The auction of Hockey India League, which is returning after seven years, was a blast. Bidding started for Indian players on the first day of the auction in which the names of Indian team captain aka Sarpanch Saheb, vice-captain Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh were included. As expected, Harmanpreet Singh became the best selling player on the first day. Apart from this, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar and Manpreet Singh were also sold. Many teams bid for Harmanpreet Singh. Hyderabad Tufa made continuous bids to take Harmanpreet Singh with them. Apart from this, Delhi and Punjab Surma also showed great interest in buying Harmanpreet. However, in the end Punjab Surma included Harmanpreet in their team by spending Rs 78 lakh. Sardar Singh made the final bid for this. Harmanpreet has become the most expensive player of this league so far.
Hardik Singh got 70 lakhs
Before Harmanpreet Singh, Hardik Singh became the most expensive player. Many teams also bid for Hardik. Hardik was the first player for whom the bid crossed Rs 50 lakh. There was a long battle for Hardik between Delhi's SG Pipers and UP Rudras and many other teams also joined the bidding. Ultimately the UP team bought him for their team for 70 lakhs.
After many bids, Abhishek went to Bengal team for 72 lakhs.
After Harmanpreet Singh, Abhishek went to Bengal Tigers. Many teams bid for that too. Abhishek was the third player whose bid crossed Rs 50 lakh. Abhishek was bought by Bengal Tigers for Rs 72 lakh.