Most of the big players have bid on the first day of the Women’s Premier League 2023 auction going on in Mumbai today. At the time of writing the article, a total of 40 players out of 409 selected players were bid in the auction and 48 players did not find any buyer.
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India’s star batter Smriti Mandhana has become the costliest player in the first edition of wpl so far, she has been included in their team by Royal Challenge Bangalore with a bid of 3.4 crores.
In today’s auction, Royal Challenge Bangalore and Mumbai Indians bought 6-6 players, Gujarat Giants 9, UP Warriors 12 and Delhi Capitals bought a total of 7 players and included them in their respective teams.
Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner and England’s all-rounder Nat Sciver Brunt, who have jointly become the second most expensive player and the most expensive overseas player in WPL 2023. The both players were bid for 3.2 crores each and bought by Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians respectively.
India’s Deepti Sharma has been bought by UP Warriors for 2.60 crores, Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma by Delhi Capitals for 2.2 crores and 2.0 crores respectively.
Although Indian team captain Harmanpreet Kaur got a much lower price than all these players, she was bought by Mumbai Indians for 1.8 crores.
Women’s Premier League 2023 Auction: Full list of Sold Players
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Smriti Mandhana – Rs. 3.4cr
Sophie Devine (NZ) – Rs. 50L
Ellyse Perry (AUS) – Rs. 1.7cr
Renuka Singh – Rs. 1.5cr
Richa Ghosh – Rs. 1.9cr
Erin Burns (AUS) – Rs. 30L
UP Warriors
Sophie Ecclestone (ENG)- Rs. 1.8cr
Deepti Sharma – Rs. 2.6cr
Tahlia McGrath (AUS) – Rs. 1.4cr
Shabnim Ismail (SA) – Rs. 1cr
Alyssa Healy (AUS) – Rs. 70L
Anjali Sarvani – Rs. 55L
Rajeshwari Gayakwad – Rs. 40L
Parshavi Chopra – Rs. 10L
Shweta Sehrawat – Rs. 40L
S. Yashasvi – Rs. 10L
Kiran Navgire – Rs. 30L
Mumbai Indians
Harmanpreet Kaur – Rs. 1.8cr
Nat Sciver-Brunt (ENG) – Rs. 3.2cr
Amelia Kerr (NZ) – Rs. 1cr
Pooja Vastrakar – Rs. 1.9cr
Heather Graham (AUS) – Rs. 30L
Issy Wong Rs. 30L
Delhi Capitals
Jemimah Rodrigues – Rs. 2.2cr
Meg Lanning (AUS) – Rs. 1.1cr
Shafali Verma – Rs. 2cr
Radha Yadav – Rs. 40L
Shikha Pandey – Rs. 60L
Marizanne Kapp (SA) – Rs. 1.5cr
Titas Sadhu – Rs. 25L
Gujarat Giants
Ashleigh Gardner (AUS) – Rs. 3.2cr
Beth Mooney (AUS) – Rs. 2cr
Sophia Dunkley (ENG) – Rs. 60L
Annabel Sutherland (AUS) – Rs. 70L
Deandra Dottin (WI) – Rs. 60L
Sneh Rana – Rs. 75L
Sabbineni Meghana Rs. 40L
Georgia Wareham (AUS) – Rs. 75L
Mansi Joshi – Rs. 30L
Women’s Premier League 2023 Auction: Unsold Players
Bernadine Bezuidenhout (NZ)
Amy Jones (ENG)
Shamilia Connell (WI)
Freya Davies (ENG)
Megan Schutt (AUS)
Jahanara Alam (BAN)
Lea Tahuhu (NZ)
Hayley Matthews (WI)
Suzie Bates (NZ)
Tazmin Brits (SA)
Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
Tamsin Beaumont (ENG)
Heather Knight (ENG)
Suné Luus (SA)
Danni Wyatt (ENG)
Chamari Athapaththu (SL)
Anushka Sanjeevani (SL)
Tania Bhatia
Sushma Verma
Ayabonga Khaka (SA)
Shakera Selman (WI)
Sarah Glenn (ENG)
Nonkululeko Mlaba (SA)
Grace Scrivens (ENG)
Archana Devi
G. Trisha
Mannat Kashyap
Najla C M C
Sonam Yadav
Shabnam Shakil
Falak Naz
Sonia Mendhiya
Shorna Akter
Shikha Shalot
Hurley Gala
Katherine Sciver Brunt (ENG)
Simran Bahadur
Anuja Patil
Poonam Yadav
Inoka Ranaweera (SL)
Alana King (AUS)
Afy Fletcher (WI)
Fran Jonas (NZ)
Nadine de Klerk (SA)
Salma Khatun (BAN)
Jess Jonassen (AUS)
Rishita Basu
Soumya Tiwari