2013 Hockey India League players' auction


2013 Hockey India League Players' Auction was the auction of players for the first season of the franchise-based field hockey tournament, Hockey India League. Auction was conducted by International Auctioneer Bob Hayton and took place on December 16 at The Lalit Hotel in New Delhi.
A total of 246 players were available for the auction out of which 93 were foreign player and 153 local. Each franchise had a purse of 650,000 to spend in the auction on 24 players for a term of 3 years. Minimum base price for an Indian player was 2,800 and for overseas player was 5,000 under which franchise owners could not bid.

Marquee Players

The franchise owners made silent bids for each of the five marquee players before the actual auction begun. Hockey India then revealed which marquee player will lead which franchise based on the maximum bids by all the owners. Each team's marquee player got a contract worth at least 115 per cent of the highest successful bid for a player of that team in the auction if the silent bid is not worth more than this amount.
Sandeep Singh was bought by Mumbai Magicians at his base price but Mumbai bought Australian Joel Carroll for $56,000 which raises Sandeep's annual purse to $64,400 due to the 115% rule. Similarly, Jamie Dwyer will fetch $78,200 and Moritz Fürste will earn $83,950. Dutchman Teun de Nooijer's annual purse is the highest of the league i.e. $87,400 whereas Sardar Singh's annual purse is the highest among Indian players.

Auction

Each round of main auction involved bidding for 10 defenders, 10 forwards and 10 midfielders. 25 goalkeepers were auctioned all together in the first round.
PlayerTeamBase PriceWinning Bid
Ashley JacksonRanchi Rhinos$25,000$73,000
Christopher CirielloPunjab Warriors$25,000$29,000
David AlegreUttar Pradesh Wizards$25,000$55,000
Floris EversRanchi Rhinos$25,000$31,000
Glenn TurnerMumbai Magicians$25,000$25,000
Justin Reid-RossRanchi Rhinos$25,000$33,000
Oskar DeeckeDelhi Wave Riders$25,000$25,000
Rashid MehmoodMumbai Magicians$25,000$41,000
Taeke TaekemaDelhi Wave Riders$25,000$25,000
Lucas ReyPunjab Warriors$22,000$40,500
Austin SmithRanchi Rhinos$20,000$46,000
Edward OckendenUttar Pradesh Wizards$20,000$65,000
Francisco Juancosa CortésRanchi Rhinos$20,000$42,000
Jaap StockmannPunjab Warriors$20,000$68,000
Jeroen HertzbergerUttar Pradesh Wizards$20,000$20,000
Joel CarrollMumbai Magicians$20,000$56,000
Kieran GoversPunjab Warriors$20,000$41,000
Luke DoernerUttar Pradesh Wizards$20,000$22,000
Marcel BalkesteinUttar Pradesh Wizards$20,000$20,000
Mark KnowlesPunjab Warriors$20,000$57,000
Matthew ButturiniMumbai Magicians$20,000$31,000
Matthew GohdesDelhi Wave Riders$20,000$32,000
Matthew SwannMumbai Magicians$20,000$51,000
Muhammad Rizwan Sr.Delhi Wave Riders$20,000$26,000
Nicholas WilsonRanchi Rhinos$20,000$24,000
Pirmin BlaakDelhi Wave Riders$20,000$33,000
Robert HammondPunjab Warriors$20,000$25,000
Simon ChildDelhi Wave Riders$20,000$20,000
Simon OrchardPunjab Warriors$20,000$45,000
Wouter JolieUttar Pradesh Wizards$20,000$53,000
Gurbaj SinghDelhi Wave Riders$18,500$36,000
Shivendra SinghPunjab Warriors$18,500$27,500
Sergi EnriqueMumbai Magicians$18,000$18,000
Andrés MirDelhi Wave Riders$15,000$15,000
Faizal SaariMumbai Magicians$15,000$26,000
Fareed AhmedMumbai Magicians$15,000$21,000
George BazeleyUttar Pradesh Wizards$15,000$15,000
Kumar SubramaniamUttar Pradesh Wizards$15,000$15,000
Lloyd Norris-JonesDelhi Wave Riders$15,000$17,000
Nicolas JacobiDelhi Wave Riders$15,000$50,000
Sander BaartUttar Pradesh Wizards$15,000$24,000
Danish MujtabaDelhi Wave Riders$13,900$63,000
Gurwinder Singh ChandiDelhi Wave Riders$13,900$50,000
Ignace TirkeyPunjab Warriors$13,900$31,000
P. R. ShreejeshMumbai Magicians$13,900$38,000
Sarvanjit SinghMumbai Magicians$13,900$29,000
S.V. SunilPunjab Warriors$13,900$42,000
Tushar KhandkerUttar Pradesh Wizards$13,900$14,000
V.R. RaghunathUttar Pradesh Wizards$13,900$76,000
Muhammad Rizwan Jr.Delhi Wave Riders$10,000$10,000
Muhammad TousiqMumbai Magicians$10,000$27,000
Shafqat RasoolRanchi Rhinos$10,000$10,000
Birendra LakraRanchi Rhinos$9,250$41,000
Dharamvir SinghPunjab Warriors$9,250$52,000
K. Chinglensana SinghMumbai Magicians$9,250$22,000
Kothajit SinghRanchi Rhinos$9,250$33,000
Manpreet SinghRanchi Rhinos$9,250$61,000
Rupinder Pal SinghDelhi Wave Riders$9,250$56,000
S.K. UthappaUttar Pradesh Wizards$9,250$25,000
Yuvraj ValmikiDelhi Wave Riders$9,250$18,500
Akashdeep SinghDelhi Wave Riders$5,600$17,000
Amit RohidasRanchi Rhinos$5,600$29,000
Bipin Kishor KerkettaDelhi Wave Riders$5,600$12,500
Gurmail SinghPunjab Warriors$5,600$33,000
Harbir SinghUttar Pradesh Wizards$5,600$18,000
M.B. AiyappaMumbai Magicians$5,600$21,000
Nitin ThimmaiahUttar Pradesh Wizards$5,600$27,500
Prabhdeep SinghRanchi Rhinos$5,600$14,000
Pradeep MorUttar Pradesh Wizards$5,600$23,000
Pradhan SomannaUttar Pradesh Wizards$5,600$14,000
P.T. RaoMumbai Magicians$5,600$17,000
Imran ButtMumbai Magicians$5,000$5,500
Muhammad IrfanRanchi Rhinos$5,000$5,000
Syed Kashif ShahPunjab Warriors$5,000$9,500
Roger PadrósPunjab Warriors$5,000$5,000
Malak SinghPunjab Warriors$4,650$9,000
Mandeep SinghRanchi Rhinos$4,650$13,000
P.L. ThimmannaUttar Pradesh Wizards$4,650$25,000
Sampath Kumar MaylaramMumbai Magicians$4,650$10,000
Satbir SinghMumbai Magicians$4,650$45,000
Sukhdev SinghPunjab Warriors$4,650$5,500
Anup ValmikiMumbai Magicians$3,700$3,700
M. GunasekarUttar Pradesh Wizards$3,700$3,700
Ranjit SinghPunjab Warriors$3,700$3,700
Amon Mirash TirkeyRanchi Rhinos$2,800$6,500
Arvind KujurRanchi Rhinos$2,800$2,800
Chandan SinghMumbai Magicians$2,800$7,500
Gagandeep SinghMumbai Magicians$2,800$23,000
Gaganpreet SinghPunjab Warriors$2,800$2,800
Gurinder SinghPunjab Warriors$2,800$2,800
Harjeet SinghUttar Pradesh Wizards$2,800$2,800
Jarmanpreet SinghPunjab Warriors$2,800$7,500
Keshav DuttPunjab Warriors$2,800$2,800
Nilakanta SharmaPunjab Warriors$2,800$2,800
Parvinder SinghRanchi Rhinos$2,800$2,800
Rahul ShilpkarDelhi Wave Riders$2,800$3,500
Rocky LohchabUttar Pradesh Wizards$2,800$14,000
Siddharth ShankerUttar Pradesh Wizards$2,800$7,000
Sreenivasa Rao KatharuUttar Pradesh Wizards$2,800$2,800
Stanli Victor MinzRanchi Rhinos$2,800$7,000
Sukhmanjit SinghRanchi Rhinos$2,800$21,000
Surender KumarDelhi Wave Riders$2,800$2,800
Sushant TirkeyRanchi Rhinos$2,800$13,000
Suresh ToppoMumbai Magicians$2,800$2,800
Talwinder SinghDelhi Wave Riders$2,800$2,800
Vikramjit SinghDelhi Wave Riders$2,800$2,800
Vivek DharUttar Pradesh Wizards$2,800$17,000

2nd Round

After the main auction, the teams who had not completed their quota of 24 players could bid for the unsold players in the main auction.
PlayerTeamBase PriceWinning Bid
Fergus KavanaghRanchi Rhinos$25,000$26,000
Bharat ChettriPunjab Warriors$18,500$19,000
Hans RajDelhi Wave Riders$2,800$3,000
Imran KhanDelhi Wave Riders$2,800$3,000
Jonny JasrotiaMumbai Magicians$2,800$3,000
Sanjay Kumar BirMumbai Magicians$2,800$3,000
Sumit TopnoRanchi Rhinos$2,800$3,000
Vikas ChoudharyRanchi Rhinos$2,800$3,000

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.
PlayerReplacedTeamPriceReason for replacement
Tim Jenniskens Taeke TaekemaDelhi Wave Riders$20,000Back injury
Lovedeep Singh Rahul ShikpkarDelhi Wave Riders$2,800Knee injury
Liam de Young Sergi EnriqueMumbai Magicians$25,000
Khadangbam Rinel Singh Amon Mirash TirkeyRanchi Rhinos$2,800
Tarandeep Singh Sukhmanjit SinghRanchi Rhinos$2,800
Russell Ford Syed Kashif ShahPunjab Warriors$20,000Player released
Steven Edwards Rashid MehmoodMumbai Magicians$20,000Player released
Jason Wilson Fareed AhmedMumbai Magicians$20,000Player released
Glenn Simpson Imran ButtMumbai Magicians$15,000Player released
Tim Deavin Muhammad TousiqMumbai Magicians$15,000Player released
Bosco Pérez-Pla Muhammad IrfanRanchi Rhinos$15,000Player released
Dean Couzins Muhammad Rizwan Jr.Delhi Wave Riders$25,000Player released
Andy Hayward Muhammad Rizwan Jr.Delhi Wave Riders$25,000Player released

Unsold players

Following unsold players were added to the reserve pool :