Raider Nitin Tomar emerges costliest buy in Pro Kabaddi League history

Raider Nitin Tomar on Monday shattered all records to emerge the costliestever player to be bought in the Pro Kabaddi League PKL auctionBought for a whopping Rs 93 lakh by GMRowned Team Uttar Pradesh he surpassed fellow raider Rohit Kumar who bagged Rs 81 lakh from Bengaluru Bulls Earlier star allrounder Manjeet Chillar was bought by Jaipur Pink Panther for Rs 755 lakh before defender Surjeet Singh and raider Selvamani K went for identical figures of Rs 73 lakh to Bengal Warriors and Jaipur respectivelyChillar was a member of the World Cup winning squad in Ahmedabad last year and used to ply his trade for Bengaluru Bulls before moving to Puneri Paltans in PKLs earlier seasons Besides bagging services of Surjeet Singh Bengal splurged Rs 475 lakh for allrounder Ran Singh Among other allrounders in the domestic Category A of elite players Rajesh Narwal was bought by Team UP for Rs 69 lakhJaipur Panther owner Abhishek Bachchan tried his best to retain Narwal but the new franchise from UP pipped the rest of the competition Puneri Paltan succeeded in roping star allrounder Sandeep Narwal for Rs 66 lakh He had played the last season for Telugu TitansU Mumba then succeeded in catching another big fish in Kuldeep Singh for Rs 515 lakh He had earlier played for Jaipur before going to defending champions Patna Pirates until 2016 Allrounder Rakesh Kumar who earlier played for U Mumba and Patna was bought by the Telugu Titans for Rs 45 lakhAmong defenders last seasons second best tackler Amit Hooda emerged the second costliest and was bought by Tamil Nadu for a whopping Rs 63 lakh The Sachin Tendulkarowned franchise also bought Anil Kumar for Rs 215 lakh Jeeva Kumar was the thirdhighest among the defenders being bought by Team UP for Rs 52 lakhStar defender Mohit Chillar who was last seasons costliest buy at Rs 53 lakh however went down to Rs 465 lakh to Haryana Former Patna skipper Dharmaraj Cherlathan went for Rs 46 lakh to Puneri Paltan who also bought Ernak for Rs 3350 lakh Patna splurged Rs 425 lakh for hiring Sachin Shingade besides purchasing Vishal Mane for Rs 365 lakhDabang Delhi bought Nilesh Shinde for Rs 355 lakh while Joginder Singh Narwal went to U Mumba for Rs 25 lakh Rohit Rana was bought by Telugu Titans for Rs 275 lakh while Sandeep Dhul was the only Indian to go unsold in this years auction and was pushed to the reserves list Among the raiders Jasvir Singh emerged the third best buy with Jaipur spending Rs 51 lakh for his servicesAjay Kumar who formerly played for Jaipur will now play for Bengaluru Bulls after being sold for Rs 485 lakh U Mumba shelled out Rs 48 lakh for former Delhi captain Kashiling Adake besides buying Shabbir Bapu and Nitin Madane for Rs 45 lakh and Rs 285 lakh respectivelyTeam UP also spent Rs 455 lakh for hiring Rishank Devadigas services before Patna went in for Manu Goyat for Rs 445 lakh while Surjeet Singh was sold to Team Haryana for Rs 425 lakh Former Patna player Rajesh Mondal was bought for Rs 42 lakh by Puneri Paltan while Sukesh Hegde who had played all four seasons of the PKL for the Telugu Titans was bought by Team Gujarat for Rs 315 lakhSonu Narwal the first raider to go under the hammer almost went unsold before Haryana bought him for Rs 21 lakh Among the retained players South Korean Jang Kun Lee was retained by Bengal Rs 803 lakh while Bengaluru retained Asish KumarDelhi retained the services of Meraj Sheykh Patna retained Pardep Narwal while Deepak Hooda will continue to serve Pune Rahul Chaudhari and India captain Anup Kumar were retained by Telugu and U Mumba respectively while Jaipur was the lone team to get all fresh faces