The Times Of India | Mar 18, 2023 , 17:01:54 IST

WPL Auction 2023 Highlights: 87 players sold for Rs 59.5 crore; Smriti Mandhana most expensive

Women IPL Auction 2023: Smriti Mandhana stole the thunder in the inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL) auctions as Royal Challengers Bangalore pipped Mumbai Indians in a bidding war to buy the India vice-captain for Rs 3.40 crore (USD 410,000) on Monday. Stay updated with Times of India to get all the live updates of the inaugural Women's Premier League auction from Mumbai.
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03:04 PM (IST)

Auction results so far

1. Smriti Mandhana (India) - 3.4 Cr - RCB | 2. Harmanpreet Kaur (India) - 1.8 Cr - MI | 3. Sophie Divine (NZ) - 50 lakh - RCB | 4. Hayley Matthews (WI) - Unsold | 5. Ashleigh Gardner (Aus) - 3.2 Cr - GG | 6. Elyse Perry (Aus) - 1.7 Cr - RCB | 7. Sophie Ecclestone (Eng) - 1.8 Cr - UP Warriorz

03:02 PM (IST)

SOLD! Sophie Ecclestone goes to UP Warriorz for Rs 1.80 crore

03:01 PM (IST)

RCB get another big name in Ellyse Perry

03:01 PM (IST)

Gujarat and Delhi bidding for Sophie Ecclestone at the moment

03:00 PM (IST)

Gardner goes to Gujarat

03:00 PM (IST)

Next up, Sophie Ecclestone of England

02:59 PM (IST)

SOLD! Ellyse Perry goes to RCB for Rs 1.70 crore

02:58 PM (IST)

Next up, Australia's Ellyse Perry, base price Rs 50 lakh

02:57 PM (IST)

SOLD! Gujarat Giants bag Australia's Ashleigh Gardner for Rs 3.2 crore

02:56 PM (IST)

Bidding war going on for Australia's Ashleigh Gardner

02:55 PM (IST)

RCB get Devine

02:55 PM (IST)

SOLD! New Zealand's Sophie Devine goes to RCB for base price Rs 50 lakh

02:54 PM (IST)

MI get India skipper

02:53 PM (IST)

SOLD! Mumbai Indians buy Harmanpreet Kaur for Rs 1.80 crore

02:50 PM (IST)

Next up, India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur

02:50 PM (IST)

Mandhana to RCB

02:49 PM (IST)

SOLD! Smriti Mandhana sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.4 crore

02:49 PM (IST)

The bid price reaches Rs 3 crore for Mandhana

02:48 PM (IST)

Bidding war going on for Mandhana between Mumbai Indians and RCB

02:47 PM (IST)

First up, India batter Smriti Mandhana, base price Rs 50 lakh

02:46 PM (IST)

Check out Women's Premier League logo

02:45 PM (IST)

Auctioneer Mallika Sagar is on the podium to start the auction

02:45 PM (IST)

* There are 14 players under the Marquee list who will be presented first up in the auction.

02:44 PM (IST)

BCCI President Roger Binny addresses the teams as the auction process begins

02:40 PM (IST)

The player auction begins...

02:32 PM (IST)

We are moments away from the historic auction. Stay tuned for all the live updates.

02:21 PM (IST)

Meet today's Auctioneer -- Mallika Sagar

(Pic Credit: Jio Cinema's Twitter handle)

02:16 PM (IST)

* The bidding increments >> - bids up to INR 1 crore: increments of INR 5 lakh | - bids from INR 1 crore to INR 2 crore: increments of INR 10 lakh | - bids from INR 2 crore to INR 3 crore: increments of INR 20 lakh | - bids from INR 3 crore: increments at the auctioneer's discretion, but not less than INR 20 lakh

02:10 PM (IST)

* Every team will be able to pick 15-18 players, with a salary purse of Rs 12 crore each.

02:09 PM (IST)

* 448 players will go under the hammer, with a maximum of 90 players allowed to be bought by the five teams - Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and UP Warriorz.

02:00 PM (IST)

The stage is set for the historic event

01:51 PM (IST)

A huge step forward for women's cricket in India - the inaugural Women's Premier League or the women's version of the IPL will be held in Mumbai this year from the 4th to the 26th of March. The player auction for the same will be held in Mumbai today.

01:25 PM (IST)

5 franchises, 90 players

01:24 PM (IST)

The five franchises will look at potential captains and, apart from Smriti and Harman, some of the other likely captaincy candidates are legendary Southern Stars boss Meg Lanning, England skipper Heather Knight and White Ferns leader Sophie Devine, all of whom have put their names in the list

01:24 PM (IST)

Among the U-19 World Cup-winning women's team, batter Shweta Sehrawat, spinners Parshavi Chopra, Mannat Kashyap and Archana Devi along with seamer Titas Sadhu are expected to attract good bids

01:20 PM (IST)

THE NUMBERS

01:18 PM (IST)

In the uncapped Indian players' category, Kashmir's Jasia Akhtar and Railways' Swagatika Rath are some of the prominent names expected to get richer by the end of the auction

01:18 PM (IST)

Jemimah Rodrigues, who has had a good run in foreign T20 leagues, could also be a big earner during the auction

01:07 PM (IST)

BCCI APPOINTS FEMALE AUCTIONEER

01:03 PM (IST)

So will the spinners like Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Radha Yadav, and seamers Meghana Singh and Shikha Pandey

01:02 PM (IST)

Big hitter Richa Ghosh and seamer Renuka Thakur will also invoke a lot of interest from potential bidders

01:02 PM (IST)

Smriti, Shafali, Harmanpreet and all-rounder Deepti Sharma are set to earn anywhere between Rs 1.25 to 2 crore from teams that successfully bid for them

12:49 PM (IST)

Monday matinee in Mumbai

12:48 PM (IST)

I'm really excited for the first-ever Women's Premier League. We have been waiting for this for a really long time. I think the build-up has been amazing and I'm really excited at how things have turned out. IPL is a brand, and similarly WPL will definitely boost women's cricket globally. We have seen what Women's Big Bash (played in Australia) has done for players from different countries. WPL will do the same. WPL is also going to help us understand this is how I have to be in a new environment, or this is how the team needs to perform. So I am sure that sort of experience to build a women's PL team will be a really exciting thing and will help me a lot grow as a player and be more mature.

Smriti Mandhana
12:47 PM (IST)

It is expected that members of this current Indian team and those from Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa will be the most sought after players at the auction

12:47 PM (IST)

The base prices are set in five brackets with the least being Rs 10 lakh and the highest Rs 50 lakh. The other brackets are Rs 20, 30 and 40 lakh, respectively

12:47 PM (IST)

With a salary purse of Rs 12 crore per team for the first year and a squad size of 18 including six overseas players, at least 20 to 25 of the 60 Indian women set to be picked will command good auction price

12:10 PM (IST)

PLAYERS WITH RS 50 LAKH BASE PRICE

12:09 PM (IST)

During the match, teams can field four foreigners and the number can increase to five if the player is from an associate nation

12:09 PM (IST)

The teams can buy six foreigners out of which one will be from an associate nation

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