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WPL Auction 2023 Blog: RCB Sign Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet To Lead MI

Women’s Premier League (WPL) Auction 2023 Live Updates: Smriti Mandhana (Rs 3.40 crore) was the costliest player.

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  • The inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL) auction was held in Mumbai's Jio World Convention Centre.

  • A total of 87 players were sold.

  • Rs 59.50 crore was spent.

  • Smriti Mandhana was the most expensive player, with Royal Challengers Bangalore signing her for Rs 3.40 crore.

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9:04 PM , 13 Feb

WPL Auction Live: Day In a Nutshell

Amid the fierce paddle-battles, the numerous phone calls and the innumerable excel drafts, a lot happened today which will decide the fate of each of the five teams in the competitions.

Here's what happened:

  • Out of the 90 slots available, 87 players were sold.

  • Rs 59.50 crore out of the available Rs 60 crore was spent.

  • Among them, 30 were overseas players.

  • Mumbai Indians and UP Warriorz are the only two teams not to fill the 18 slots available.

  • Each team was allotted six slots for overseas players, and all of those were filled.

  • Smriti Mandhana was the top earner, going to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.40 crore.

  • Australia's Ashleigh Gardner and England's Nat Sciver-Brunt are joint-second on that list.

  • Gardner was sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 3.20 crore. At the same price, Sciver-Brunt was sold to Mumbai Indians.

The inaugural WPL edition will be held between 4-26 March in Mumbai. We will be bringing you live action from the matches.

Till then, farewell!

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8:55 PM , 13 Feb

WPL Auction Live: Curtain Call

And with that, we come to the conclusion of what will undoubtedly, indisputably and unequivocally go down as the day that changed women's cricket as we knew it.

Don't go anywhere just yet, as we summarise the day for you.

8:48 PM , 13 Feb

WPL Auction Live: Sahana Pawar Goes To RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore started the proceedings today with the acquisition of Smriti Mandhana, and they will also end the day by signing the very last player out of the bag, Sahana Pawar.

The spinner from Karnataka is sold for Rs 10 lakh.

8:46 PM , 13 Feb

WPL Auction Live: MI Sign Neelam Bisht

And right on cue, Mumbai Indians have extinguished their budget. The last player to enter Harmanpreet Kaur's formidable side is Punjab-based all-rounder Neelam Bisht, for Rs 10 lakh.

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Published: 13 Feb 2023, 12:46 PM IST
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