Hockey India League 2024-25
Ahead of the Hockey India League tournament opener today, here’s a look at all the eight teams, including the captains, full squad and players who pulled out from the tournament.
The Hockey India League makes its return following a seven-year hiatus. A total of eight teams in the men’s division and six teams in the women’s division have been set up as the HIL seems to be intent on rectifying the mistakes of the previous editions, which ultimately rendered the league unsustainable, and have consulted a private entity to ensure the layout of a sustainable model.
Ahead of the Hockey India League tournament opener today, here’s a look at all the eight teams, including the captains, full squad and players who pulled out from the tournament.
Delhi SG Pipers
Captain(s): Shamsher Singh and Jake Whetton.
Coach: Graham Reid.
Squad details:
Goalkeepers: Pawan, Adarsh G, Rennie Benjamin.
Defenders: Joginder Singh, Gareth Furlong, Rohit, Jarmanpreet Singh.
Midfielders: Shamsher Singh, Thokcho, Kingson Singh, Ankit Pal, Manjeet, Ky Willot, Lucas Toscani, Raj Kumar Pal, Jake Whetton.
Forwards: Tomas Domene, Iktidar Ishrat, Koji Yamasaki, Aaditya Lalage, Sumit Kumar, Dilraj Singh, Sourabh Anand Kushwaha.
Big names who pulled out: Tomas Santiago, Christopher Ruhr, Pau Clapes, Jorrit Croon, Nicolas de Kerpel and Flynn Ogilvie.
Hyderabad Toofans
Captain: Sumit.
Coach: Pasha Gademan.
Squad details:
Goalkeepers: Vikas Dahiya, Dominic Dixon, Bikramjit Singh.
Defenders: Akshay Ravindra Avhad, Mukul Sharma, Amandeep Lakra, Devindar Walmiki, Gonzalo Peillat, Arthur de Sloover, Jacob Anderson, Sundram Singh Rajawat.
Midfielders: Zach Wallace, Rajinder Singh, Darshan Vibhav Gawkar, Nic Woods, Rahim Aakib Sayyed, Maico Casella, Sumit, Nilakanta Sharma.
Forwards: Timothy Daniel, Shilanand Lakra, Rohit Singh Irengbam, Talwinder Singh, Arshdeep Singh.
Big names who pulled out: Jean-Paul Danneberg, Terrance Pieters and Matthew Dawson.
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers
Captain: Rupinder Pal Singh.
Coach: Colin Batch from Australia.
Squad details:
Goalkeepers: Atal Dev Singh Chahal, Jamie Carr, Ali Khan.
Defenders: Jasjit Singh Kular, Gauthier Boccard, Sebastien Dockier, Rupinder Pal Singh, Jugraj Singh.
Midfielders: Sean Findlay, Yogesh Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Pardeep Mor, Affan Yousuf, Tim Cross, Poovanna CB, Atul Deep, Pardeep Singh Sandhu, Thounaojam Ingalemba Luwang.
Forwards: Florent Van Aubel, Same Lane, Gursewak Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Abhishek.
Big names who pulled out: Pirmin Blaak, Tom Grambusch and Lachlan Sharp.
Soorma Hockey Club
Captain: Harmanpreet Singh.
Coach: Jeroen Baart.
Squad details:
Goalkeepers: Mohith HS, Vincent Vanasch, Jashandeep Singh.
Defenders: Gurinder Singh, Ashu Maurya, Pradip Mandal, Nicolas Della Torre, Jeremy Hayward, Sukhvinder, Harmanpreet Singh.
Midfielders: Vivek Sagar Prasad, Ankush, Victor Wegnez, Prabhjot Singh, Sunit Lakra, Harjeet Singh, Nicolas Poncelet.
Forwards: Nicolas Keenan, Boris Burkhardt, Harish Somappa Mutagar, Phil Roper, Pawan Rajbhar, Gurjant Singh, Maninder Singh.
Big names who pulled out: Jonas de Geus.
Tamil Nadu Dragons
Captain: Amit Rohidas.
Coach: Rein van Eijk.
Squad details:
Goalkeepers: David Harte, S Senthamizh Arasu, Prince Deep Singh.
Defenders: Jip Janssen, Prince Deep Singh, Kothajit Singh, Anand Lakra, GM Pruthvi, Moritz Ludwig, Y Anand, Amit Rohidas.
Midfielders: Chandan Yadav, Blake Govers, Thomas Sorsby, Shesha Gowda, M Dhilipan, J Arun, Tom Craig, Mohd. Raheel.
Forwards: Martin Zwicker, Abharan Sudev, Karthi Selvam, Ganesh Majji, Nathan Ephraums, Uttam Singh.
Big names who pulled out: Duco Telgenkamp, Thies Prinz.
Team Gonasika
Captain: Manpreet Singh.
Coach: Paul Revington.
Squad details:
Goalkeepers: Oliver Payne, Kamalbir Singh, Suraj Karkera.
Defenders: Tim Howard, Dipsan Tirkey, Sanjeep Nilam Xess, Birendra Lakra, Anmol Ekka, Yogember Rawat, Amir Ali.
Midfielders: Jacob Draper, Yashdeep Siwach, Jack Waller, Timothee Clement, Lee Mortan, Vishnukant Singh, SK Uthappa, Manpreet Singh.
Forwards: Nikkin Thimmaiah, SV Sunil, Struan Walker, Victor Charlet, Araijeet Singh Hundal, Mandeep Singh.
Big names who pulled out: Jeroen Hertzberger, Tom Boon and Mustapha Cassiem.
UP Rudras
Captain: Hardik Singh.
Coach: Paul van Ass.
Squad details:
Goalkeepers: Pankaj Kumar Rajak, James Mazarello, Prashant Kumar Chauhan.
Defenders: James Albery, Lars Balk, Surender Kumar, Sunil Jojo, Kane Russell, Prashant Barla, Shardanand Tiwari, Priyobarta Talem.
Midfielders: Manmeet Singh, Jobanpreet Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Rafael Vilallonga, Floris Wortelboer, Hardik Singh, Akashdeep Singh.
Forwards: Sudeep Chirmako, Sam Ward, Tanguy Cosyns, Mohd. Zaid Khan, Gurjot Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay.
Big names who pulled out: Seve van Ass, Marc Recasens and Alvaro Iglesias.
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Vedanta Kalinga Lancers
Captain: Aran Zaleswski.
Coach: Valentin Altenburg.
Squad details:
Goalkeepers: Sahil Kumar Nayak, Toby Reynolds-Cotterill, Krishan Bahadur Pathak.
Defenders: Sushil Dhanwar, Antoine Kina, Partap Lakra, Arthur Van Doren, Enrique Gonzalez, Rohit Kullu, Alexander Hendricxx, Mandeep Mor, Sanjay.
Midfielders: Aran Zalewski, Rosan Kujur, Rabichandra Moirangthem, Nicholas Bandurak, Mukesh Toppo.
Forwards: Roshan Minz, Gursahibjit Singh, Angad Bir Singh, Deepak Pradhan, Thierry Brinkmann, Dilpreet Singh, Boby Singh Dhami.
Big names who pulled out: No foreigners have pulled out.
