The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is set to return with Season 12. The auction for the upcoming edition is scheduled for 31 May and 1 June in Mumbai, India.
As the new season of the league is set to commence in August 2025, several elite players will go under the hammer in the auction including that of international players.
In a significant development for kabaddi in Bangladesh, ten players have been shortlisted for the PKL 2025 auction. It will provide a major platform for Bangladeshi players to come under international limelight.
The Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation finalised and submitted the list of ten players ahead of the 20 May deadline. According to the federation, this is the highest number of Bangladeshi players who have registered for the Pro Kabaddi League auction.
The selected Bangladeshi players for Pro Kabaddi League Season 12 auction are:
- Mizanur Rahman
- Liton Ali
- Arif Rabbani
- Russell Hasan
- Rajib Ahmed
- Roman Hossain
- Dipayon Goldar
- Monirul Chowdhury
- Al Amin
- Shah Mohammad Shahan
Among these, Mizanur, Liton, and Arif are expected to attract the most interest from franchises due to their recent strong performances in both domestic and international competitions.
Bangladesh has the second highest number of players after Iran, shortlisted for the Pro Kabaddi League auction, ahead of countries such as Nepal, Kenya, and Thailand. The Federation’s General Secretary, SM Newaz Shohag, noted that overcoming challenges related to releasing players from services teams was crucial to making this progress. Earlier this year, six Bangladeshi players took part in the Nepal Franchise Kabaddi League.
Pro Kabaddi League 2025: Teams and list of retained players
Bengal Warriorz
- Vishwas S – Elite Retained Player
- Yash Malik – Existing New Young Player
- Manjeet – Existing New Young Player
- Deep Kumar – Existing New Young Player
- Sushil Kambrekar – Existing New Young Player
Bengaluru Bulls
- Chandranaik M – Existing New Young Player
- Lucky Kumar – Existing New Young Player
- Manjeet – Existing New Young Player
- Pankaj – Existing New Young Player
Dabang Delhi KC
- Sandeep – Existing New Young Player
- Mohit – Existing New Young Player
Gujarat Giants
- Himanshu Singh – Elite Retained Player
- Himanshu – Elite Retained Player
- Parteek Dahiya – Retained Young Player
- Rakesh – Retained Young Player
Haryana Steelers
- Rahul Sethpal – Elite Retained Player
- Vinay – Elite Retained Player
- Shivam Anil Patare – Retained Young Player
- Jaideep – Retained Young Player
- Jaya Soorya NS – Retained Young Player
- Vishal S Tate – Retained Young Player
- Sahil – Existing New Young Player
- Manikandan N – Existing New Young Player
- Vikas Ramadas Jadhav – Existing New Young Player
Jaipur Pink Panthers
- Reza Mirbagheri – Elite Retained Player
- Abhishek KS – Retained Young Player
- Ronak Singh – Existing New Young Player
- Nitin Kumar – Existing New Young Player
- Sombir – Existing New Young Player
- Ritik Sharma – Existing New Young Player
Patna Pirates
- Hamid Mirzaei Nader – Elite Retained Player
- Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj – Elite Retained Player
- Sudhakar M – Retained Young Player
- Ayan – Existing New Young Player
- Navdeep – Existing New Young Player
- Deepak – Existing New Young Player
- Sahil Patil – Existing New Young Player
Puneri Paltan
- Abinesh Nadarajan – Elite Retained Player
- Gaurav Khatri – Elite Retained Player
- Pankaj Mohite – Elite Retained Player
- Aslam Mustafa Inamdar – Retained Young Player
- Mohit Goyat – Retained Young Player
- Dadaso Shivaji Pujari – Retained Young Player
- Aditya Tushar Shinde – Retained Young Player
Tamil Thalaivas
- Moein Shafaghi – Elite Retained Player
- Himanshu – Elite Retained Player
- Sagar – Elite Retained Player
- Nitesh Kumar – Retained Young Player
- Narender – Retained Young Player
- Ronak – Retained Young Player
- Vishal Chahal – Retained Young Player
- Aashish – Retained Young Player
- Anuj Kaluram Gawade – Existing New Young Player
- Dhiraj Ravindra Bailmare – Existing New Young Player
Telugu Titans
- Shankar Bhimraj Gadai – Elite Retained Player
- Ajit Pandurang Pawar – Elite Retained Player
- Ankit – Retained Young Player
- Praful Sudam Zaware – Retained Young Player
- Sagar – Existing New Young Player
- Chetan Sahu – Existing New Young Player
- Nitin – Existing New Young Player
- Rohit – Existing New Young Player
U Mumba
- Sunil Kumar – Elite Retained Player
- Rohit – Elite Retained Player
- Amir Mohammad Zafardanesh – Elite Retained Player
- Satish Kannan – Elite Retained Player
- Mukilan Shanmugam – Retained Young Player
- Ajit Chouhan – Existing New Young Player
- Deepak Kundu – Existing New Young Player
- Lokesh Ghosliya – Existing New Young Player
- Sunny – Existing New Young Player
UP Yoddhas
- Sumit – Elite Retained Player
- Bhavani Rajput – Elite Retained Player
- Sahul Kumar – Elite Retained Player
- Surender Gill – Elite Retained Player
- Ashu Singh – Elite Retained Player
- Hitesh – Retained Young Player
- Gagana Gowda HR – Retained Young Player
- Shivam Chaudhary – Retained Young Player
- Jayesh Vikas Mahajan – Existing New Young Player
- Gangaram – Existing New Young Player
- Sachin – Existing New Young Player
- Keshav Kumar – Existing New Young Player
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