Hyderabad Toofans squad for Hockey India League 2024-25: Full list of players after HIL Auction ft. Sumit & Nilakanta Sharma

Indian national team players Nilakanta Sharma and Sumit will be the key players for Hyderabad Toofans in the upcoming edition of the Hockey India League. They were signed for ₹34 lakh and ₹46 lakh, respectively, in the Hockey India League 2024 player auction.

Forwards Shilanand Lakra (₹21 lakh), Arshdeep Singh (₹11.5 lakh), and Talwinder Singh (₹14.5 lakh) fetched big bucks at the auction. Indian midfielder Rajinder was sold to the Toofans for ₹23 lakh.

German goalkeeper Jean-Paul Danneberg will join the Hyderabad-based franchise for ₹27 lakh. Indian goalkeepers Bikramjit Singh (₹6.2 lakh) and Vikas Dahiya (₹2 lakh) will be part of Hyderabad Toofans for the Hockey India League 2024-25.

Hyderabad Toofans' overseas defenders include Gonzalo Peillat (₹68 lakh), Matthew Dawson (₹10 lakh), and Arthur De Sloover (₹30 lakh).

Meanwhile, they signed midfielders Zachary Wallace (₹26 lakh), and Maico Casella (₹10 lakh) & also roped in the services of overseas forwards Timothy Daniel (₹28 lakh), and Terrance Pieters (₹10 lakh).

They formed a 24-member squad, including eight overseas players as the Hockey India League marks its return after seven long years.

Hyderabad Toofans squad for Hockey India League 2024-25

Here is Hyderabad Toofans' complete players' list for the Hockey India League 2024-25:

Nilakanta Sharma - 34L
Sumit - 46L
Jean-Paul Danneberg (GER) - 27L
Shilanand Lakra - 21L
Gonzalo Peillat (GER) - 68L
Zachary Wallace (GBR) - 26L
Timothy Daniel (AUS) - 28L
Terrance Pieters (NED) - 10L
Mathew Dawson (AUS) - 10L
Arthur De Sloover (BEL) - 30L
Devindar Sunil Walmiki - 8L
Arshdeep Singh - 11.5L
Bikramjit Singh - 6.2L
Talwinder Singh - 14.5L
Amandeep Lakra - 9L
Vikas Dahiya - 2L
Rahim Akib Sayyed - 2L
Rajinder - 23L
Sundaram Rajawat - 2L
Darshan Vibhav Gawkar - 2L
Maico Casella (ARG) - 10L
Irengbam Rohit - 2L
Mukul Sharma - 2L
Akshay Ravindra Avhad - 5L

Edited by Samya Majumdar