WPL Auction 2023: On February 13, the auction is scheduled to take place in Mumbai.
Mumbai will host the Women’s Premier League’s inaugural season from March 4 through March 26, 2023. Two locations—the Brabourne Stadium and the D.Y. Patil Stadium, where a total of 22 games will be played—will host the whole event. The player auction list, which includes a total of 409 cricketers, was made public by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
On February 13, the auction is scheduled to take place in Mumbai’s Jio World Convention Center. Only 409 of the total 1525 players who applied for the Women’s Premier League Player Auction made the cut for the final roster. The five participating teams are headquartered in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Lucknow, and Mumbai, respectively.
246 of the 409 players are cricket players from India, and the remaining 163 are international athletes. There are 202 players with caps, 199 players without caps, and 8 players from associate nations in total. There are 90 slots available across the five teams, 30 of which are reserved for players from outside the United States.
There are 24 players who have decided to be part of the top tier, and the maximum base fee is INR 50 lakhs. The only Indians to make it to the top bracket are captain Harmanpreet Kaur, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, all-rounder Deepti Sharma, and youthful phenom Shafali Verma, who led India to victory at the U19 World Cup.
Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Jess Jonassen, Natalie Sciver, Renuka Singh Thakur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Australian skipper Meg Lanning, Pooja Vastrakar, England opener Danni Wyatt, Australian wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy, and Indian wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh are among the all-rounders from different countries. They also include Ashleigh Gardner, Jess Jonassen,
The auction is scheduled to start at 2:30 PM on February 13 and includes 30 participants with a base price of INR 40 lakh.
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