New Delhi, 9 November (Hindustan Reporter). The player auction for the 2024 season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) is scheduled to take place on December 9 in Mumbai.
According to ESPNcricinfo, each of the five teams will have an additional purse of Rs 1.5 crore available in addition to the balance left over from the previous auction as well as the release of players.
In total, 30 slots – including nine overseas – are available to be filled in the day-long auction. Recently, a total of 60 players were retained by the five franchises, including 21 overseas players, while 29 were released. The amount received from the release along with the remaining amount from the previous auction will be added to the new purse of Rs 1.5 crore.
In the inaugural season of the WPL, teams had Rs 12 crore to build their squads, an amount that was exhausted by two of the five teams, defending champions Mumbai Indians and UP Warriors. Of the remaining three teams, Gujarat Giants had Rs 5 lakh left, Delhi Capitals had Rs 35 lakh and Royal Challengers Bangalore had Rs 10 lakh left.
Gujarat, who finished bottom of the points table last season, have released almost half their squad, and will have the highest purse of Rs 5.95 crore, with ten slots – including three overseas – available to fill. Will be. The Warriors, have Rs 4 crore to fill five slots, including one overseas. They are followed by Royal Challengers, who finished fourth with Rs 3.35 crore to fill seven slots, including three overseas.
Last season’s runners-up Capitals will have Rs 2.25 crore to fill three slots, including one overseas spot. Mumbai will have the smallest purse among the five franchises, with Rs 2.1 crore to fill five slots, including one overseas.
The inaugural season of the WPL was successful, with the best players except Pakistan participating in the tournament, which consisted of 22 matches. All the matches were played at three venues in Mumbai. The BCCI has not yet informed the franchises about the tournament dates for the second edition, and has also not revealed whether the tournament will be played in a home-and-away format across multiple venues, or in the same city as last season. In.
In last year’s auction, bids for seven players were up to Rs 2 crore, and three crossed the Rs 3 crore mark, including Smriti Mandhana (Rs 3.4 crore), Ashley Gardner (Rs 3.2 crore) and Nate Sciver. -Includes Brunt (Rs 3.2 crore).
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