Jerome Vinith C, Shameemudheen and Vinit Kumar grabbed the limelight during the Prime Volleyball League season 4 auction as the three were sold for a sum of Rs 22.5 lakh each in the platinum category.
While Jerome’s services were bought by Chennai Blitz, Shameemudheen went to Calicut Heroes. Vinit joined Kochi Blue Spikers.
As many as 789 players went under the hammer as 10 franchises bid for some of the finest talents in volleyball ahead of the fourth edition of PVL in Calicut. A total of six crore eight lakh fifty thousand was spent by the franchises.
Apart from Jerome, Chennai Blitz roped in M Ashwin Raj, Aditya Rana and Sameer Chaudhary for Rs 8 lakh each, Nanjil Surya for Rs 5.75 lakh, T Srikanth for Rs 6.5 lakh, Tarun Gowda K for Rs 4.25 lakh, Kaila Vishnu Vardhan Babu and Namith MN for Rs 3 lakh each.
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While Calicut Heroes have the services of Shameemudheen, they got some more balance in the squad with the inclusion of Santhosh S for Rs 11.5 lakh, Mohanukkrapandian for Rs 8 lakh, Abdul Raheem for Rs 4 lakh and Mukesh Kumar for the same amount and Haris, Kiranrajthevalil and Ussama Rehamath for Rs 3 lakh each.
All the franchises had the option to retain their players from previous editions or release them in the pool for auction. While the Indian players were divided into four categories, the overseas players were drafted directly into the teams.
