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

We are back again and we start with Sneha Deepthi

Here is how Indian team reacted to their skipper being picked up:

Talking points before accelerated phase:

• Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians are with least players and they will need to fill their teams now.
• Delhi Capitals have the highest purse with Rs 3.95 Crore and they have 11 slots to fill.
• Gujarat Giants have only one overseas slot left now.
• We are yet to witness any associate nation player in the auction.

Shweta Sehrawat is most expensive uncapped player.

Read about her: U19 WC star Shweta Sehrawat most expensive uncapped player at WPL Auction

Here is how the purse and player slots looks like for the teams:

Delhi Capitals- 3.95 Crore- 7 Players

Gujarat Giants- 3.75 Crore- 7 Players

Mumbai Indians- 2.6 Crore- 5 Players

Royal Challengers Bangalore- 3 Crore- 5 Players

UP Warriorz- 2.95 Crore- 10 Players

Squads before accelerated auction:

Delhi Capitals: Jemimah Rodrigues, Meg Lanning, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Marizanne Kapp, Titas Sadhu

Gujarat Giants: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Sophia Dunkley, Annabel Sutherland, Harleen Deol, Deandra Dottin, Sneh Rana

UP Warriorz: Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma, Tahlia McGrath, Shabnim Ismail, Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Parshavi Chopra, Shweta Sehrawat, S. Yashasri

Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur, Natalie Sciver, Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia

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

We will have a 45 minutes break.

The auction will move to accelerated phase and all the teams have been asked to submit a list of 15 players.

S Yashasri goes to UP Warriorz and Hurley Gala is UNSOLD.

Sonam Yadav, Shabnam Shakil and Falak Naz are UNSOLD.

Another set of Emerging players and Najla CMC is unsold.