Women's IPL Auction 2023 HIGHLIGHTS: 87 Players Sold, 59.5 Crore Spent In Historic Bidding War In Mumbai
Women's IPL Auction 2023 HIGHLIGHTS: 3 of the Top 5 costliest buys at the auction were Indian players.
Background
The much-awaited Women's Premier League (WPL) 2023 Auction is here and will be taking place on Monday, February 13, in Mumbai. A total of 409 players will go under the...More
The schedule for the first season of the Women's Premier League was announced after the auction had been held successfully. The tournament will begin with a face off between Mumbai and Gujarat on March 4. It will conclude with the final on March 26.
| DATE | MATCH | VENUE | TIME (IN IST) |
| March 4 | Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians | DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 5 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 3.30PM |
| March 5 | UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants | DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 6 | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 7 | Delhi Capitals vs UP Warriorz | DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 8 | Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 9 | Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians | DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 10 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs UP Warriorz | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 11 | Gujarat Giants vs Delhi Capitals | DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 12 | UP Warriorz vs Mumbai Indians | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 13 | Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 14 | Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 15 | UP Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 16 | Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Giants | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 18 | Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz | DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | 3.30PM |
| March 18 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Giants | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 20 | Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 3.30PM |
| March 20 | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals | DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 21 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians | DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | 3.30PM |
| March 21 | UP Warriorz vs Delhi Capitals | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 24 | ELIMINATOR | DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | 7.30PM |
| March 26 | FINAL | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 7.30PM |
Sahana Pawar SOLD TO RCB For 10 Lakh. Bangalore get the first and the last player to be sold on the day. That concludes the first-ever WPL Auction.
Short break for Mumbai and Bangalore to submit a few names which they want to be re-offered.
Parunika Sisodia SOLD To Giants For 10 Lakh.
Parunika Sisodia SOLD To Giants For 10 Lakh.
Priyanka Bala is SOLD to Mumbai for 20 Lakhs.
Preeti Bose SOLD TO RCB for her base price of 30 Lakh.
Simran Shaikh SOLD to Warriorz for 10 lakhs. They have used every penny of their purse.
Jess Jonassen SOLD TO DC For 50 Lakhs. That completes DC's minimum requirement of 15 players.
Sushma Verma SOLD TO Giants for 60 lakh. INR 30 lakh was the base price for the Indian keeper.
Heather Knight SOLD to RCB for 40 lakhs. Base price purchase.
Hayley Matthews SOLD TO MI For 40 lakhs. That was her base price.
Teams other than Warriorz asked to submit shortlist of 5 players. Warriorz only have 10 lakh remaining in their purse and can afford just one player of that base price.
Purse Remaining and Players Bought
DC: 2.15 crore and 12 players bought
Giants: 1.30 crore and 13 bought
MI: 1.30 crore and 10 bought
RCB 1.95 crore and 11 bought
Warriors: 10 lakh left and 15 players bought
Note- Each side must have at least 15 players.
Saika Ishaque SOLD to Mumbai Indians for 10 lakhs.
Tanuja Kanwer SOLD to Giants for 50 lakhs.
Kanika Ahuja SOLD to RCB For 35 lakh. Base price was set at 15 lakh.
Laxmi Yadav to Warriorz for base price of 10 lakh. That completes their minimum quota of 15 players.
Tara Norris SOLD to Delhi Capitals For 10 Lakhs. No takers for her.
Laura Harris SOLD To Delhi For 10 lakh. That was her base price.
Lauren Bell SOLD to UP Warriorz For 30 Lakhs.
D Hemalatha SOLD to Giants for 30 Lakhs. Just one bid.
Amanjot Kaur SOLD to Mumbai Indians for 50 lakhs. Base price of 30 lakhs.
Devika Vaidya Bought by UP Warriorz for 1.3 crore. She had a base price of 40 lakh.
Issy Wong SOLD To Mumbai For 30 lakh. That was a base price purchase.
Mansi Joshi SOLD to Giants For 30 lakhs. That was her base price.
No takers for Katherine Sciver-Brunt. SHe is UNSOLD.
Alice Capsey SOLD TO Delhi Capitals For INR 75 lakh.
Georgia Wareham SOLD to Gujarat Giants FOR 75 lakh. She has also reserved her base price at INR 30 lakh.
Grace Harris SOLD to UP Warriorz For 75 lakh. 30 lakhs was her base price.
Heather Graham GOES TO MI for 30 Lakhs. They get her at her base price.
Erin Burns SOLD To RCB For 30 Lakhs. Base price purchase.
S Meghana SOLD To Giants For 30 Lakhs. The opening and closing bid.
Kiran Navgire SOLD to UP Warriorz for 30 Lakh. That was her base price.
A total of 34 players have been sold so far including 15 overseas stars which leaves a total of 15 vacant slots for foreign players. The Accelerated Auction in just a bit.
RCB: Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Elysse Perry, Renuka, Richa Ghosh
MI: Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika
Giants: Gardner, Mooney, Dunkley, Sutherland, Harleen, Dottin, Rana
UP Warriorz: Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma, Tahila McGrath, Sjhabnam Ismail, Healy, Sarvani, Gayakwad, Chopra, Shweta Sehrawat, Yashasri
DC: Rodrigues, Lanning, Shafali, Radha, Pandey, Kapp, Sadhu
45-Minute Break Before The Accelerated Auction. Each team has been asked to submit a 15-member shortlist of players they will be interested in bidding for. It's been a great auction so far. And we will be back bringing you all the relevant details and help you make sense of all that has been happened at the auction so far. STAY TUNED!
S Yashasri, base price of INR 10 lakh and Warriorz rope in her at her base price.
Under-19 Speedster with a Base price of 10 lakh but goes UNSOLD.
Shweta Sehrawat SOLD To UP Warriorz For 40 Lakhs. She was India's leading run-getter in their victorious U-19 T20 World Cup campaign.
Titas Sadhu SOLD to Delhi Capitals For 25 Lakhs.
Grace Scrivens GOES UNSOLD. She was England's leading run-getter at U-19 T20 World Cup.
Parshavi Chopra SOLD to Warriorz For 10 Lakh which was her base price.
Under-19 players will be auctioned as part of this list.
Base price of INR 40 lakh for South African Marizanne Kapp. Warriorz, Delhi, Bangalore and Gujarat interested in her. Price escalates over 1 crore. She is SOLD to Delhi Capitals For 1.50 Crore.
Sneh Rana is SOLD to Gujarat Giants For 75 Lakhs.
Shikha Pandey SOLD to Delhi Capitals For 60 Lakhs. Bidding started at INR 40 lakhs for her.
Radha Yadav SOLD To Delhi Capitals For 40 Lakhs. That was her base price.
Nadine de Klerk, Jess Jonassen, Marizanne Kapp, Leigh Kasperek, Salma Khatun, Shikha Pandey, Sneh Rana and Radha Yadav are in this list.
DC - 6.7 crore
Gujarat - 4.5 crore
MI - 2.6 crore
RCB - 3 crore
UP Warriorz - 3.55 crore
How do the five teams stack up as of now?
RCB: Mandhana, Devine, Perry, Renuka, Richa
MI: Harmanpreet, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Vastrakar, Yastika
Giants: Gardner, Mooney, Dunkley, Sutherland, Deol, Dottin
Warriorz: Ecclestone, Deepti, McGrath, Ismail, Healy, Sarvani, Gayakwad
Capitals: Rodrigues, Lanning, Shafali
A 15-Minutes Break from the bidding war. We will be back covering every major detail from the auction.
Base price of 30 lakhs for the New Zealand cricketer. She finds no takers. She is UNSOLD.
Rajeshwari Gayakwad is SOLD to UP Warriorz For 40 Lakhs.
Jahanara Alam GOES UNSOLD. No interest from any franchise in the Bangladesh seamer as of now.
MI: Harmanpreet, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Vastrakar, Yastika
GG: Gardner, Mooney, Dunkley, Sutherland, Harleen, Dottin
Warriorz: Ecclestone, Deepti, Tahlia McGrath, Ismail, Healy
DC: Rodrigues, Lanning, Shafali
Alyssa Healy Next Player In the List. Warriorz and Mumbai bidding for the Australian. She is SOLD to Warriorz for 70 Lakhs.
Delhi start the bidding for Richa Ghosh. 50 lakh is her base price. It's over 1 crore already. Bangalore and Delhi showing interest in her at the moment. She is SOLD for 1.90 Crore to Bangalore.
Mumbai Indians have Yastika Bhatia for 1.5 Crore. She had her base price set at 30 lakhs.
Taniya Bhatia, Yastika Bhatia and Richa Ghosh among others in this list.
Next player in the list- Deandra Dottin. Giants have her for INR 60 lakhs.
Indian all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar is SOLD To Mumbai Indians For 1.9 Crore.
Harleen Deol- base price at 40 lakh, Goes to Gujarat Giants for that much. She becomes the franchise's first Indian purchase.
Annabel Sutherland is SOLD to Gujarat Giants For 70 Lakh.
Chamari Athapaththu, Harleen Deol, Deandra Dottin, Heather Knight, Sune Luus, Annabel Sutherland, Pooja Vastrakar and Danni Wyatt comprise this list.
A quick breather aftter which the first set of all-rounders will go under the hammer.
Tammy Beaumont Remains UNSOLD. The English cricketer had set herself a base price of 30 lakhs.
India's U-19 World Cup-winning captain Shafali Verma is the next player being auctioned. Base price of 50 lakhs. Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai interested in roping her in and it is Delhi who buy her for 2 crore.
Laura Wolvaardt GOES UNSOLD. Her base price was also set at INR 50 lakhs.
Meg Lanning SOLD To Delhi Capitals For 1.1 crore. She had a base price of 50 lakhs.
The White Ferns player had reserved her base price at 30 lakhs but she finds no takers. She remains UNSOLD.
Jemimah Rodrigues, Base Price of 50 lakhs. UP start the bidding for her. 2 crore price has been breached. Capitals buy her for 2.2 crore.
Base price of 30 lakhs. She is sold to Gujarat for 60 lakhs.
Suzie Bates, Tammy Beaumont, Tazmin Brits, Sophia Dunkley, Meg Lanning, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma and Laura Wolvaardt comprise this list.
40 lakhs was the base price for the Kiwi all-rounder. She is SOLD to Mumbai for 1 crore.
South Africa fast bowler Shabnim Ismail up next. She had set her base price at 40 lakh. UP Warriorz start the bidding for her and they buy her eventually for 1 crore.
Beth Mooney next player to be auctioned. RCB and MI in an intense bidding war now. Bidding crosses the 1 crore mark. Delhi have shown interest later and so have Gujarat Giants. The Australian GOES to Gujarat for 2.00 Crore.
Tahlia McGrath, the Australian is the next player to be auctioned. Base price at 40 lakhs. Gujarat, UP Warriorz among teams interested in roping her. She is SOLD to UP Warriorz for 1.40 Crore.
Mumbai start bidding for Nat Sciver at 50 lakh. Delhi and Mumbai fighting it out for the England star. Quickly the bidding has reached over 2 crores. UP Warriorz have jumped into the bidding tussle. Dramatic scenes here in Mumbai. Bid at 2.80 crore now. And 3 crore now has been breached. She is SOLD to Mumbai for 3.20 Crore.
Bidding starts at 50 lakh for pacer Renuka Singh. Capitals start the bidding. RCB also show interest. The speedster is SOLD TO Bangalore for 1.50 Crore.
Deepti Sharma- bidding begins at 50 lakhs for her. Delhi begin the bidding, Mumbai and Gujarat enter the bidding war. Price over 1 crore already. Star India all-rounder Deepti was predicted to be one of the costliest players. She has surpassed Harmenpreet's figure of 1.80 Crore already. Mumbai have bid a whopping 2 crore for her. But no UP Warriorz have shown interest. Warriorz buy Deepti Sharma for 2.60 Crore.
Shabnim Ismail, Amelia Kerr, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh are the 7 players in the second set who will be auctioned.
"Everyone knows Mandhana and Perry, we were pretty committed to the couple of people we wanted to get. we're very happy to get such quality players. it's a dream result for us to get Mandhana, Perry and Devine. Smriti has got plenty of captaincy experience and is familiar with the Indian conditions so highly likely [she'll be captain]," Hesson told the media after the end of the first set of players to be auctioned.
RCB: Mandhana, Devine, Perry
MI: Harmanpreet
GG: Gardner
UPW: Ecclestone
Matthews only player unsold from that list. Great auction so far for the Bangalore franchise.
Ellyse Perry was SOLD To RCB for 1.7 Crore before Ecclestone. And that ends the first set of marquee players.
Bidding begins for the world's number 1 bowler starts at 50 lakhs. Gujarat Giants starts the bidding. Capitals come in. Warriorz enter at INR 1.2 crore and she is SOLD TO UP Warriorz at 1.8 crore.
50 lakhs the base price for the Australian all-rounder. Mumbai start the bidding for her. UP Warriors compete with them. Bid crosses 300 lakhs. Gujarat Giants have entered the bidding war at 2.8 Crore and SHE IS SOLD TO GUJARAT For 3.20 Crore.
Harmanpreet Kaur. RCB again one of the first to raise the paddle. Base price of 50 lakhs. Delhi join the bidding. Mumbai enter when the prize was already 120 lakhs. UP Warriorz enter even later but Harmanpreet is SOLD TO MUMBAI FOR 180 Lakhs.
Smriti Mandhana first name to go under the hammer. A Base price of 50 lakhs. RCB and MI- the two interested parties in roping her in at the moment. The price has escalted to over 300 lakh. She is SOLD To RCB for 340 Lakhs.
Mallika Sagar is the auctioneer for the bidding war. She takes centre stage. The actual auction set to get underway.
BCCI President Roger Binny is delivering the welcome speech. "Looking forward to our first step in the growth of the women's game," he says.
Shibani Akhtar is the host of the event. She welcomes all the five franchises before inviting the BCCI dignitaries to unveil the WPL logo.
Gujarat Giants - Head coach: Rachael Haynes, Bowling coach: Nooshin Al Khadeer, Batting coach: Tushar Arothe, Mentor and advisor: Mithali Raj
Mumbai Indians - Head coach: Charlotte Edwards, Bowling coach and mentor: Jhulan Goswami, Batting coach: Devieka Palshikaar.
UP Warriorz - Head coach: Jon Lewis, Assistant coaches: Anju Jain and Ashley Noffke, Mentor: Lisa Sthalekar
Delhi Capitals - Head coach: Jonathan Batty, Assistant coaches: Hemalata Kala and Lisa Keightley, Fielding coach: Biju George
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Not yet announced
The first set - marquee set.
Sophie Devine - New Zealand
Sophie Ecclestone - England
Ashleigh Gardner - Australia
Harmanpreet Kaur - India
Smriti Mandhana - India
Hayley Matthews - West Indies
Ellyse Perry - Australia
One of these will be the first player ever to be sold in WPL.
Huge moment this in Women's cricket. One of those rare moments where one gets to witness history, while it is being made. Excitement and a bit of nervous and we try and cover every minute detail from this bidding war. STAY TUNED!
"Very excited but a bit of nervousness as well to see how the tournament will fare. A lot of expectations ride on it because of the reputation IPL have. Everybody globally also feels this would be the most expensive league in the women's cricket. All the best players of the globe will be playing in this league," said Mithali Raj, mentor and advisor of Gujarat Titans.
"It's the biggest moment in women's cricket. We all were looking for this for a long time. Finally, things have started and we must thank to BCCI for starting the Women's IPL," said Jhulan Goswami, mentor and bowling coach of Mumbai Indians.
“I’m looking forward to working with the Indian domestic players. I think there’s going to be a lot of talent out there that’s not been seen before. We’re looking at various players and are ready for what’s coming up on Monday. “It feels like such a ground-breaking moment in the women’s game. To be part of that first time, is very special. Very much looking forward to it and can’t wait to see it all unfold and see how successful the tournament will be," stated Charlotte Edwards, head coach of the women's team of Mumbai Indians.
The five WPL teams are Gujarat Giants (Adani Group), Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz.