India, Sept. 24 -- Skipper Hardik Singh and Co endured two uncertain nights after UP Rudras pulled out of the Hockey India League (HIL) on Monday citing financial unsustainability. Players of the Lucknow-based team had several questions - will they get to play the second season of HIL 2.0? Will they be put in the mini auction pool? Will they be paid the fee promised to them?

All those queries were answered on Wednesday after Hockey India (HI) announced that the HIL governing council will take over the operations of the team for HIL 2026 unless Hockey India (HI) finds a new franchise owner.

"The governing council will manage and run the new team's affairs until a new franchise owner comes forward. The council remains open to discussions ...