Pro Kabaddi League 2018 : Riding on the back of 5 phenomenal seasons, VIVO Pro Kabaddi announces the dates for the upcoming Season VI Player Auctions.
The auctions, scheduled to take place on the 30th and 31st of May 2018 in Mumbai, will witness teams strategizing to build their strongest teams.
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1⃣ ?? bidding war? your ?, #VivoProKabaddi fans! The auction dates for Season 6 are out. Who are you looking forward to seeing in your team? pic.twitter.com/apm0ZYTtTQ
— ProKabaddi (@ProKabaddi) May 14, 2018
There are a total of 422 players drafted into the auction pool. This list includes 58 overseas players from 14 different countries like Iran, Bangladesh, Republic of Korea, Japan and Sri Lanka. There are 87 players from Pro Kabaddi League’s Future Kabaddi Heroes Programme (FKH), a nationwide talent scouting programme, who will also be a part of the auctions.
Even in the auctions for the fifth edition of Pro Kabaddi League, 55 new young players from FKH were absorbed into the 12 franchises.
Though the two-day auction begins on 30 May, acquisition of players has started already as nine of the 12 franchises have picked 21 players as ‘elite retained players’. Each franchise was allowed to retain upto four players.
With each franchise having a total salary purse of Rs 4 crore, the teams need to choose between 18-25 players to form a team, including 2-4 overseas players and upto three players from the FKH.
This year’s auction will also see the introduction of a ‘Final Bid Match’ option, whereby the franchises shall be entitled to match the final bid made by another franchise, for one or at most two players from its season five squad, in accordance with the guidelines set in the Player Policy.
Teams that have retained four players will be able to use the ‘Final Bid Match’ option just once, while the other teams get to use it twice during the open auctions.
With 422 players up for grabs and new concepts being introduced, the franchises will be raring to make the most of the two-day auctions that will mark the first event for the sixth edition of the caravan-style Pro Kabaddi League.
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