WPL Auction: Is the era of Indian captain over, why Harmanpreet lagged behind even novice players in auction – wpl auction harmanpreet kaur shine faded these 6 indian cricketers got more bids than her

New Delhi: The Women’s Premier League 2023 begins on 4 March. The final match of the tournament will be played on March 26. The auction was held in Mumbai for the first season in which 87 women players from India and abroad bid. There have been many players who have been bid for many times more than their base price. This includes the name of Smriti Mandhana, the current vice-captain of the Indian women’s cricket team, who was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore team for 3 crore 40 lakhs. And captain Harmanpreet Kaur was also expected to be a high-bidder in the auction, but it did not happen.

Harmanpreet Kaur was included in their team by the franchise of Mumbai Indians by bidding only 1 crore 80 lakhs. Harmanpreet Kaur is a player of her stature at the present time, if we see from that point of view, then very few bids were made on her. The surprising thing is that many players who made their debut for India under his captaincy also got more money than him in the auction.

6 players bid more than Harman

In the Women’s Premier League auction, there were a total of 6 such Indian players who were bid more than Harmanpreet Kaur. All these players are playing under his captaincy in the ongoing T20 World Cup in South Africa. Smriti Mandhana’s name comes first among these 6 players, who were bought by RCB for 3.40 crores.

After this Deepti Sharma was joined by the team of UP Warriors by placing a bid of 2.60 crores. On the other hand, Jemima Rodriguez, who made a splash in the first match of the T20 World Cup, was bought by the Delhi Capitals team for 2.2 crores. On the other hand, Shefali Verma has also been associated with Delhi Capitals for 2 crores while RCB bid 1.90 crores on Richa Ghosh. Apart from this, Pooja Vastrakar has been added by the team of Mumbai Indians for 1.90 crores.

Is Captain Harman’s era coming to an end?

Harmanpreet Kaur is a big star of the Indian women’s cricket team. After Mithali Raj, the command of Team India was completely handed over to him. Harmanpreet has won the team many times in difficult matches with her brilliant game. At the same time, in the T20 World Cup being played in South Africa, under the captaincy of Harman, the Indian team is being considered as a strong contender to win the title. However, this star player of Team India has not been seen in her rhythm for some time now.

In such a situation, it is being said that the era of Harmanpreet Kaur is coming to an end. At the same time, it is also being said that the effect of age is now visible on Harmanpreet Kaur. Harman is about to turn 35 now. In such a situation, it may be that keeping in mind the future of the Women’s Premier League, the franchisees want to show more confidence in the young women cricketers, due to which they were not bid big.

Harmanpreet Kaur’s career for Team India

Harmanpreet Kaur has played a total of 3 Tests, 124 ODIs and 147 T20 matches for the Indian team so far. In Test cricket, he has scored only 38 runs for India. Apart from this, his record in ODIs has been excellent. In this format, Harmanpreet Kaur has scored 3322 runs at an average of 38.18, including 5 centuries and 17 half-centuries.

Apart from this, he has scored 2956 runs in T20 with 1 century and 9 fifties. Not only in batting, Harmanpreet has contributed immensely for the team with her bowling as well. In Tests, Harman took 9 wickets while in ODIs his name is 31 wickets and in T20 he has taken 32 wickets.

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