PKL 2024 Auction Live Streaming, TV Channels: Pro Kabaddi League 2024 Time, rules, Players & base prices

Star Sports Network will telecast PKL 2024 players auction from today, August 30 at 6:30 pm IST. Hotstar is the official PKL 2024 auction live streaming partner. The Vivo Pro Kabaddi League returns to action after a two-year gap. The upcoming Pro Kabaddi League 2024 will be the eighth season of the tournament. Before the action resumes, the tournament will undergo an auction. Check out the details for Vivo Pro Kabaddi League 2024 Auction

Vivo Pro Kabaddi League 2024 Auction Date

Pro Kabaddi League Season 8 Auction is scheduled to occur on 29,30 and 31 August 2024 in Mumbai.

PKL 2024 Auction Players & Base Prices

More than 450 players will be eligible and feature at the auction of Pro Kabaddi season 8. These will include released players, kabaddi players from the domestic level, those coming through the New Young Players (NYP) programme, top eight ranked teams of the senior national kabaddi championships of the last two seasons Overseas players.

Every Pro Kabaddi team should have minimum 18 and maximum 25 players in the squad.
Each team is allowed minimum two and maximum four overseas players in the squad.
Uncapped players who rise through the Mashal Sports’ Future Kabaddi Heroes scouting programme will feature under the NYP category of the 2024 auction.

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Player Categories

2024 Pro Kabaddi Auction players will be categorized into – Domestic, New Young Players (NYP) and Overseas players. The players will feature under their positions, i.e. raider, defender or all-rounder.

Base Price

2024 Pro Kabaddi League player auction pool is divided into four categories- A, B, C, D. The players will have a base price according to the category they fit in.

Category A – ₹30 Lakhs,

Category B – ₹20 Lakhs

Category C – ₹10 Lakhs

Category D – ₹6 Lakhs.

Pro Kabaddi League 2024 teams will have a prize purse of ₹4.4 crores for buying players. The salary of a player will be determined based on his bidding price. If a team has more retentions, the purse will be smaller for that team.