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A full of 63 wrestlers were snapped up arsenic the six franchises spent successful excess of ₹11 crore astatine the auction for the 5th play of the Pro Wrestling League, which concluded present precocious connected Saturday night.
Japanese large Yui Susaki, a two-time Olympic medallist and a four-time satellite champion, received the highest bid of ₹60 lakh from Haryana Thunders.
Poland’s Robert Baran was the astir costly bargain among the men, arsenic Maharashtra Kesari shelled retired ₹55 lakh for his services.
Delhi Dangal Warriors bought Sujeet Kalkal for ₹52 lakh. | Photo Credit: File photo: R.V. MOORTHY
Among the Indians successful the auction pool, Antim Panghal notably attracted a bid of ₹52 lakh by UP Dominators. Sujeet Kalkal, the reigning 65kg under-23 satellite champion, went to Delhi Dangal Warriors for the aforesaid amount. Paris Olympics bronze medallist Aman Sehrawat was signed by Tigers of Mumbai Dangal for ₹51 lakh.
The tournament, which is resuming aft a spread of six years, volition beryllium held from January 15 to February 1 astatine the Noida Indoor Stadium.
The six franchises were allocated ₹2 crore each to physique their squads. Teams volition vie crossed 9 value categories — 5 successful the men’s conception and 4 successful the women’s section.
“It was heartening to spot the heavy engagement of the franchises successful the bidding process and however good they had done their homework connected the wrestlers. Some of the world’s champion wrestlers person been roped in,” Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Sanjay Singh said.
