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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The minimum number of players on the roster should be 15 (they can have maximum 18 players onboard) and they must spend at least Rs 9 crore off the Rs 12 crore purse available to them

12:09 PM (IST)

The franchises will depend on the data from Indian domestic T20 competitions, the WBBL and the Women's Hundred as they look to get their combinations right for first edition which will be played at the Brabourne and the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai from March 4 to 26

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PLAYERS WITH RS 40 LAKH BASE PRICE

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Like the IPL, all-rounders will be in demand during the WPL auction as well

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Then there are Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates from New Zealand; South Africa's Shabnim Ismail, Laura Wolvaardt and Marizanne Kapp

11:53 AM (IST)

All keep an eye on England's left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone — the best spinner in women's cricket; her compatriots Nat Sciver-Brunt and skipper Heather Knight

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Among the international players, Australians will be on the top of the list for the franchises and they include the likes of all-rounders Ashleigh Gardner and Ellyse Perry; Alyssa Healy, Tahlia McGrath, skipper Meg Lanning, Beth Mooney — the top-scorer in Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) – among others

11:26 AM (IST)

The five teams -- Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, RCB, Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz -- will be bidding for 90 players in a list of 409

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24 Indians have entered the auction at a highest base price of Rs 50 lakh and overall 409 players will go under the hammer

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India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, her deputy Smriti Mandhana, all-rounder Deepti Sharma and Jemimah Rodrigues will be among the hot picks as far as Indian players are concerned

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NUMBERS GAME

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Those two deals made the WPL the second-most valuable women's league after WNBA — without a ball being bowled

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A week after that, BCCI sold the franchise rights for five teams for Rs 4,669.99 crore

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In the third week of January this year, Viacom18 won the media rights for Rs 951 crore for a period of five years

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The Women's Premier League (WPL) was finally set in motion by the BCCI in October 2022 and since then it has forged ahead at a brisk pace

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