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WPL 2023 Auction LIVE: Smriti Mandhana becomes most expensive player- Live Updates, Bids, Blog
Follow us for the LIVE UPDATES from 2023 WPL Auction.
87 players were picked by the 5 teams at the WPL auction on Monday (BCCI)
A total of 448 women cricketers will go under the auction hammer in the first-ever Women's Premier League auction at Jio World Convention Center, Mumbai on Monday.
Five teams will be bidding for these players- Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians, Gujarat Giants, UP Warriorz
Smriti Mandhana became the most expensive player of Women's Premier League with a 3.40 crore bid from Royal Challengers Bangalore. Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma and Renuka Singh were among Indians to cross the one-crore mark.
Australian all-rounder Ash Gardner and English all-rounder Nat Sciver-Burnt became the most expensive overseas players and will play for Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians respectively.
Stay tuned for all the live updates from the WPL 2023 Auction:
Live Updates
- 13 Feb 2023 9:16 AM GMT
Auctioneer Mallika Sagar takes the stage and we are ready to go.
It will be interesting to see who comes up first!
- 13 Feb 2023 9:09 AM GMT
Mithali Raj is sitting on the Gujarat Giants.
Is she looking at her former deputy Harmanpreet Kaur as the leader of Giants? We will know in some time.
- 13 Feb 2023 9:02 AM GMT
Here are the players who will go up in the 50 L category
The INR 50 Lakh base price players:
Indian players: Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Renuka Singh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Pooja Vastrakar, Richa Ghosh, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh
Overseas players: Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Meg Lanning, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Darcie Brown, Sophie Ecclestone, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt, Katherine Sciver-Brunt, Sophie Devine, Sinalo Jafta, Deandra Dottin, Loryn Phiri
- 13 Feb 2023 9:00 AM GMT
Here we go!
We are underway in Mumbai and it is going to be a rollercoaster ride for everyday.
- 13 Feb 2023 8:50 AM GMT
The officials and team members are walking in now.
We are just 10 minutes away from the auction and the teams are taking their places.
