Men’s HIL auction: Junior goalkeeper Vivek Lakra goes from Rs 2 lakhs to 23 lakhs, Australia’s Liam Henderson most expensive signing of the day

Top Buys in The Auction

•⁠ ⁠Liam Henderson – bought by Vedanta Kalinga Lancers for Rs 42 Lakhs

•⁠ ⁠Sander de Wijn – bought by Tamil Nadu for Rs 36 Lakhs

•⁠ ⁠Thies Prinz – bought by HIL Governing Council for Rs 36 Lakhs

Other highlights from the Men’s Auction:

•⁠ ⁠Adrohit Ekka (Indian junior midfielder): One of the most sought-after juniors in the pool, Ekka sparked a heated bidding contest between JSW Soorma Hockey Club and Tamil Nadu Dragons, before the Dragons secured him for a whopping Rs 11 Lakhs.

•⁠ ⁠Ajeet Yadav (Indian junior forward): With a base price of Rs 2 Lakhs, Yadav was bought by HIL Governing Council for whopping Rs 11.5 Lakhs.

•⁠ ⁠Sushil Dhanwar (Indian junior midfielder): Also snapped up by Tamil Nadu Dragons at his base price of Rs 2 Lakhs, strengthening their youth brigade.

•⁠ ⁠Cooper Burns (Australia forward): Another highlight of the day, Burns was sold to Vedanta Kalinga Lancers for Rs 34.50 Lakhs after a close contest with SG Pipers.

•⁠ ⁠Ketan Kushwaha (14-year-old Indian forward): At just 14 years old, Kushwaha was among the youngest players in the pool. He was bought by Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers for Rs 2.5 Lakhs.

•⁠ ⁠Rupinder Pal Singh (Veteran Indian Dragflicker): Former Indian Hockey Team Captain Rupinder, who led Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers to title victory in the previous season, was bought by SG Pipers for Rs 12 Lakhs.

Final squads of all men’s franchises:

HIL Governing Council (Formerly UP Rudras): Retained – Prashant Barla (Jr Player), Priyobarta Talem (Jr Player), Manmeet Singh, Gurjot Singh, Prashant Kumar Chauhan, Surender Kumar, Hardik Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Sudeep Chirmako, Jasjit Singh Kular, Sebastian Dockier (Overseas), Kane Russell (Overseas), Tanguy Cosyns (Overseas), James Mazarelo (Overseas), James Albery (Overseas), Sam Ward (Overseas).

New buys – Ajeet Yadav (Rs 11.50 Lakhs), Thies Prinz (Rs 36 Lakhs), Rahul Yadav (Rs 2 Lakh), Mohd Harris (Rs 2 Lakh).

Hyderabad Toofans (All players were retained from original squad): Mukul Sharma, Irengbam Rohit (Jr Player), Bikramjit Singh (Jr Player), Sundaram Rajawat (Jr Player), Arshdeep Singh (Jr Player), Devindar Sunil Walmiki, Amandeep Lakra, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit, Rahim Aakib Sayyed, Rajinder, Shilanand Lakra, Talwinder Singh, Gonzalo Peillat (Overseas), Jean Paul Danneberg (Overseas), Nic Woods (Overseas), Jacob Anderson (Overseas), Arthur de Sloover (Overseas), Timothy Brand (Overseas), Zachary Wallace (Overseas).

JSW Soorma Hockey Club: Retained – Sukhvinder (Jr Player), Pradip Mandal (Jr Player), Vincent Vanasch (Overseas), Jeremy Hayward (Overseas), Nicolás Della Torre (Overseas), Victor Wegnez (Overseas), Nicolas Keenan (Overseas), Dayaan Cassiem (Overseas), Nicolas Poncelet (Overseas), Mohith H S, Harmanpreet Singh, Gurinder Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Harjeet Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Gurjant Singh, Maninder Singh, Pawan Rajbhar, Akashdeep Singh (Traded From UP Rudras).

New buy – Jeetpal (Rs 3.2 Lakh).

Ranchi Royals: Retained – Yashdeep Siwach, Amir Ali (Jr Player), Anmol Ekka (Jr Player), Araijeet Singh Hundal (Jr Player), Suraj Karkera, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Manpreet Singh, Vishnukant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Timothee Clement (Overseas), Timothy Howard (Overseas), Mustapha Cassiem (Overseas), Tom Boon (Overseas).

New buys – Manmeet Singh Rai (Rs 2 Lakh), Ashish Purty (Rs 2 Lakh), Loick Luypaert (Rs 10 Lakhs), Sam Lane (Rs 10 Lakhs), Jack Waller (Rs 10 Lakhs), Ravneet Singh (Rs 5 Lakhs), Ashish Purti (Rs 2 Lakhs).

SG Pipers: Retained – Manjeet, Thokchom Kingson Singh, Rohit (Jr Player), Ankit Pal (Jr Player), Dilraj Singh (Jr Player), Aditya Lalage (Jr Player), Sourabh Anand Kushwaha (Jr Player), Pawan, Jarmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Shamsher Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Willott KY (Overseas), Tomas Santiago (Overseas), Gareth Furlong (Overseas), Tomas Domene (Overseas), Jacob Draper (Overseas – Traded from Ranchi Royals Hockey).

New buys – Roman Duvekot (Rs 10 Lakhs), Rupinder Pal Singh (Rs 12 Lakhs), Bram Van Battum (Rs 11 Lakhs).

Shrachi Bengal Tigers: Retained – Gursewak Singh (Jr Player), Hayden Beltz (Overseas), Gauthier Boccard (Overseas), James Carr (Overseas), Sean Findlay (Overseas), Enrique Gonzalez (Overseas – Traded from Vedanta Kalinga Lancers), Christopher Rühr (Overseas – Traded from Delhi SG Pipers), Jugraj Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Pradhan Poovanna Chandura, Affan Yousuf, Atul Deep, Pardeep Singh Sandhu, Sukhjeet Singh, Abhishek.

New buys – Parmod (Rs 5 Lakh), Vivek Lakra (Rs 23 Lakhs), Ketan Kushwaha (Rs 2.5 Lakh), Ajinkya Jadhav (Rs 2 Lakh), Tom Grambusch (Rs 10 Lakhs).

Tamil Nadu Dragons: Retained – Pruthvi GM, Arun J (Jr Player), Prince Deep Singh (Jr Player), Chandan Yadav (Jr Player), Amit Rohidas, Anand Lakra, Mohd. Raheel Mouseen, Shesha Gowda, Selvam Karthi, Uttam Singh, Thomas Sorsby (Overseas), David Harte (Overseas), Moritz Ludwig (Overseas), Tom Craig (Overseas), Govers Blake (Overseas), Nathan Ephraums (Overseas).

New buys – Adrohit Ekka (Rs 11 Lakhs), Sushil Dhanwar (Rs 2 Lakh), K Selvaraj (Rs 2 Lakh), Sander de Wijn (Rs 36 Lakhs).

Vedanta Kalinga Lancers: Retained – Gursahibjit Singh, Rohit Kullu (Jr Player), Deepak Pradhan (Jr Player), Rosan Kujur (Jr Player), Krishan B Pathak, Sanjay, Partap Lakra, Moriangthem Rabichandra, Dilpreet Singh, Angad Bir Singh, Alexander Hendrickx (Overseas), Arthur van Doren (Overseas), Antoine Kina (Overseas).

New buys – Liam Henderson (Rs 42 Lakhs), Amit Toppo (Rs 2 Lakh), Sunil PB (Rs 2 Lakh), Bobby Singh Dhami (Rs 10 Lakhs), Jed Snowden (Rs 10 Lakhs), Cooper Burns (34.50 Lakhs), Craig Marais (Rs 10 Lakhs).