mumbai a total of 59 players have been retained ahead of season 8 of the pro kabaddi league which will take place in december the league organisers mashal sports announced on fridaya total of 59 players were retained across all three categories with 22 in the elite retained players erp category six in the retained young players ryp category and 31 in the new young players nyp category as the teams begin assembling their squads for season 8 slated to take place in december said a release issued by the pklthe nonretained players including all squad players from pkl seasons six and seven will go under the hammer at the auctions in mumbai from august 29 to 31defending champions bengal warriors have retained their captain maninder singh along with one of the main heroes of the pkl 7 final mohammed esmaeil nabibakshtop points scorer of pkl 7 pawan kumar sehrawat has been retained by bengaluru bulls for a second consecutive season while naveen kumar has been retained by dabang delhi kc under the retained young players categoryexperienced players like fazel atrachali u mumba parvesh bhainswal and sunil kumar gujarat giants vikash khandola haryana steelers and nitesh kumar up yoddha have also been retained by their respective teams