WPL Auction 2023: Smriti Mandhana become most expensive player; sold and unsold player list here

The inaugural auction of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 will be held in Mumbai today (Monday, February 13). WPL Auction 2023: Smriti Mandhana most expensive player; sold and unsold player list here.

The five franchises – Mumbai Indians (MI), Delhi Capitals (DC), Gujarat Giants (GG), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and UP Warriorz (UPW) – will have to put their thinking caps on when they walk into the Jio World Centre.

Smriti Mandhana stole the thunder in the inaugural Women’s Premier League auctions as Royal Challengers Bangalore pipped Mumbai Indians in a bidding war to buy the India vice-captain for Rs 3.40 crore. Women’s franchise league, equations are likely to be different as a total of 448 cricketers will go under the hammer – of which 269 are Indians and 179 are overseas (19 of these are from the Associate Nations).

Of the five, three franchises are already accustomed to auction dynamics, thanks to the IPL, whereas the two new entrants – Gujarat Giants, owned by the Adani Group, and Capri Global-owned UP Warriorz – also have a fair understanding of cricket auctions, thanks to their investments in other overseas leagues.

WPL Auction 2023 Sold and Unsold player list:

Smriti Mandhana – 50 lakh – 3.4 crore – Royal Challengers Bangalore

Sophia Dunkley – 30 lakh – 60 lakh – Gujarat Giants

Jemimah Rodrigues – 50 lakh – 2.2 crore – Delhi Capitals

Meg Lanning – 50 lakh – 1.1 crore – Delhi Capitals

Shafali Verma – 50 lakh – 2 crore – Delhi Capitals

Renuka Singh – 50 lakh – 1.5 crore – Royal Challengers Bangalore

Shabnim Ismail – 40 lakh – 1 crore – UP Warriorz

Harmanpreet Kaur – 50 lakh – 1.8 crore – Mumbai Indians

Sophie Devine – 50 lakh – 50 lakh – Royal Challengers Bangalore

Ashleigh Gardner – 50 lakh – 3.2 crore – Gujarat Giants

Ellyse Perry – 50 lakh – 1.7 crore – Royal Challengers Bangalore

Sophie Ecclestone – 50 lakh – 1.8 crore – UP Warriorz

Deepti Sharma – 50 lakh – 2.6 crore – UP Warriorz

Natalie Sciver – 50 lakh – 3.2 crore – Mumbai Indians

Tahlia McGrath – 40 lakh – 1.4 crore – UP Warriorz

Amelia Kerr – 40 lakh – 1 crore – Mumbai Indians

Annabel Sutherland – 30 lakh – 70 lakh – Gujarat Giants

Harleen Deol – 40 lakh – 40 lakh – Gujarat Giants

Pooja Vastrakar – 50 lakh – 1.9 crore – Mumbai Indians

Deandra Dottin – 50 lakh – 60 lakh – Gujarat Giants

Beth Mooney – 40 lakh – 2 crore – Gujarat Giants

Yastika Bhatia – 40 lakh – 1.5 crore – Mumbai Indians

Richa Ghosh – 50 lakh – 1.9 crore – Royal Challengers Bangalore

Alyssa Healy – 50 lakh – 70 lakh – UP Warriorz

Suzie Bates – 30 lakh

Tazmin Brits – 30 lakh

Sushma Verma – 30 lakh

Bernadine Bezuidenhout – 30 lakh

Amy Jones – 40 lakh.

Laura Wolvaardt – 30 lakh

Tammy Beaumont – 30 lakh

Hayley Matthews – 40 lakh

Heather Knight – 40 lakh

Sune Luus – 30 lakh

Dani Wyatt – 50 lakh

Chamari Athapaththu – 30 lakh

Taniyaa Bhatia – 30 lakh

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Anushka Sanjeewani – 30 lakh

Sushma Verma – 30 lakh

Bernadine Bezuidenhout – 30 lakh

Amy Jones – 40 lakh

Taniyaa Bhatia – 30 lakh

Anushka Sanjeewani – 30 lakh.