Delhi Capitals Acquire Jemimah, Shafali In WPL 2023 Auction. Full Squad here

Delhi Capitals acquired exciting Indian players in the first half of the WPL 2023 Player Auction held here in Mumbai. The franchise bagged batter Jemimah Rodrigues (INR 2.2 crore) and all-rounders Radha Yadav (INR 40 lakh) and Shikha Pandey (INR 60 lakh) along with the U-19 Women T20 World Cup winners Shafali Verma (INR 2 core) and Titas Sadhu (INR 25 lakh). Delhi Capitals also picked up Australia Women's team Captain Meg Lanning (INR 1.1 core) and South African all-rounder Marizanne Kapp (INR 1.5 crore).

Speaking about his team's buys in the first half, Delhi Capitals' co-owner Parth Jindal said, "We are extremely happy. Obviously, some of the early names that we went for, the prices went very high, so we had to pull out. But if we look back at how the three rounds have gone, we're happy. We have a legend of the game in Meg Lanning, We have Jemimah, who has done tremendously well. She is from Mumbai, so playing in Mumbai is going to be a big advantage for her. And then Shafali, she has just won the U-19 World Cup. She plays for the women's main team as well. She is from the Delhi NCR region, being from Haryana, so it helps us with our fans as well."

"We are looking for all-rounders now. We're looking for bowlers. We're looking to obviously make the squad. When we came into the auction, we had a very clear-cut strategy that we were going to build a very competitive squad of 15. We didn't want star players; we wanted a very good squad so that the coach can have a very tough choice in selecting the 11. And that is going to be the endeavour (for the second half)," he added.

The first buy of the WPL 2023 auction for Delhi Capitals was star India batter Jemimah Rodrigues, who was acquired for INR 2.2 crore. The 22-year-old,