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Rohit Sharma on Tuesday took to Twitter and congratulated his franchise for a successful Women's Premier League (WPL) auction."One family is now bigger and stronger! Congratulations @mipaltan on a successful auction. Looking forward to seeing our women's team in Blue & gold," tweeted Rohit.
The Women's Premier League (WPL) auction concluded successfully on Monday in Mumbai, with the 5 franchises splashing a whopping INR 59.5 crore on 87 players at the event. It was India's Smriti Mandhana who earned the biggest pay package, going to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.40 crore while India captain Harmanpreet Kaur joined Mumbai Indians for Rs 1.80 crore. Other than the players, however, even the auctioneer Mallika Sagar became a talking point for the perfection with which she conducted the auction.
High bidding sees ten Indians earn crore-plus dealsMUMBAI: Smriti Mandhana had to sit out of India's thrilling win over Pakistan in their Women's T20 World Cup opener because of an injury but her mood must have surely lifted on Monday when she emerged as the top pick in the inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL) auction held in Mumbai.AS IT HAPPENED: WPL PLAYER AUCTIONThe India vice-captain was bought for Rs 3.4 crore by Royal Challengers Bangalore after a fierce battle with Mumbai Indians. All 15 Indian players in the World Cup squad were sold with 10 of them crossing the Rs 1 crore-mark.
Mumbai Indians picked up Indian women's cricket team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and paid a record amount for England international Nat Sciver in the WPL auction on Monday. While Harmanpreet went for Rs 1.8 crore, Sciver went on to become the joint highest overseas player alongside Australia all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner as she was paid Rs 3.2 crore. Along with Harmanpreet, two other India internationals – Pooja Vastrakar and Yastika Bhatia – also attracted substantial price tags.
Mumbai Indians made the smart buy at the Women's Premier League as Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur came much cheaper for them at Rs just 1.80 crore which is not even among the top two buys of the team.Mumbai shelled out Rs 3.20 crore to sign England all-rounder Natalie Sciver-Brunt, 10 times more the highest salary in the women's Hundred run by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Mumbai bagged the services of Pooja Vastrakar for Rs 1.9 crore after engaging in intense bidding wars with Delhi Capitals and UP Warriorz.Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Heather Graham, Isabelle Wong, Amanjot Kaur, Dhara Gujjar, Saika Ishaque, Hayley Matthews, Chloe Tryon, Humaira Kazi, Priyanka Bala, Sonam Yadav, Jintimani Kalita, Neelam Bisht
Indian women's cricket team opener Smriti Mandhana became the costliest cricketer in the Women's Premier League (WPL) auction as she was acquired by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.4 crore on Monday. The star India opener was the first player to go under the hammer and she quickly sparked a bidding war between RCB and Mumbai Indians. The bidding went on for quite some time before the Bangalore franchise was able to make a marquee signing. In a video published by Jio Sports on Twitter, Mandhana was seen watching the auction with her India teammates and celebrations erupted once the bidding was over and she was congratulated by all the other players.
The auction for the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League turned out to be a memorable one. The event, which was held in Mumbai on Monday, saw India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana being sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.4 crores, thus becoming the costliest buy. Among overseas players, Australia's Ashleigh Gardner was picked by Gujarat Giants for Rs 3.2 crore and England's Nat Sciver-Brunt got the same amount from Mumbai Indians. India captain Harmanpreet Kaur went to Mumbai Indians for Rs 1.80 crore while Deepti Sharma went to UP Warriorz for Rs 2.60 crore. Shafali Verma got Rs 2 crore from Delhi Capitals. Jemimah Rodrigues got Rs 2.2 crore from the same team.
The Women's Premier League (WPL) auction produced a number of big-money buys with Indian cricket team opener Smriti Mandhana topping the list with a massive Rs 3.4 crore. The 25-year-old all-rounder Deepti Sharma, who is not new to the T20 format, also went for a huge amount as UP Warriorz ended up spending Rs 2.6 crore for her. While India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was picked for Rs 1.8 crore by Mumbai Indians, two young stars of the team – Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma – both went to Delhi Capitals for amounts north of Rs 2 crore. Among the foreign talent, Ashleigh Gardner and Nat Sciver were the top picks among the five participating franchises.