WPL 2023: 5 Players who’ve kept their base price more

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will hold the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) from March 4, 2023, to March 26, 2023. The competition will be played among five teams and it is expected that the tournament will raise the standard of women’s cricket. Last year, former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly raised the excitement level of women’s cricket supporters with his statement that the WPL will be conducted in 2023. This year, BCCI announced the franchises and dates of the first edition of the tournament and brought cheers to the faces of fans. Before the tournament, cricketers will participate in the Player Auction at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai on February 13, 2023. At the colossal event, fans will witness 409 players going under the hammer, of which 246 are Indians and 163 are foreigners. However, among these players, some may not get picked at the auction due to their exorbitant base prices. Discussing further, here are five players who have kept their base prices more and could've kept less: 5. Jahanara Alam Jahanara Alam. (Photo Source: Twitter) Jahanara Alam is active in international women’s cricket since 2012 and she is a vital cog in the Bangladesh team due to her immense experience. With her impressive bowling skills, she has won a lot of games for the Bangladesh team in the limited-over formats of the sport. In Women’s One-Day Internationals (WODIs), she has grabbed 46 wickets for her nation in 50 matches at an economy of 4.16. Talking about her WT20I career, the veteran has not been so effective as she has clinched only 57 scalps in 75 contests at an economy of 5.49. This February, the Bangla Tigress will enter the Player Auction of WPL at her basic price of INR 30 lakh. Noting her base amount, the bidders might not raise their bidding paddles as they might fetch other foreign pacers at low prices who boast of more T20 league experience. 4. Nonkululeku Mlaba Nonkululeku Mlaba. (Photo Source: Twitter/South Africa Cricket) Nonkululeku Mlaba is an important member of the South Africa Women’s T20I team. Currently, she is holding the second position in ICC Women’s T20I rankings for bowlers. In July 2022, Mlaba drew attention as she took 3/22 (her best WT20I bowling figures) against England at Derby in a losing cause. For the Women’s Premier League (WPL), she has submitted her name to go under the hammer with her base price of INR 30 lakh. However, going through her overall WT20I performance and starting amount, franchises might not show interest in her. So far, the Protea cricketer has picked only 22 scalps in 27 WT20I games at an economy of 5.71. Talking about her performance on Indian soil, that too is unimpressive as she has hunted only two batters in five matches at an economy of 7.73. 3. Taniya Bhatia Taniya Bhatia. (Photo Source: Twitter) In the WPL auction, Taniya Bhatia’s name will also feature among 409 names to get a buyer. The India wicket-keeper batter has kept her base price INR 30 lakh. Back in 2018, she made her international debut in a WT20I game between India Women vs South Africa Women at Potchefstroom. Since then, Bhatia has featured in 52 games in which she has accumulated only 172 runs in 52 matches at a strike rate of 91.00. In her five years of women’s international cricket career, she has played a few match-winning knocks in WODIs. However, the 25-year-old has failed to do the same for the national team in WT20Is. At the upcoming event, she may face a snub from the franchises due to her colossal starting price and underwhelming WT20I numbers. Her dismal batting average of 9.05 in the shortest form of the game may also make the matter worse. 2. Kiran Navgire Kiran Navgire. (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI) For Kiran Navgire, 2022 was an important year as she broke into women’s international cricket due to her impressive batting show in the domestic circle. Playing three games in the 2022 Women’s T20 Challenge, she showcased her batting prowess scoring 69 runs with a half-century. Earlier, she smashed an unbeaten 162 for Manipur against Arunachal Pradesh in the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy and set the record for the highest individual score. Currently, she is the only Indian player to notch more than 150 runs in an innings in the T20 format. In September 2022, the 27-year-old joined the India Women’s team to feature in the three-match T20I series in England. During the tour, she got a chance to make her women’s international debut in the first T20I game against the hosts England but failed to contribute with her bat scoring only seven runs. Till now, Navgire has played six WT20I games and scored 17 runs in four innings at a strike rate of 89.47. At the upcoming WPL auction, she will expect the franchises to sign her for the marquee event to be held in March; however, the middle-order batter’s less international experience and base price of INR 30 lakh could hamper her chances. 1. Yastika Bhatia Yastika Bhatia. (Photo Source: Twitter) Yastika Bhatia has made huge achievements in the sport as she debuted in women’s International cricket in 2021. In Women’s One-Day internationals (WODIs), she has racked up 478 runs with four fifties in 19 matches at a strike rate of 73.87. However, in the shortest format of the limited-overs game, she hasn’t been upto the mark. With only 125 runs in eight innings of 13 T20I matches without any centuries and fifties, Bhatia is yet to deliver her best in a blue jersey. At the mega WPL auction, Yastika will also take part to play the first season of the distinguished Women’s Premier League (WPL). Nevertheless, the young gun’s enormous base price of INR 40 lakh could go against her as she has neither vast T20 experience nor outstanding batting numbers in the shortest format to get started on that amount at the event.

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These players have set their base prices excessively high, which could lead them to face a snub at the 2023 WPL auction.

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