2014 Hockey India League players' auction

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2014 Hockey India League Players' Auction or HIL Closed Bid was the mini auction/closed bid of players for the second season of the professional field hockey tournament, Hockey India League. The auction took place on 22 November at Lalit Hotel in New Delhi.[1]

A total of 154 players were auctioned out of which 95 were Indian players and 59 were foreign players from 14 countries. The base price for the players varied from US$2,600 to US$25,000.[1] The salary cap available to each franchise for the auction was increased from US$650,000 (4 crores) to US$725,000 (4.46 crores) as per the requests of the franchises.[2] The players were signed for the term of two years.[3][4] During the closed bid, Kalinga Lancers, the new franchise of the Hockey India League, bought its 24 players while rest of the five franchises bought players due to the permanent withdrawals to complete their squads.[1]

Transfers[edit]

Transfer window for second season of HIL was open from 19 August to 30 September.[5]

Player From To
India Sandeep Singh Mumbai Magicians Punjab Warriors
India Satbir Singh Mumbai Magicians Punjab Warriors

Withdrawals[edit]

Auction[edit]

Following is the list of players bought in the auction:

Player Team Base Price Winning Bid
England Barry Middleton Ranchi Rhinos $25,000 $53,000
Australia Kiel Brown Kalinga Lancers $25,000 $55,000
Argentina Lucas Vila Kalinga Lancers $25,000 $50,000
New Zealand Ryan Archibald Kalinga Lancers $25,000 $71,000
Australia Jason Wilson Delhi Waveriders $20,000 $41,000
Argentina Gonzalo Peillat Kalinga Lancers $20,000 $49,000
Australia Russell Ford Kalinga Lancers $20,000 $35,000
England Simon Mantell Mumbai Magicians $20,000 $26,000
New Zealand Steve Edwards Delhi Waveriders $20,000 $26,000
Australia Trent Mitton Mumbai Magicians $20,000 $59,000
Argentina Agustín Mazzilli Punjab Warriors $18,500 $19,000
England Adam Dixon Mumbai Magicians $18,000 $41,000
Australia Glenn Simpson Kalinga Lancers $15,000 $33,000
Australia Jacob Whetton Punjab Warriors $15,000 $19,000
Spain Roc Oliva Kalinga Lancers $15,000 $38,000
Australia Tristan Clemons Kalinga Lancers $15,000 $20,000
Australia Tristan White Delhi Waveriders $15,000 $27,000
Spain Ramón Alegre Kalinga Lancers $14,000 $41,000
India Bharat Chikara Mumbai Magicians $12,000 $32,000
India Prabodh Tirkey Kalinga Lancers $12,000 $25,000
India Prabhjot Singh Mumbai Magicians $11,200 $46,000
Australia Aran Zalewski Kalinga Lancers $10,000 $28,000
Ireland David Harte Mumbai Magicians $10,000 $11,000
India Mandeep Antil Kalinga Lancers $6,900 $11,000
India Vikas Sharma Kalinga Lancers $6,900 $15,000
India V.S. Vinaya Mumbai Magicians $6,000 $40,000
India Ravipal Singh Mumbai Magicians $5,200 $40,000
India Vikram Kanth Kalinga Lancers $5,200 $8,000
South Africa Timothy Drummond Delhi Waveriders $5,000 $18,000
India Affan Yousuf Punjab Warriors $2,600 $35,000
India Armaan Qureshi Delhi Waveriders $2,600 $6,000
India David Minz Kalinga Lancers $2,600 $6,000
India Devinder Walmiki Kalinga Lancers $2,600 $15,000
India Dipsan Tirkey Kalinga Lancers $2,600 $6,000
India Gagandeep Singh Mumbai Magicians $2,600 $3,500
India Gagandeep Singh Banwait Kalinga Lancers $2,600 $11,000
India Gurjinder Singh Mumbai Magicians $2,600 $56,000
India Harjot Singh Kalinga Lancers $2,600 $12,000
India Harmanpreet Singh Bal Uttar Pradesh Wizards $2,600 $3,000
India Jasbir Singh Kalinga Lancers $2,600 $15,000
India Jasjit Singh Kular Uttar Pradesh Wizards $2,600 $3,000
India Karamjit Singh Punjab Warriors $2,600 $3,500
India Lalit Kumar Upadhyay Kalinga Lancers $2,600 $14,000
India Manjeet Kullu Kalinga Lancers $2,600 $12,000
India Mohammed Amir Khan Kalinga Lancers $2,600 $10,000
India Mohammed Nizamuddin Kalinga Lancers $2,600 $10,000
India Nikkin Thimmaiah Uttar Pradesh Wizards $2,600 $59,000
India Ramandeep Singh Uttar Pradesh Wizards $2,600 $81,000
India Vikas Pillay Mumbai Magicians $2,600 $30,000

Replacement signings[edit]

Franchises can sign players after the HIL auction, as replacement of contracted players who are not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under HIL rules, the replacements have to be chosen from the pool of players who went unsold in the auction.

Player Replaced Team Reason for replacement
Spain Marc Salles Esteve Australia Fergus Kavanagh Ranchi Rhinos
Spain Eduard Arbós New Zealand Nicholas Wilson Ranchi Rhinos Injury[6]
New Zealand Hamish McGregor Netherlands Pirmin Blaak Delhi Waveriders [7]
India Rajpal Singh India Gurwinder Singh Chandi Delhi Waveriders Ankle injury[8]
India Gurpreet Singh Guri India Vikramjit Singh Delhi Waveriders [8]
New Zealand Hugo Inglis Netherlands Jeroen Hertzberger Uttar Pradesh Wizards [7]
England Iain Lewers Netherlands Marcel Balkestein Uttar Pradesh Wizards [7]
New Zealand Shea McAleese Netherlands Wouter Jolie Uttar Pradesh Wizards [7]
England Mark Gleghorne Australia Matthew Swann Mumbai Magicians
Malaysia Razie Rahim Australia Matthew Butturini Mumbai Magicians
India Arjun Halappa India Rahul Shilpkar Delhi Waveriders
India Vikram Vishnu Pillay India Bipin Kishor Kerketta Delhi Waveriders
India Varun Kumar India Ignace Tirkey Punjab Warriors

Unsold players[edit]

Following unsold players were added to the reserve pool (according to their base price):

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Hero HIL Closed Bid 2013 Players List". New Delhi: Hockey India. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Hero Hockey India League increases Salary Cap of each Franchise by $75,000". New Delhi: Hockey India. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  3. ^ "59 Overseas Players signed for Mini Players Auction/ Closed Bid for Hero Hockey India League". New Delhi: Hockey India. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  4. ^ "95 Indian Players signed for Mini Players Auction or Closed Bid of the Hero Hockey India League". New Delhi: Hockey India. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Indian star drag-flicker Sandeep Singh joins Jaypee Punjab Warriors". Punjab Warriors. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Black Sticks aim to build on silver medal effort". The Press. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d "Stockmann blijft voor Punjab Warriors langer in India". AD.nl. New Delhi. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  8. ^ a b "New-look Waveriders up for HIL Season 2". The Asian Age. New Delhi. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.