WPL Players Auction 2023: 5 Overseas Stars Who Could Take Home A Fat Pay Cheque- IN PICS

The Women's Premier League Auction is likely to take place on February 13.

Marizanne Kapp (L) and Nat Sciver

Australia's Ashleigh Gardner will definitely one proven performer that franchises would want to go after. She has a strike rate of over 100 in both ODI and T20Is- a testimony to her class and ability. While she strikes at 117.26 in ODIs, her T20I strike rate is better, as expected at 133.91. She is more than a handy with the ball, having 43 wickets to her credit in 67 matches. (Picture Credit: AFP)

England's Nat Sciver will be another one among the overseas stars who could fetch a fat pay cheque. She has a multi-dimensional angle to her game and can play the anchor's role as well as go for the big shots, if need arises something which her numbers in T20Is show. She has close to 2000 runs in 99 innings at a strike rate of over 110. In addition, she has picked up 78 wickets at an economy of under 7. (Picture Credit: AFP)

Yet another overseas cricketer who can change the tide of the match both with the bat and ball is South Africa's Marizanne Kapp. She is sure to get the attraction of the bidders. Not only has she accumulated over 1000 runs in T20Is, she has 67 wickets to go with that. She has been a match-winner even in ODIs, scoring 2367 runs in 129 matches apart from picking 147 wickets (Picture Credit: AFP)

Perhaps among the top overseas names that the franchises will target at the Women's Premier League auction will be Sophie Devine. She has a strike rate of 122 in T20Is and along with that she scalped 109 wickets at an economy of under 7 runs in an over. To do that over a career spanning 115 T20Is and counting shows the unbelievable skill levels she has and the temperament to be consistent at the highest level. (Picture Credit: AFP)

The world's top-ranked bowler both in T20Is and ODIs simply has to be on this list. Moreover, Sophie Ecclestone has even done well in the Women's T20 Challenge fixtures which should be further encourage the team owners to bid for her. She has an economy of under 6 in the shortest format where dot balls are nothing less than gold dust. In 65 T20Is, she has 86 wickets with a scarcely believable strike rate of 16.48 and a capable lower-order batter (Image Credit: AFP)