Bengaluru, July 17 -- The one overarching ambition for Kabbadi player Yogesh Dahiya, who was lapped up for a record Rs 1.125 crore by Bengaluru Bulls in the recent Pro Kabbadi League Season 12 auction, is to help his team lift this year's title, and justify his reputation as the "silent killer."

A total of three Pro Kabaddi League franchises, Bengaluru Bulls, Patna Pirates, and Bengal Warriorz bid to ensure the player from Padladpur gets into their team. In the end, the player ends up landing in the Bengaluru Bulls franchise.

"I was watching the player auction live on TV. I could see Bengaluru Bulls bidding, then Patna Pirates, then Bengal Warriorz. I was watching all this unfold," recalls the 23-year-old defender as quoted by the PKL p...