New Delhi: Auctions for the inaugural Women’s Premier League were held when women’s cricket is at the centre stage with ICC Women’s T20 World Cup around. The biggest league for women’s cricket is about to begin and the cricket fraternity has its eye on it. Smriti Mandhana was sold at the highest amount of Rs 3.4 crore to RCB.
Base Price: INR 50 Lakh
Goes to @RCBTweets: INR 3.40 Crore
How about that for the first-ever Player Bid in the history of the #WPLAuction! ? ? pic.twitter.com/TYo51Auiz4
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
A total of 409 cricketers were listed to go under the hammer in the auctions to fill 90 slots for five teams.
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Last player for the evening is Sahana Pawar and she is SOLD to @RCBTweets for INR 10 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Megan Schutt is back in the bid and she is SOLD to @RCBTweets for INR 40 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
All-rounder Ashwani Kumari is SOLD to @GujaratGiants for INR 35 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Dane van Niekerk is SOLD to @RCBTweets for INR 30 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Sneha Deepthi is SOLD to @DelhiCapitals for INR 30 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Young Hurley Gala from India is SOLD to @GujaratGiants for INR 10 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Jess Jonassen is SOLD to @DelhiCapitals for INR 50 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Poonam Yadav is SOLD to @DelhiCapitals for INR 30 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Sushma Verma is SOLD to @GujaratGiants for INR 60 Lakh #WPLAuction ??
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Wicket-keeper Taniyaa Bhatia is SOLD to @DelhiCapitals for INR 30 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
All-rounder Heather Knight is SOLD to @RCBTweets for INR 40 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
# Suzie Bates unsold!
Time for the last set of the #WPLAuction
First player on the list is all-rounder Hayley Matthews
She is SOLD to @mipaltan for INR 40 Lakh ?
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
# Purse left:
DC: 2.15 crore
Giants: 1.30 crore
MI: 1.30 crore
RCB 1.95 crore
Warriors 10 lakh
Tanuja Kanwer is SOLD to @GujaratGiants for INR 50 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Lauren Bell with a base price of INR 30 Lakh is sold for her base price to @UPWarriorz #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Dayalan Hemalatha is SOLD to @GujaratGiants for INR 30 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Amanjot Kaur is SOLD to INR 50 Lakh to @mipaltan #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
# Devika Vaidya sold for Rs 1.4 crore to UP Warriorz after a bidding war between Capitals and Warriorz.
Isabelle Wong is SOLD to @mipaltan at her base price of INR 30 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
# Katherine Brunt unsold!
Alice Capsey is SOLD to @DelhiCapitals at INR 75 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
All-rounder Grace Harris from Australia is SOLD to @UPWarriorz for INR 75 Lakh ??#WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Heather Graham is SOLD to @mipaltan at INR 30 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
# Kiran Nagvire and Sabbineni Meghana go for base price of Rs 30 lakh to UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants respectively.
# Accelerated auction about to begin.
# Indian U-19 World Cup winners: Parshavi Chopra sold for Rs 10 lakh to UP Warriorz, Titas Sadhu sold for Rs 25 lakh to DC and Shweta Sehrawat sold for Rs 40 lakh to UP Warriorz.
South Africa all-rounder Marizanne Kapp is SOLD to @DelhiCapitals for INR 1.50 Crore ??#WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Young Anjali Sarvani is next with a base price of INR 30 Lakh
She is SOLD to @UPWarriorz for INR 55 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
# Australia’s Alyssa Healy sold for Rs 70 lakh to UP Warriorz.
She is SOLD to @RCBTweets for INR 1.9 Crore
Congratulations Richa ??#WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
# In the wicketkeeper’s section Yastika Bhatia is sold for Rs 1.5 crore to MI.
Deandra Dottin will play for @GujaratGiants
She is SOLD for INR 60 Lakh ?#WPLAuction— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
UP Warriorz are out of the bid and Pooja Vastrakar is SOLD to @mipaltan for INR 1.9 Crore ?#WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
# Harleen Deol goes for base price of Rs 40 lakhs to Gujarat Giants.
# After Heather Knight, Sune Luus, Chamari Athapaththu and Dani Wyatt go unsold.
# U-19 World Cup winning captain Shafali Verma sold for Rs 2 crore to Delhi Capitals.
SHE IS SOLD TO DELHI CAPITALS for INR 1.10 Crore ??#WPLAuction | @DelhiCapitals
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
# India’s star batter Jemimah Rodrigues sold for Rs 2.2 crore to Delhi Capitals.
Mumbai Indians enter the bidding and they have the WINNING BID
Amelia is SOLD to @mipaltan for INR 1 Crore ??#WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
# Shabmin Ismail goes for Rs 1 cr to UP Warriorz.
Gujarat Giants have the winning bid for Beth Mooney ?
Selling price – INR 2 Crore #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Tahlia Mcgrath is sold to UP Warriorz for INR 1.4 Crore ?#WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
# Nat Sciver goes big! Sciver sold for Rs 3.2 crore to MI.
And, we have a winning bid ?
Renuka Singh is now SOLD to RCB for INR 1.5 Crore #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Wholesome content alert! ?? The first ever #WPL player @mandhana_smriti and her team-mates reacting to her signing with RCB ? pic.twitter.com/gzRLSllFl2
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) February 13, 2023
# India’s in-form all-rounder Deepti Sharma sold for Rs 2.6 crore to UP Warriorz.
England’s All-rounder Sophie Ecclestone goes under the hammer next with a base price of INR 50 Lakh
She is SOLD to UP Warriorz for INR 1.8 crore ??#WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Ellyse Perry will represent Royal Challengers Bangalore. She is SOLD for INR 1.7 crore#WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
# Ashleigh Gardner goes for Rs 3.2 crore to Gujarat Giants.
Australia’s all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner is up next with a base price of INR 50 Lakh #WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Sophie Devine is next and her bid is with Royal Challengers Bangalore
She is sold to RCB for INR 50 Lakh ?#WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
Harmanpreet Kaur’s current bid is INR 1.8 Crore and IT IS THE WINNING BID?
Harmanpreet Kaur will represent Mumbai Indians ?#WPLAuction
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
# Smriti becomes the first sold player in the history of WPL. She goes for a massive Rs 3.4 crore to RCB.
# MI and RCB battling for Smriti Mandhana.
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? Presenting the Women’s Premier League (WPL) Logo ? ?#WPLAuction pic.twitter.com/zHxTZ1Pc6z
— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 13, 2023
# First set to go under the hammer:
Sophie Devine
Sophie Ecclestone
Ashleigh Gardner
Harmanpreet Kaur
Smriti Mandhana
Hayley Matthews
Ellyse Perry
Insights, strategies, and excitement ? ?
As we inch closer ⏳ to the inaugural #WPLAuction, let’s hear it from the think tanks and owners of all the 5️⃣ franchises ? @wplt20 pic.twitter.com/9iKYa9SUwI
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) February 13, 2023
