The Hockey India League conducted an auction for the men’s franchises for the 2024–25 season. On October 13th and 14th, franchise owners placed bids for their preferred stars to add them to their teams. All eight teams competed for a variety of national and international players during the auction. Surprisingly, for Hyderabad, Argentina’s defender Gonzalo Peillat turned out to be the most expensive buy for the 2024-25 season, The player was bought by the team for Rs 68 lakh.
Hyderabad Toofans full squad
Defenders: Gonzalo Peillat (Rs 68 lakh), Matthew Dawson (Rs 10 lakh), Arthur De Sloover (Rs 30 lakh), Devindar Sunil Valmiki (Rs 8 lakh), Amandeep Lakra (Rs 9 lakh), Sundaram Rajawat (Rs 2 lakh)
Midfielders: Nilakanta Sharma (Rs 34 lakh), Sumit (Rs 46 lakh), Zachary Wallace (Rs 26 lakh), Rahim Aakib Sayyed (Rs 2 lakh), Rajinder (Rs 23 lakh), Darshan Vibhav Gawkar (Rs 2 lakh)
Forwards: Shilanand Lakra (Rs 21 lakh), Timothy Daniel (Rs 28 lakh), Terrance Pieters (Rs 10 lakh), Arshdeep Singh (Rs. 11.5 lakh), Talwinder Singh (Rs 14.5 lakh)
Goalkeepers: Jean Paul Danneberg (Rs 27 lakh), Bikramjit Singh (Rs 6.2 lakh), Vikas Dahiya (Rs 2 lakh)
About Hockey India League 2024-25
The Hockey India League is returning after a seven-year break, featuring eight men’s teams and four women’s teams. This franchise-based league, inspired by cricket’s Indian Premier League (IPL), first launched in 2013, with the now-defunct Ranchi Rhinos claiming the inaugural championship by defeating the Delhi Waveriders in the final held in Ranchi.
The tournament continued to be hosted annually for the next four years, during which the Ranchi-based franchise, renamed Ranchi Rays, secured victory in the third season in 2015. The Waveriders won the second season after finishing as runners-up in 2014, while the Punjab Warriors and Kalinga Lancers triumphed in the 2016 and 2017 editions, respectively.
