The Sports News Team 
Ahead of the Pro Kabaddi League Player Auctions for Season 8 (PKL 2021 auction) which is to be held from 29th – 31st August 2021, released players for PKL 2021 has been announced.
The 12 teams have in total released 161 players with Bengal Warriors (16 out of 20) and Telugu Titans (15 out of 18) dropping most of their members.
Also Check: PKL 2021 Retained Players List
Prolific Pro Kabaddi raider Pardeep Narwal has been released by Patna Pirates while defending champions Bengal Warriors have let go of veterans Sukesh Hegde and Jeeva Kumar, according to the Pro Kabaddi 2021 released players list announced on Friday.
Other notable players that have been released are Iranian Meraj Sheykh(Dabang Delhi K.C.), Siddharth Desai (Telugu Titans), Sandeep Narwal (U Mumba) and Rishank Devadiga (U.P. Yoddha) among others.
Among captains, Rohit Kumar (Bengaluru Bulls), Rohit Gulia (Gujarat Fortunegiants), Dharmaraj Cheralathan (Haryana Steelers), Deepak Hooda(Jaipur Pink Panthers) and Surjeet Singh (Puneri Paltan) were also let go.
Tamil Thalaivas released their three legends; Ajay Thakur, Rahul Chaudhari and Manjeet Chhillar in a bid to shake up their team.
These players will be added to the auction pool and can be bought by any of the 12 teams during the three-day Pro Kabaddi auction that starts on August 29.
Pro Kabaddi 2021 released players list
Bengal Warriors released players
Sukesh Hegde – Raider
K Prapanjan – Raider
Mohammad Taghi – Raider
Rakesh Narwal – Raider
Amit – Defender
Naveen Narwal – Defender
Baldev Singh – Defender
Jeeva Kumar – Defender
Viraj Vishnu Landge – Defender
Adarsh T – Defender
Dharmendra Singh – Defender
Amir Dhumal – All-Rounder
Avinash A.R. – All-Rounder
Mayur Shivkarkar – All Rounder
Sourabh Patil – All-Rounder
Sunil Dubili – All-Rounder
Bengaluru Bulls released players
Rohit Kumar – Raider
Lal Mohar Yadav – Raider
Sumit Singh – Raider
Vinod Kumar – Raider
Rajulal Choudhary – Defender
Vijay Kumar – Defender
Mahender Singh – Defender
Aman – Defender
Sandeep – Defender
Ajay – Defender
Ankit – Defender
Ashish Kumar – All-Rounder
Sanjay Shreshtha – All-Rounder
Dabang Delhi K.C. released players
Aman Kadian – Raider
Chandran Ranjit – Raider
Sumit Kumar – Raider
Joginder Narwal – Defender
Vishal Mane – Defender
Pratik Patil – Defender
Ravinder Pahal – Defender
Anil Kumar – Defender
Saeid Ghaffari – Defender
Satywan – Defender
Sombir – Defender
Meraj Sheykh – All-Rounder
Gujarat Giants released players
Abolfazl Maghsodloumahali – Raider
Gurvinder Singh – Raider
Lalit Chaudhary – Raider
More GB – Raider
Sachin Tanwar – Raider
Sonu – Raider
Amit Kharb – Defender
Ruturaj Koravi – Defender
Pankaj – All-Rounder
Shazid Hossain – All-Rounder
Vinod Kumar- All-Rounder
Rohit Gulia – All-Rounder
Haryana Steelers released players
Amirhossein Maleki – Raider
Arun Kumar HN – Raider
Naveen – Raider
Prashanth Kumar Rai – Raider
Selvamani K. – Raider
Dharmaraj Cheralathan – Defender
Ravi Kumar – Defender
Vikas Kale – Defender
Sunil – Defender
Parveen – Defender
Subash Narwal – Defender
Vikram Kandola – Defender
Kuldeep Singh – Defender
Tin Phonchoo – All-Rounder
Jaipur Pink Panthers released players
Ajinkya Pawar – Raider
Deepak Narwal – Raider
Guman Singh – Raider
Lokesh Kaushik – Raider
Milinda Chaturanga – Raider
Nilesh Salunke – Raider
Karamvir – Defender
Sandeep Dhull – Defender
Sunil Siddhgavali – Defender
Deepak Hooda – All-Rounder
Dong Gyu Kim – All Rounder
Santhapanaselvam – All Rounder
Patna Pirates released players
Pardeep Narwal – Raider
Ashish – Raider
Jang Kun Lee – Raider
Mohammad Esmaeil – Raider
Naveen – Raider
Purna Singh – Raider
Mahendra Choudhary – Defender
Jaideep – Defender
Jwahar – Defender
Amit Kumar – All-Rounder
Hadi Oshtorak – All-Rounder
Ravinder – All-Rounder
Vikas Jaglan – All Rounder
Puneri Paltan released players
Nitin Tomar – Raider
Amit Kumar – Raider
Darshan Kadian – Raider
Emad Sedaghatnia – Raider
Manjeet – Raider
Sriram – Raider
Sushant Sail – Raider
Deepak Yadav – Raider
Surjeet Singh – Defender
Shubham Shinde – Defender
Girish Maruti Ernak – Defender
Amit Kumar – All-Rounder
Sagar Krishna – All-Rounder
Sandeep – All-Rounder
Tamil Thalaivas released players
Rahul Chaudhari – Raider
Ajay Thakur – Raider
Anand – Raider
Shabeer Bappu – Raider
Ajith Kumar – Raider
Vineet Sharma – Raider
Yashwant Bishnoi – Raider
Ajeet – Defender
Ponparthiban Subramanian – Defender
Mohit Chhillar – Defender
Arif Robbani – Defender
Manjeet Chhillar – All Rounder
Hemant Chauhan – All Rounder
Ran Singh – All-Rounder
Victor Obiero – All Rounder
Telugu Titans released players
Siddharth Desai – Raider
Sooraj Desai – Raider
Amit Kumar – Raider
Kamal Singh – Raider
Mula Siva Ganesh Reddy – Raider
Palle Mallikarjun – Raider
Vishal Bhardwaj – Defender
Arun – Defender
Krushna Madne – Defender
Abozar Mohajermighani- Defender
Armaan – All-Rounder
Farhad Milaghardan – All Rounder
U Mumba released players
Arjun Deshwal – Raider
Athul MS – Raider
Dong Geon Lee – Raider
Gaurav Kumar – Raider
Rohit Baliyan – Raider
Vinoth Kumar – Raider
Rajaguru Subramanian – Defender
Harsh Vardhan – Defender
Anil – Defender
Young Chang Ko – Defender
Surinder Singh – Defender
Sandeep Narwal – All-Rounder
Mohit Baliyan – All-Rounder
U.P. Yoddha released players
Rishank Devadiga – Raider
Shrikant Jadhav – Raider
Monu Goyat – Raider
Masud Karim – Raider
Ankush – Raider
Azad Singh – Raider
Gulveer Singh – Raider
Surender Singh – Raider
Ashish Nagar – Defender
Amit – Defender
Akram Shaikh – All-Rounder
Gurdeep – All-Rounder
Mohsen Maghsoudlou – All-Rounder
Narender – All-Rounder
Sachin Kumar – All-Rounder
