The auctions of the inaugural Pro Wrestling League (PWL) in India took place in the national capital on Tuesday; big-names Yogeshwar Dutt and Sushil Kumar, as expected, looked like they went for the highest bid.
However, it was Ukraine's Oksana Herhel, who went for the highest bid of the day. The female wrestler was bought by Team Haryana for Rs 41.3 lakh.
Over 50 wrestlers went under the hammer today; six franchisees -- Team Punjab, Team Haryana, Team Bengaluru, Team Uttar Pradesh, Team Mumbai, and Team Delhi -- participated in the auction.
The franchisees had a purchasing cap of Rs 2 crore each. Stamped at a base price of Rs 33 lakh in the 'Icon' category, Yogeshwar was bought by Team Haryana for Rs.39.70 lakh, while Sushil was bought by Team Uttar Pradesh for Rs 38.20 lakh.
Indian female star wrestler Geeta Phogat was bought by Team Punjab at her base price, while international female wrestlers Adeline Gray (America) and Sofia Mattsson (Sweden) were bought by Team Delhi and Team Mumbai respectively.
The six teams will have nine players each (five men and four women), and the each team can have a maximum of five Indians and four foreigners.
The inaugural edition of the PWL is scheduled to be held between 10 December and 27 December.
Here is the full list of players with their teams:
TEAM PUNJAB
Geeta Phogat -- Rs 33 lakh
Vladimir Khinchegashvili -- Rs 35.3 lakh
Rajneesh -- Rs 7 lakh
Parveen Rana -- Rs 13.1 lakh
Mausam K -- Rs 16 lakh
Jargal C -- Rs 17 lakh
Fredrika P -- Rs 17.1 lakh
Vasilisa Marzaliuk -- Rs 40.2 lakh
TEAM HARYANA
Yogeshwar Dutt -- Rs.39.70 lakh
Amit Dahiya -- Rs 30.1 lakh
Livan Lopez Azcuy -- Rs 20 lakh
Yuri Maier -- Rs 10 lakh
Hitender -- Rs 11.1 lakh
Nirmal Devi -- Rs 4 lakh
Tatyana K -- Rs 30 lakh
Oksana Herhel -- Rs 41.3 lakh
Geetika Jakhar -- Rs 10 lakh
TEAM MUMBAI
Adeline Gray -- Rs.37 lakh
Rahul Aware -- Rs 26.6 lakh
Amit Dhankar -- Rs 29.3 lakh
Pardeep -- Rs 5.6 lakh
Odikadze E -- Rs 19.2 lakh
Levan B -- Rs 17 lakh
Ritu Phogat -- Rs 14.1 lakh
Odunayo -- Rs 17 lakh
Sakshi Malik -- Rs 12.9 lakh
TEAM BENGALURU
Narsingh Yadav -- Rs.34.50 lakh
Sandeep Tomar -- Rs 10.3 lakh
Bajrang Punia -- Rs 29.5 lakh
Pavlova O -- Rs 29 lakh
Modzmanashvili D -- Rs 18.1 lakh
Alyssa L -- Rs 13 lakh
Lalita S -- Rs 4 lakh
TEAM DELHI
Sofia Mattsson -- Rs 33 lakh
Ravi Kumar -- Rs 4 lakh
NavruzovI Khtiyor -- Rs 26 lakh
Gurpal Singh -- Rs 4 lakh
Petriashvili Geno -- Rs 33.4 lakh
Vinesh Phogat -- Rs 29.7 lakh
Yesilirmak E -- Rs 39.6 lakh
Nikki -- Rs 4 lakh
TEAM UTTAR PRADESH
Sushil Kumar -- Rs 38.20 lakh
Sergey Ratushniy -- Rs 13 lakh
Ganzorig M -- Rs 13 lakh
Satyavrat K -- Rs 20 lakh
Kogut O -- Rs 27 lakh
Joginder -- Rs 7 lakh
Babita Kumari -- Rs 34.1 lakh
