The first Hockey India League auction since HIL was disbanded in 2017 has taken place in New Delhi. Eight franchises have been bidding for their 24-strong teams on the men’s side and four ahead of the first women’s HIL.
Each franchise squad was capped at 24 players, including 16 Indian players (with four junior players) and eight foreign players.
There have been plenty of surprising bids, high and low, across overseas and domestic players. And also some interesting unsold players.
Conversion guide: 70 lakh = £63,000 | 40 lakh (£36,000) | 20 lakh (£18,000)
(Overseas players in bold)
Delhi SG Pipers
Coach: Graham Reid
Tomas Domene – 36 lakh – Forward
Nicolas de Kerpel – 10 lakh – Forward
Christopher Ruhr – 18 lakh – Midfielder
Ky Willot – 10.5 lakh – Midfielder
Flynn Ogilvie – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Jorrit Croon – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Tomas Santiago – 10 lakh – Goalkeeper
Aditya Lalage – 20 lakh – Forward
Dilraj Singh – 5 lakh – Forward
Sourabh Kushwaha – 5 lakh – Forward
Sumit Kumar – 2 lakh – Forward
Iktidar Ishrat – 2 lakh – Forward
Shamsher Singh – 42 lakh – Midfielder
Raj Kumar Pal – 40 lakh – Midfielder
Ankit Pal – 20 lakh – Midfielder
Thokchom Kingson Singh – 2.5 lakh – Midfielder
Manjeet – 10.3 lakh – Midfielder
Rohit – 40 lakh – Defender
Jarmanpreet Singh – 38 lakh – Defender
Varun Kumar – 34 lakh – Defender
Pau Clapes – 10 lakh – Defender
Joginder Singh – 5.2 lakh – Defender
Pawan – 15 lakh – Goalkeeper
Adarsh G – 2 lakh – Goalkeeper
Soorma Hockey Club
Coach: Jeroen Baart
Jeremy Hayward – 42 lakh – Defender
Nicolas Della Torre – 14 lakh – Defender
Dayaan Cassiem – 25 lakh – Forward
Nicolas Poncelet – 5 lakh – Forward
Boris Burkhardt – 5 lakh – Forward
Victor Wegnez – 40 lakh – Midfielder
Jonas de Gues – 11 lakh – Midfielder
Vincent Vanasch – 23 lakh – Goalkeeper
Maninder Singh – 26 lakh – Forward
Gurjant Singh – 19 lakh – Forward
Pawan Rajbhar – 5 lakh – Forward
Harish Somappa Mutagar – 2 lakh – Forward
Vivek Sagar Prasad – 40 lakh – Midfielder
Harjeet Singh – 5.8 lakh – Midfielder
Prabhjot Singh – 2 lakh – Midfielder
Ankush – 5 lakh – Midfielder
Sunit Lakra – 14.1 lakh – Midfielder
Harmanpreet Singh – 78 lakh – Defender
Sukhvinder – 11 lakh – Defender
Gurinder Singh – 11 lakh – Defender
Ashu Maurya – 2 lakh – Defender
Pradip Mandal – 2 lakh – Defender
Jashandeep Singh – 2 lakh – Goalkeeper
Mohith HS – 10 lakh – Goalkeeper
Tamil Nadu Dragons
Coach: Rein van Eijk
Duco Telgenkamp – 36 lakh – Forward
Blake Govers – 27 lakh – Forward
Nathan Ephraums – 17 lakh – Forward
Tom Craig – 20 lakh – Midfielder
Thies Prinz – 18 lakh – Midfielder
Jip Janssen – 54 lakh – Defender
Moritz Ludwig – 10 lakh – Defender
David Harte – 32 lakh – Goalkeeper
Selvam Karthi – 24 lakh – Forward
Uttam Singh – 23 lakh – Forward
Majji Ganesh – 7.2 lakh – Forward
Abharan Sudev – 2 lakh – Forward
Mohammed Raheel – 26 lakh – Midfielder
Chandan Yadav – 6.6 lakh – Midfielder
Shesha Gowda – 5 lakh – Midfielder
Amit Rohidas – 48 lakh – Defender
Kothajit Singh – 10 lakh – Defender
Anand Y – 5 lakh – Defender
Anand Lakra – 5 lakh – Defender
Prince Deep Singh – 5 lakh – Goalkeeper
UP Rudras
Coach: Paul van Ass
Tanguy Cosyns – 10 lakh – Forward
Floris Wortelboer – 27 lakh – Midfielder
Lars Balk – 40 lakh – Defender
Kane Russell – 30 lakh – Defender
Marc Recasens – 15 lakh – Defender
James Mazarelo – 13 lakh – Goalkeeper
Sam Ward
James Albery
Lalit Kumar Upadhyaya – 28 lakh – Forward
Gurjot Singh – 14.5 lakh – Forward
Sudeep Chirmako – 12 lakh – Forward
Mohammed Zaid Khan – 2.9 lakh – Forward
Hardik Singh – 70 lakh – Midfielder
Akashdeep Singh – 20 lakh – Midfielder
Manmeet Singh – 16 lakh – Midfielder
Simranjeet Singh – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Jobanpreet Singh – 7.5 lakh – Midfielder
Surender Kumar – 14 lakh – Defender
Priyobarta Talem – 9 lakh – Defender
Sunil Jojo – 2 lakh – Defender
Sharda Nand Tiwari – 7.5 lakh – Defender
Prashant Barla – 7.5 lakh – Defender
Prashant Chauhan – 5 lakh – Goalkeeper
Pankaj Kumar Rajak – 6.5 lakh – Goalkeeper
Hyderabad Toofans
Coach: Pasha Gademan
Timothy Daniel – 28 lakh – Forward
Terrence Pieters – 10 lakh – Forward
Zach Wallace – 26 lakh – Midfielder
Maico Casella – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Gonzalo Peillat – 68 lakh – Defender
Arthur de Sloover – 30 lakh – Defender
Matthew Dawson – 10 lakh – Defender
Jean-Paul Danneberg – 27 lakh – Goalkeeper
Shilanand Lakra – 21 lakh – Forward
Talwinder Singh – 14.5 lakh – Forward
Arshdeep Singh – 11.5 lakh – Forward
Irengbam Rohit – 2 lakh – Forwards
Nilakanta Sharma – 34 lakh – Midfielder
Rajinder – 23 lakh – Midfielder
Amandeep Lakra – 9 lakh – Midfielder
Rahim Aakib Sayyed – 2 lakh – Midfielder
Darshan Vibhav Gawkar – 2 lakh – Mildfielder
Sumit Walmiki – 46 lakh – Defender
Devindar Walmiki – 8 lakh – Defender
Sundaram Rajawat – 2 lakh – Defender
Mukul Sharma – 2 lakh – Defender
Akshay Ravindra Avhad – 5 lakh – Defender
Bikramjit Singh – 6.2 lakh – Goalkeeper
Vikas Dahiya – 2 lakh – Goalkeeper
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers
Coach: Colin Batch
Tom Grambusch – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Sean Findlay – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Sam Lane – 27 lakh – Forward
Florent van Aubel – 25 lakh – Forward
Lachlan Sharp – 18 lakh – Midfielder
Pirmin Blaak – 25 lakh – Goalkeeper
Gauthier Boccard – 18 lakh – Defender
Hayden Beltz – 13 lakh – Defender
Gursewak Singh – 6.6 lakh – Forward
Abhishek – 72 lakh – Forward
Sukhjeet Singh – 42 lakh – Forward
Jaskaran Singh – 13.5 lakh – Midfielder
Affan Yousuf – 11.5 lakh – Midfielder
Pradhan Poovanna – 8 lakh – Midfielder
Pardeep Mor – 5 lakh – Midfielder
Pardeep Singh Sandhu – 3 lakh – Midfielder
Atul Deep – 2 lakh – Midfielder
Thounaojam Ingalemba Luwang – 3 lakh – Midfielder
Jugraj Singh – 48 lakh – Defender
Rupinder Pal Singh – Rs 12.5 lakh – Defender
Yogesh Malik Singh – 2 lakh – Defender
Jasjit Singh Kular – 6 lakh – Defender
Ali Khan – 6 lakh – Goalkeeper
Atal Dev Singh Chahal – 3 lakh – Goalkeeper
Vedanta Kalinga Lancers
Coach: David Johns
Thierry Brinkman – 38 lakh – Forward
Aran Zalewski – 27 lakh – Midfielder
Enrique Gonzalez – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Nicholas Bandurak – 5 lakh – Midfielder
Arthur van Doren – 32 lakh – Defender
Alexander Hendrickx – 23 lakh – Defender
Antoine Kina – 16 lakh – Defender
Toby Reynolds-Cotterill – 2 lakh – Goalkeeper
Dilpreet Singh – 34 lakh – Forward
Angad Bir Singh – 26 lakh – Forward
Boby Singh Dhami – 20 lakh – Forward
Deepak Pradhan – 2 lakh – Forward
Gursahibjit Singh – 6 lakh – Forward
Moirangthem Rabichandra – 32 lakh – Midfielder
Rosan Kujur – 12.5 lakh – Midfielder
Mukesh Toppo – 5 lakh – Midfielder
Sanjay – 38 lakh – Defender
Mandeep Mor – 19 lakh – Defender
Partap Lakra – 2 lakh – Defender
Sushil Dhanwar – 2 lakh – Defender
Rohit Kullu – 2 lakh – Defender
Krishan Bahadur Pathak – 32 lakh – Goalkeeper
Sahil Kumar Nayak – 2 lakh – Goalkeeper
Team Gonasika
Tom Boon – 26 lakh – Forward
Jeroen Hertzberger – 21 lakh – Forward
Mustapha Cassiem – 7.2 lakh – Forward
Tim Howard – 20 lakh – Defender
Jacob Draper – 5 lakh – Forward
Lee Morton – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Jack Waller – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Ollie Payne – 15 lakh – Goalkeeper
Araijeet Singh Hundal – 42 lakh – Forward
Mandeep Singh – 25 lakh – Forward
Nikkin Thimmaiah – 13 lakh – Forward
SV Sunil – 10 lakh – Forward
Manpreet Singh – 42 lakh – Midfielder
SK Uthappa – 13 lakh – Midfielder
Vishnukant Singh – 20 lakh – Midfielder
Yashdeep Siwach – 9 lakh – Midfielder
Amir Ali – 34 lakh – Defender
Nilam Sanjeep Xess – 17 lakh – Defender
Yogember Rawat – 11 lakh – Defender
Birendra Lakra – 10 lakh – Defender
Anmol Ekka – 9.2 lakh – Defender
Dipsan Tirkey – 6.6 lakh – Defender
Suraj Karkera – 22 lakh – Goalkeeper
Kamalbir Singh – 2 lakh – Goalkeeper
Unsold Players (overseas)
Mats Grambusch, Andrew Charter, James Carr, Benjamin Rennie, Dominic Dixon, Edgar Reynaud, Bautista Capurro, Jacob Anderson, Joel Rintala, Jack Welch Etienne Tynevez, Liam Sanford, Juan Catan, Ignacio Rodriguez.
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WOMEN’S HOCKEY INDIA LEAGUE
Delhi SG Pipers
Coach: Dave Smolenaars
Charlotte Watson – 2 lakh – Forward
Xan de Waard – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Emma Purvez – 10 lakh – Defender
Stephanie de Groof – 5 lakh – Defender
Giselle Ansley – 5 lakh – Defender
Miri Maroney – 2 lakh – Defender
Lizzie Neal – 2 lakh – Defender
Elodie Picard – 10 lakh – Goalkeeper
Sunelita Toppo – 24 lakh – Forward
Sangita Kumari – 22 lakh – Forward
Deepika – 20 lakh – Forward
Navneet Kaur – 19 lakh – Forward
Mumtaz Khan – 11 lakh – Forward
Preeti Dubey – 6.7 lakh – Forward
Ishika – 5.4 lakh – Forward
Himanshi Gawande – 2.1 lakh – Forward
Geeta Yadav – 2 lakh – Forward
Jyoti Singh – 2 lakh – Defender
Manisha Chauhan – 12.5 lakh – Midfielder
Manisha – 3.7 lakh – Midfielder
Khaidem Shileima Chanu – 2.5 lakh – Midfielder
Manashri – 2 lakh – Midfielder
Bichu Devi – 16 lakh – Goalkeeper
Bansari Solanki – 3 lakh – Goalkeeper
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers
Coach: Glenn Turner
Marina Lalramnghanki – 10 lakh – Defender
Elena Neill – 10 lakh – Defender
Roisin Upton – 10 lakh – Defender
Grace O’Hanlon – 5 lakh – Goalkeeper
Jennifer Rizzo – 2.4 lakh – Goalkeeper
Ambre Ballenghien – 14 lakh – Forward
Katie Mullan – 10 lakh – Forward
Eva de Goede – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Sarah Hawkshaw – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Lalremsiami – 25 lakh – Forward
Beauty Dungdung – 12.5 lakh – Forward
Vandana Katariya – 10.5 lakh – Forward
Lalrinpuii Pachuav – 2 lakh – Forward
Priyanka Wankhade – 2 lakh – Forward
Vandana Patel – 2 lakh – Forward
Sushila Chanu – 9.5 lakh – Midfielder
Huda Khan – 2 lakh – Midfielder
Binima Dhan – 2 lakh – Midfielder
Munmuni Das – 2 lakh – Midfielder
Shilpi Dabas – 2 lakh – Midfielder
Udita Duhan – 32 lakh – Defender
Mahima Choudhury – 10 lakh – Defender
Jyoti Edula – 2 lakh – Goalkeeper
Vidhyashree V – 2 lakh – Goalkeeper
Soorma HC
Coach: Jude Menezes
Anna Toman – 10 lakh – Defender
Penny Squibb – 6.6 lakh – Defender
Natalia Salvador – 2 lakh – Goalkeeper
Nike Lorenz – 11 lakh – Midfielder
Maria Verschoor – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Jimena Maria Cedres – 5.8 lakh – Midfielder
Charlotte Englebert – 16 lakh – Forward
Charlotte Stapenhorst – 16 lakh – Forward
Salima Tete – 20 lakh – Forward
Sharmila Devi – 10 lakh – Forward
Deepika Soreng – 2.2 lakh – Forward
Upasana Singh – 2.1 lakh – Forward
Sonam – 2 lakh – Forward
Amanpreet Kaur – 2 lakh – Forward
Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke – 21 lakh – Midfielder
Hina Bano – 3 lakh – Midfielder
Aishwarya – 2.1 lakh – Midfielder
Ajmina Kujur – 2 lakh – Midfielder
Jyoti – 16 lakh – Defender
Nikki Pradhan – 12 lakh – Defender
Akshata Abaso Dhekale – 3.1 lakh – Defender
Preeti – 2 lakh – Defender
Savita Punia – 20 lakh – Goalkeeper
Nidhi – 2 lakh – Goalkeeper
Odisha Warriors
Coach: Janneke Schopman
Freeke Moes – 10 lakh – Forward
Michelle Fillet – 6.6 lakh – Forward
Yibbi Janssen – 29 lakh – Midfielder
Kaitlin Nobbs – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Victoria Sauze – 6.8 lakh – Midfielder
Claire Colwil – 13 lakh – Defender
Claire Colwil – 13 lakh – Defender
Jocelyn Bartram – 15 lakh – Goalkeeper
Lilly Paulin Stoffelsma – 7 lakh – Defender
Annu – 10 lakh – Forward
Sakshi Rana – 7 lakh – Forward
Rutuja Dadaso Pisal – 4.9 lakh – Forward
Kanika Siwach – 3.1 lakh – Forward
Sadhna Sengar – 2.1 lakh – Forward
Neha Goyal – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Baljeet Kaur – 10 lakh – Midfielder
Sonika – 5.4 lakh – Midfielder
Nisha – 2.6 lakh – Midfielder
Ishika Chaudhary – 16 lakh – Defender
Deep Grace Ekka – 10 lakh – Defender
Nandini – 5 lakh – Defender
Jyoti Chhatri – 5 lakh – Defender
Anjali Barwa – 2 lakh – Defender
Madhuri Kindo – 3.4 lakh – Goalkeeper
Engil Harsha Rani Minz – 2 lakh – Goalkeeper
Plenty of odd-looking pricings among the foreign players. No surprise that the PC experts – Harmanpreet, Peillat, Hayward, Janssen et al – have fetched the top prices. Team Gonasika seem to have picked up some bargains, notably Tom Boon but also Mustapha Cassiem, Lee Morton and Jacob Draper.