 "Belgium's Victor Wegnez was the costliest overseas buy on Day 2 of the Hockey India League player auction. Reuters")
Overseas players fetched significant bids on Day 2 of the Hockey India League (HIL) 2024-25 player auction in New Delhi on Monday, with Belgium’s Victor Wegnez (sold for Rs 40 lakh to Soorma Hockey Club) becoming the costliest buy.
Other top overseas buys included the Dutch Captain Thierry Brinkman (Rs 38 lakh) and Belgium’s Arthur Van Doren (Rs 32 lakh), sold to Kalinga Lancers, while Moriangthem Rabichandra (Rs 32 lakh to Kalinga Lancers) and Maninder Singh (Rs 26 lakh to Soorma Hockey Club) were notable Indian buys on Day 2.
Young players with a base price of Rs 2 lakh also made merry at the auction, with Angad Bir Singh going to Kalinga Lancers for Rs 26 lakh and Rajinder to Hyderabad Toofans for Rs 23 lakh.
Earlier, on the opening day, all eight franchises spent heavily to acquire Indian Men’s Hockey team core players. Harmanpreet Singh, acquired by Soorma Hockey Club, emerged as the most expensive buy at the men’s HIL Player Auction. Abhishek became the second-most expensive buy, acquired by Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers for Rs 72 lakh, while Hardik Singh went to UP Rudras for Rs 70 lakh.
Germany’s Gonzalo Peillat became the most expensive overseas player, bought for Rs 68 lakh, along with the Netherlands’ Jip Janssen, acquired for Rs 54 lakh by Tamil Nadu Dragons.
Four slots remained for each team towards the end of the auction, and those four slots were announced after the completion of the closed biding process.
Remaining slots that were announced through closed bidding process:
Soorma Hockey Club
Ankush - Rs 5 lakh
Sunit Lakra - Rs 14.1 lakh
Jashandeep Singh - Rs 2 lakh
Harish Somappa Mutagar - Rs 2 lakh
Delhi SG Pipers
Thokchom Kingson Singh - Rs 2.5 lakh
Manjeet - Rs 10.3 lakh
Adarsh G - Rs 2 lakh
Iktidar Ishrat - Rs 2 lakh
Hyderabad Toofans
Maico Casella (ARG) - Rs 10 lakh
Irengbam Rohit - Rs 2 lakh
Mukul Sharma - Rs 2 lakh
Akshay Ravindra Avhad - Rs 5 lakh
Kalinga Lancers
Nicholas Bandurak (GBR) - Rs 5 lakh
Rohit Kullu - Rs 2 lakh
Deepak Pradhan - Rs 2 lakh
Gursahibjit Singh - Rs 6 lakh
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers
Thounaojam Ingalemba Luwang - Rs 3 lakh
Jasjit Singh Kular - Rs 6 lakh
Ali Khan - Rs 6 lakh
Atal Dev Singh Chahal - Rs 3 lakh
Tamil Nadu Dragons
S.Senthamizh Arasu - Rs 6 lakh
Dhilipan M - Rs 5 lakh
Pruthvi Gm - Rs 5 lakh
Arun J - Rs 3.6 lakh
Team Gonasika
Nikkin Thimmaiah Chendanda - Rs 13 lakh
Uthappa Kushalappa Sannuvand - Rs 13 lakh
Sunil Vitalacharya Somwarpet -Rs 10 lakh
Yashdeep Siwach - Rs 9 lakh
UP Rudras
Pankaj Kumar Rajak - Rs 6.5 lakh
Sharda Nand Tiwari - Rs 7.5 lakh
Prashant Barla - Rs 7.5 lakh
Jobanpreet Singh - Rs 7.5 lakh