Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur
WPL 2024 Auction: The Women’s Premier League 2024 auction has ended. This time all teams bought 30 players together. These include 9 foreign players and 21 Indian players. India’s Kashvi Gautam and Annabel Sutherland were the most expensive players. Kashvi was bought by Gujarat Giants and Annabel Sutherland by Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 crore each.
Open fate of 30 players
This time, 165 players had registered for the 2024 WPL auction, of which only the fate of 30 players in the auction is open. While Deandra Dottin, Chamari Atapattu, Devika Vaidya, Amy Johns and Kim Garth remained unsold. No team bid on these players.
Mumbai Indians included five players
Mumbai Indians, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, have bought 5 players and added them to their team in the 2024 WPL auction. These include Shabnim Ismail, S. Sanjana, Amandeep Kaur, Fatima Jaffer and Kirtin Balakrishnan. Mumbai’s squad of 18 players is complete. The Mumbai Indians team wanted to add Shabnim Ismail to their team at any cost. He paid 1.2 million rupees for this. The captain of Mumbai Indians is Harmanpreet Kaur.
Mumbai Indians team after WPL 2024 auction:
Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Humaira Kazi, Issie Wong, Jintimani Kalita, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaq, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail, S Sajna, Amandeep Kaur, Fatima Jaffer, Keerthan Balakrishnan.
RCB bought 6 players in the auction
The RCB team bought 6 players in the 2024 WPL auction. These include Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Ekta Bist, Shubha Satish, S. Meghna, Simran Bahadur and Sophie Molyneux. In addition to excellent spin bowling, Georgia can also hit big shots in the middle range. The captain of RCB is Smriti Mandhana.
RCB team after 2024 WPL auction:
Asha Shobhana, Disha Cassatt, Alyssa Perry, Heather Knight, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Ekta Bisht, Shubha Satish, S Meghna, Simran Bahadur , Sophie Molyneux.
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