Rohit Gulia | All-rounder |
Rohit Kumar | Defender |
Rohit Kumar | Raider |
Rohit Yadav | Raider |
Rupesh | Raider |
Ruturaj Shivaji Koravi | Defender |
Sachin | Raider |
Sachin Narwal | All-rounder |
Sachin Vittala | Defender |
Sahil Jandu | Raider |
Sahish Gaude | Defender |
Sajin Chandrasekar | All-rounder |
Sakthivel R | Defender |
Sandeep | Defender |
Sandeep Kandola | Defender |
Sandeep Kumar | Defender |
Sandeep Kumar Dhull | Defender |
Sandeep Narwal | All-rounder |
Santhapanaselvam | All-rounder |
Satish Kannan | Raider |
Satywan | Defender |
Saurabh Mann | Raider |
Saurabh Raut | Raider |
Saurav | Defender |
Saurav Parthe | Raider |
Sawin | Raider |
Selvamani | Raider |
Shahan Sha Mohammed (Bangladesh) | Raider |
Shashank Acharya | Raider |
Shashank B | Raider |
Shekhar Shrikant Tatkare | Defender |
Shivam Chaudhari | Defender |
Shivam Singh Tomar | Defender |
Shivansh Thakur | All-rounder |
Shoya Suzuki (Japan) | Raider |
Shubham Kumar | Defender |
Shubham Kumar | Raider |
Shubham Nitin Shelke | Raider |
Shubham Rawal | Defender |
Siddhesh Pingle | All-rounder |
Sohit | Raider |
Sonu Singh | Raider |
Sourav Gulia | Defender |
Sourav Kumar | Defender |
Sudhakar Krishant Kadam | Defender |
Sukesh Hegde | Raider |
Sumit | Defender |
Sumit Kumar | All-rounder |
Sumit Kumar | Defender |
Sunil | Defender |
Sunny | Defender |
Suraj Panwar | Raider |
Surender Nada | Defender |
Surender Pal | Raider |
Surender Ranvir | Raider |
Surinder Singh | Defender |
Sushanth Shetty | Defender |
Sushil Gulia | Raider |
Suyog Baban Gaikar | Raider |
Tarandeep Singh | All-rounder |
Tejas Maruti Patil | All-rounder |
Tobius Kinyua Muriithi (Kenya) | Raider |
Udaykant Kumar | Raider |
Ujjval Singh | Defender |
Umesh | Raider |
Umesh Sharma | Raider |
Upender Singh | Raider |
Vaibhav Garje | Defender - Right Cover |
Vicky | Raider |
Vijay | Defender |
Vijay Bajanthri | Raider |
Vijay Kumar | Defender |
Vijin Thangadurai | Defender |
Vikas Jaglan | All-rounder |
Vikul Lamba | Raider |
Vinay Kumar Singh | Defender |
Vineet Mavi | Raider |
Vinod Kumar | All-rounder |
Vinod Kumar | Defender |
Vinod Lachmayya Naik | Defender |
Vinod R |