WPL 2024 Auction: Kashvee Gautam becomes most expensive uncapped player; all you need to know about the pacer

Kashvee Gautam stole the limelight during the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 Auction on Saturday after she was picked by Gujarat Giants (GG) for Rs 2 crore to become the most expensive uncapped player in history. Kashvee Gautam was also the joint costliest buy in the 2024 Auction along with Australia’s Annabel Sutherland at the time of publishing this report. Gautam had a base price of Rs 10 lakh but it soon leaped to a higher figure after Royal Challengers Bangalore and GG got involved in a bidding war. After RCB pulled out, UP Warriorz fought for a while with Gujarat before pulling out as GG emerged victorious in the race to acquire Gautam’s services. On Saturday, Gautam broke Vrinda Dinesh’s record to become the most expensive uncapped player in WPL history. Vrinda Dinesh was bought by UP Warriorz for Rs 1.3 crore.

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“I am feeling very blessed and grateful. Looking forward to being a part of the Gujarat Giants,” Gautam said after making history. Who is Kashvee Gautam? The Chandigarh-born 20-year-old is a fast bowler who first made the headlines in 2020 when she took a 10-wicket haul in an Under-19 Women’s One Day Trophy match for Chandigarh against Arunachal Pradesh. In the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy, she took 12 wickets at an economy of 4.14 in seven matches earlier this year. She went unsold in the last edition of the WPL auction and worked on her pace to make a triumphant return. Gautam was also a part of the Indian Under-23 team which won the ACC Emerging tournament in Hong Kong earlier this year in June. In the two matches against England A recently, she took three wickets for India A.