Free Kabaddi Auction Software for PKL-Style Player Bidding
Run your kabaddi league auction the way the Pro Kabaddi League does it — a live auctioneer, category-wise player sets, team purses that drain in real time, and a board the whole hall can watch.
Auction Ace is used for district and state tournaments, college competitions, corporate leagues and village tournaments. There is no cap on players or teams and the core auction is free.
Kabaddi auction settings you control
Every rule below is configurable per auction, so the software matches your league's format instead of forcing you into someone else's.
Team purse
Each team starts with a fixed purse in rupees or points. Winning bids are deducted immediately and remaining purses are visible to every owner and to the audience.
Player categories
Group the pool by raiders, defenders and all-rounders — and split defenders into corners and covers if your league does — then call each category as its own round.
Category limits
Cap how many players a team can take from each category so no side finishes with seven raiders and nobody to defend.
Base price tiers
Run Category A, B and C base prices the way PKL does, with marquee raiders opening well above the rest of the pool.
Squad size
Set minimum and maximum squad sizes — typically twelve — so every team can field seven with substitutes.
Bid increments
Control how much each raise adds so contested raiders sell at pace.
Category-wise rounds, exactly like PKL
A kabaddi squad needs raiders who can score, corners and covers who can tackle, and all-rounders who can do both. Teams that spend their whole purse on raiders lose, so the auction format itself has to push owners toward balance.
Auction Ace supports the category-wise structure the Pro Kabaddi League uses: the pool is split by role and base-price tier, categories are called in rounds, and per-category caps stop any team from over-loading one role. Owners still bid competitively for the marquee raider — they simply cannot build an illegal squad doing it.
The auctioneer nominates, the countdown runs, owners bid from their phones or call out in the hall, and the player joins the winning squad when the timer expires. Unsold players return to the pool for a final round.
How to run your kabaddi auction
- 1
Register your players
Upload the pool in bulk with role, category, base price and photo, or share a registration link and let players sign up themselves.
- 2
Add teams and purses
Create each team with its name, logo and starting purse, then invite owners to their own bidding consoles by link.
- 3
Set categories and limits
Define your raider, defender and all-rounder categories, base-price tiers, per-category caps, squad limits, increments and timer length.
- 4
Run the auction
Call players from the auctioneer console with the public board on a projector and the overlay in OBS for anyone streaming.
What you get on auction night
Category-wise auction rounds
Call raiders, defenders and all-rounders as separate rounds with their own base-price tiers, just like the professional format.
Live purse tracking
Every purse updates the moment a player is sold, and bids beyond a team's remaining purse are blocked.
Streaming overlays
OBS and vMix browser sources showing the player on the block, the leading bid, standings and finished squads.
Full audit trail
Every bid and sale is timestamped and logged, so any dispute after the auction can be settled from the record.
Kabaddi auction FAQs
Can I run a PKL-style category auction?
Yes. Split your pool into raider, defender and all-rounder categories with their own base-price tiers, and call each category as its own round.
Can I limit how many raiders a team buys?
Set a maximum per category and no team will be able to exceed it, so every squad ends the auction balanced and playable.
Is it free for a district tournament?
Yes. The core auction is free with no limit on the number of players or teams, and you get a free auction credit when you sign up.
Can team owners bid from their phones?
Each owner gets a link to their own console showing their squad, remaining purse and category counts, and bids directly from a phone.
Can we project the auction in the hall?
Yes. Open the public auction view on a laptop connected to the projector and it updates live with every bid and sale.
Further reading
Auctions for other sports
Ready to run your kabaddi auction?
Create your auction, invite your teams, and go live. No limit on players or teams, and the core auction is free.
Create Your Free Auction“PKL” and “Pro Kabaddi League” are trademarks of Mashal Sports Private Limited. Auction Ace is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or connected to Mashal Sports or the Pro Kabaddi League. References to the league on this page are descriptive only, to identify a widely recognised auction format that leagues may wish to model their own draft on.