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WPL Auction 2024 Preview: We are all set for the second player auction in the history of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). The WPL 2024 Auction will take place on 9 December in Mumbai and a total of 165 players will go under the hammer. The five teams together have 30 slots to fill with nine for overseas players. A total of 104 players have registered for the auction while the remaining 61 are overseas cricketers including 15 from associate nations. 56 capped players are part of the auction, while there are 109 uncapped players. Remaining Slots: Gujarat Giants: 10 (3 Overseas) UP Warriorz: 5 (1 Overseas) Royal Challengers Bangalore: 7 (3 Overseas) Delhi Capitals: 3 (1 Overseas) Mumbai Indians: 5 (1 Overseas) Together there’s a remaining purse of Rs 17.65 crore with Gujarat Giants having the maximum Rs 5.95 crore followed by UP Warriorz (Rs 4 crore), Royal Challengers Bangalore (Rs 3.35 crore), Delhi Capitals (Rs 2.25) and defending champions Mumbai Indians (Rs 2.1 crore). India opener Smriti Mandhana had fetched the highest price in the auction for the inaugural edition, with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) shelling out Rs 3.4 crore for the player that they would later appoint their captain. Other players who earned massive windfalls in the auction were Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner and England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt, who joined Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians respectively. Deepti Sharma’s the next most expensive Indian on the list, joining UP Warriorz for Rs 2.6 crore. India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, meanwhile, was picked up by the Nita Ambani-owned MI for Rs 1.8 crore. Kaur would go on to lead a successful campaign for Mumbai, leading them to the title in the inaugural edition with a seven-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals in the final in Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium.
WPL 2024 Auction Highlights: Uncapped Kashvee Gautam makes history, Sutherland gets massive payday
WPL Auction 2024 Highlights: Australia’s Annabel Sutherland (Rs 2 crore) as well as the uncapped Indian duo of Kashvee Gautam (Rs 2 crore) and Vrinda Dinesh (Rs 1.3 crore) headline the auction by commanding the highest prices.
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That brings us to the end of our coverage of the player auction for the second edition of the Women’s Premier League, with the uncapped duo of Kashvee Gautam and Vrinda Dinesh grabbing headlines around the cricketing circles by becoming overnight crorepatis. Australia’s Annabel Sutherland was also expected to trigger a bidding war and ended up getting richer by Rs 2 crore. There were also a few surprise exclusions, with senior Sri Lanka all-rounder Chamari Athapaththu failing to get a bid despite having had a fantastic recent run.
Onto the on-field cricketing action now that is expected to take place sometime in March. As for the cricketing action later today, we have the India women’s cricket team taking on England in the second T20I in Mumbai, with Harmanpreet and Co eyeing a series leveling victory. Click here to follow the LIVE scorecard and commentary
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There were also a few notable misses today. Here are some of those players:
Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka)
Deandra Dottin (West Indies)
Kim Garth (Australia)
Amanda Jade-Wellington (Australia)
Alana King (Australia)
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Here are five of the most expensive players from the auction today:
Annabel Sutherland (to Delhi Capitals) – Rs 2 crore
Kashvee Gautam (to Gujarat Giants) – Rs 2 crore
Vrinda Dinesh (to UP Warriorz) – Rs 1.3 crore
Shabnim Ismail (to Mumbai Indians) – Rs 1.2 crore
Phoebe Litchfield (to Gujarat Giants) – Rs 1 crore
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Gujarat Giants secure Tarannum Pathan for her base price of Rs 10 lakh, and with that we have arrived at the end of the second Women’s Premier League player auction!
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Royal Challengers Bangalore secure Australia spinner Sophie Molineux for Rs 30 lakh!
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Assam’s Uma Chetry remains unsold for a second time as does Nishu Choudhary, Komalpreet Kour and Parunika Sisodia.
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UP Warriorz close out their squad by securing Gouher Sultana for her base price of Rs 30 lakh! The bow out with Rs 1.90 crore still in their kitty!
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Wicketkeeper-batter Sushma Verma goes unsold for a second time today!
Royal Challengers Bangalore however, raise the paddle for Simran Bahadur next up and secure her for Rs 30 lakh.
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Sabbineni Meghana is next on the list, and she goes to Royal Challengers Bangalore at her base price of Rs 30 lakh.
The Royal Challengers have two slots left and Rs 1.65 crore in their purse!
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Right then. Time for the final round, and the first player in the final round is India’s Veda Krishnamurthy! Bidding opens at Rs 30 lakh and Gujarat Giants raise their paddle right away.
Krishnamurthy goes to GG for her base price! The Giants have one slot left!
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Delhi Capitals Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly speaks to Sports18 on the franchise’s purchases
“First time. But I was involved last year. Had just finished presidentship. Had set the team up. It’s a small auction, but a great tournament. This is only going to grow. You’ve heard good things about here. These small auctions are all about that. Few slots to fill. I feel so good for them. I saw another Indian player go for a lot of money. It’s only going to get better. Hopefully we play well this time. Ashwini Kumari is someone they kept an eye on. She hits the ball a long way and bowls. We needed a back-up keeper in Sneha. And we good Sutherland. Too early to say. Let the tournament start. (On Meg Lanning) She’s a big player in women’s cricket and captain, winning six World Cups. She’s huge for us and will play for us. Her commitment last year was outstanding. Her training is brilliant. She’s just 32, so she will be in a phase of her career where she will be available.”
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“DC were pretty much done with the auction after spending Rs 2 crore on Sutherland. The plans of both Mumbai Indians and Capitals were pretty clear. They were focusing on strengthening their teams. Overall, it’s a great pick for Delhi Capitals. They are trusting their younger Indian spinners because I immediately feel that Jess Jonassen could make way for Annabel Sutherland.”
— JioCinema expert Abhinav Mukund on Delhi Capitals spending Rs 2 crore on all-rounder Annabel Sutherland
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“I am wondering where they will slot Vrinda Dinesh in. Yes, it’s nice to get a youngster in but they already have Shweta Sehrawat and Parshavi Chopra. When you get someone like Vrinda Dinesh, you want some freshness in the squad and you can get her to open the innings with Alyssa Healy but that also puts pressure on Kiran Navgire. So, I am concerned about Shweta Sehrawat and Vrinda Dinesh – both U-23 players now. It’s a good buy but Rs 1.3 crore is big money.”
— JioCinema expert Anjum Chopra on Vrinda Dinesh going to UP Warriorz for Rs 1.3 crore
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Here’s what the remaining purse and available slots look like for the five franchises
DC: Purse: Rs. 5L; Slots: 0
GG: Purse: Rs. 1.85Cr; Slots: 2
MI: Purse: Rs. 45L; Slots: 0
RCB: Purse: Rs. 1.95Cr; Slots: 3
UPW: Purse: Rs. 2.20Cr; Slots: 1
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Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals have filled their slots, and will sit out of the remainder of the auction.
Gujarat Giants, UP Warriorz and Royal Challengers Bangalore still have slots to fill and they will need to submit another shortlist of players from the unsold list for one final round of bidding.
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Tanisha Singh, the 165th and final player in the auction list, goes unsold! And that brings us to the end of the accelerated round!
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Subha Satheesha, the 163rd player on the list, receives an opening bid and eventually goes to Royal Challengers Bangalore for her base price of Rs 10 lakh.
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No takers for Paige Schofield, Anushka Sharma, Iris Zwilling, Bhavana Goplani, Devika K and Priyanka Koushal.
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Mumbai Indians’ Nita Ambani raises the paddle right away for Keerthana Balakrishnan, even before the auctioneer’s completed her announcement. And they secure her for Rs 10 lakh.
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Mumbai Indians open the bid for India’s Fatima Jaffer and eventually secure her for Rs 10 lakh
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No takers for Australia’s Nicola Hancock and Millicent Illingworth.
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Ashwini Kashyap goes to Delhi Capitals for her base price of Rs 10 lakh
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Mannat Kashyap joins Gujarat Giants at her base price of Rs 10 lakh.
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No takers for Kirstie Gordon, Dhara Gujjar. Gordon’s Scotland teammate Kathryn Bryce goes to Gujarat Giants for Rs 10 lakh!
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Lauren Cheatle goes to the Gujarat Giants for her base price of Rs 30 lakh!
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We’re underway with the accelerated round, which does not feature leading names such as Chamari Athapaththu and Deadra Dottin!
The first name on the list is Australia’s Nicola Carey, and she goes unsold! As does Alice Davidson Richards.
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Uncapped Kashvee Gautam has been the buy of the WPL auction 2024 so so far, going to Gujarat Giants for Rs 2 crore. As the WPL auction takes a breather, we take a quick look at the complete list of sold and unsold players.
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Here’s what the remaining purse and available slots look like for the five franchises.
DC: Purse: Rs. 15L; Slots: 2
GG: Purse: Rs. 2.35Cr; Slots: 6
MI: Purse: Rs. 65L; Slots: 3
RCB: Purse: Rs. 2.05Cr; Slots: 4
UPW: Purse: Rs. 2.20Cr; Slots: 1
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“She’s been a wonderful fast bowler for a number of years and someone we had in mind. We feel very fortunate to have picked her up,” says Mumbai Indians coach Charlotte Edwards on the franchise picking up Shabnim Ismail.
Here are the top five buys of the day so far:
Annabel Sutherland (to Delhi Capitals) – Rs 2 crore
Kashvee Gautam (to Gujarat Giants) – Rs 2 crore
Vrinda Dinesh (to UP Warriorz) – Rs 1.3 crore
Shabnim Ismail (to Mumbai Indians) – Rs 1.2 crore
Phoebe Litchfield (to Gujarat Giants) – Rs 1 crore
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Sunanda Yetrekar goes unsold! As do Sonam Yadav and Amisha Bahukhandi. That brings us to the end of Set 10 comprising uncapped spinners!
Time now for an extended break before we head to the accelerated round. Each team will be given a blank sheet of paper on which they will have to list five individuals from the remaining pool of 95 players during the break. The IPL officials will then go through the lists during the break and draw a final list for the accelerated round.
Don’t go anywhere. Action will resume in the auction room shortly.
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Finally… a paddle has been raised! Gujarat Giants open the bid for Priya Mishra. Royal Challengers Bangalore manage to raise the bid to 20L before bowing out, allowing Mishra to join the Giants.
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Onto Set 10 — Uncapped spinners. First name in the list is Parunika Sisodia, and she goes unsold!
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Also going unsold are Komalpreet Kour, Komal Zanzad, Haorungbam Chanu, Rekha Singh and Tara Norris.
The entire set fails to find any takers!
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Next up we have uncapped fast bowlers in Set 9! First name in the list is Aditi Chauhan, who goes unsold at Rs 20 lakh.
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Raghvi Bisht fails to find any takers at Rs 10 lakh. As do Parushi Prabhakar, Hurley Gala and Nishu Choudhary. And that brings us to the end of Set 8!
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No takers for G Trisha. UP Warriorz bag Saima Thakur for Rs 10 lakh though.
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No takers for Gautami Naik though. Amandeep Kaur, meanwhile, goes to Mumbai Indians for 10 lakh!
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S Sajana goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 15 lakh!
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Poonam Khamnar goes to UP Warriorz at her base price of Rs 10 lakh!