The Hockey India League began its comeback after a seven-year hiatus with a two-day men’s auction that recently ended in New Delhi on Monday. The most sought-after player at the auction happened to be Captain of Team India Harmanpreet Singh, as Soorma Hockey Club secured his services for a bid of 78 lakh rupees.
Here’s a look at the full squads of the 8 franchises:
Soorma Hockey Club (Punjab):
*Goalkeepers:*
* Vincent Vanasch (23 lakh)
* Mohith H S (10 lakh)
* Jashandeep Singh (2 lakh)
*Defenders:*
* Harmanpreet Singh (78 lakh)
* Jeremy Hayward (42 lakh)
* Gurinder Singh (11 lakh)
* Nicolas Della Torre (14 lakh)
* Sukhvinder (11 lakh)
* Ashu Maurya (2 lakh)
* Pradip Mandal (2 lakh)
*Midfielders:*
* Vivek Sagar Prasad (40 lakh)
* Victor Wegnez (40 lakh)
* Jonas De Geus (11 lakh)
* Harjeet Singh (5.8 lakh)
* Nicolas Poncelet (5 lakh)
* Prabhjot Singh (2 lakh)
* Ankush (5 lakh)
* Sunit Lakra (14.1 lakh)
*Forwards:*
* Gurjant Singh (19 lakh)
* Dayaan Cassiem (25 lakh)
* Boris Burkhardt (5 lakh)
* Maninder Singh (26 lakh)
* Pawan Rajbhar (5 lakh)
* Harish Somappa Mutagar (2 lakh)
Delhi SG Pipers:
*Goalkeepers:*
* Tomas Santiago (10 lakh)
* Pawan (15 lakh)
* Adarsh G (2 lakh)
*Defenders:*
* Jarmanpreet Singh (38 lakh)
* Varun Kumar (34 lakh)
* Rohit (40 lakh)
* Pau Clapes (10 lakh)
* Joginder Singh (5.2 lakh)
*Midfielders:*
* Shamsher Singh (42 lakh)
* Raj Kumar Pal (40 lakh)
* Willott KY (10.5 lakh)
* Ankit Pal (20 lakh)
* Christopher Ruhr (18 lakh)
* Flynn Ogilvie (10 lakh)
* Jorrit Croon (10 lakh)
* Manjeet (10.3 lakh)
* Thokchom Kingson Singh (2.5 lakh)
*Forwards:*
* Tomas Domene (36 lakh)
* Nicolas De Kerpel (10 lakh)
* Dilraj Singh (5 lakh)
* Aditya Lalage (20 lakh)
* Sourabh Anand Kushwaha (5 lakh)
* Sumit Kumar (2 lakh)
* Iktidar Ishrat (2 lakh)
UP Rudras:
*Goalkeepers:*
* Prashant Kumar Chauhan (5 lakh)
* James Mazarelo (13 lakh)
* Pankaj Kumar Rajak (6.5 lakh)
*Defenders:*
* Lars Balk (40 lakh)
* Kane Russell (30 lakh)
* Surender Kumar (14 lakh)
* Marc Recasens (15 lakh)
* Priyobarta Talem (9 lakh)
* Sunil Jojo (2 lakh)
* Shardanand Tiwari (7.5 lakh)
* Prashant Barla (7.5 lakh)
*Midfielders:*
* Hardik Singh (70 lakh)
* Akashdeep Singh (20 lakh)
* Simranjeet Singh (10 lakh)
* Floris Wortelboer (27 lakh)
* Seve Van Ass (10 lakh)
* Manmeet Singh (16 lakh)
* Jobanpreet Singh (7.5 lakh)
*Forwards:*
* Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (28 lakh)
* Alvaro Iglesias (12.50 lakh)
* Tanguy Cosyns (10 lakh)
* Gurjot Singh (14.5 lakh)
* Mohd. Zaid Khan (2.9 lakh)
* Sudeep Chirmako (12 lakh)
Kalinga Lancers (Odhisha):
*Goalkeepers:*
* Krishna Pathak (32 lakh)
* Tobias Reynolds-Cotterill (1 lakh)
* Sahil Kumar Nayak (2 lakh)
*Defenders:*
* Sanjay (38 lakh)
* Mandeep Mor (19 lakh)
* Alexander Hendrickx (23 lakh)
* Arthur Van Doren (32 lakh)
* Antoine Kina (16 lakh)
* Partap Lakra (2 lakh)
* Sushil Dhanwar (2 lakh)
* Rohit Kullu (2 lakh)
*Midfielders:*
* Aran Zalewski (27 lakh)
* Moriangthem Rabichandra (32 lakh)
* Enrique Gonzalez (10 lakh)
* Mukesh Toppo (5 lakh)
* Rosan Kujur (12.5 lakh)
* Nicholas Bandurak (5 lakh)
*Forwards:*
* Bobby Singh Dhami (20 lakh)
* Dilpreet Singh (34 lakh)
* Thierry Brinkman (38 lakh)
* Angad Bir Singh (26 lakh)
* Roshan Minz (2 lakh)
* Gursahibjit Singh (6 lakh)
* Deepak Pradhan (2 lakh)
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers:
*Goalkeepers:*
* Pirmin Blaak (25 lakh)
* Ali Khan (6 lakh)
* Atal Dev Singh Chahal (3 lakh)
*Defenders:*
* Jugraj Singh (48 lakh)
* Hayden Beltz (13 lakh)
* Gauthier Boccard (18 lakh)
* Rupinder Pal Singh (12.5 lakh)
* Tom Grambusch (10 lakh)
* Jasjit Singh Kular (6 lakh)
*Midfielders:*
* Lachlan Sharp (18 lakh)
* Jaskaran Singh (13.5 lakh)
* Sean Findlay (10 lakh)
* Pardeep Mor (5 lakh)
* Pradhan Poovanna Chandura (8 lakh)
* Affan Yousuf (11.5 lakh)
* Atul Deep (2 lakh)
* Yogesh Malik Singh (2 lakh)
* Pardeep Singh Sandhu (3 lakh)
* Thounaoja Ingalemba Luwang (3 lakh)
*Forwards:*
* Abhishek (72 lakh)
* Sukhjeet Singh (42 lakh)
* Florent Van Aubel (25 lakh)
* Sam Lane (27 lakh)
* Gursewak Singh (6.6 lakh)
Hyderabad Toofans:
*Goalkeepers:*
* Jean Paul Danneberg (27 lakh)
* Bikramjit Singh (6.2 lakh)
* Vikas Dahiya (2 lakh)
*Defenders:*
* Gonzalo Peillat (68 lakh)
* Matthew Dawson (10 lakh)
* Arthur De Sloover (30 lakh)
* Devinder Sunil Valmiki (8 lakh)
* Amandeep Lakra (9 lakh)
* Sundaram Rajawat (2 lakh)
* Mukul Sharma (2 lakh)
* Akshay Ravindra Avhad (5 lakh)
*Midfielders:*
* Nilakanta Sharma (34 lakh)
* Sumit (46 lakh)
* Zachary Wallace (26 lakh)
* Rahim Aakib Sayyed (2 lakh)
* Rajinder (23 lakh)
* Darshan Vibhav Gawkar (2 lakh)
* Maico Casella (10 lakh)
*Forwards:*
* Shailanand Lakra (21 lakh)
* Timothy Daniel (28 lakh)
* Terrance Pieters (10 lakh)
* Arshdeep Singh (11.5 lakh)
* Talwinder Singh (14.5 lakh)
* Irengbam Rohit (2 lakh)
Team Gonasika (Visakhapatnam):
*Goalkeepers:*
* Oliver Payne (15 lakh)
* Suraj Karkera (22 lakh)
* Kamalbir Singh (2 lakh)
*Defenders:*
* Nilam Sanjeep Xess (17 lakh)
* Amir Ali (34 lakh)
* Birendra Lakra (10 lakh)
* Yogember Rawat (11 lakh)
* Timothy Howard (20 lakh)
* Dipsan Tirkey (6.6 lakh)
* Anmol Ekka (9.2 lakh)
*Midfielders:*
* Manpreet Singh (42 lakh)
* Vishnukant Singh (20 lakh)
* Lee Moton (10 lakh)
* Jack Waller (10 lakh)
* Jacob Draper (5 lakh)
* Mustapha Cassiem (7.2 lakh)
* Yashdeep Siwach (9 lakh)
* SK Uthappa (13 lakh)
*Forwards:*
* Mandeep Singh (25 lakh)
* Jeroen Hertzberger (21 lakh)
* Araijeet Singh Hundal (42 lakh)
* Tom Boon (26 lakh)
* SV Sunil (10 lakh)
* Nikkin Thimmaiah (13 lakh)
Tamil Nadu Dragons:
*Goalkeepers:*
* David Harte (32 lakh)
* Duco Telgenkamp (36 lakh)
* Prince Deep Singh (5 lakh)
*Defenders:*
* Amit Rohidas (48 lakh)
* Jip Janssen (54 lakh)
* Kothajit Singh (10 lakh)
* Moritz Ludwig (10 lakh)
* Anand Y (5 lakh)
* Anand Lakra (5 lakh)
* Pruthvi GM (5 lakh)
*Midfielders:*
* Thies Prinz (18 lakh)
* Tom Craig (20 lakh)
* Mohd. Raheel Mouseen (26 lakh)
* Govers Blake (27 lakh)
* Chandan Yadav (6.2 lakh)
* Shesha Gowda (5 lakh)
* M Dhilipan (5 lakh)
* Arun J (3.6 lakh)
*Forwards:*
* Selvam Karthi (24 lakh)
* Nathan Ephraums (17 lakh)
* Majji Ganesh (7.2 lakh)
* Uttam Singh (23 lakh)
* Abharan Sudev (2 lakh)
