In WPLAuction 2023, more than three crores were rained on these players, see the list here
Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has created history in the auction held for the first season of the Women’s Premier League. Smriti Mandhana proved to be the most expensive player in the auction. Smriti Mandhana has been won by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as the highest bidder in their team. At the same time, Mumbai Indians were also continuously bidding to include Smriti in the team along with RCB. But in the bidding, RCB won the bet and bought it for Rs 3.40 crore ($410,000), beating Mumbai.
According to the information, the auction process for the first season is over. During this, five teams bid on a total of 87 players. Teams had to bid on a total of 90 players. The most expensive player in this auction was Smriti Mandhana, who was bought by RCB.
Nate Skriver Brunt sold for three million
Mumbai Indians have bought England’s Nat Sciver Brunt for more than three crores. Nate Sciver Brunt was bought for the highest amount of Rs 3.20 crore. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians included captain Harmanpreet Kaur in their team for a very cheap i.e. half the amount of Mandhana for Rs 1.80 crore. In the auction, 10 Indian players were successful in getting an amount of more than one crore rupees.
Money rained on them too
The country’s second highest selling player is all-rounder Deepti Sharma, who was bought by UP Warriors for Rs 2.6 crore. Young Shafali Verma, known for her fast batting, and Jemimah Rodrigues, who was the star of the World T20 match against Pakistan on Sunday, were bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 and 2.20 crore respectively.
All-rounders Pooja Vastrakar (Mumbai Indians) and Richa Ghosh (RCB) also got Rs 1.90 crore each. Jemima and Richa benefited greatly from their win against Pakistan on Sunday. Yastika Bhatia, who opened the innings with Shafali in the match against Pakistan, was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 1.50 crore while Renuka Singh was bought by RCB for the same amount. Devika Vaidya was roped in by UP Warriors for Rs 1.40 crore. The best deal for Delhi Capitals was the signing of one of the finest players in contemporary women’s cricket, Meg Lanning of Australia for Rs 1.10 crore.
RCB Director of Cricket Mike Hesson said during a media interaction after spending a lot of money to buy his favorite players, “Everyone knows Mandhana and Ellyse Perry (Rs 1.7 crore), we are looking to pick some players.” were committed to. We are very happy to have bought such wonderful players. The inclusion of Mandhana, Parry and Sophie Devine (Rs 50 lakhs) in the team was a dream result. He said, “Smriti has a lot of experience of captaincy and she is very familiar with the Indian conditions, so there is every possibility (that she will be the captain).”
Mandhana was watching the auction with her team. He said, “We have been watching the auction of male players as well. It is a big moment for women players to have an auction like this. This whole process is very rigorous. The legacy of RCB is huge and their fan base is huge too. Hopefully we can make a big team.
Dipti said, “We were waiting for this opportunity. I am from Uttar Pradesh so it is a great feeling to be selected for my state team. I would like to contribute as much as possible for UP Warriors. In the first round of the auction, Australia off-spin all-rounder Ashley Gardner was bought by Gautam Adani’s Gujarat Giants for Rs 3.20 crore ($386,000). Gardner and Nate Skriver were the highest paid overseas players.
Australia’s star all-rounder Ellyse Perry was sold for Rs 1.70 crore ($205,000) which was won by RCB. RCB roped in New Zealand captain Sophie Devine for a cheap ‘base price’ of Rs 50 lakh. UP Warriors spent Rs 1.80 crore to buy England left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone. Five of these potential captains are Mandhana (RCB), Harmanpreet (Mumbai Indians), Lanning (Delhi Capitals), Beth Mooney (Gujarat Giants) and Deepti Sharma (UP Warriors). Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu and South African batswoman Laura Wolvaardt are the other big names that went unsold. Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal was very happy with the players picked for his team during the auction and said that his plan was not to pick star players but to build a good team.
Apart from Rodrigues, Delhi Capitals also included U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup winners Shefali and Titas Sadhu (Rs 25 lakh) along with all-rounders Radha Yadav (Rs 40 lakh) and Shikha Pandey (Rs 60 lakh). He said, “The names that came in the auction initially got very high bids, so we backed out. But if you look at all the three auction rounds, we are happy with our selection. We have Jemima who has done very well and also Shefali who recently won the Under-19 World Cup. Jindal said, “We were looking to include all-rounders, bowlers, we were definitely building the team. When we came into the auction, we had a clear strategy that we would build a competitive squad of 15 players. We didn’t want star players, we wanted a good team. ,
Legendary India cricketer and mentor of Gujarat Giants, Mithali Raj said she is thrilled with the players her team has picked. Mithali said, “My team and I are thrilled that we have picked such an amazing team. We have selected the team considering all the departments and now we will start our preparation for the upcoming tournament.
