Player auctions

Pro Kabaddi League: Sachin emerged as the most expensive buy on Day 1 of the Player Auction for the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 11 held in Mumbai on Thursday. He was acquired for INR 2.15 crore by Tamil Thalaivas. Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh emerged as the most expensive foreign player of the auction, bought for a whopping INR 2.07 crore by Haryana Steelers. He became the first foreign player to be bought for over INR 2 crore in consecutive Player Auctions.

A total of 20 players were sold to the 12 franchise teams with as many as three Final Bid Match (FBM) cards being used on Day 1. Bengal Warriorz, Telugu Titans and Gujarat Giants utilised the FBM card for Maninder Singh, Pawan Sehrawat and Sombir respectively.

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