Hockey India League 2024 Auction: List of all players sold on day 1 of men's player auction

While Harmanpreet Singh became the most expensive Indian player, Germany
While Harmanpreet Singh became the most expensive Indian player, Germany's Gonzalo Peillat was the costliest international buy. (Image via Getty and Gonzalo Peillat/IG)

The Hockey India League 2024 (HIL) player auction has got off to a great start. Day 1 of the men's auction in Delhi on Sunday (October 13) saw numerous players getting picked up. There were eight teams in total that battled it out to put together as strong a squad as they possibly could.

The day started with the first lot featuring India's bronze medal-winning Paris Olympics 2024 squad. The likes of captain Harmanpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Amit Rohidas and Mandeep Singh were among the top players who went under the hammer.

With Rs 78 lakh, Harmanpreet walked out of the auction with the highest bid. The atmosphere in the auction room was tense but filled with optimism. While some players were sold for prices that exceeded expectations, there were some that left a few surprised.

Here is a list of all the players who were sold on day 1 of the HIL 2024 player auction.


Hockey India League 2024 Auction: List of players sold on day 1

Gurjant Singh: 19L - Soorma Hockey Club

Mandeep Singh: 25L - Team Gonasika

Manpreet Singh: 42L - Team Gonasika

Sukhjeet Singh: 42L - Bengal Tigers

Amit Rohidas: 48L - Tamil Nadu Dragons

Nilakanta Sharma: 34L - Hyderabad Toofans

Sanjay: 38L - Kalinga Lancers

Lalit Upadhyay: 28L - UP Rudras

Vivek Sagar Prasad: 40L - Soorma

Hardik Singh: 70L - UP Rudras

Harmanpreet Singh: 78L - Soorma Hockey Club

Sumit: 46L - Hyderabad

Abhishek: 72L - Bengal Tigers

Jugraj Singh: 48L - Bengal Tigers

Krishan B Pathak: 32L - Kalinga Lancers

Shamsher: 42L - SG Delhi Pipers

Jarmanpreet Singh: 38L - SG Delhi Pipers

Raj Kumar Pal: 40L - SG Delhi Pipers

David Harte (IRE ): 32L - Tamil Nadu Dragons

Jean Paul Danneburg (GER): 27L - Hyderabad Toofans

Oliver Payne (GBR): 15L - Team Gonasika

Pirmin Blaak (NED): 25L - Bengal Tigers

Tomas Santiago( ARG): 10L - SG Delhi Pipers

Vincent Vanasch (BEL): 23L - Soorma Hockey Club

Suraj Karkera : 22L - Team Gonasika

Pawan : 15L -SG Delhi Pipers

Jeroen Hertzberger (NED): 21L - Team Gonasika

Alvaro Iglesias (ESP): 11L - UP Rudras

Florent Van Aubel (BEL): 23L - Bengal Tigers

Duco Telgenkamp (NED): 36L - Tamil Nadu Dragons

Dayaan Cassiem (RSA): 25L - Soorma Hockey Club

Boby Singh Dhami: 20L - Kalinga Lancers

Shilanand Lakra : 21L - Hyderabad

Dilpreet Singh: 34L - Kalinga Lancers

Selvam Karthi: 24L - Tamil Nadu Dragons

Araijeet Singh Hundal :42L - Team Gonasika

Lars Balk (NED): 40L - UP Rudras

Hayden Beltz (AUS): 13L - Bengal Tigers

Kane Russell (NZ): 30L - UP Rudras

Jeremy Hayward (AUS): 42L - Soorma Hockey Club

Jip Janssen (NED): 54L - Tamil Nadu Dragons

Gauthier Boccard (BEL): 18L - Bengal Tigers

Gonzalo Peillat (GER): 68L - Hyderabad Toofans

Nilam Sanjeep Xess :17L - Team Gonasika

Amir Ali - 34L : Team Gonasika

Mandeep Mor : 19L - Kalinga Lancers

Varun Kumar : 34L - SG Delhi Pipers

Rupinder Pal Singh :12.5L - Bengal Tigers

Kothajit Singh :10L - Tamil Nadu Dragons

Gurinder Singh :11L - Soorma Hockey Club

Birendra Lakra : 10L - Team Gonasika

Rohit : 40L- SG Delhi Pipers

Surender Kumar :14L - UP Rudras

Yogember Rawat - 11L - Team Gonasika

Edited by Luke Koshi