The Hockey India League (HIL) returned after a seven-year hiatus, and the player auction for the sixth season began on Sunday. 54 players were sold, including 18 foreign players. The franchises together spent a total of 16,88,50,000 rupees on day 1.
Harmanpreet Singh was the most expensive purchase with a bid of 78 lakh rupees, while the highest-priced bid for a foreign player went to Gonzalo Pelliat, who fetched 68 lakh rupees. Members of the Indian team that won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics were among the most expensive purchases.
These are the teams in Men’s tournament:
Delhi SG Pipers
Tamil Nadu Dragons
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers
UP Rudras
Hyderabad Toofans
Soorma Hockey Club (Punjab)
Kalinga Lancers (Odisha)
Team Gonasika (Visakhapatnam)
Here’s the full list of players picked on day 1 of the Hockey India League 2024-25 Auction:
Harmanpreet Singh — Soorma Hockey Club (Rs 78 lakh)
Abhishek Nain — Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers (Rs 72 lakh)
Hardik Singh — UP Rudras (Rs 70 lakh)
Gonzalo Peillat (GER) — Hyderabad Toofans (Rs 68 lakh)
Jip Janssen (NED) — Tamil Nadu Dragons (Rs 54 lakh)
Amit Rohidas — Tamil Nadu Dragons (Rs 48 lakh)
Jugraj Singh — Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers (Rs 48 lakh)
Sumit — Hyderabad Toofans (Rs 46 lakh)
Manpreet Singh — Team Gonasika (Rs 42 lakh)
Sukhjeet Singh — Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers (Rs 42 lakh)
Shamsher Singh — Delhi SG Pipers (Rs 42 lakh)
Araijeet Singh Hundal — Team Gonasika (Rs 42 lakh)
Jeremy Hayward (AUS) — Soorma Hockey Club (Rs 42 lakh)
Vivek Sagar Prasad — Soorma Hockey Club (Rs 40 lakh)
Rajkumar Pal — Delhi SG Pipers (Rs 40 lakh)
Lars Balk (NED) — UP Rudras (Rs 40 lakh)
Rohit — Delhi SG Pipers (Rs 40 lakh)
Sanjay — Kalinga Lancers (Rs 38 lakh)
Jarmanpreet Singh — Delhi SG Pipers (Rs 38 lakh)
Duco Telgenkamp (NED) — Tamil Nadu Dragons (Rs 36 lakh)
Nilakanta Sharma — Hyderabad Toofans (Rs 34 lakh)
Dilpreet Singh — Kalinga Lancers (Rs 34 lakh)
Amir Ali — Team Gonasika (Rs 34 lakh)
Varun Kumar — Delhi SG Pipers (Rs 34 lakh)
Krishan B Pathak — Kalinga Lancers (Rs 32 lakh)
David Harte (IRL) — Tamil Nadu Dragons (Rs 32 lakh)
Kane Russell (NZL) — UP Rudras (Rs 30 lakh)
Lalit Kumar Upadhyay — UP Rudras (Rs 28 lakh)
Jean-Paul Danneberg (GER) — Hyderabad Toofans (Rs 27 lakh)
Mandeep Singh — Team Gonasika (Rs 25 lakh)
Pirmin Blaak (NED) — Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers (Rs 25 lakh)
Florent van Aubel (BEL) — Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers (Rs 25 lakh)
Dayaan Cassiem (RSA) — Soorma Hockey Club (Rs 25 lakh)
Selvam Karthi — Tamil Nadu Dragons (Rs 24 lakh)
Vincent Vanasch (BEL) — Soorma Hockey Club (Rs 23 lakh)
Suraj Karkera — Team Gonasika (Rs 22 lakh)
Jeroen Hertzberger (NED) — Team Gonasika (Rs 21 lakh)
Shilanand Lakra — Hyderabad Toofans (Rs 21 lakh)
Boby Singh Dhami — Kalinga Lancers (Rs 20 lakh)
Gurjant Singh — Soorma Hockey Club (Rs 19 lakh)
Mandeep Mor — Kalinga Lancers (Rs 19 lakh)
Gauthier Boccard (BEL) — Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers (Rs 18 lakh)
Nilam Sanjeep Xess — Team Gonasika (Rs 17 lakh)
Oliver Payne (GBR) — Team Gonasika (Rs 15 lakh)
Pawan — Delhi SG Pipers (Rs 15 lakh)
Surender Kumar — UP Rudras (Rs 14 lakh)
Hayden Beltz (AUS) — Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers (Rs 13 lakh)
Álvaro Iglesias (ESP) — UP Rudras (Rs 12.50 lakh)
Rupinder Pal Singh — Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers (Rs 12.50 lakh)
Gurinder Singh — Soorma Hockey Club (Rs 11 lakh)
Yogember Rawat — Team Gonasika (Rs 11 lakh)
Tomas Santiago (ARG) — Delhi SG Pipers (Rs 10 lakh)
Kothajit Singh — Tamil Nadu Dragons (Rs 10 lakh)
Birendra Lakra — Team Gonasika (Rs 10 lakh)
