The maiden Women’s Premier League public sale will see a complete of 409 cricketers bid for the likes of Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Alyssa Healy and Sophie Ecclestone, who place themselves within the highest base value bracket of Rs 50 lakh.
IPL chairman Arun Dhumal had instructed PTI on Monday that the whole 22 matches of the league can be held in Mumbai from March 4 to 26. The public sale will happen on February 13 in Mumbai.
Of the 409 gamers, 246 are Indians and 163 are foreigners, together with eight from affiliate international locations.
The complete capped gamers are 202, whereas 199 are uncapped and eight are from affiliate nations.
The 5 groups have a most of 90 slots out there, of which 30 are for abroad gamers.
Twenty-four gamers have positioned themselves within the base value bracket of Rs 50 lakh. There are 30 gamers within the public sale checklist with a base value of Rs 40 lakh.
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Apart from India skipper Harmanpreet, Mandhana and Australian star Healy and primary England spinner Ecclestone, others within the highest base value bracket embrace U-19 World Cup-winning captain Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Jemimah Rodrigues, England internet Siever, Australia. Captain Meg Lanning amongst others.
India’s U-19 stars, who gained the World Cup in South Africa, will even be part of the marketing campaign. These embrace uncapped Parshvi Chopra, Archana Devi, Tita Sadhu, Shweta Sehrawat and Mannat Kashyap (base value Rs 10 lakh for all).
“The Women’s Premier League Player Auction List has been released for a total of 409 cricketers to be auctioned on February 13, 2023 at Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai,” the BCCI stated in a launch.
“A total of 1525 players registered for the inaugural Women’s Premier League Player Auction and the final list has been cut down to 409 players.” With the sale of 5 groups for Rs 4669.99 crore and media rights to BCCI for Rs 951 crore, WPL is the second largest T20 league on the earth after the Indian Premier League.
Apart from the three IPL crew house owners – Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals – Capri Global Holdings (Lucknow) and Adani Sportsline have purchased 5 franchises.
In the participant public sale, every crew can have a handbag of Rs 12 crore and should purchase a minimal of 15 gamers and a most of 18 gamers. Five international gamers, together with one from an affiliate member nation, shall be allowed within the enjoying XI. ,
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
