wpl auction, Deepti Sharma WPL: This UP player earned more than captain Harmanpreet Kaur, creates furore with both ball and bat

Mumbai: Smriti Mandhana became the highest selling player at the Mumbai auction for the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) on Monday as the Indian vice-captain was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for Rs 3.40 crore (Rs 410,000), beating Mumbai Indians. Dollars). The second most expensive Indian player sold so far is all-rounder Deepti Sharma, who was bought by UP Warriors for Rs 2.6 crore.

Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 1.80 crore, half the amount of much cheaper Mandhana. RCB Director of Cricket Mike Hesson said during a media interaction, ‘Everyone knows Mandhana and Ellyse Perry, we were determined to take some players. We are very happy to have bought such wonderful players. The inclusion of Mandhana, Parry and Sophie Devine in the team was a dream result.

“Smriti has a lot of captaincy experience and is very familiar with Indian conditions, so there is every possibility (that she will be the captain),” he said. In the first round of the auction, Australian off-spin all-rounder Ashley Gardner was bought by Gautam Adani’s Gujarat Giants for Rs 3.20 crore ($386,000).

Australia’s star all-rounder Ellyse Perry was sold for Rs 1.70 crore ($205,000) which was won by RCB. RCB included New Zealand captain Sophie Devine in their team for a cheap ‘base price’ of Rs 50 lakh. UP Warriors spent Rs 1.80 crore to buy England left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone.

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