Five things you need to know about HIL auction: Purse details, top hockey players in the fray, where to watch, and more

Hockey India confirmed earlier this period that the men’s league, which returns aft a 7-year hiatus, volition diagnostic 8 franchises, portion the women’s league – taking spot for the archetypal clip – volition diagnostic six teams. Initially, the program was for 4 women’s teams but that number went up erstwhile the league’s instrumentality was officially confirmed. It marks a important improvement for the women’s game. In India’s increasing scenery of sporting leagues, it is simply a marketplace lone precocious tapped by Women’s Premier League for cricket.

How volition the auction work?

The auction volition unfold implicit 3 days, with the men’s auction taking spot connected 13th and 14th October, followed by the women’s auction connected 15th October. Each franchise volition physique a 24-player squad, comprising 16 Indian players (including 4 inferior players) and 8 overseas players.

With Hockey India confirming that they person been fixed an exclusive planetary model during the past week of December and the archetypal week of February for the adjacent 10 years, apical planetary stars volition beryllium capable to enactment arsenic well.

What are the purse details?

Players are divided into 3 basal terms categories: Rs 2 lakh, Rs 5 lakh, and Rs 10 lakh, based connected the worth they selected for themselves. According to the league, implicit 1,000 players person registered wide with a breakdown of: 400+ home men’s players,150+ overseas men’s players, 250+ home women’s players, 70+ overseas women’s players.

The full purse for the men’s teams is Rs 4 crore each, portion for the women’s teams it is Rs 2 crore each. There is nary precocious bounds connected however overmuch an idiosyncratic subordinate could get astatine the auction but the purse headdress means teams can’t spend to splash excessively much.

All eyes volition beryllium connected Harmanpreet Singh, of course, who is highly similar to fetch the biggest bid. Vice Captain Hardik Singh, and stars similar Manpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh volition beryllium sought aft too. Former Indian hockey legends specified arsenic Rupinder Pal Singh, Birendra Lakra, and Dharamvir Singh person besides registered. Top planetary stars see Arthur van Doren, Alexander Hendrickx, Gonzalo Peillat, Jip Janssen, Thierry Brinkman, and Dayaan Cassiem volition adhd planetary endowment and flair to the men’s league.

Among the women, Savita Punia, Salima Tete, Vandana Katariya and Navneet Kaur volition beryllium among the apical billed stars. Delfina Merino, Charlotte Stapenhorst, Maria Granatto, Rachael Lynch, and Nike Lorenz volition beryllium apical planetary names disposable for recruitment.

Where to ticker the auction unfold?

The HIL auction volition beryllium live-streamed connected the recently launched Hockey India League YouTube channel. Apart from the stream, the auction volition besides beryllium broadcast unrecorded connected DD Sports successful India. On Sunday, the auction starts astatine 2 p.m. IST portion Monday and Tuesday’s events commencement astatine 9.30 am.

What astir the squad owners?

The cardinal facet of HIL’s instrumentality is the enactment that has been done implicit the past 2 years truthful arsenic to not repetition the mistakes from the erstwhile iteration wherever the league became unsustainable. A backstage steadfast was entrusted with laying down definite frameworks to marque definite determination is simply a absorption connected long-term.

Here are the owners we cognize truthful far. Two women’s squad owners and cities are yet to beryllium confirmed by Hockey India.

List of Men’s Franchises and their Owners

1.    Tamil Nadu Dragons (Chennai) – M & C Property Development Pvt Ltd
2.    UP Rudras (Lucknow) – Yadu Sports
3.    Soorma Hockey Club (Punjab) – JSW Sports
4.    Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers (West Bengal) – Shrachi Sports
5.    Delhi SG Vipers (Delhi) – SG Sports and Entertainment
6.    Kalinga Landers (Odisha) – Vedanta Limited
7.    Hyderabad Toofans (Hyderabad) – Resolute Sports
8.    Visakhapatnam (Name TBA) – Team Gonasika (Was primitively Ranchi with Navoyam)

List of Women’s Franchises and their Owners (confirmed truthful far)

1.    Soorma Hockey Club (Haryana) – JSW Sports
2.    Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers (West Bengal)– Shrachi Sports
3.    Delhi SG Vipers – SG Sports and Entertainment
4.    Odisha (Name TBA) – Navoyam Sports Ventures Private Limited