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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 8:28 AM GMT
A quick look at auction rules for every team:
Auction purse: Rs. 12 Crore
Minimum Spend: Rs. 9 Crore
Maximum number of players: 18
Minimum number of players: 15
Maximum overseas players: 6
- 13 Feb 2023 8:20 AM GMT
Smriti Mandhana and Ellyse Perry most expensive players
Indian cricketer Veda Krishnamurthy has picked Smriti Mandhana and Ellyse Perry as most expensive picks in the auction.
- 13 Feb 2023 8:14 AM GMT
We will have an open approach in auctions: Jonathan Batty, Delhi Capitals
Head coach of Delhi Capitals, Jonathan Batty says that they will come with an open approach to auctions and will look to build a squad as strong as possible.
- 13 Feb 2023 8:09 AM GMT
We are going for all-rounder: Mike Hesson, RCB
Mike Hesson believes having multi skill set players is going to be key for the WPL and Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to have a team mixed of youth and experience.
- 13 Feb 2023 7:31 AM GMT
Five Teams will be going in the auction for all the players.
- Delhi Capitals
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Mumbai Indians
- Gujarat Giants
- UP Warriorz
