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WPL 2023 Auction: Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry In First Set Among 409 Players

At the first Women’s Premier League 2023 auction (WPL 2023), a total of 409 cricketers will be put up for auction, with players like Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Alyssa Healy, and Sophie Ecclestone maintaining base prices of Rs 50 lakh or above.

Arun Dhumal, the IPL’s chairman, had already told PTI on Monday that Mumbai would host all 22 league games from March 4 through to 26. On February 13, the auction will take place in Mumbai.

Of the 409 players, 246 are from India, while 163 are from other countries, eight of which are associate nations. 202 players with caps, 199 without caps, and eight from associate countries.

With the five teams, there are a total of 90 slots available, 30 of which are for international players. 24 participants have declared themselves to be in the Rs. 50 lakh base price range. The base price for the thirty players in the auction list is Rs 40 lakh.

Other players in the highest base price bracket include Shafali Verma, the captain of the U-19 World Cup winning team, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Jemimah Rodrigues, England’s Nat Sciver, and Australia’s captain Meg Lanning, among others. These players join India captain Harmanpreet, Mandhana, Healy, and other top Australian and English spinners in this group.

The World Cup champion India U-19 team from South Africa will take part in the auction as well. They list uncapped Parshavi Chopra, Archana Devi, Titas Sadhu, Shweta Sehrawat, and Mannat Kashyap (Rs 10 lakh base price for all).

The WPL is the second biggest T20 League in the world, after the Indian Premier League, with the five clubs sold for Rs 4669.99 crore and the BCCI releasing the media rights for Rs 951 crore.

The five franchises were purchased by Capri Global Holdings (Lucknow) and the Adani Sportsline in addition to the three IPL team owners, the Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Delhi Capitals.

At the auction, each side would have a budget of Rs 12 crore and must purchase a least of 15 players with a maximum of 18. The starting eleven may contain up to five overseas players, including one from an associate member nation.

Number of players in the auction list country-wise:

Country Number
India 246
Australia 28
England 27
West Indies 23
New Zealand 19
South Africa 17
Sri Lanka 15
Zimbabwe 11
Bangladesh 9
Ireland 6
UAE 4
Hong Kong 1
Netherlands 1
Thailand  1
USA 1

Indian capped players and their base prices:

Players Country Age Role Reserve Price Set No.
Harmanpreet Kaur India 34 All-rounder 50 1
Smriti Mandhana India 26 Batter 50 1
Deepti Sharma India 25 All-rounder 50 2
Renuka Singh India 27 Bowler 50 2
Jemimah Rodrigues India 22 Batter 50 3
Shafali Verma India 19 Batter 50 3
Harleen Deol India 24 All-rounder 40 4
Pooja Vastrakar India 23 All-rounder 50 4
Yastika Bhatia India 22 Wicketkeeper 40 5
Richa Ghosh India 19 Wicketkeeper 50 5
Taniyaa Bhatia India 25 Wicketkeeper 30 5
Sushma Verma India 30 Wicketkeeper 30 5
Anjali Sarvani India 25 Bowler 30 6
Rajeshwari Gayakwad India 31 Bowler 40 7
Poonam Yadav India 31 Bowler 30 7
Sneh Rana India 29 All-rounder 50 8
Shikha Pandey India 33 All-rounder 40 8
Radha Yadav India 22 All-rounder 40 8
Priya Punia India 26 Batter 40 11
Sneha Deepthi India 26 Batter 30 11
Latika Kumari India 41 Batter 30 11
Kiran Navgire India 28 Batter 30 11
Madhuri Meheta India 31 Batter 30 11
Sabbineni Meghana India 26 Batter 30 11
Mona Meshram India 31 Batter 30 11
Bharti Fulmali India 28 Batter 30 11
Nuzhat Parween India 26 Wicketkeeper 30 12
Meghna Singh India 28 All-rounder 50 13
Punam Raut India 33 All-rounder 40 13
Devika Vaidya India 25 All-rounder 40 13
Sukanya Parida India 29 All-rounder 30 13
Mansi Joshi India 29 All-rounder 30 13
Simran Bahadur India 23 All-rounder 30 13
Ayushi Soni India 22 All-rounder 30 13
Neha Tanwar India 36 All-rounder 30 13
Soni Yadav India 28 All-rounder 30 13
Anuja Patil India 30 All-rounder 30 13
Shubhlakshmi Sharma India 33 All-rounder 30 13
Veda Krishnamurthy India 30 All-rounder 30 13
Challuru Prathyusha India 24 All-rounder 30 13
Amanjot Kaur India 22 All-rounder 30 13
Dayalan Hemalatha India 28 All-rounder 30 13
Swagatika Rath India 30 All-rounder 30 13
Arundhati Reddy India 25 All-rounder 30 13
Thirush Kamini India 32 All-rounder 30 13
Niranjana Nagarajan India 34 All-rounder 30 13
Monica Patel India 23 Bowler 30 14
Gouher Sultana India 34 Bowler 30 15
Ekta Bisht India 37 Bowler 30 15
Rasanara Khan India 30 Bowler 30 15
Preeti Bose India 30 Bowler 30 15

Two U19 player sets:

Set No. Players Country State Association Age Role Reserve Price
9 Hrishita Basu India CAB 19 Wicketkeeper 10
9 Parshavi Chopra India UPCA 16 All-rounder 10
9 Archana Devi India UPCA 18 All-rounder 10
9 Mannat Kashyap India PCA 19 All-rounder 10
9 Titas Sadhu India CAB 18 Bowler 10
9 Shweta Sehrawat India DDCA 19 Batter 10
9 Soumya Tiwari India MPCA 17 All-rounder 10
9 G. Trisha India HYCA 17 All-rounder 10
9 Grace Scrivens England   19 All-rounder 10
10 Shikha Shalot India UPCA 18 Batter 20
10 Najla C M C India KCA 19 All-rounder 10
10 Hurley Gala India MCA 16 All-rounder 10
10 Sonia Mendhiya India HCA 18 All-rounder 10
10 Falak Naz India UPCA 18 Bowler 10
10 Shabnam Shakil India ACA 15 Bowler 10
10 Sonam Yadav India UPCA 15 Bowler 10
10 S. Yashasri India HYCA 19 All-rounder 10
10 Shorna Akter Bangladesh   16 All-rounder 20

First two sets of highest base price:

Set No. Players Country Age Role Reserve Price
1 Sophie Devine New Zealand 33 All-rounder 50
1 Sophie Ecclestone England 23 All-rounder 50
1 Ashleigh Gardner Australia 25 All-rounder 50
1 Harmanpreet Kaur India 34 All-rounder 50
1 Smriti Mandhana India 26 Batter 50
1 Hayley Matthews West Indies 24 All-rounder 40
1 Ellyse Perry Australia 32 All-rounder 50
2 Shabnim Ismail South Africa 34 Bowler 40
2 Amelia Kerr New Zealand 22 All-rounder 40
2 Tahlia Mcgrath Australia 27 All-rounder 40
2 Beth Mooney Australia 29 Wicketkeeper 40
2 Natalie Sciver-Brunt England 30 All-rounder 50
2 Deepti Sharma India 25 All-rounder 50
2 Renuka Singh India 27 Bowler 50

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