Pro Kabaddi 2017 Season 5 auction: Full player list and categories revealed!

Season 5 will feature a total of 12 teams

The players' list of the Vivo Pro Kabaddi League Season 5 is out! With four new teams joining the existing eight teams for the upcoming season, the league is now spread across 11 states and 12 franchises. More than 130 matches will be played over 13 weeks during the fifth season, which will be shown live on Star Sports.

Altogether, seven elite players have been retained by their teams. The auction will showcase the best kabaddi players of India and other kabaddi-playing countries across the world, which took part in the World Cup last year. Also part of the auction player pool are 131 new young players, who have been selected after a long process spread across three stages.

The auction will take place on Monday and Tuesday, with players divided into different categories and base prices.

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Here is the list:

Overseas Players - Category A

S.No	Name	Country	Position
1	FAZEL ATRACHALI	IRAN	DEFENDER  LEFT CORNER

 

Overseas Players - Category B

S.No	Name	Country	Position
2	HADI OSHTORAK	IRAN	ALL-ROUNDER
3	MICHAL SPICZKO	POLAND	ALL-ROUNDER
4	PHONCHOO TIN	THAILAND	ALL-ROUNDER
5	ATIF WAHEED	PAKISTAN	ALL-ROUNDER
6	NASIR ALI	PAKISTAN	DEFENDER  LEFT CORNER
7	FARHAD RAHIMI MILAGHARDAN	IRAN	DEFENDER  RIGHT COVER
8	ABOZAR MOHAJERMIGHANI	IRAN	DEFENDER
9	ZIAUR RAHMAN	BANGLADESH	DEFENDER LEFT COVER
10	WASIM SAJJAD	PAKISTAN	DEFENDER  RIGHT CORNER
11	SULIEMAN KABIR	BANGLADESH	RAIDER
12	ABOLFAZEL MAGHSODLO	IRAN	RAIDER
13	HASSAN RAZA	PAKISTAN	RAIDER
14	KHOMSAN THONGKHAM	THAILAND	RAIDER

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Overseas Players - Category C

S.No	Name	Country	Position
15	CHIA-MING CHANG	CHINESE TAIPEI	ALL-ROUNDER
16	DONGJU HONG	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	ALL-ROUNDER
17	AKHLAQ HUSSAIN	PAKISTAN	ALL-ROUNDER
18	IBRAR HUSSAIN	PAKISTAN	ALL-ROUNDER
19	DONGGYU KIM	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	ALL-ROUNDER
20	GYUNG TAE KIM	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	ALL-ROUNDER
21	SEONGRYEOL KIM	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	ALL-ROUNDER
22	TAKAMITSU KONO	JAPAN	ALL-ROUNDER
23	WEI-HUNG LIN	CHINESE TAIPEI	ALL-ROUNDER
24	MOHAMMAD MAGHSOUDLOU	IRAN	ALL-ROUNDER
25	JOHN KARUGA MUREMWA	KENYA	ALL-ROUNDER
26	PATRICK NZAU MUVAI	KENYA	ALL-ROUNDER
27	JAMES ODHIAMBO OBILO	KENYA	ALL-ROUNDER
28	OGAK HAGGAI ODHIAMBO	KENYA	ALL-ROUNDER
29	YONGJOO OK	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	ALL-ROUNDER
30	CHRISPINE OTIENO OKETCH	KENYA	ALL-ROUNDER
31	CHANSIK PARK	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	ALL-ROUNDER
32	HADINATA ZULFANI RIZKY	INDONESIA	ALL-ROUNDER
33	MAKOTO SAWAZU	JAPAN	ALL-ROUNDER
34	SANJAY SHRESTHA	NEPAL	ALL-ROUNDER
35	I HALUS SUANDANA WAYAN	INDONESIA	ALL-ROUNDER
36	LAL MOHAR YADAV	NEPAL	RAIDER
37	TEMITOPE OLAREWAJU ADEWALURE	ENGLAND	DEFENDER LEFT CORNER
38	KALYAN BHUJEL	NEPAL	DEFENDER  RIGHT COVER
39	TEJASH DEPALA	ENGLAND	DEFENDER  RIGHT CORNER
40	SOMESHWER KALIA	ENGLAND	DEFENDER  LEFT CORNER
41	YOUNGCHANG KO	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	DEFENDER  LEFT COVER
42	JAEMIN LEE	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	DEFENDER  LEFT CORNER
43	CHAMINDA RUWAN SAMARAKOON MUDIYANSELAGE	SRI LANKA	DEFENDER  LEFT CORNER
44	MEREDYDD RIX	ENGLAND	DEFENDER  LEFT CORNER
45	PIOTR MATEUSZ SITEK	POLAND	DEFENDER  RIGHT CORNER
46	FILIP SZCZESKI	POLAND	DEFENDER  LEFT CORNER
47	HADI TAJIK	IRAN	DEFENDER  RIGHT CORNER
48	ARSLAN AHMAD	PAKISTAN	RAIDER
49	HASSAN ALI	PAKISTAN	RAIDER
50	JAY BAHADUR BOHARA	NEPAL	RAIDER
51	WALEED AL HASANI	OMAN	RAIDER
52	MD. ZAKIR HOSSAIN	BANGLADESH	RAIDER
53	MUHAMMAD IMRAN	PAKISTAN	RAIDER
54	SINOTHARAN KANESHARAJAH	SRI LANKA	RAIDER
55	DONGGEON LEE	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	RAIDER
56	MOHSEN MAGHSOUDLOUJAFARI	IRAN	RAIDER
57	DAVID MOSAMBAYI	KENYA	RAIDER
58	OGUTA EDMOND MUDIBO	KENYA	RAIDER
59	FELIX ODHIAMBO OPANA	KENYA	RAIDER
60	PIOTR PAMULAK	POLAND	RAIDER
61	KRZYSZTOF MAREK WOZNIAK	POLAND	RAIDER
62	USMAN ZADA	PAKISTAN	RAIDER

 

Domestic Players - Category A (Elite)

S.No	Name	Position
63	MANJEET CHHILLAR	ALL-ROUNDER
64	RAKESH KUMAR	ALL-ROUNDER
65	KULDEEP SINGH	ALL-ROUNDER
66	RAN SINGH	ALL-ROUNDER
67	RAJESH NARWAL	ALL-ROUNDER
68	SANDEEP NARWAL	ALL-ROUNDER
69	DHARMARAJ CHERALATHAN	DEFENDER LEFT & RIGHT CORNER
70	MOHIT CHHILLAR	DEFENDER RIGHT CORNER
71	SANDEEP DHULL	DEFENDER LEFT CORNER
72	GIRISH MARUTI ERNAK	DEFENDER LEFT CORNER
73	AMIT HOODA	DEFENDER RIGHT CORNER
74	JEEVA KUMAR	DEFENDER RIGHT & LEFT CORNER
75	VISHAL MANE	DEFENDER RIGHT COVER
76	SURENDER NADA	DEFENDER LEFT CORNER
77	JOGINDER SINGH NARWAL	DEFENDER LEFT CORNER
78	RAVINDER PAHAL	DEFENDER RIGHT CORNER
79	ROHIT RANA	DEFENDER LEFT COVER
80	NILESH SHINDE	DEFENDER RIGHT CORNER
81	SACHIN SHINGADE	DEFENDER LEFT COVER
82	KASHILING ADAKE	RAIDER
83	SHABEER BAPPU	RAIDER
84	RAVI DALAL	RAIDER
85	RISHANK DEVADIGA	RAIDER
86	SUKESH HEGDE	RAIDER
87	SELVAMANI K	RAIDER
88	NITIN MADANE	RAIDER
89	RAJESH MONDAL	RAIDER
90	SONU NARWAL	RAIDER
91	MAHENDRA GANESH RAJPUT	RAIDER
92	JASVIR SINGH	RAIDER
93	AJAY THAKUR	RAIDER

There are two further categories of the domestic players – B and C, along with another one of 131 new young players. The list of the remaining players will be updated shortly. Stay tuned!