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WPL 2023 Auction: Mandhana sold to RCB for Rs 3.40 crore, MI takes Harmanpreet

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Published : Feb 13, 2023, 2:04 PM IST

Updated : Feb 14, 2023, 9:25 AM IST

  • RCB bags Sahana Pawarfor Rs. 10 Lakh; concluding the 2023 WPL Auction.
  • Sonam Yadav bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs. 10 Lakh.
  • Gujarat Giants buys Shabnam Shaki for Rs. 10 Lakh.
  • Megan Schutt secured by RCB for Rs. 40 Lakh.
  • Priyanka Bala sold to MI for Rs. 20 lakh.
  • Parunika Sisodia bagged by Gujarat Giants at Rs. 10 Lakh.
  • Komal Zanzadbought by Bangalore for Rs. 25 Lakh.
  • Poonam Khemnarbagged RCB for Rs. 10 Lakh.
  • Humaira Kazitaken by Mumbai Indian for Rs. 10 Lakh.
  • Ashwani Kumaribought by Gujarat Giants for Rs. 10 Lakh.
  • Simran Shaikhand Aparna Mandal sold for Rs. 10 Lakh each by UP Warriors.
  • Dane van Niekerk and Priti Bosesold to RCB for Rs. 30 Lakh each.
  • Chloe Tryongoes to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 30 Lakh.
  • India's Arundhati Reddyto play for Delhi Capitals for Rs. 30 Lakh.
  • Sneha Deepthisecured by Delhi Capitals for Rs. 30 Lakh.
  • India's Hurley Galagoes to Gujarat Giants for Rs. 10 Lakh.
  • Delhi Capitals bags Jess Jonassenof Australia for Rs. 50 Lakh.
  • Poonam Yadavbought by Delhi Capitals for Rs. 30 Lakh.
  • Sushma Vermagoes to Gujarat Giants for Rs. 60 Lakh.
  • India keeper batter Taniya Bhatiabagged by Delhi Capitals for Rs. 30 Lakh.
  • RCB bags England captain Heather Knight for Rs. 40 Lakh.
  • West Indies' Hayley Matthewsgoes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 40 Lakh.
  • RCB secures Asha Shobanafor Rs. 10 Lakh.
  • Saika Ishaque goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 10 Lakh.
  • Tanuja Kanwarbagged by Gujarat Giants for Rs. 50 Lakh.
  • Kanika Ahuja goes to Bangalore for Rs. 35 lakh.
  • Shreyanka Patil goes to RCB for Rs. 10 Lakh.
  • Minnu Manibought by Delhi Capitals for Rs. 20 Lakh.
  • Disha Kasat, Lakshmi Yadav and Indrani Roy all go for Rs. 10 Lakh to RCB, UP and RCB again respectively
  • Jasia Akhtar goes to Delhi for Rs. 20 Lakh.
  • Dhara Gujjar goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 10 Lakh.
  • Laura Harris is bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs. 45 Lakh.
  • Delhi Capitals successfully secure USA's Tara Norris for a base price of Rs 10 Lakh.
  • Monica Patel is bagged by Gujarat Giants for Rs. 30 Lakh.
  • England'sLauren Bell goes to UP Warriorz for Rs. 30 Lakh.
  • Dayalan Hemalatha bagged by Gujarat Giants for Rs. 30 Lakh.
  • Amanjot Kaur bagged by Mumbai Indians for Rs. 50 Lakh.
  • Devika Vaidya bought by UP Warriorz Rs. 1.4 Cr.
  • Mansi Joshi is secured by Gujarat Giants for Rs. 30 Lakh.
  • England's Issy Wong sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 30 Lakh.
  • England all-rounder Alice Capsey goes to Delhi Capitals for Rs. 75 Lakh.
  • Gujarat Giants secure Georgia Wareham for Rs. 75 Lakh.
  • Australia all-rounderHeather Graham bought by the Mumbai Indians for Rs. 30 Lakh
  • Australian all-rounder, Erin Burns bagged by RCB for Rs. 30 Lakh.
  • Sabbhineni Meghana sold to Gujarat Giants through a successful bid of Rs. 30 Lakh.
  • Kiran Navgire sold to Up Warriorz for Rs. 30 Lakh.
  • UP Warriors securesS. Yashasvi through a final bid of Rs. 10 Lakh. Hurley Gala went unsold in the opening bid.
  • UP Warriors buys India's U19 World Cup-winning vice-captain Shweta Sehrawat for Rs. 40 Lakh.
  • All-rounder star from South Africa, Marizanne Kapp to play for Delhi Capitals after DC's final bid of Rs. 1.5 Cr.
  • Sneh Rana sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 75 lakh.
  • All-rounder Shikha Pandey gets Rs 60 lakh for Delhi Capitals.
  • India's Radha Yadav gets Rs 40 lakh after a successful bid from Delhi Capitals.
  • Spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 40 Lakh.
  • Alyssa Healy has been sold to UP Warriors at Rs. 70 Lakh.
  • A heated bid for Richa Gosh between RCB and DC in the back of her match-winning knock against Pakistan at the Newlands saw RCB take her in with Rs 1.9 crore.
  • Yastika Bhatia gets Rs. 1.5 Crore from Mumbai Indians.
  • Gujarat Giants buys West Indies' Deandra Dottin for Rs 60 lakh.
  • Pooja Vastrakar sold for Rs 1.9 Cr to Mumbai Indians.
  • Indian all-rounder Harleen Deol gets Gujarat Giants. She fetches Rs 40 lakh.
  • South Africa skipper Sune Luus went unsold.
  • Australian youngster Annabel Sutherland gets Rs 70 lakh to play for Gujarat Giants.
  • England cricket team captain Heather Knight remains unsold with a base price of 40 Lakh.
  • Top 5 most expensive players sold so far: Smriti Mandhana (India) sold to RCB for 3.4 Cr; Ashleigh Gardner (Aus) sold to GG for 3.2 Cr; Natalie Sciver (Eng) sold to MI for 3.2 Cr; Deepti Sharma (India) sold to UP Warriorz for 2.6 Cr; Jemimah Rodrigues (India) sold to DC for 2.2 Cr.
  • Shafali Verma for Rs 2 crore at Delhi Capitals.
  • An intense bidding between UP Warriors and Delhi Capitals ended with the Pakistan match hero Jemimah Rodrigues going Delhi Capitals for a whopping Rs 2.2 crore. DC later on also got Meg Lanning for Rs 1.1 crore.
  • England's Tammy Beaumon, South Africa's Tazmin Brits and Laura Wolvaardt, Suzie Bates went unsold.
  • England's Sophia Dunkley goes to Gujarat Giants at Rs 60 lakh.
  • Amelia Kerr, the Kiwi all-rounder, will feature for the Mumbai Indians. She was bought at Rs 1 crore.
  • UP Warriorz grabs South African fast bowler Shabnim Ismail for Rs 1 crore.
  • Tahlia MCGrath sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 1.4 crore. Beth Mooney goes to Gujarat Giants at Rs 2 crore.
  • Pacer Renuka Singh sold to RCB for Rs 1.5 crore. MI sheds Rs 3.20 crore for Natalie Sciver-Brunt.
  • Renuka Singhis sold to RCB for Rs 1.5 crore.
  • UP Warriorz take Deepti Sharma at Rs 2.60 crore.

The second set is underway...

Seven players have been sold after the first set

RCB: Smriti Mandhana for Rs 3.40 crore.

MI: Harmanpreet Kaur for Rs 1.80 crore.

RCB: Sophie Devine from New Zealand for Rs 50 lakh.

West Indies' Hayley Matthews went unsold.

Gujarat Giants: Ashleigh Gardner from Australia for Rs 3.20 crore.

RCB: Ellyse Perry from Australia for Rs 1.70 crore.

UP Warriorz: Sophie Ecclestone from England for Rs 1.80 crore.

  • Sophie Ecclestone, the impressive all-rounder from England, has been sold to UP Warriorz. Price: Rs 1.80 crore.
  • Another international pick that everyone was waiting for. Australia's Ellyse Perry goes to RCB for Rs 1.7 crore.
  • After an intense fight, the Aussie all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner has been sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 3.20 crore. So far the highest for an international player.
  • New Zealand's Sophie Devine sold to RCB for Rs 50 lakh

Harmanpreet Kaur sold to MI

  • Mumbai Indians takes Harmanpreet Kaur for Rs 1.8 Cr

Smriti Mandhana sold!

  • After an intensified bidding contest between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore, Smriti Mandhana goes to RCB for an enormous Rs 3.40 crore.

Before the race to the auction begins, let's take a quick look at the coaches of the respective WPL teams:

Gujarat Giants: Rachael Haynes (Head coach), Nooshin Al Khadeer (Bowling coach), Tushar Arothe (Batting coach), Mithali Raj (Mentor and advisor)

UP Warriorz: Jon Lewis (Head coach), Anju Jain and Ashley Noffke (Assistant coaches), Lisa Sthalekar (Mentor)

Delhi Capitals: Jonathan Batty (Head coach), Hemalata Kala and Lisa Keightley (Assistant coaches),Biju George (Fielding coach)

Mumbai Indians: Charlotte Edwards (Mentor and advisor), Jhulan Goswami (Bowling coach and mentor), Devieka Palshikaar (Batting coach)

Royal Challengers Bangalore: No announcement of the coach yet.

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Mumbai:As many as 409 women cricketers will go under the hammer today at the auction to be held at Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai on Monday.

Highest base price:

A total of 24 players including 10 Indians have registered themselves for the highest base price of 50 lakh. The Indian players include Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur among others. The other base price are 40 lakh for which 30 players have registered of which 8 are Indians.

Salary purse per team: 12 crore.

Teams: 5

Names:DC, MI, RCB, Gujarat Giants, UP Warriorz

Minimum Salary Mandatory: Rs 9 crore

Maximum Salary purse/team: Rs 12 crore

Minimum Squad Strength Mandatory: 15

Maximum Squad Strength: 18

Maximum India players in squad: 12

Maximum Overseas players/squad: 6

Total number of players available: 409

Indian players for auction: 246

Foreign players from Full members: 155

Players from Associate Nations: 8

Name of auctioneer: Malika Sagar

Last Updated : Feb 14, 2023, 9:25 AM IST

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