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. 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 withdrawals 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

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):

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