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New Delhi: Georgia’s Rio Olympic gold medallist Vladimer Khinchegashvili emerged as the costliest buy till the halfway mark of the Pro Wrestling League (PWL) auction, joining CDR Punjab Royals for a whopping Rs 48 lakh ($70,790), while Magomed Kurbanaliev of Russia and Mariya Stadnik were bagged for Rs 47 lakh ($69,326) each.<\/p>\n
Kurbanaliev, the 70kg reigning world champion, was sold to Haryana Hammers, as Mangalayatan University Dilli Veer splurged Rs 47 lakh ($69,326) to include three-time Olympic medallist Mariya Stadnik (48kg) of Ukraine in their roster.<\/p>\n
Another Georgian, 2016 Olympics bronze medallist Jabrayil Hasanov (74 kg) went for Rs 43 lakh ($63,426) to the Mumbai franchise.<\/p>\n
Apart from 57kg exponent Khinchegashvili, Punjab bagged another experienced campaigner in 2012 Olympic gold medallist Togrul Asgarov from Azerbaijan for Rs 35 lakh ($51,618).<\/p>\n
Three-time world champion Sofia Mattsson from Sweden moved to Haryana for Rs 41.50 lakh ($61,214).<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, young Indian Bajrang Punia was signed by Delhi for Rs 38 lakh ($56,043).Indian Amit Dhankar went to Uttar Pradesh Warriors team for Rs 32 lakh ($47,200), while compatriot Rahul Aware was bagged by Mumbai for Rs 31 lakh ($45,715).<\/p>\n
Georgian Elizbar Odikadze, who was a key member of Mumbai’s title last term, this time went to Jaipur for Rs 25.50 lakh ($37,613). Indian 97 kg champion Satyavart Kadian will play for Delhi after being fetched for Rs 18 lakh ($26,550).<\/p>\n
All teams have been given a purse of Rs 2 crore ($2,94,964) to assemble a nine-member squad that includes five men and four women — comprising five Indians and four foreigners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: Georgia’s Rio Olympic gold medallist Vladimer Khinchegashvili emerged as the costliest buy till the halfway mark of the Pro Wrestling League (PWL) auction, joining CDR Punjab Royals for a whopping Rs 48 lakh ($70,790), while Magomed Kurbanaliev of Russia and Mariya Stadnik were bagged for Rs 47 lakh ($69,326) each.<\/p>\n
Kurbanaliev, the 70kg reigning world champion, was sold to Haryana Hammers, as Mangalayatan University Dilli Veer splurged Rs 47 lakh ($69,326) to include three-time Olympic medallist Mariya Stadnik (48kg) of Ukraine in their roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[466,19222,19402,18739,11972,12791,19047,19535,12948,19401],"class_list":["post-30753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wrestling-profiles","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-latest-sports-update","tag-latest-wrestling-score","tag-mariya-stadnik","tag-pro-wrestling-league","tag-sports-news","tag-sports-update","tag-vladimer-khinchegashvili","tag-wrestling-news","tag-wrestling-update"],"yoast_head":"\n