Forwards were the flavour of the 2015 HIL auction with
Kalinga Lancers breaking the $100,000 barrier in shelling out a tournament record $105,000 for Germany's Mortiz Fuerste, significantly higher than the costliest Indian player
Akashdeep Singh at $84,000.
Indian national team captain
Sardar Singh turned out to be damp squib as he bagged just $58,000, even as Germany's
Moritz Fuerste drew the highest ever bid in the history of
Hockey India League auctions after he was bought by Kalinga Lancers for a whopping $1,05,000.
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