A complete of 75 gamers had been offered between eight franchises after the bidding ended on the second version of RuPay Prime Volleyball League Auctions, powered by A23, on the Hyatt Regency, Salt Lake, Kolkata on Thursday. With 531 gamers registering their names this time for the auctions, the second season of RuPay Prime Volleyball League, powered by A23, is touted to be even greater and higher this time round.
With the league, which is completely co-owned and marketed by India’s main sports activities advertising agency, Baseline Ventures, onboarding Volleyball World as an Worldwide Streaming associate, Indian volleyball gamers can have a wonderful alternative to showcase their abilities to the world for the primary time.
On the auctions, the groups acquired Worldwide gamers by the Prime Volleyball League Worldwide Participant Draft, which had a pool of 16 gamers. The Indian gamers picked by the Participant Auctions, had been divided into 4 classes in response to their base value – Platinum (Base value: Rs 8 lakh), Gold (Base value: Rs 5 lakh), Silver (Base value: Rs 3 lakh), and Bronze (Base value: Rs 2 lakh).
Attacker Rohit Kumar was acquired for the very best bid of Rs 17.5 lakhs by Kochi Blue Spikers, whereas the 34-year-old setter Ranjit Singh and younger attacker Chirag Yadav had been purchased at Rs 12.25 lakhs by Hyderabad Black Hawks and Calicut Heroes, respectively.
Calicut Heroes acquired Cuba’s Jose Antonio Sandoval Rojas (Center Blocker) and USA’s Matt Hilling (Attacker) from the worldwide gamers’ pool. The franchise purchased M Ashwin Raj (Attacker) for Rs 6.75 lakhs, after which went large for Chirag Yadav (Attacker) and acquired him for Rs 12.25 lakhs. From the Silver class, Calicut Heroes purchased Mohan Ukkrapandian (Setter) for Rs 3 lakhs and Shafeeque Rahman (Center Blocker) for Rs 3.6 lakhs. The franchise purchased Lavmeet Katariya (Center Blocker) for Rs 3.90 Lakhs. Within the closing spherical of auctions, Calicut Heroes purchased Ansab O (Common) for Rs 2 Lakhs to Calicut Heroes, Prabakaran (Libero) for Rs 5.50 Lakhs to Calicut Heroes, and Sushil Kumar (Setter) for Rs 2 Lakhs.
Kochi Blue Spikers picked up Worldwide gamers Eduardo Romay (Attacker) from Peru and Brazil’s Walter Da Cruz Neto (Center Blocker). The franchise went hammer and tongs after Indian attacker Rohit Kumar and acquired him for Rs 17.5 Lakhs, after which purchased Vipul Kumar (Setter) for Rs 10.75 lakhs from the Gold class. The franchise returned to auctions within the Silver class shopping for Fayis NK (Center Blocker) for Rs 3 lakhs. Within the closing spherical of auctions, Kochi Blue Spikers purchased Pavan Ramesh (Setter) for Rs 2 lakhs, Ashwin Rag VT (Attacker) for Rs 2 Lakhs, Jibin Sebastian (Common) for Rs 2 Lakhs, and George Antony (Attacker) for Rs 2 Lakh to Kochi Blue Spikers.
Ahmedabad Defenders bolstered their aspect with worldwide gamers Iran’s Danial Moatazedi (Center Blocker) and USA’s Andrew Kohut James (Attacker). The franchise picked up Center blocker L M Manoj for Rs 8.75 lakhs from the Platinum class. Ahmedabad additionally purchased Angamuthu (Common) for 7.40 Lakh. Within the closing spherical of auctions, Ahmedabad Defenders purchased Aswath (Setter) for Rs 2 Lakhs, Nandhagopal S (Attacker) for Rs 2 Lakhs, Harsh Chaudhary (Common) for Rs 2 Lakhs, Parth Patel (Center Blocker) for Rs 2 Lakhs and T Shrikant (Common) for Rs 2 Lakhs.
Hyderabad Black Hawks picked up Colombia’s Carlos Andres Llanos Zamora (Attacker) and Australia’s Trent O’Dea (Center Blocker) from the worldwide gamers’ pool. The franchise purchased Ranjit Singh (Setter) for Rs 12.25 lakhs from the Platinum class. The franchise purchased Lal Sujan MV (Setter) for rs 4.50 lakhs, and Ashamatullah (Attacker) for Rs 5.30 lakhs. The Black Hawks purchased Arun Zacharias Siby (Common) for Rs 4 lakhs and Saurabh Maan (Center Blocker) for Rs 3 lakhs. Within the closing spherical of auctions, Hyderabad Black Hawks purchased Hemanth P (Attacker) – Rs 4.80 Lakhs and Varun GS (Attacker) for Rs 2 Lakhs.
Chennai Blitz picked up Cameroon’s Moyo Audran (Attacker) and Brazil’s Renato Mendes (Attacker) from the worldwide gamers’ pool. The franchise purchased Prasanna Raja (Setter) for Rs 4.10 lakhs. The franchise additionally purchased Mohamed Riyazudeen (Attacker) for Rs. 6.60 lakhs. Chennai purchased Ramanathan R (Libero) for Rs 3 Lakhs. Within the closing spherical of auctions, Chennai Blitz purchased Raman Kumar (Attacker) for Rs 4.90 Lakhs, Jobin Varughese (Common) for Rs 2 Lakhs, Tushar Laware (Center Blocker) for Rs 2 Lakhs, and Y V Sita Rama Raju (Center Blocker) for Rs 2 Lakhs.
Bengaluru Torpedoes acquired Iran’s Alireza Abalooch (Attacker) and Colombia’s Sebastian Giraldo (Attacker) from the worldwide gamers’ pool. The franchise purchased Sethu TR (Attacker) for Rs 9.75 lakhs and Ibin Jose (Common) for Rs 3 lakhs. Bengaluru additionally purchased Jishnu P V (Center Blocker) for Rs 3 lakhs and Mujeeb MC (Center Blocker) for Rs 3 Lakhs. Within the closing spherical of auctions, Bengaluru Torpedoes purchased Gokulnath (Setter) for Rs 2 Lakh, Nisam Muhammed A (Attacker) for Rs 2 Lakhs, and Sudheer Shetty (Center Blocker) for Rs 2 Lakhs.
Kolkata Thunderbolts picked up USA’s Cody Caldwell (Attacker) and Venezuela’s Jose Verdi (Center Blocker) from the worldwide gamers’ pool. The franchise purchased again Rahul Ok (Attacker) for Rs 7 Lakhs after which purchased Hariharan V (Setter) for Rs 3.30 lakhs. Within the closing spherical of auctions, the defending champions purchased Deepesh Sinha (Center Blocker) for Rs 2 Lakhs, Anush (Attacker) for Rs 2 Lakhs, Suryansh Tomar (Attacker) for Rs 2 Lakhs, Abhilash Chaudhary (Center Blocker) for Rs 3.60 Lakhs and Hari Prasad B S (Attacker) for Rs 2 Lakhs.
Mumbai Meteors picked up worldwide gamers Brandon Greenway (Attacker) from the USA and Hiroshi Centelles (Attacker) from Cuba. The brand new franchise purchased Center Blocker Karthik A. for Rs 10 lakhs from the Platinum class. Mumbai additionally purchased Amit Gulia (Attacker) for 7.10 lakhs and Hardeep Singh (Attacker) for Rs 6.60 lakhs. The franchise introduced Rohith P. (Center-Blocker) for Rs 5 lakhs. The franchise purchased Jithin N (Setter) for Rs 5.30 lakhs. Within the closing spherical of auctions, Mumbai Meteors purchased Abdul Raheem (Common) for Rs 3 Lakhs and Ratheesh CK (Libero) for Rs 2 Lakhs, and likewise roped in Shameem (Blocker), Shameem (Blocker), Aravindhan S (Setter).
Pleasure Bhattacharya, CEO, RuPay Prime Volleyball League, powered by A23, stated, “We anticipated a thunderous response on the auctions after the success of our first version, and but it has been completely unbelievable to see that they’ve nonetheless managed to exceed all our expectations this 12 months. All of the franchises got here ready with clear methods in thoughts on which gamers they wish to embrace of their workforce set-up. It’s all the time thrilling to see contemporary squads being shaped and I’m assured the upcoming season can be an action-packed one.”
Tuhin Mishra, Co-Founder & MD, Baseline Ventures, stated, “I believe the auctions had been phenomenal and an important success. All of the groups got here ready with methods and it was unbelievable to see how a lot everybody within the nation is getting invested within the sport. We have now expanded ourselves this season with a brand new workforce this time, and there have been loads of contemporary faces who got here in for the primary time within the public sale pool and earned large bucks. It was nice to see the thrill of all of the franchises on the auctions, and these are indicators of a revolution within the sport of volleyball.”
Gamers’ Listing (Until first two rounds of auctions):
Ahmedabad Defenders:
Retained: Muthusamy Appavu (Setter); Shon T John (Attacker); S Santhosh (Attacker)
Gamers purchased at public sale: Gamers purchased at public sale: Danial Moatazedi (Center Blocker), Andrew Kohut James (Attacker), L M Manoj (Center blocker), Angamuthu (Common), Aswath (Setter), Nandhagopal S (Attacker), Harsh Chaudhary (Common), Parth Patel (Center Blocker), T Shrikant (Common)
Bengaluru Torpedoes:
Retained: Pankaj Sharma (Attacker); B Midhun Kumar (Libero); Vinayak Rokhade (Setter)
Gamers purchased at public sale: Alireza Abalooch (Attacker), Sebastian Giraldo (Attacker), Sethu TR (Attacker), Ibin Jose (Common), Jishnu P V (Center Blocker), Mujeeb MC (Center Blocker), Nisam Muhammed A (Attacker), Sudheer Shetty (Center Blocker), Gokulnath (Setter)
Calicut Heroes:
Retained: Jerome Vinith (Common); Abil Krishnan MP (Attacker)
Gamers purchased at public sale: Jose Antonio Sandoval Rojas (Center Blocker), Matt Hilling (Attacker), M Ashwin Raj (Attacker), Chirag Yadav (Attacker), Mohan Ukkrapandian (Setter), Shafeeque Rahman (Center Blocker), Lavmeet Katariya (Center Blocker), Ansab O (Common), Prabakaran (Libero), and Sushil Kumar (Setter).
Chennai Blitz:
Retained: Akhin GS (Blocker); Naveen Raja Jacob (Attacker); Pinamma Prashanth (Setter)
Gamers purchased at public sale: Moyo Audran (Attacker), Renato Mendes (Attacker), Prasanna Raja (Setter), Mohamed Riyazudeen (Attacker), Ramanathan R (Libero), Raman Kumar (Attacker), Jobin Varughese (Common), Tushar Laware (Center Blocker), Y V Sita Rama Raju (Center Blocker)
Hyderabad Black Hawks:
Retained: Guru Prashanth (Common); John Joseph EJ (Blocker); Anand Ok (Libero)
Gamers purchased at public sale: Carlos Andres Llanos Zamora (Attacker), Trent O’Dea (Center Blocker), Ranjit Singh (Setter), Lal Sujan MV (Setter), Ashamatullah (Attacker), Arun Zacharias Siby (Common), Saurabh Maan (Center Blocker), Hemanth P (Attacker), Varun GS (Attacker)
Kochi Blue Spikers:
Retained: Erin Varghese (Attacker); Venu C (Libero); Dushyanth GN (Blocker)
Gamers purchased at public sale: Eduardo Romay (Attacker), Walter Da Cruz Neto (Center Blocker), Rohit Kumar (Attacker), Vipul Kumar (Setter), Fayis NK (Center Blocker), Pavan Ramesh (Setter), Ashwin Rag VT (Attacker), Jibin Sebastian (Common), George Antony (Attacker)
Mumbai Meteors:
Purchased at formation: Anu James (Attacker)
Gamers purchased at public sale: Brandon Greenway (Attacker), Hiroshi Centelles (Attacker), Karthik A. (Center Blocker), Amit Gulia (Attacker), Hardeep Singh (Attacker), Rohith P (Center-Blocker), Jithin N (Setter), Abdul Raheem (Common), Ratheesh CK (Libero), Shameem (Blocker), Aravindhan S (Setter).
Kolkata Thunderbolts:
Retained: Ashwal Rai (Attacker); Vinit Kumar (Common) Janshad U (Setter)
Gamers purchased at public sale: Cody Caldwell (Attacker), Jose Verdi (Center Blocker), Rahul Ok (Attacker), Hariharan V (Setter), Deepesh Sinha (Center Blocker), Anush (Attacker), Suryansh Tomar (Attacker), Abhilash Chaudhary (Center Blocker), Hari Prasad B S (Attacker)
For Season 2, which is anticipated to begin in early 2023, the industrial arm of worldwide physique of Volleyball (Fédération Internationale de Volley Ball, FIVB), Volleyball World has joined arms with PVL approaching board because the Worldwide streaming companions in a multiyear affiliation. Sony Sports activities Community continues to be the host broadcaster & the followers are wanting ahead to thrilling 31 video games to be performed in Season 2 of RuPay Prime Volleyball League powered by A23.
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