Hil men

Shrachi Sports Endeavour Private Limited: The much-anticipated revival of the Hockey India League is set to take off with the men’s auction in New Delhi on Sunday. 400 domestic and over 150 overseas men’s players have registered to stand a chance to feature in one of the eight men’s teams when the Hockey India League kicks off in Rourkela later this year.

Each team will have a purse of Rs 4 crore to pick players that have been categorised under three base price slabs: Rs 2 lakh, Rs 5 lakh and Rs 10 lakh over the next two days.

The auction will feature stars like Harmanpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh Mandeep Singh, Sanjay, Jugraj Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Gurjant Singh, Abhishek, Krishan B Pathak, Sumit, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Shamsher Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Nilakanta Sharma and many more Indian regulars. Adding to the excitement, former Indian hockey legends such as Rupinder Pal Singh, Birendra Lakra, and Dharamvir Singh have also registered.