New Delhi Oct 10: The Auction of Players for the upcoming Pro Badminton league PBL season 3 has been completed yesterday.2 new teams have been added to the tournament this year.
# Indian player HH Pranoy secured the highest prize of Rs 62 lakh by Ahmedabad Smash Masters.
# India's No. 1 male singles player Kidambi Srikkanth received Rs 56.1 lakh bid by Awadh Warriors.
# Emerging badminton player Sameer Verma was bought by Mumbai Rockets for Rs 52 lakh.
# Ajay Jayaram was joined by North East Warriors for Rs 45 lakh.
Each team had a total amount of Rs 2.12 crore and teams can bid a maximum of Rs 72 lakhs for single player.
# Rio Olympic silver medalist PV Sindhu was retained by Chennai Smashar for 48.75 lakhs
# Olympic bronze medalist Saina Nehwal was retained by Awadh Warriors for Rs 41.2 lakh
Many foreign players were also auctioned for a good amount.