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 16 December 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 (14 Indian and 10 overseas) 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. Marquee PlayersPlayerTeamBase PriceWinning Bid Sardar SinghDelhi Wave Riders$27,800$78,000 Sandeep SinghMumbai Magicians$27,800$64,400115% Jamie DwyerPunjab Warriors$25,000$78,200115% Moritz FürsteRanchi Rhinos$25,000$83,950115% Teun de NooijerUttar Pradesh Wizards$25,000$87,400115% 115% 115% of the top paid player of the team Sandeep Singh was bought by Mumbai Magicians at his base price ($27,800) 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 (115% of Jaap Stockmann with $68,000) and Moritz Fürste will earn $83,950 (115% of Ashley Jackson's $73,000). Dutchman Teun de Nooijer's annual purse is the highest of the league i.e. $87,400 (115% of V.R. Raghunath's winning bid of $76,000) whereas Sardar Singh's annual purse is the highest among Indian players ($78,000).
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 Player replaced.
2nd round After the main auction, the teams who had not completed their quota of 24 players (14 Indians and 10 overseas) 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.
Player Replaced Team Price Reason for replacement Tim Jenniskens Taeke Taekema Delhi Wave Riders $20,000 Back injury Lovedeep Singh Rahul Shikpkar Delhi Wave Riders $2,800 Knee injury Liam de Young Sergi Enrique Mumbai Magicians $25,000 Khadangbam Rinel Singh Amon Mirash Tirkey Ranchi Rhinos $2,800 Tarandeep Singh Sukhmanjit Singh Ranchi Rhinos $2,800 Russell Ford Syed Kashif Shah Punjab Warriors $20,000 Player released Steven Edwards Rashid Mehmood Mumbai Magicians $20,000 Player released Jason Wilson Fareed Ahmed Mumbai Magicians $20,000 Player released Glenn Simpson Imran Butt Mumbai Magicians $15,000 Player released Tim Deavin Muhammad Tousiq Mumbai Magicians $15,000 Player released Bosco Pérez-Pla Muhammad Irfan Ranchi Rhinos $15,000 Player released Dean Couzins Muhammad Rizwan Jr. Delhi Wave Riders $25,000 Player released Andy Hayward Muhammad Rizwan Jr. Delhi Wave Riders $25,000 Player released
Unsold players Following unsold players were added to the reserve pool (according to their base price):
$25,000 Oliver Korn Muhammad Imran Ramón Alegre Pol Amat $20,000 Phil Burrows $18,000 Nathan Burgers $15,000 Juan Manuel Vivaldi Tristan Clemons Francois Scheefer Muhammad Razie Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin Hugo Inglis Shea McAleese Abdul Haseem Khan Muhammad Waqas Mirosław Juszczak Clinton Panther Erasmus Pieterse Lloyd Madsen Xavier Trench $10,000 Azlan Misron Hamish McGregor Imran Shah Muhammad Umar Bhutta Michal Nowakowski Miguel Da Graca Rhett Halkett Thornton McDade $5,600 Mucketira Gannapathy Poonacha $5,000 Pedro Budeisky Tomas Kuhl Benjamin Read Ali Shan Oriol Fabregas Lewis Jon Valentine Prosser
$2,800 Anjum Tarik Dinesh Mann K. Laldintluanga Kalu Ram Keerthi Mallesh Gowda Nanak Singh Naveen Kumar Phirembam Bisham Singh R. Aravindan Shamsher Singh Kullar Subodh Tirkey Tariq Mohammad Tharun Thamanna Kalmadanda Abhijith B. Balin Boro Gaurav Chandrasen Bhonsle Birsu Bhengra Kabir Sharma R. Ashok Kumar Nadeem Uddin Mohan Muthanna Bollachanda Amit Kumar Malik Avtar Singh Mann Baljit Singh Captain Singh Deepak Aasanbhai Ramvani Dilbag Singh Suresh Kumar Ganeshan Gurpreet Singh Randhawa Jaskaran Singh Naocha Singh Konjengbam Laishram Laiba Loko Manish Bishnoi Prashant S. Paulsesu Saroj Barla Ramesh Setti Lowrance Kanchan Lochan Rajbhar Jatinder Singh Ratul Ansary Anil Xaxa S. Arumugam
$2,800 Prakash Singh Rawat K.D. Bidappa Dattesh Tulsidas Priolkar Deepak Kishor Ekka Harsahib Singh Keisham Hera Kiran Kumar Thockchom Joychandra Singh Lisham Lovepreet Singh Momi Manjinder Singh Manoj Singh Rawat Mohammed Riyazuddin Mikhail Barla Mohammed Iqbal Irshad Mirza Mohit Singh Thakur Muhammed Murthala P.K. Munish Rana N. Kamala Kannan Nitin Kumar Nandanoori Narad Dhaniram Bahadur Naveen Antil Ningombam Abung Dhamu Parthasarthy Pawan Singh Chauhan Prabhjot Singh Ravendra Shiv Kumar Rituraj Boro Sandeep Raju Sammeta Sanjeet Singh Chauhan Sarvjeet Singh Bhalru Sikander Pal Singh Vijay Indra Singh Thapa Vijay Thapa Vikas Choudhary Vinit Kamble
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