Pawan Kumar Sehrawat sold for record Rs 2.6 crore.

Delhi: On the first day of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 10 Player Auction, which was conducted in Mumbai on Monday, Pawan Sehrawat was revealed as the most costly purchase. The Telugu Titans purchased the India captain, who earlier this week led the national team to a gold medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, for Rs 2.605 crore.

This was the second season in a row in which Sehrawat was the most expensive player. Last year, he was purchased by the Tamil Thalaivas for a record Rs 2.26 crore.

A total of 23 players were sold to the 12 franchise teams with as many as six Final Bid Match cards being used on Day 1

The auction on Monday was the first time five players were sold for over a crore – Pawan Sehrawat, Mohammadreza Shadloui Chiyaneh, Maninder Singh, Fazel Atrachali and Siddharth Desai.

Fazel Atrachali, the Iranian kabaddi team’s captain, was traded to the Gujarat Giants for INR 1.6 crore. Additionally, he kept his title as the PKL’s most expensive defender. Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh, a fellow countryman of Atrachali, was acquired by the Giants for INR 22 lakh.