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#3 Arjun Deshwal - ₹96 lakhs, Jaipur Pink Panthers
Arjun Deshwal impressed everyone in PKL 7 for U Mumba when he scored 104 raid points and three Super-10s for the side. His contribution was vital as the team reached the semi-finals with him and Abhishek Singh leading the offense.
Arjun was fantastic during his campaign for the Services team in the 68th Senior National Kabaddi Championship. He raided alongside Naveen Kumar and Manjeet Dahiya to take the side to the silver medal. The Jaipur Pink Panthers have signed this talented raider at a whopping ₹96 lakhs, making Arjun the third-most costliest player of PKL 8.
Arjun Deshwal will be joined by star all-rounder Deepak Niwas Hooda. They will look to lead the offensive unit for the Abhishek Bachchan-owned franchise in its eighth season.
#2 Siddharth Desai - ₹1.30 crores, Telugu Titans
'Bahubali' Siddharth Desai was bought by the Telugu Titans as the Hyderabad-based franchise exercised their Final Bid Match card of ₹1.30 crores.
The 29-year-old made a sensational debut for U Mumba when he won the 'Best Debutant' award in PKL 6. Desai became the fastest player to score 50, 100, and 200 raid points in history that season.
Later on, Siddharth Desai became the most expensive signing at the PKL 7 Auction when the Telugu Titans paid him ₹1.45 crores back in 2019. He has appeared in the top-5 highest raid points tally in both seasons and has a total of 435 raid points with 22 Super-10s at a brilliant average of 10.11.
Siddharth Desai will join forces with a new partner in Rohit Kumar as the exciting pair will be taking charge of Telugu Titans in PKL 8.
#1 Pardeep Narwal - ₹1.65 crores, UP Yoddha
"Record-breaker" Pardeep Narwal added another feather to his cap at the PKL Auction 2021 when he became the most expensive player in the league's history. Pardeep Narwal will now have a new home after spending five seasons with the Patna Pirates. It was UP Yoddha who broke the bank to sign him at ₹1.65 crores.
Pardeep has single-handedly led the offense for the Patna Pirates as their ace raider for the past five seasons. The Dubki king led the team to three consecutive titles from season 3 to 5. He also became the first raider in PKL history to cross a monumental tally of 1,000 raid points while donning the green jersey.
Pardeep Narwal will play alongside Shrikant Jadhav, Nitesh Kumar and Sumit Sangwan in the eighth season of PKL. A new franchise after five long seasons means that fans will get to see a new side of the 'Record-breaker' in the days to come ahead.
