WPL 2024 Auction: After a successful inaugural season of WPL this year, Women Cricket is set to escalate the tones next year as there was some real heat in the Auction table last night. Australian star Annabel Sutherland and India’s uncapped pace sensation Kashvee Gautam became the joint-highest earners at the WPL 2024 Player Auction with deals of INR 2 Crore. We brought to you full Squads of all the five teams after the Auction for WPL 2024.
WPL 2024 Auction
The inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League was a great success for women’s cricket where Mumbai Indians became the first team to win the Women’s Premier League Tournament. Smriti Mandhana became the most expensive player of WPL last year sold for whooping INR 3.40 Crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore and she is still the most expensive after the second season of WPL Auction.
However, this was a mini-auction and still, there are two players who were followed to the limits by all franchises. Sutherland of Australia and uncapped Indian Kashvee Gautam were the two making headlines after partying a deal of INR 2 Crores each in the WPL 2024 Auction.
A total of 30 slots were filled in the mini-auction where Gujarat Giants had 10 alone. They went for a complete reshaping of their squad after a mediocre 2023 season. Royal Challenger Bangalore were filled with big superstars of International cricket in 2023, yet failed to qualify for finals so they also asked for 7 new players in the WPL 2024 Auction.
It was pleasing to hear that not only foreign players, but also Indian players were in high demand. Five out of ten most expensive players were Indian women. If we talk in numbers, 6.85 Crore were spent on Indian players and 5.90 Crore were spent on overseas players.
Down below are the details of what teams made out of the Auction and full Squads of all the five teams after the Auction for WPL 2024:
WPL 2024 Auction Details (Teamwise)
1- Mumbai Indians
The defending champions had all the boxes checked already but were in search of a head of fast bowling unit and a couple of spinners. They bargained some absolute stars at cheap prices and also got a right arm pacer Shabnim Ismail with the winning bid of INR 1.2 crore, against Gujarat Giants and RCB.
They got a left-arm wrist spinner Amandeep Kaur at the base price of INR 10 lakh, left-arm spinner Fatima Jaffer, and Leg spinner Keerthana B. They also bid for allrounder Sajana S for INR 15 Lakh in WPL 2024 Auction.
Buys: Shabnim Ismail (INR 1.2 Cr), Sajana S (INR 15 Lakh), Amandeep Kaur (INR 10 Lakh), Fatima Jaffer (INR 10 Lakh), Keerthana Balakrishnan (INR 10 Lakh)
Squad: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail, Sajana S, Amandeep Kaur.
2- Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capital were the runner ups of the WPL 2023 season. It was quite visible that the side lacks lower order batting which could end innings with a momentum and after WPL 2024 Auction, they now got Annabel Sutherland. With just a purse of INR 2.25 at the start of the auction, DC didn’t back out of making the winning bid of INR 2 crore against Mumbai Indians for Sutherland. They also got signatures of Indian wicketkeeper batter Aparna Mondal and Ashwani Kumar for base price.
Buys: Annabel Sutherland (INR 2 Cr), Aparna Mondal (INR 10 Lakh), Ashwani Kumar (INR 10 Lakh)
Squad: Meg Lanning, Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Laura Harris, Marizanne Kapp, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Annabel Sutherland, Aparna Mondal, Ashwani Kumar.
3- Gujarat Giants
They were the last placed team in the inaugural season and this actually was an auction for them to make changes in their plans. They had 10 slots to fill up in the WPL 2024 auction and they certainly did it smartly. They signed an associate nation player Kathryn Bryce(Scottland) for base price. They got Veda Krishnamurthi and Meghna Singh, both for a sum of 60 Lakh.
They fought hard for Kashvi Gautam and signed her for INR 2 Crore and also latched in Phoebe Litchfield for INR 1 Crore.
Buys: Kashvee Gautam (INR 2 Cr), Phoebe Litchfield (INR 1 Cr), Meghana Singh (INR 30 Lakh), Trisha Poojitha (INR 10 Lakh), Priya Mishra (INR 20 Lakh), Lauren Cheatle (INR 30 Lakh), Kathryn Bryce (INR 10 Lakh), Mannat Kashyap (INR 10 Lakh), Veda Krishnamurthy (INR 30 Lakh), Tarannum Pathan (INR 10 Lakh)
Squad: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer, Kashvee Gautam, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghana Singh, Trisha Poojitha, Priya Mishra, Lauren Cheatle, Kathryn Bryce, Mannat Kashyap, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan.
4- Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore went for experienced spinner-hunt in the WPL 2024 Auction Table. They roped in Ekta Bisht and Australia’s legspinner Georgia Wareham. Although Ekta Bisht is the most expensive player for them this season but inclusion of Kate Cross would have pleased them the most. The allrounder from England has been in a great touch in the recent past.
Buys: Ekta Bisht (INR 60 Lakh), Georgia Wareham (INR 40 Lakh), Kate Cross (INR 30 Lakh), Shubha Satheesh (INR 10 Lakh), S Meghana (INR 30 Lakh), Simran Dil Bahadur (INR 30 Lakh), Sophie Moluneux (INR 30 Lakh).
Squad: Smriti Mandhana, Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Sophie Devine, Ekta Bisht, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Shubha Satheesh, S Meghana, Simran Dil Bahadur, Sophie Moluneux
5- UP Warriorz
UP chasing an Indian batter was well obvious after the last season performances of their batters. They went 1.3 Cr for Vrinda Dinesh and also roped in Danny Wyatt for just 30 Lakhs.
They retained most of the overseas players which is the core strength of UPW. They looked quite certain with their choices in the WPL 2024 auction.
Buys: Danni Wyatt (INR 30 Lakh), Vrinda Dinesh (INR 1.3 Cr), Poonam Khemnar (INR 10 Lakh), Saima Thakor (INR 10 Lakh), Gouher Sultana (INR 30 Lakh)
Squad: Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S. Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia Mcgrath, Danni Wyatt, Vrinda Dinesh, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana
These were the main headlines of the WPL 2024 auction and more of WPL 2024 will be updated soon in the official website ICC Cricket Schedule
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