2014 Hockey India League players' auction

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.

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 2,600 to 25,000. The salary cap available to each franchise for the auction was increased from 650,000 (4 crores) to 725,000 (4.46 crores) as per the requests of the franchises. The players were signed for the term of two years. 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.

Transfers Transfer window for second season of HIL was open from 19 August to 30 September. PlayerFromTo Sandeep SinghMumbai MagiciansPunjab Warriors Satbir SinghMumbai MagiciansPunjab Warriors

Withdrawals

+Permanent withdrawalsPlayerTeam Andrew HaywardDelhi Waveriders Anup ValmikiMumbai Magicians Dean CouzinsDelhi Waveriders Jonny JasrotiaMumbai Magicians Gagandeep SinghMumbai Magicians Hans RajDelhi Waveriders Keshav DuttPunjab Warriors Liam de YoungMumbai Magicians Nilakanta SharmaPunjab Warriors Oskar DeeckeDelhi Waveriders P.L. ThimmannaUttar Pradesh Wizards P.T. RaoMumbai Magicians Pradhan SomannaUttar Pradesh Wizards Sanjay Kumar BirMumbai Magicians Sukhdev SinghPunjab Warriors Ranjit SinghPunjab Warriors Rocky LohchabUttar Pradesh Wizards Roger PadrósPunjab Warriors Tim JenniskensDelhi Waveriders Vivek DharUttar Pradesh Wizards

+Players releasedPlayerTeam Glenn SimpsonMumbai Magicians Jason WilsonMumbai Magicians Khadangbam Rinel SinghRanchi Rhinos Lovedeep SinghDelhi Waveriders Russell FordPunjab Warriors Steven EdwardsMumbai Magicians Tarandeep SinghRanchi Rhinos

Auction Following is the list of players bought in the auction: PlayerTeamBase PriceWinning Bid Barry Middleton Ranchi Rhinos$25,000$53,000 Kiel Brown Kalinga Lancers$25,000$55,000 Lucas Vila Kalinga Lancers$25,000$50,000 Ryan ArchibaldKalinga Lancers$25,000$71,000 Jason Wilson Delhi Waveriders$20,000$41,000 Gonzalo Peillat Kalinga Lancers$20,000$49,000 Russell Ford Kalinga Lancers$20,000$35,000 Simon Mantell Mumbai Magicians$20,000$26,000 Steve Edwards Delhi Waveriders$20,000$26,000 Trent Mitton Mumbai Magicians$20,000$59,000 Agustín Mazzilli Punjab Warriors$18,500$19,000 Adam Dixon Mumbai Magicians$18,000$41,000 Glenn Simpson Kalinga Lancers$15,000$33,000 Jacob Whetton Punjab Warriors$15,000$19,000 Roc Oliva Kalinga Lancers$15,000$38,000 Tristan Clemons Kalinga Lancers$15,000$20,000 Tristan White Delhi Waveriders$15,000$27,000 Ramón Alegre Kalinga Lancers$14,000$41,000 Bharat ChikaraMumbai Magicians$12,000$32,000 Prabodh Tirkey Kalinga Lancers$12,000$25,000 Prabhjot Singh Mumbai Magicians$11,200$46,000 Aran Zalewski Kalinga Lancers$10,000$28,000 David HarteMumbai Magicians$10,000$11,000 Mandeep AntilKalinga Lancers$6,900$11,000 Vikas SharmaKalinga Lancers$6,900$15,000 V.S. VinayaMumbai Magicians$6,000$40,000 Ravipal Singh Mumbai Magicians$5,200$40,000 Vikram KanthKalinga Lancers$5,200$8,000 Timothy Drummond Delhi Waveriders$5,000$18,000 Affan Yousuf Punjab Warriors$2,600$35,000 Armaan QureshiDelhi Waveriders$2,600$6,000 David Minz Kalinga Lancers$2,600$6,000 Devinder WalmikiKalinga Lancers$2,600$15,000 Dipsan TirkeyKalinga Lancers$2,600$6,000 Gagandeep SinghMumbai Magicians$2,600$3,500 Gagandeep Singh BanwaitKalinga Lancers$2,600$11,000 Gurjinder Singh Mumbai Magicians$2,600$56,000 Harjot Singh Kalinga Lancers$2,600$12,000 Harmanpreet Singh BalUttar Pradesh Wizards$2,600$3,000 Jasbir SinghKalinga Lancers$2,600$15,000 Jasjit Singh KularUttar Pradesh Wizards$2,600$3,000 Karamjit SinghPunjab Warriors$2,600$3,500 Lalit Kumar UpadhyayKalinga Lancers$2,600$14,000 Manjeet Kullu Kalinga Lancers$2,600$12,000 Mohammed Amir KhanKalinga Lancers$2,600$10,000 Mohammed NizamuddinKalinga Lancers$2,600$10,000 Nikkin Thimmaiah Uttar Pradesh Wizards$2,600$59,000 Ramandeep SinghUttar Pradesh Wizards$2,600$81,000 Vikas Pillay Mumbai Magicians$2,600$30,000

Replacement signings 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 Marc Salles Esteve Fergus Kavanagh Ranchi Rhinos Eduard Arbós Nicholas Wilson Ranchi Rhinos Injury Hamish McGregor Pirmin Blaak Delhi Waveriders Rajpal Singh Gurwinder Singh Chandi Delhi Waveriders Ankle injury Gurpreet Singh Guri Vikramjit Singh Delhi Waveriders Hugo Inglis Jeroen Hertzberger Uttar Pradesh Wizards Iain Lewers Marcel Balkestein Uttar Pradesh Wizards Shea McAleese Wouter Jolie Uttar Pradesh Wizards Mark Gleghorne Matthew Swann Mumbai Magicians Razie Rahim Matthew Butturini Mumbai Magicians Arjun Halappa Rahul Shilpkar Delhi Waveriders Vikram Vishnu Pillay Bipin Kishor Kerketta Delhi Waveriders Varun Kumar Ignace Tirkey Punjab Warriors

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

$25,000 Seo Jong-Ho George Pinner $22,000 Juan Martín López $20,000 Filip Neusser $18,000 Gabriel Dabanch $15,000 Andrew Charter Azlan Misron Clinton Panther Firhan Ashaari Fitri Saari Guillermo Schickendantz Juan Ignacio Gilardi Juan Manuel Vivaldi Oliver Korn Rhett Halkett $12,000 Deepak Thakur Didar Singh Syed Muhammad Zaheer $10,000 Arun Panchia Jagdish Singh Gill Mark Pearson Miguel Da Graca Rassie Pieterse Satiago Miguel Montelli Thornton McDade $7,500 Guido Martin Barreiros Lopez

$7,000 Inderjeet Singh $6,000 Baljit Singh $5,200 Ajmer Singh Prabhdeep Singh Powar $5,000 Ignacio Jose Manes Ignacio Santiago Salas Juan Tubio Julian Allen Hykes Marcos Tubio Martin Zalatel Pedro Budeisky $2,600 Abhinav Kumar Pandey Aiyappa Ranjan Paradanda Anand Lakra Arumugam Subramani Arun Rawat Baljit Singh Biddappa K.D. Birsu Bhengra Captain Singh Dayananda Singh Chanamthabam Deepak Kishor Ekka Gurpreet Singh Gurvinder Singh Harmandeep Singh Harmanpreet Singh Harpreet Singh Jagdeep Dayal Jaspreet Singh Rehal Jitender Saroha

$2,600 Joga Singh Lovedeep Singh Lovepreet Singh Manish Bishnoi Manikanta Venkatesshwarlu Manish Sharma Manish Yadav Manjinder Singh Boparai Mohammed Riyazuddin Mohan Muthanna Bollachanda Mohit Singh Thakur Mucketira Gannapathy Poonacha Muddappa Kariappa Maletira Nadeem Uddin Nanak Singh Narinder Pal Singh Dhillon Naveen Antil Naveen Kumar Prasad Nikhil Saroha Owais Ahmed Prabhjot Singh Jr, Pradeep Raj Kumar Raju Pal Rana Pratap Rinel Singh Khadangbam Sagar Harale Sandeep Kumar Singh Sanjay Paswan Sanjib Dung Dung Sarin Edavakath Simranjit Singh Chahal Subodh Tirkey Sumit Chauhan Tarandeep Singh Vikas Choudhary

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