The first season of WPL will start from March 4 and the final will be played on March 26. In total, 22 matches will be played in 23 days in the tournament of 5 teams.
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The stage is set for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has officially announced the players’ auction. After several days of waiting and speculation, the BCCI shared the details of the first ‘Players Auction’ of WPL with the fans on Tuesday, February 7, which not only revealed the date and time of the auction, but also revealed that How many players will be bid on? BCCI has told that in the first auction, the fate of a total of 409 players will be decided, out of which 90 can be selected.
BCCI had announced the auction of five franchises of WPL only last month, in which franchises of Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi and Lucknow were found. Out of this, the franchises of Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi went to the IPL franchises of these cities only, while Ahmedabad was bought by Adani Sportsline and Lucknow by Capri Global. Since then everyone was waiting for the auction.
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one and a half thousand registrations
The demand for women’s IPL on the lines of IPL was being made for a long time. Not only the fans, but the world’s big women cricketers including India were also raising their voice for this and now this tournament is starting, there was a lot of enthusiasm among the cricketers for this. This can be gauged from the registration of the players.
BCCI said that a total of 1525 players had registered their names for the tournament. Out of this a final list was prepared, in which 409 players got a place.
Of these, 246 players are from India, while 163 foreign players will enter the auction. Out of foreign players, 8 are also from associate countries. Altogether 202 players are capped i.e. have played international cricket, while 199 are uncapped players. There are 8 associates.
only 90 players
Only these 409 players will be auctioned in the auction to be held in Mumbai on February 13. BCCI has told that a total of 90 players can be bought, in which 30 can be foreigners. That is, each team can buy only a maximum of 18 players in their squad. all 409 players names Here can read.
Indian team captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma and U-19 world champion captain Shefali Verma have registered themselves for the highest base price of Rs 50 lakh. Apart from her, 20 other players have kept the highest base price, including big foreign faces like Ellyse Perry, Sophie Ecclestone, Sophie Devine.
auction in mumbai
The first auction of WPL will be held in Mumbai on Monday, 13 February. It will be organized at Jio World Convention Center and this one day auction will start at 2.30 pm. At the same time, the tournament will start from March 4, while the final match will be played on March 26. A total of 22 matches will be played in this five-team tournament and the entire tournament will be played at two venues in Mumbai, Brabourne Stadium and DY Patil Stadium.