WPL 2023 Auction Highlights: Smriti Mandhana & Ash Gardner MOST EXPENSIVE as 5 franchises splash Rs 59.5 Cr on 87 players: Watch Highlights

WPL 2023 Auction Highlights: The inaugural WPL Auction has come to an end with five franchises splashing Rs 59.5 Cr on 87 players. Royal Challengers Bangalore paid 3.4 Cr for Smriti Mandhana, making her the most expensive woman player. Among foreigners, Gujarat Giants shelled out Rs 3.2 Cr for Ashleigh Gardner, making her the most expensive overseas player. But there were bargain buys too. MI picked up India Women Cricket Team captain Harmanpreet Kaur for Rs 1.8 Cr while RCB paid only Rs 1.8 Cr for Ellyse Perry. Follow WPL 2023 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN

Top 5 Buys:

Smriti Mandhana (RCB, 3.4 Cr)
Ashleigh Gardner (GG, 3.2 Cr)
Nat Sciver (MI, 3.2 Cr)
Deepti Sharma (UPW, 2.6 Cr)
Jemimah Rodrigues (2.2 Cr)

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WPL 2023 Auction Highlights: Smriti Mandhana & Ash Gardner MOST EXPENSIVE as 5 franchises splash Rs 59.5 Cr on 87 players: Watch WPL Auction Highlights

In all, there were 20 players out of 87 managed to cross the 1 Cr price tag. U19 World Cup winning stars such as Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh also bagged good money. Shafali went to DC for Rs 2 Cr. Richa Ghosh went to RCB for 1.9 Cr.

WPL Full Squads:

RCB WPL Full Squad: Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Elysse Perry, Renuka Thakur, Richa Ghosh, Erin Burns, Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Shobana, Kanika Ahuja, Heather Knight, Dane van Niekerk, Preeti Bose, Ponnam Khenmar, Komal Zanzad, Megan Schutt, Sahan Pawar

MI WPL Full Squad: Harmanpreet, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Heather Graham, Issy Wong, Amanjot Kaur, Dhara Gujjar, Saika Ishaque, Hayley Matthews, Chloe Tryon, Humairaa Kaazi, Priyanka Bala, Sonam Yadav, Jintimani Kalita, Neelam Bisht

Gujarat Giants Full Squad: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Sophia Dunkley, Annabel Sutherland, Harleen Deol, Deandra Dottin, Sneh Rana, Sabbineni Meghana, Georgia Wareham, Manshi Joshi, Dayalan Hemalatha, Monica Patel, Tanuja Kanwar, Sushma Verma, Hurley Gala, Ashwani Kumari, Parunika Sisodia, Shabnam Shakil

UP Warriorz Full Squad: Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma, Tahlia McGrath, Shabnim Ismail, Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshawari Gayakwad, Parashavi Chopra, Shweta Sehrawat, S Yashasri, Grace Harris, Devika Vaidya, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell, Laxmi Yadav, Simran Shaikh

DC WPL Full Squad: Jemimah Rodrigues, Meg Lanning, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Marizanne Kapp, Titas Sadhu, Alice Capsey, Tara Norris, Laura Harris, Minnu Mani, Jasia Akhter, Taniya Bhatia, Poonam Yadav, Jess Jonassen, Sneh Deepthi, Arundhati Reddy, Aparna Mondal.

Women’s Premier League teams:

Mumbai Indians —– City; Mumbai; Owner: Reliance Industries; Head Coach: Charlotte Edwards
Royal Challengers Bangalore —– City: Bengaluru; Owner: Diageo
Delhi Capitals —– City: Delhi; Owner: JSW Group-GMR Group; Head Coach: Jonathan Batty
Gujarat Giants —- City: Ahmedabad; Owner: Adani Group; Head Coach: Rachel Haynes
UP Warriors —- City: Lucknow; Owner: Capri Global; Head Coach: Jon Lewis

WPL 2023 Auction Highlights: Smriti Mandhana & Ash Gardner MOST EXPENSIVE as 5 franchises splash Rs 59.5 Cr on 87 players: Watch WPL Auction Highlights

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