Haryana elections: Setback for Chautala clan; Abhay Singh, Dushyant trail
Haryana elections: Setback for Chautala clan; Abhay Singh, Dushyant trail
 "Haryana elections: Setback for Chautala clan; Abhay Singh, Dushyant trail")
The Hockey India League is ready to make its comeback after a long hiatus of seven years, with an 8-team men’s league and a 4-team women’s league format. The auction for the new edition was held on October 13 and 14 for the men’s league and on October 15 for the women’s league in New Delhi. Teams were allowed to assemble a squad of 24 players maximum, including a maximum of eight foreign players. Teams were also mandated to include at least four junior hockey players in their 24-member squad.
In the men’s division of the auction, Indian skipper Harmanpreet Singh became the most expensive player after joining Soorma Hockey Club for a whopping Rs 78 lakh, while in the women’s division, Indian defender Udita Duhan became the most expensive player, with Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers bidding Rs 32 lakh for her.
In the overseas section of the men’s auction, Germany’s Gonzalo Peillat bagged a Rs 68 lakh contract to become the most expensive men’s player, while the Netherlands’ Yibbi Jansen became the most expensive overseas player in the women’s division after Odisha Warriors acquired her services for Rs 29 lakh.
But who are the other players teams bid for during the auction? Check out the complete list of sold players in the men's and women’s divisions below.
Hockey India League full list of sold players (Men’s auction)
| Players | Price (INR Lakh) | Team |
| Harmanpreet Singh | 78 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Abhishek | 72 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Hardik Singh | 70 | UP Rudras |
| Gonzalo Peillat (GER) | 68 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Jip Janssen (NED) | 54 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Amit Rohidas | 48 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Jugraj Singh | 48 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Sumit | 46 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Manpreet Singh | 42 | Team Gonasika |
| Sukhjeet Singh | 42 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Shamsher Singh | 42 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Araijeet Singh Hundal | 42 | Team Gonasika |
| Jeremy Hayward (AUS) | 42 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Vivek Sagar Prasad | 40 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Rajkumar Pal | 40 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Lars Balk (NED) | 40 | UP Rudras |
| Rohit | 40 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Sanjay | 38 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Jarmanpreet Singh | 38 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Duco Telgenkamp (NED) | 36 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Nilakanta Sharma | 34 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Dilpreet Singh | 34 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Amir Ali | 34 | Team Gonasika |
| Varun Kumar | 34 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Krishan B Pathak | 32 | Kalinga Lancers |
| David Harte (IRL) | 32 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Kane Russell (NZL) | 30 | UP Rudras |
| Lalit Kumar Upadhyay | 28 | UP Rudras |
| Jean-Paul Danneberg (GER) | 27 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Mandeep Singh | 25 | Team Gonasika |
| Pirmin Blaak (NED) | 25 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Florent van Aubel (BEL) | 25 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Dayaan Cassiem (RSA) | 25 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Selvam Karthi | 24 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Vincent Vanasch (BEL) | 23 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Suraj Karkera | 22 | Team Gonasika |
| Jeroen Hertzberger (NED) | 21 | Team Gonasika |
| Shilanand Lakra | 21 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Boby Singh Dhami | 20 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Gurjant Singh | 19 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Mandeep Mor | 19 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Gauthier Boccard (BEL) | 18 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Nilam Sanjeep Xess | 17 | Team Gonasika |
| Oliver Payne (GBR) | 15 | Team Gonasika |
| Pawan | 15 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Surender Kumar | 14 | UP Rudras |
| Hayden Beltz (AUS) | 13 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Álvaro Iglesias (ESP) | 12.5 | UP Rudras |
| Rupinder Pal Singh | 12.5 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Gurinder Singh | 11 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Yogember Rawat | 11 | Team Gonasika |
| Tomás Santiago (ARG) | 10 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Kothajit Singh | 10 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Birendra Lakra | 10 | Team Gonasika |
| Lachlan Sharp (AUS) | 18 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Thies Prinz (GER) | 18 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Zachary Wallace (GBR) | 26 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Willott Ky (AUS) | 10.5 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Victor Wegnez (BEL) | 40 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Aran Zalewski (AUS) | 27 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Tom Craig (AUS) | 20 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Akashdeep Singh | 20 | UP Rudras |
| Mohd. Raheel Mouseen | 25 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Jaskaran Singh | 13.5 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Moriangthem Rabichandra | 32 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Simranjeet Singh | 10 | UP Rudras |
| Vishnukant Singh | 20 | Team Gonasika |
| Ankit Pal | 20 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Timothy Daniel (AUS) | 28 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Enrique Gonzales (ESP) | 10 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Flynn Ogilvie (AUS) | 10 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Sam Lane (NZ) | 27 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Nicolas De Kerpel (BEL) | 10 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Nathan Ephraums (AUS) | 17 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Arthur De Sloover (BEL) | 30 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Alexander Hendrickx (BEL) | 23 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Arthur Van Doren (BEL) | 32 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Antoine Kina (BEL) | 16 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Jonas De Geus (NED) | 11 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Blake Govers (AUS) | 27 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Jorrit Croon (NED) | 10 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Lee Moton (SCT) | 10 | Team Gonasika |
| Jack Waller (GB) | 10 | Team Gonasika |
| Seve van Ass (NED) | 10 | UP Rudras |
| Sean Findlay (NZ) | 10 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Dipsan Tirkey | 6.6 | Team Gonasika |
| Anand Y | 5 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Devindar Sunil Walmiki | 8 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Anand Lakra | 5 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Anmol Ekka | 9.2 | Team Gonasika |
| Amandeep Lakra | 9 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Mukesh Toppo | 5 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Pardeep Mor | 5 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Manmeet Singh | 15.5 | UP Rudras |
| Pradhan Poovanna Chandura | 8 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Harjeet Singh | 5.8 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Nicolas Poncelet (BEL) | 5 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Jacob Draper (GBR) | 5 | Team Gonasika |
| Mustapha Cassiem (SA) | 7.2 | Team Gonasika |
| Gursewak Singh | 6.6 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Dilraj Singh | 5 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Gurjot Singh | 14.5 | UP Rudras |
| Arshdeep Singh | 11.5 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Aditya Lalage | 20 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Boris Burkhardy (NED) | 5 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Prince Deep Singh | 5 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Bikramjit Singh | 6.2 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Mohit HS | 10 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Prashant Kumar Chauhan | 5 | UP Rudras |
| Sukhvinder | 11 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Priyobarta Talem | 9 | UP Rudras |
| Joginder Singh | 5.2 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Chandan Yadav | 6.2 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Affan Yousuf | 11.5 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Maninder Singh | 26 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Pawan Rajbhar | 5 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Majji Ganesh | 7.2 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Rosan Kujur | 12.5 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Shesha Gowda | 5 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Uttam Singh | 23 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Talwinder Singh | 14.5 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Sourabh Anand Kushwaha | 5 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Ashu Maurya | 2 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Atul Deep | 2 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Vikas Dahiya | 2 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| James Mazarelo | 13 | UP Rudras |
| Tobias Reynolds-Cotterell | 2 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Yogesh Malik Singh | 2 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Kamalbir Singh | 2 | Team Gonasika |
| Sahil Kumar Nayak | 2 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Pradip Mandal | 2 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Partap Lakra | 2 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Rahim Akib Sayyed | 2 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Rajinder | 23 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Mohd Zaid Khan | 2.9 | UP Rudras |
| Sunil Jojo | 2 | UP Rudras |
| Sushil Dhanwar | 2 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Abharan Sudev | 2 | Tamil Nadu Dragons |
| Angad Bir Singh | 26 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Sundaram Rajawat | 2 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Prabhjot Singh | 2 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Pardeep Singh Sandhu | 3 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Sudeep Chirmako | 12 | UP Rudras |
| Sumit Kumar | 2 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Rohan Minz | 2 | Kalinga Lancers |
| Darshan Vibhav Gawkar | 2 | Hyderabad Toofans |
| Thokchom Kingson Singh | 2.5 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Manjeet | 10.3 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Adarsh G | 2 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Sangita Kumari | 22 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke | 21 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Savita Punia | 20 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Deepika | 20 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Salima Tete | 20 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Navneet Kaur | 19 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Ishika Chaudhary | 16 | Odisha Warriors |
| Jyoti | 16 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Charlotte Stapenhorst | 16 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Charlotte Englebert | 16 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Bichu Devi Kharibam | 16 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Jocelyn Bartram | 15 | Odisha Warriors |
| Ambre Ballenghien | 14 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Claire Colwil | 13 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Beauty Dung Dung | 12.5 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Manisha Chauhan | 12.5 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Nikki Pradhan | 12 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Mumtaz Khan | 11 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Yibbi Jansen | 11 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Vandana Katariya | 10.5 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Mahima Choudhary | 10 | Odisha Warriors |
| Anna Toman | 10 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Kaitlin Jaye Nobbs | 10 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Akshata Abaso Dhekale | 10 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Xan Gerdien De Waard | 10 | Odisha Warriors |
| Maria Verschoor | 10 | Odisha Warriors |
| Sarah Hawkshaw | 10 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Nike Lorenz | 10 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Elena Neill | 10 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Marina Lalramnghaki | 10 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Emma Puvrez | 10 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Upton Roisin | 10 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Annu | 10 | Odisha Warriors |
| Freeke Georgette Marie | 10 | Odisha Warriors |
| Kathryn Mullan | 10 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Elodie Picard | 10 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Neha Goyal | 10 | Odisha Warriors |
| Sharmila Devi | 10 | Soorma Hockey Club |
| Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam | 9.5 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Sonam | 7 | Delhi SG Pipers |
| Manisha | 7 | Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers |
| Giselle Anne Ansley | 6.8 | Odisha Warriors |