2014 Hockey India League Players' Auction or HIL Closed Bid was the mini auction/closed bid of players for the second season of the professional field hockey tournament, Hockey India League. The auction took place on 22 November at Lalit Hotel in New Delhi.[1]
A total of 154 players were auctioned out of which 95 were Indian players and 59 were foreign players from 14 countries. The base price for the players varied from 2,600 to 25,000. The salary cap available to each franchise for the auction was increased from 650,000 (4 crores) to 725,000 (4.46 crores) as per the requests of the franchises.[2] The players were signed for the term of two years.[3] [4] During the closed bid, Kalinga Lancers, the new franchise of the Hockey India League, bought its 24 players while rest of the five franchises bought players due to the permanent withdrawals to complete their squads.[1]
Transfer window for second season of HIL was open from 19 August to 30 September.[5]
| Player | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sandeep Singh | Mumbai Magicians | Punjab Warriors | |
| Satbir Singh | Mumbai Magicians | Punjab Warriors |
| +Permanent withdrawals | ||
| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
 Andrew Hayward | Delhi Waveriders | |
| Anup Valmiki | Mumbai Magicians | |
| Dean Couzins | Delhi Waveriders | |
| Jonny Jasrotia | Mumbai Magicians | |
| Gagandeep Singh | Mumbai Magicians | |
| Hans Raj | Delhi Waveriders | |
| Keshav Dutt | Punjab Warriors | |
 Liam de Young | Mumbai Magicians | |
| Nilakanta Sharma | Punjab Warriors | |
| Oskar Deecke | Delhi Waveriders | |
| P.L. Thimmanna | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | |
| P.T. Rao | Mumbai Magicians | |
| Pradhan Somanna | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | |
| Sanjay Kumar Bir | Mumbai Magicians | |
| Sukhdev Singh | Punjab Warriors | |
| Ranjit Singh | Punjab Warriors | |
| Rocky Lohchab | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | |
 Roger Padrós | Punjab Warriors | |
| Tim Jenniskens | Delhi Waveriders | |
| Vivek Dhar | Uttar Pradesh Wizards |
| +Players released | ||
| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Glenn Simpson | Mumbai Magicians | |
| Jason Wilson | Mumbai Magicians | |
| Khadangbam Rinel Singh | Ranchi Rhinos | |
| Lovedeep Singh | Delhi Waveriders | |
| Russell Ford | Punjab Warriors | |
| Steven Edwards | Mumbai Magicians | |
| Tarandeep Singh | Ranchi Rhinos |
Following is the list of players bought in the auction:
| Player | Team | Base Price | Winning Bid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranchi Rhinos | $25,000 | $53,000 | |
| Kalinga Lancers | $25,000 | $55,000 | |
| Kalinga Lancers | $25,000 | $50,000 | |
| Ryan Archibald | Kalinga Lancers | $25,000 | $71,000 |
| Delhi Waveriders | $20,000 | $41,000 | |
| Kalinga Lancers | $20,000 | $49,000 | |
| Kalinga Lancers | $20,000 | $35,000 | |
| Mumbai Magicians | $20,000 | $26,000 | |
| Delhi Waveriders | $20,000 | $26,000 | |
| Mumbai Magicians | $20,000 | $59,000 | |
| Punjab Warriors | $18,500 | $19,000 | |
| Adam Dixon | Mumbai Magicians | $18,000 | $41,000 |
| Kalinga Lancers | $15,000 | $33,000 | |
| Punjab Warriors | $15,000 | $19,000 | |
| Kalinga Lancers | $15,000 | $38,000 | |
| Kalinga Lancers | $15,000 | $20,000 | |
| Tristan White | Delhi Waveriders | $15,000 | $27,000 |
| Kalinga Lancers | $14,000 | $41,000 | |
| Bharat Chikara | Mumbai Magicians | $12,000 | $32,000 |
| Kalinga Lancers | $12,000 | $25,000 | |
| Mumbai Magicians | $11,200 | $46,000 | |
| Kalinga Lancers | $10,000 | $28,000 | |
| David Harte | Mumbai Magicians | $10,000 | $11,000 |
| Mandeep Antil | Kalinga Lancers | $6,900 | $11,000 |
| Vikas Sharma | Kalinga Lancers | $6,900 | $15,000 |
| V.S. Vinaya | Mumbai Magicians | $6,000 | $40,000 |
| Ravipal Singh | Mumbai Magicians | $5,200 | $40,000 |
| Vikram Kanth | Kalinga Lancers | $5,200 | $8,000 |
| Delhi Waveriders | $5,000 | $18,000 | |
| Affan Yousuf | Punjab Warriors | $2,600 | $35,000 |
| Armaan Qureshi | Delhi Waveriders | $2,600 | $6,000 |
| David Minz | Kalinga Lancers | $2,600 | $6,000 |
| Devinder Walmiki | Kalinga Lancers | $2,600 | $15,000 |
| Dipsan Tirkey | Kalinga Lancers | $2,600 | $6,000 |
| Gagandeep Singh | Mumbai Magicians | $2,600 | $3,500 |
| Gagandeep Singh Banwait | Kalinga Lancers | $2,600 | $11,000 |
| Gurjinder Singh | Mumbai Magicians | $2,600 | $56,000 |
| Harjot Singh | Kalinga Lancers | $2,600 | $12,000 |
| Harmanpreet Singh Bal | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $2,600 | $3,000 |
| Jasbir Singh | Kalinga Lancers | $2,600 | $15,000 |
| Jasjit Singh Kular | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $2,600 | $3,000 |
| Karamjit Singh | Punjab Warriors | $2,600 | $3,500 |
| Lalit Kumar Upadhyay | Kalinga Lancers | $2,600 | $14,000 |
| Manjeet Kullu | Kalinga Lancers | $2,600 | $12,000 |
| Mohammed Amir Khan | Kalinga Lancers | $2,600 | $10,000 |
| Mohammed Nizamuddin | Kalinga Lancers | $2,600 | $10,000 |
| Nikkin Thimmaiah | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $2,600 | $59,000 |
| Ramandeep Singh | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | $2,600 | $81,000 |
| Vikas Pillay | Mumbai Magicians | $2,600 | $30,000 |
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 | Reason for replacement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Salles Esteve | Fergus Kavanagh | Ranchi Rhinos | ||
| Eduard Arbós | Nicholas Wilson | Ranchi Rhinos | Injury[6] | |
| Hamish McGregor | Pirmin Blaak | Delhi Waveriders | [7] | |
| Rajpal Singh | Gurwinder Singh Chandi | Delhi Waveriders | Ankle injury[8] | |
| Gurpreet Singh Guri | Vikramjit Singh | Delhi Waveriders | ||
| Hugo Inglis | Jeroen Hertzberger | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | ||
| Iain Lewers | Marcel Balkestein | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | ||
| Shea McAleese | Wouter Jolie | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | ||
| Mark Gleghorne | Matthew Swann | Mumbai Magicians | ||
| Razie Rahim | Matthew Butturini | Mumbai Magicians | ||
| Arjun Halappa | Rahul Shilpkar | Delhi Waveriders | ||
| Vikram Vishnu Pillay | Bipin Kishor Kerketta | Delhi Waveriders | ||
| Varun Kumar | Ignace Tirkey | Punjab Warriors |
Following unsold players were added to the reserve pool (according to their base price):
Filip Neusser Gabriel Dabanch Deepak Thakur Didar Singh Syed Muhammad Zaheer Arun Panchia
Jagdish Singh Gill Mark Pearson
Satiago Miguel Montelli Guido Martin Barreiros Lopez Inderjeet Singh Baljit Singh Ajmer Singh Prabhdeep Singh Powar
Ignacio Jose Manes Ignacio Santiago Salas Juan Tubio Marcos Tubio Martin Zalatel Pedro Budeisky Abhinav Kumar Pandey Aiyappa Ranjan Paradanda Anand Lakra Arumugam Subramani Arun Rawat Baljit Singh Biddappa K.D. Birsu Bhengra Captain Singh Dayananda Singh Chanamthabam Deepak Kishor Ekka Gurpreet Singh Gurvinder Singh Harmandeep Singh Harmanpreet Singh Harpreet Singh Jagdeep Dayal Jaspreet Singh Rehal Jitender Saroha Joga Singh Lovedeep Singh Lovepreet Singh Manish Bishnoi Manikanta Venkatesshwarlu Manish Sharma Manish Yadav Manjinder Singh Boparai Mohammed Riyazuddin Mohan Muthanna Bollachanda Mohit Singh Thakur Mucketira Gannapathy Poonacha Muddappa Kariappa Maletira Nadeem Uddin Nanak Singh Narinder Pal Singh Dhillon Naveen Antil Naveen Kumar Prasad Nikhil Saroha Owais Ahmed Prabhjot Singh Jr, Pradeep Raj Kumar Raju Pal Rana Pratap Rinel Singh Khadangbam Sagar Harale Sandeep Kumar Singh Sanjay Paswan Sanjib Dung Dung Sarin Edavakath Simranjit Singh Chahal Subodh Tirkey Sumit Chauhan Tarandeep Singh Vikas Choudhary