WPL 2023 Auction LIVE: Smriti Mandhana becomes most expensive player- Live Updates, Bids, Blog

South Africa skipper Sune Luus is UNSOLD.

Annbel Sutherland is sold to Gujarat Giants for 70 Lakhs.

SURPRISE- Heather Knight is UNSOLD.

We are back and Heather Knight is the first one to go.

Highlights from the Session 2:

• Delhi Capitals goes all in for the youth power and snaps Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma for a combined price of 4.2 crore.
• English all-rounder attracts big bid and is snapped by MI for 3.2 crore.

Purses left for all the franchises:

Delhi Capitals- 6.7 Crore

Gujarat Giants- 6.2 Crore

Mumbai Indians- 6 Crore

Royal Challengers Bangalore- 4.9 Crore

UP Warriorz- 5.2 Crore

"It is dream come true as I have seen the men's auction so many times", says Smriti Mandhana.

Indian batter Smriti Mandhana is excited to play for the franchise from Karnataka.

Here are how the squads shape up:

Delhi Capitals: Jemimah Rodrigues, Meg Lanning, Shafali Verma

Gujarat Giants: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Sophia Dunkley

UP Warriorz: Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma, Tahlia McGrath, Shabnim Ismail

Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur, Natalie Sciver, Amelia Kerr

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Renuka Singh Thakur

All the trades done in this session are here:

Deepti Sharma- UP Warriorz- 2.6 Crore

Renuka Singh- Royal Challengers Bangalore- 1.5 Crore

Nat Sciver-Brunt- Mumbai Indians- 3.2 Crore

Tahlia McGrath- UP Warriorz- 1.4 Crore

Beth Mooney- Gujarat Giants- 2 Crore

Shabnim Ismail- UP Warriorz- 1 Crore

Sophia Dunkley- Gujarat Giants- 60 Lakh

Jemimah Rodrigues- Delhi Capitals- 2.2 Crore

Meg Lanning- Delhi Capitals- 1.1 Crore

Shafali Verma- Delhi Capitals- 2 Crore

Amelia Kerr- Mumbai Indians- 1 Crore

Suzie Bates- Unsold

Tammy Beaumont- Unsold

Tazmin Brits- Unsold

Laura Wolvaardt- Unsold

10-minute break after a intense session of bidding.