Hockey India League Player Auction LIVE Updates, Day 2: Lot 2 Underway, Victor Wegnez Sold To Soorma For 40L

Akash Soreng: Unsold

Gurmail Singh: Unsold

Dipsan Tirkey: Team Gonasika for 6.6 lakh

Anand Y: Tamil Nadu Dragons for 5 lakh

 Sunil Walmiki: Hyderabad Toofans for 8 lakh

Amit Shivram Godwa: Unsold

Gurjinder Singh: Unsold

Anand Lakra: Tamil Nadu Dragons for 5 lakh

Dipak: Unsold

Anmol Ekka: Team Gonasika for 9.2 lakh 

The last set of players belonging to base price of INR 10 lakh have gone under the hammer. Here's how they fared:

Lee Moton (SCO): Team Gonasika for 10 lakh

Gerard Clapes (ESP): Unsold

Jack Waller (GBR): Team Gonasika for 10 lakh

Joaquin Toscani (ARG): Unsold

Jake Whetton (AUS): Unsold

Pepe Clapes (ESP): Unsold

Nic Woods (NZ): Unsold

Martin Zwicker (GER): Unsold

Seve Van Ass (NED): UP Rudras for 10 lakh

Mats Grambusch (GER): Unsold

Sean Findlay (NZ): Rarh Bengal Tigers for 10 lakh

Lucas Toscani (ARG): Unsold

Maico Casella (ARG): Unsold

Phillip Roper (ENG): Unsold

Paul-Philipp Kaufmann (GER): Unsold

Arthur De Sloover (BEL): Hyderabad Toofans for 30 lakh

Daragh Walsh (IRE): Unsold

Alexander Hendrickx (BEL): Kalinga Lancers for 23 lakh

Blair Tarrant (NZ): Unsold

Arthur van Doren (BEL): Kalinga Lancers for 32 lakh

Antoine Kina (BEL): Kalinga Lancers for 16 lakh

Federico Monja (ARG): Unsold

Gaspard Xavier (FRA): Unsold

Conor Harte (IRE): Unsold

Lopez-Alonso Alvaro (ESP): Unsold

Joaquin Menini (ESP): Unsold

Jonas De Geus (NED): Soorma Hockey Club for 11 lakh

Jake Harvie (AUS): Unsold

Govers Blake (AUS): Tamil Nadu Dragons for 27 lakh

Jorrit Croon (NED): Delhi SG Pipers for 10 lakh

Joshua Beltz (AUS): Unsold

With German defender Moritz Ludwig being sold to Tamil Nadu Dragons for 10 lakh, we are back to Lot 1 of overseas midfielders:

Dylan Martin (AUS): Unsold

Borja Lacalle (ESP): Unsold

Floris Wortelboer (NED): UP Rudras for 27 lakh

Christopher Ruhr (GER): Delhi SG Pipers for 18 lakh

Eddie Ockenden (AUS): Unsold

Emmanuel Stockbroekx (BEL): Unsold

Enrique Gonzalez (ESP): Kalinga Lancers for 10 lakh

Agustin Bugallo (ARG): Unsold

Flynn Ogilvie (AUS): Delhi SG Pipers for 10 lakh

Raphael Hartkopf (ESP): Unsold

Sam Lane (NZ): Rarh Bengal Tigers for 27 lakh

Nicolas De Kerpel (BEL): Delhi SG Pipers for 10 lakh

Liam Ansell (GBR): Unsold

Sam Ward (GBR): Unsold

Nathan Ephraums (AUS):  Tamil Nadu Dragons for 17 lakh

Koji Yamasaki (JPN): Unsold

Sebastien Dockier (BEL): Unsold

Jose Basterra (ESP): Unsold

Here's how the remaining overseas forwards in Lot 4 went:

Tom Boon (BEL): Team Gonasika for 26 lakh

Tanguy Cosyns (BEL): UP Rudras for 10 lakh

Terrance Pieters (NED): Hyderabad Toofans for 10 lakh

And it is time now for Lot 3 of foreign defenders:

Timothy Howard (AUS): Team Gonasika for 20 lakh

Victor Lockwood: Unsold

Pau Clapes (ESP): Delhi SG Pipers for 10 lakh

Puglisi Joaquin (ARG): Unsold

Mathew Dawson (AUS): Hyderabad Toofans for 10 lakh

Tom Grambusch (GER): Rarh Bengal Tigers for 10 lakh

Nicolas Della Torre (ARG): Soorma Hockey Club for 14 lakh

Marc Recasens (ESP): UP Rudras for 15 lakh

Corey Weyer (AUS): Unsold

This is how the remaining Indian midfielders fared:

Manjeet Singh: Unsold

Simranjeet Singh: UP Rudras for 10 lakh

Vishnukant Singh: Team Gonasika for 20 lakh

Rahul: Unsold

Ankit Pal: Delhi SG Pipers for 20 lakh

And post that, the floor opens up for international forwards:

Tomothy Daniel (AUS): Hyderabad Toofans for 29 lakh

Thierry Brinkman (NED): Kalinga Lancers for 38 lakh

Tomas Domene (ARG): Delhi SG Pipers for 36 lakh

Tom Wickham (AUS): Unsold

Tevin Kok (RSA): Unsold

Australia's Aran Zalewski goes to Kalinga Lancers for 27 lakh, while his compatriot Tom Craig is bought by Tamil Nadu Dragons for 20 lakh. And with that, the action moves to Indian midfielders. Akashdeep Singh is sold to UP Rudras for 20 lakh, Mohd. Raheel Mouseen heads to Tamil Nadu Dragons for 26 lakh, while Ashis Kumar Topno goes unsold. Jaskaran Singh is then sold to the Rarh Bengal Tigers for 13.5 lakh and Dharamvir Singh finds no takers. Bids unfolding thick and fast here as 23-year-old Indian midfielder Moringthem Rabichandra is snapped up by Kalinga Lancers for 32 lakh.

Belgian midfielder Victor Wegnez is acquired by Soorma Hockey Club for INR 40 lakh. Before him, Timothy Cross of Ireland, Spain's Rafael Vilallonga and Thomas Habif of Argentina all go unsold.

And the second day action begins with Lot 4, comprising international midfielders. Australia's Lachlan Sharp goes to Rarh Bengal Tigers for INR 18 lakh, Germany's Thies Prinz is sold to Tamil Nadu Dragons for 18 lakh and Great Britain’s Zachary Wallace is bought by Hyderabad Toofans for 26 lakh. Thomas Sorsby of Great Britain then goes unsold, while Australia's Willott Ky is bought by Delhi SG Pipers for 10.5 lakh.

In all, 54 players were sold yesterday, which means 138 slots will be filled today. Players are divided into three base price categories: INR 2 lakh, INR 5 lakh and INR 10 lakh based on the value they selected for themselves. With more than 550 men having registered for the auction, expect cut-throat bidding for the remaining slots on offer.

The day 2 of HIL auction begins shortly, at 10am IST. It will be broadcast on DD Sports as well as Hockey India League's newly-launched YouTube channel. The men's auction will conclude today, followed by the women's player auction on Tuesday.

Here are the top five buys from Day 1. Three Indians and two Europeans on the list.

• Harmanpreet Singh (IND) - Soorma Hockey Club - Rs 78 lakh.

• Abhishek (IND) - Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers - Rs 72 lakh.

• Hardik Singh (IND) - UP Rudras - Rs 70 lakh.

• Gonzalo Peillat (GER) - Hyderabad Toofans - Rs 68 lakh.

• Jip Janssen (NED) - Tamil Nadu Dragons - Rs 54 lakh.

Indian skipper Harmanpreet Singh stole the show on Day 1 with Punjab's Soorma Hockey Club signing him up for a massive sum of Rs 78 lakhs, the highest so far in auction and that too by some distance.

Hello and welcome to the second day of the Hockey India League 2024-25 player auction.