WPL Auction LIVE Updates | WPL Auction 2024 Live Updates on Players Sold, Unsold, Purse Remaining & Full Squad Details
The second annual player auction of the WPL for the 2024 edition will be held on Saturday, December 9.
Updated Squads of RCB and UP Warriorz after WPL 2024 auction
Updated Squads of Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians
Top biggest gainers of WPL auction 2024
1. Kashvee Gautam - Kashvee Gautam was sold for a whopping INR 2 Crore to Gujarat Giants despite her base price at just INR 10 lakh. She earned a massive 20 times of her base amount and became the joint most expensive player at the auction.
2. Vrinda Dinesh - The uncapped Indian player went for a whopping INR 1.3 Crore to UP Warriorz with her base price at just INR 10 Lakh. She earned 13 times of her base price.
3. Annabel Sutherland - The Australian all rounder went for a whopping INR 2 Crore with her base price at just INR 40 lakh. Hence, she earned five times of her base price.
Top players which went unsold in the WPL 2024 Auction
The auction for the Women's Premier League 2024 saw several big names from international cricket going unsold. Let's take a look at them one by one.
1. Chamari Athapaththu - The Sri Lankan captain has been in tremendous form this year as she's scored 470 runs from 16 innings in T20Is in 2023 at a strike rate of 130.91. She has also scalped eight wickets in the shortest format this year. Thanks to her imperious touch, Athapaththu was expected to go for big bucks in the WPL 2024 auction. However, she failed to attract any buyers with no team showing any interest in her to even buy her at her base price of INR 30 Lakh.
2. Deandra Dottin - Deandra Dottin is one of the top all rounders in women T20Is having vast experience of 127 matches scoring 2697 runs and picking 62 wickets in the format. Dottin, who put her base price at INR 50 Lakh, also failed to attract any buyers and went unsold. Notably, she was picked by Gujarat Giants in the 2023 edition but was removed from the squad ahead of the season as she was deemed unfit.
3. Tara Norris - The left-arm seamer from USA became the first player to pick a fifer in the first edition of the Women's Premier League. However, she was released by Delhi Capitals despite being the third-highest wicket-taker (7 wickets from 5 matches) of the side in the first edition. Norris failed to find any buyers in the second edition and her left arm seam brilliance will be missed in the second edition of the WPL.
4. Nadine de Klerk - Th South African all rounder who had her base price at INR 30 Lakh also went unsold. She has scored 409 runs from 45 T20Is and also has 36 wickets to her name.
5. Tammy Beaumont - The England batter has also another big name to go unsold as she failed to attract any buyers. She had set her base price at INR 30 lakh and has over 1721 runs to her name from 99 T20Is.
Top five buys of the WPL 2024 Auction
Here's looking at the top five most expensive players at the Women's Premier League 2023 auction. The joint most expensive players were Australia all rounder Annabel Sutherland and uncapped India player Kashvee Gautam. Sutherland was bought by Delhi Capitals for INR 2 Crore while Gautam went for INR 2 Crore. Another uncapped India player Vrinda Dinesh was the second most expensive player who went for a whopping INR 1.30 Crore to UP Warriorz.
South Africa fast bowler Shabnim Ismail was the third most expensive player getting sold for INR 1.20 Crore to Mumbai Indians. Meanwhile, Australia batter Phoebe Litchfield went for INR 1 Crore to Gujarat Giants.
UP Warriorz (UPW) squad
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) squad
Gujarat Giants (GG) squad
The BIG MONEY game
Mumbai Welcomes S. Sajana to their squad
Auction comes to an end
All teams have completed their squads ahead of the second season and all have 18 players in their squad.
Tarannum Pathan goes to Gujarat
Tarannum Pathan goes to Gujarat Giants for INR 10 Lakh
Sophie Molineux goes to RCB
Sophie Molineux goes to RCB for INR 30 lakh.
Parunika Sisodia Unsold
Parunika Sisodia. Base Price - INR 10 Lakh. Unsold
Komalpreet Kour unsold
Komalpreet Kour. Base Price - INR 10 Lakh. Unsold
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Among the 165 players, 104 are Indians and 64 overseas, including 15 players from associate nations. The overseas player slots are limited, with only nine available, six of which are shared between Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. There are a total of 56 capped players and 109 uncapped players.
Moreover, the teams that excelled in the inaugural edition of the WPL, Mumbai Indians (13), Delhi Capitals (15), and UP Warriorz (13) have kept the core of their squads intact retaining a majority of their players. In contrast, Gujarat Giants released more than half of their 18-member squad, while Royal Challengers Bangalore parted ways with half of their overseas players.
Remaining purse for all five teams in WPL
Each of the five teams participating in this year's Women's Premier League auction has received an additional amount of INR 1.5 crore. Gujarat Giants, with the maximum available slots (10), boasts the highest purse of INR 5.95 crore for the upcoming auction. UP Warriorz, with only five slots to fill, have INR 4 crore at their disposal, while Royal Challengers Bangalore holds a budget of INR 3.35 crore to fill their seven vacancies. DC and MI ahave the smallest purses.
Former West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin and Australia's Kim Garth have registered for the auction with the highest base price of INR 50 Lakh. Four foreign players have set their base price at INR 40 Lakh each. This group includes Australian all-rounders Annabel Sutherland and Georgia Wareham, South African pacer Shabnim Ismal, and English keeper Amy Jones. Notably, the stage is set for an exhilarating auction with substantial financial resources and notable players up for grabs.
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