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. Auction took place on November 22 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 withdrwals to complete their squads.^[1]

Transfers

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

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

Withdrawals

Permanent withdrawals Player Team Andrew Hayward Delhi Waveriders Anup Valmiki Mumbai Magicians Dean Couzins Delhi Waveriders Jonny Jasrotia Mumbai Magicians Gagandeep Singh Mumbai Magicians Hans Raj Delhi Waveriders Keshav Dutt Punjab Warriors Liam de Young Mumbai Magicians Nilakanta Sharma Punjab Warriors Oskar Deecke Delhi Waveriders P.L. Thimmanna Uttar Pradesh Wizards P.T. Rao Mumbai Magicians Pradhan Somanna Uttar Pradesh Wizards Sanjay Kumar Bir Mumbai Magicians Sukhdev Singh Punjab Warriors Ranjit Singh Punjab Warriors Rocky Lohchab Uttar Pradesh Wizards Roger Padrós Punjab Warriors Tim Jenniskens Delhi Waveriders Vivek Dhar Uttar Pradesh Wizards

Players released Player Team Glenn Simpson Mumbai Magicians Jason Wilson Mumbai Magicians Khadangbam Rinel Singh Ranchi Rhinos Lovedeep Singh Delhi Waveriders Russell Ford Punjab Warriors Steven Edwards Mumbai Magicians Tarandeep Singh Ranchi Rhinos

Auction

Following is the list of players bought in the auction:

Player	Team	Base Price	Winning 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 Archibald	Kalinga 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 Chikara	Mumbai 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 Harte	Mumbai Magicians	$10,000	$11,000
Mandeep Antil	Kalinga Lancers	$6,900	$11,000
Vikas Sharma	Kalinga Lancers	$6,900	$15,000
V.S. Vinaya	Mumbai Magicians	$6,000	$40,000
Ravipal Singh	Mumbai Magicians	$5,200	$40,000
Vikram Kanth	Kalinga Lancers	$5,200	$8,000
Timothy Drummond	Delhi Waveriders	$5,000	$18,000
Affan Yousuf	Punjab Warriors	$2,600	$35,000
Armaan Qureshi	Delhi Waveriders	$2,600	$6,000
David Minz	Kalinga Lancers	$2,600	$6,000
Devinder Walmiki	Kalinga Lancers	$2,600	$15,000
Dipsan Tirkey	Kalinga Lancers	$2,600	$6,000
Gagandeep Singh	Mumbai Magicians	$2,600	$3,500
Gagandeep Singh Banwait	Kalinga Lancers	$2,600	$11,000
Gurjinder Singh	Mumbai Magicians	$2,600	$56,000
Harjot Singh	Kalinga Lancers	$2,600	$12,000
Harmanpreet Singh Bal	Uttar Pradesh Wizards	$2,600	$3,000
Jasbir Singh	Kalinga Lancers	$2,600	$15,000
Jasjit Singh Kular	Uttar Pradesh Wizards	$2,600	$3,000
Karamjit Singh	Punjab Warriors	$2,600	$3,500
Lalit Kumar Upadhyay	Kalinga Lancers	$2,600	$14,000
Manjeet Kullu	Kalinga Lancers	$2,600	$12,000
Mohammed Amir Khan	Kalinga Lancers	$2,600	$10,000
Mohammed Nizamuddin	Kalinga Lancers	$2,600	$10,000
Nikkin Thimmaiah	Uttar Pradesh Wizards	$2,600	$59,000
Ramandeep Singh	Uttar 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[6]
Hamish McGregor	Pirmin Blaak	Delhi Waveriders	[7]
Rajpal Singh	Gurwinder Singh Chandi	Delhi Waveriders	Ankle injury[8]
Gurpreet Singh Guri	Vikramjit Singh	Delhi Waveriders	[8]
Hugo Inglis	Jeroen Hertzberger	Uttar Pradesh Wizards	[7]
Iain Lewers	Marcel Balkestein	Uttar Pradesh Wizards	[7]
Shea McAleese	Wouter Jolie	Uttar Pradesh Wizards	[7]
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):

References

See also

Hockey India League
2014 Hockey India League