The Women’s Premier League (WPL 2023) auction took place on Monday and a total of 87 players were bought by five franchises for a total of Rs 59,50,000.
The day which was awaited for a long time in women’s cricket ended today. Women players bid for the first season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL-2023) in Mumbai. Five franchises chose the team according to their needs and showered money on the players. Out of the five franchises whose teams will enter this league, three teams are from IPL franchises, which include the names of Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Apart from these, there are teams of UP Warriors and Gujarat Giants. These five teams selected their favorite team from more than 400 players.
A total of 87 players were sold in this auction and five franchises together spent Rs 59,50,000 on these players. 30 foreign players were also sold in this auction, in which the players of the Associate Member of ICC were also included. After the auction that lasted almost six hours, let us tell you how all the teams are.
Mumbai Indians
The Mumbai team, which has won the title five times in the IPL, would also like to win the title in the WPL. This team has bought a total of 17 players, out of which 6 are foreign players. This team added Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain of the Indian team.
Team-Harmanpreet Kaur, Yastika Bhatia, Pooja Vastrakar, Amelie Kerr (New Zealand), Nat Siver (England), Dhara Gujjar, Saika Ishaq, Amanjot Kaur, Isi Wong (England), Heather Graham (Australia), Hayley Matthews (WI), Chloe Tryon (South Africa), Humera Kazi, Priyanka Bala, Sonam Yadav, Neelam Bisht, Jintimani Kalita
Gujarat Giants
Gujarat Giants included Australia’s veteran player Ashley Gardner in their team, for which they paid a price of Rs 3.20 crore. This team has bought 18 players, out of which six are foreign players.
Team- Ashley Gardner (Aus), Beth Mooney (Aus), Sophie Dunkley (England), Annabel Sutherland (Aus), Harleen Deol, Deandre Dottin (WI), Sneh Rana, S Meghna, Georgia Wareham (Aus), Manasi Joshi, Dylan Hemlata , Monika Patel, Tanuja Kanwar, Sushma Verma, Hurley Gala, Ashwini Kumari, Shabnam Shakeel, Parunika Sisodia.
delhi capitals
Delhi has added India’s stormy batsman Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues. Apart from this, this team has also included Australian captain Meg Lanning in its team. The team has bought a total of 18 players out of which six are foreign players.
Team- Jemimah Rodrigues, Meg Lanning (Aus), Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Marijan Kapp (South Africa), Titas Sadhu, Alice Capsey (England), Tara Norris (USA), Laura Harris (USA), Jessia Akhtar, Minnu Mani, Tania Bhatia, Poonam Yadav, Jess Jonasson (Australia), Sneh Deepti, Arundhati Reddy, Aparna Mondal.
UP Warriors
The team of UP Warriors has bought only 16 players, out of which six are foreign and 10 are Indian players. This team added Deepti Sharma and Sophie Ecclestone with them and surprised everyone by buying Devika Vaidya for crores.
Team- Deepti Sharma, Sophie Eccleston (England), Devika Vaidya, Tahlia McGrath (Australia), Shabnim Ismail (South Africa), Grace Harris (Australia), Alyssa Healy (Australia), Anjali Saravani, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navagire, Lauren Bell (England), Laxmi Yadav, Parshvi Chopra, S Yashashree, Simran Sheikh
Royal Challengers Bangalore
The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore has not won the IPL even once but in WPL it will try to win the title in the very first season itself. For this, he has prepared a strong team in which big names like Smriti Mandhana, Alice Parry are there.
Team- Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry (Australia), Renuka Singh, Sophie Devine (New Zealand), Heather Knight (England), Megan Schutt (Australia), Kanika Ahuja, Dan van Niekerk (South Africa), Erin Burns (Australia), Preeti Bose, Komal Janjad, Asha Shobhana, Diksha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Poonam Khemnar, Sahana Pawar, Shreyanka Patil.