WPL Auction: Over Rs 1 crore bid expected for Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Shefali Verma

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great batsman of india reminiscenceHarmanpreet Kaur and young players Shefali Verma There is expected to be a bidding war during the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction on Monday. Among overseas players, Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Nate Sciver, Megan Schutt and Deandra Dottin are some of the big names expected to fetch big bids.

90 players will be bought

Five teams – Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, RCB, Gujarat Giants and UP Warriors – will be bidding for 90 players from a list of 409 players. For the first year, there will be a ‘salary purse’ (limited amount) of Rs 12 crore for each team and six foreign players will be included in the team of 18 players. With this, at least 20 to 25 players out of 60 Indians are expected to be sold for a good auction amount.

Highest base price Rs 50 lakh

The base price will be in five ‘brackets’ with the lowest being Rs 10 lakh and the highest being Rs 50 lakh. Other brackets will be Rs 20, 30 and 40 lakhs. It is expected that apart from the current Indian team, members of Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa will be in high demand in the auction. Smriti, Shefali, Harmanpreet and all-rounder Deepti Sharma are expected to earn between Rs 1.25 crore and Rs 2 crore, if some officials associated with the franchise are to be believed.

Richa Ghosh will also be eyed

Big hitter Richa Ghosh and fast bowler Renuka Thakur will also attract a lot of interest among the bidders. Something similar will happen with spinners like Rajeshwari Gaikwad and Radha Yadav and fast bowlers like Meghna Singh and Shikha Pandey. Jemima Rodrigues, who has done well in foreign T20 leagues, can also get a good amount in the auction. Jasia Akhtar of Kashmir and Swagatika Rath of Railways are the main names in the category of uncapped Indian players.

Under-19 team players also in auction

Batsman Shweta Sehrawat, spinner Parshvi Chopra, Mannat Kashyap and Archana Devi from the Under-18 World Cup-winning women’s team, along with fast bowler Titas Sadhu are also expected to sell for a good amount. All the five franchises will try to get the best captain in which apart from Smriti and Harmanpreet, other candidates include veteran player Meg Lanning, England captain Heather Knight and New Zealand captain Sophie Devine.

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