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WPL 2023 Auction LIVE: Smriti Mandhana becomes most expensive player- Live Updates, Bids, Blog
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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 12:54 PM GMT
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.
- 13 Feb 2023 12:36 PM GMT
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
- 13 Feb 2023 12:11 PM GMT
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
- 13 Feb 2023 12:05 PM GMT
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.
