Abozar Mohajermighani, a defender from Iran, was sold to Team Gujarat, for a record 50 lakhs INR during the Pro Kabaddi League 2017 auction on Monday May 22. He has become the highest-paid foreigner in the Pro Kabaddi League season 5.
While a furious bidding war continued for India's Sandeep Narwal and the Puneri Paltan finally settled on 66 lakh INR for the all-rounder, the foreign players were bagged by the 12 teams, who would be participating in the competition, starting July.
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Until 7:10 pm IST, Indian all-rounder Manjit Chhillar remained the costliest buy in the Pro Kabaddi auction 2017, after being bought by Abhishek Bachchan's Jaipur Pink Panthers for a whopping 75.5 lakh INR, from his base price of 20 lakh INR.
Sachin Tendulkar's Chennai team, however, did not bid for any foreigner from the three categories present -- A, B and C.
U Mumbai bought as many as three foreigners in Dongju Hong, Yongjoo Ok and the veteran Hadi Oshtorak.
The foreign players sold
Name | Team | Price |
Abozar Mohajermighani | Gujarat | 50 lakh INR |
Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan | Telugu Titans | 29 lakh INR |
Abolfazel Maghsodlo | Dabang Delhi | 31.8 lakh |
Khomsan Thongkham | Haryana | 20.4 lakh |
Dongju Hong | U Mumba | 20 lakh INR |
Hadi Oshtorak | U Mumba | 18.6 lakh INR |
Ziaur Rahman | Puneri Paltan | 16.6 lakh INR |
Sulieman Kabir | UP | 12.6 lakh INR |
Yongjoo Ok | U Mumba | 8.1 lakh INR |
Mohammad Maghsoudlou | Patna Pirates | 8 lakh INR |
Takamitsu Kono | Puneri Paltan | 8 lakh INR |