2013 Hockey India League players' auction for an Indian player was 2,800 and for overseas player was 5,000 under which franchise owners could not bid. The franchise owners made silent bids for each of the five marquee players before the actual auction begun. Hockey India then revealed which marquee player will lead which franchise based on the maximum bids by all the owners. Each team's marquee player got a contract worth at least 115 per cent of the highest successful bid for a player of that team in the auction if the silent bid is not worth more than this amount. Sandeep Singh was bought by
Sandeep Tomar Sandeep Tomar Sandeep Tomar (born in Malakpur village, Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian male wrestler who competes in the men's freestyle 55 kg category. Sandeep Tomar on 24 April 2016, secured an Olympic quota place for India in the men's 57 kg freestyle category with a bronze medal finish on the final day of the 1st World Olympic Qualifying tournament, Mongolia, defeating Ukrainian wrestler Andriy Yatsenko with a dominating 11-0 show. He became the fourth Indian wrestler after Yogeshwar Dutt (men's 65 kg freestyle), Narsingh Yadav (men's 74 kg freestyle), and Hardeep Singh (Greco-Roman 98 kg) to book