They further strengthened their defence by roping in experienced left corner Ankush Rathee at his base price of Rs 30 lakh and snapped up right cover Sanjay Dhull, left cover Dheeraj at the player auction, along with some of the other talented defenders with the likes of Lucky Kumar (right cover), Deepak S (left corner), Shubham Rahate (left cover), Manish and Satyappa Matti.