It was a historic day for ladies’s cricket in India because the Women’s Premier League 2023 public sale fetched a complete of Rs. 87 gamers (57 Indians and 30 abroad) with an funding of 59.50 crores from a complete pool of 409 gamers.
The shackles broke from the primary participant of the primary lot, Smriti Mandhana. The Indian opener bagged the very best bid within the inaugural public sale from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for Rs 3.4 crore.
Mandhana, together with the remainder of her Indian teammates, was watching the public sale from South Africa after India’s win in opposition to Pakistan of their maiden T20 World Cup on Sunday.
Nutritional content material alert! 🫶🏼 first ever #wpl participant @mandhana_smriti And his teammates react to him signing with RCB 😃 pic.twitter.com/gzRLSllFl2
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) February 13, 2023
Videos of Indian gamers cheering after being criticized by their teammates are going viral on social media. But it was additionally movies from their households that marked that big day.
India quick bowler Renuka Singh Thakur’s household adopted the public sale on a cellular from his hometown Shimla and celebrated the 27-year-old profitable a profitable bid of ₹1.9 crore from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
Richa Ghosh was the hero in India’s seven-wicket win in opposition to Pakistan on Sunday as she produced a 20-ball 31. His dad and mom and brother additionally caught like glue to the display screen because the swashbuckling batsman went to RCB for Rs 1.9 crore.
confused and joyful faces @13richaghosh went underneath the hammer #WPLAuction #WPLAuction Be dependent #JioCinema And #sports18 #wpl #WPLonJioCinema #LadiesPremierLeague , @RCBTweets pic.twitter.com/wPMbEtQFi3
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) February 13, 2023
“All my parents wanted me to do was to play for India. I want to captain my team and win big trophies for India. I want to buy a flat in Kolkata. I want my mother and father to settle there. I want them to enjoy their life now. He has struggled a lot in his life and he has worked very hard for me. Even now my father does umpiring. After the auction, I hope he doesn’t have to work so hard,” Richa, who hails from Siliguri, informed Sports18.
▶️ Not solely from South Africa, we even have s̐w̐̈e̐̈e̐̈t̐̈ reactions from Himachal! Here is the household of Renuka Singh, he was purchased by RCB for Rs 1.5 crore. #WPLAuction pic.twitter.com/BbV40stApL
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) February 13, 2023
Same was the case with Deepti Sharma. The all-rounder bagged a profitable bid of two.6 crores from UP Warriors.
A day Deepti Sharma’s household will always remember 🫶🏼 #wpl #WPLonJioCinema #UPWarriors pic.twitter.com/yAZHWegoDU
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) February 13, 2023
Other notable Indian buys embrace Jemimah Rodrigues (2.2 cr to Delhi Capitals), Shafali Verma (2 cr to Delhi Capitals), Puja Vastrakar (1.9 cr to Mumbai Indians) and Harmanpreet Kaur (1.8 cr to Mumbai Indians).
“I think this is a gamechanger for all of us. I am very excited to experience this pressure for the first time and at the same time it will completely change women’s cricket not only in India but also in world cricket. There is initiative and we are all looking forward to it. How the men’s team was performing for MI then, we would like to contribute in the same way,” mentioned India captain Harmanpreet Kaur.
Among abroad gamers, Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner and Natalie Sciver-Brunt had been offered to Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians for 3.2 crores respectively.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
