Sardar emerges as costliest player in HIL

sardarNew Delhi: Former Indian skipper Bharat Chettri remained unsold at the Hockey India League’s auction here today.

The goalkeeper who was dropped from the team following India’s poor show at the London Olympics 2012 had a base price of $18,550 but did not find any buyer.

Meanwhile Sardar Singh became the costliest player in the league after he was brought for a whopping $78000 by the Delhi WaveRiders.

V R Raghunath was the second costliest player of the auction and was sold to Uttar Pradesh Wizards for a mammoth $76000 whose base price was kept at $13900.

Star drag-flicker Sandeep Singh who was one of the five marquee players was brought by Mumbai Magicians at his base price of $27800.

Custodian P R Sreejesh who had a base price of $13,900 was sold for $38000 to Mumbai Magicians.

By Indian Sports News Network