90 of India’s best players to be part of Hockey India League Players’ Auction

NEW DELHI, September 12: All 16 members of the Indian team, which competed in the Olympic Games in London earlier this year, are among the 90 domestic players who have signed up for the Hockey India League Players Auction to be held next month in the run up to the prestigious six-team Hockey India League in January 2013.

Hockey India Secretary-General and HIL Chairman Dr Narinder Batra today said the cream of Indian hockey, including the 32 junior players who are receiving a stipend of Rs 10,000 a month, have signed up for the HIL Players Auction. “We are delighted that the top Indian players will be able to rub shoulders with the world’s best during the Hockey India League,” he said.

Bharat Chetri, who led India in the Olympics, and PR Sreejesh are among the goal-keepers while drag-flick exponents Sandeep Singh, VR Raghunath and Rupinder Pal Singh are among the 14 backs. India vice-captain Sardar Singh leads the list of 25 midfielders while SV Sunil, Shivendra Singh, Tushar Khandker and Gurvinder Singh Chandi are among the 41 forwards.

“We are pleased with the progress of HIL. Sahara India, Jaypee Group and Uniexcel Group have already taken up HIL Franchises for Lucknow, Punjab and Ranchi respectively. We will soon announce the remaining three franchisees. We have released a list of 14 Pakistan players who have agreed to be a part of the HIL Players’ Auction and will soon announce players from other top hockey playing nations,” Dr. Batra said.

“We are confident that Hockey India League will succeed in capturing the imagination of the sports lovers in India and overseas. The fact that FIH (International Hockey Federation) has earmarked a window for the League shows its importance. It has evoked enormous interest among players and coaches and promises to be a one-of-a-kind event.”

 Goalkeepers:

Bharat Chetri

PR Sreejesh

P Thirumala Rao

Nanak Singh

Keerthi Mallesh Gowda

Keshav Dutt

Sushant Tirkey

Naveen Kumar

Subodh Tirkey

Phirembam Bisham Singh

Defenders:

VR Raghunath

Rupinder Pal Singh

Sandeep Singh

Harbir Singh

Rahul Shilpkar

Chandan Singh

Gaganpreet Singh

Sukhmanjit Singh

Hans Raj

Gagandeep Singh

Amit Rohidas

Sampath Kumar Maylaram

Sumit Topno

Vikramjit Singh

Midfielders:

Sardar Singh

Gurbaj Singh

Danish Mujtaba

Birendra Lakra Jr.

Ignace Tirkey

Manpreet Singh

K Kothajit Singh

Bipin Kishor Kerketta

MB Aiyappa

Pradeep Mor

M Gunasekar

Amit Kumar Malik

Captain Singh

Jatinder Singh

Manish Bishnoi

Jarmanpreet Singh

Baljit Singh

Surender Kumar

Harjeet Singh

Rocky Lohchab

Suresh Toppo

Saroj Barla

Gurinder Singh

Nilakanta Sharma

Vikas Choudhary 

Forwards:

SV Sunil

Tushar Khandker

Shivendra Singh

Dharamvir Singh

Gurvinder Singh Chandi

SK Uthappa

Sarvanjit Singh

Nitin Thimmaiah

Pradhan Somanna

Chinglensana Singh

Prabhdeep Singh

Akashdeep Singh

Prabhjot Singh

Yuvraj Valmiki

Gurmail Singh

Ranjit Singh

Dilbag Singh

Mohit Singh Thakur

Naveen Antil

Talwinder Singh

Tarandeep Singh

Amon Mirash Tirkey

Parvinder Singh

Vinit Kamble

Vikas Choudhary

Stanli Victor Minz

Anup Valmiki

PL Thimmanna

Sukhdev Singh

Mandeep Singh

Malik Singh

Satbir Singh

Harsahib Singh

Vijay Thapa Amon

Lowrence

Munish Rana

Siddharth Shanker

Kiran Kumar Thockchom

KD Bidappa

Mikhail Barla

Arvind Kujur