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Updated 09-Dec-2023 • Published 09-Dec-2023
Live Blog - Women's Premier League 2024 auction
The auction highlights
The uncapped Indian pair of Kashvee Gautam and Vrinda Dinesh walked away with top honours at the WPL auction in Mumbai, attracting bids of INR 2 crore (Gujarat Giants) and INR 1.3 crore (UP Warriorz) respectively.
Australia allrounder Annabel Sutherland was the most expensive overseas player, attracting the auction’s joint-highest bid at INR 2 crore, with Delhi Capitals exhausting 88.8% of their remaining purse of INR 2.25 crore on her.
The biggest surprise was Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu missing out for a second-time running after failing to attract a single bid. The WBBL’s MVP who was the second-highest run getter in the tournament, also failed to make it back into the accelerated rounds of the auction, where teams nominated players from the initial unsold list of players.
Some of the other significant exclusions were Deandra Dottin, the former West Indies captain, and Australia allrounder Kim Garth, who were only three players in the highest price bracket (INR 50 lakh). Scotland’s Kathryn Bryce was the lone Associate player picked at the auction, by Giants at her base price of INR 10 lakh.
Ekta Bisht at INR 60 lakh attracted the highest bid among capped India players, while Veda Krishnamurthy and S Meghana went at base prices (INR 30 lakh) in the final accelerated round of auctions after finding no takers initially. Among the big Indian surprises was Devika Vaidya, the allrounder, who was expected to be high on the wishlist of teams after being released by the Warriorz, who bid INR 1.6 crore for her ahead of the inaugural season.