Last updated on February 26th, 2023 at 03:22 pm
Finally, after a long time of waiting the women’s version of the uber-popular Indian Premier League was announced and will be organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It is going to be a women’s franchise Twenty20 cricket league similar to the IPL and will be held between 4th March to 26th March 2023.
The auction for the Women’s Premier League 2023 was held on February 13th, 2023, and 5 teams participated in it. Four of the teams play in the IPL, too, while the 5th one, UP Warriorz, is owned by Capri Global.
Women’s IPL 2023 Auction: Teams in Auction
5 teams sought to participate in the tournament and thus, were called upon to the auctions for the players. The five teams are ➖
- Delhi Capitals
- Gujarat Giants
- Mumbai Indians
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- UP Warriorz
The total money spent by all the teams was Rs. 59,50,00,000 (US$ 7,200,000). The auction resulted in the purchase of a total of 87 players, with 30 of them hailing from foreign nations. The highest-priced player in the auction was Smriti Mandhana, who was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for a massive sum of ₹3.4 crores (US$430,000). Among the overseas players, Ashleigh Gardner from Australia was the most expensive player for Gujarat Giants, and Nat Sciver-Brunt from England was the priciest player for Mumbai Indians, with each being acquired for ₹3.2 crores (US$400,000).
Women’s IPL 2023 Auction: Team Squads
The complete squads of all five teams can be found below ➖
Delhi Capitals: Jemimah Rodrigues (2.2 crores), Meg Lanning (1.1 crores), Shafali Verma (2 crores), Radha Yadav (40 lakhs), Shikha Pandey (60 lakhs), Marizanne Kapp (1.5 crores), Titas Sadhu (25 lakhs), Alice Capsey (75 lakhs), Tara Norris (10 lakhs), Laura Harris (45 lakhs), Jasia Akhter (20 lakhs), Minnu Mani (20 lakhs), Taniya Bhatia (30 lakhs), Poonam Yadav (30 lakhs), Jess Jonassen (50 lakhs), Sneha Deepthi (30 lakhs), Arundhati Reddy (30 lakhs), Aparna Mandal (10 lakhs)
Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur (1.8 crores), Nat Sciver (3.2 crores), Amelia Kerr (1 crores), Pooja Vastrakar (1.9 crores), Yastika Bhatia (1.5 crores), Heather Graham (30 lakhs), Isabelle Wong (30 lakhs), Amanjot Kaur (50 lakhs), Dhara Gujjar (10 lakhs), Saika Ishaque (10 lakhs), Hayley Mathews (40 lakhs), Chloe Tryon (30 lakhs), Humairaa Kaazi (10 lakhs), Priyanka Bala (20 lakhs), Sonam Yadav (10 lakhs), Jintimani Kalita (10 lakhs), Neelam Bisht (10 lakhs)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore: Smriti Mandhana (3.4 crores), Sophie Devine (50 lakhs), Ellyse Perry (1.7 crores), Renuka Singh Thakur (1.5 crores), Richa Ghosh (1.9 crores), Erin Burns (30 lakhs), Disha Kasat (10 lakhs), Indrani Roy (10 lakhs), Shreyanka Patil (10 lakhs), Kanika Ahuja (35 lakhs), Asha Shobana (10 lakhs), Heather Knight (40 lakhs), Dane van Niekerk (30 lakhs), Preeti Bose (30 lakhs), Poonam Khemnar (10 lakhs), Komal Zanzad (25 lakhs), Meghan Schutt (40 lakhs), Sahana Pawar (10 lakhs)
UP Warriorz: Sophie Ecclestone (1.8 crores), Deepti Sharma (2.6 crores), Tahlia McGrath (1.4 crores), Shabnim Ismail (1 crores), Alyssa Healy (70 lakhs), Anjali Sarvani (55 lakhs), Rajeshwari Gayakwad (40 lakhs), Parshavi Chopra (10 lakhs), Shweta Sehrawat (40 lakhs), S Yashasri (10 lakhs), Kiran Navgire (30 lakhs), Grace Harris (75 lakhs), Devika Vaidya (1.4 crores), Lauren Bell (30 lakhs), Laxmi Yadav (10 lakhs), Simran Shaikh (10 lakhs)
Gujarat Giants: Ashleigh Gardner (3.2 crores), Beth Mooney (2 crores), Sophie Dunkley (60 lakhs), Anna Sutherland (70 lakhs), Harleen Deol (40 lakhs), Deandra Dottin (60 lakhs), Sneh Rana (75 lakhs), S Meghana (30 lakhs), Georgia Wareham (75 lakhs), Mansi Joshi (30 lakhs), D Hemalatha (30 lakhs), Monica Patel (30 lakhs), Tanuja Kanwer (50 lakhs), Sushma Verma (60 lakhs), Hurley Gala (10 lakhs), Ashwani Kumari (35 lakhs), Parunika Sisodia (10 lakhs), Shabnam Shakil (10 lakhs).
Women’s IPL 2023 Auction: FAQs
5 teams are playing the Women’s Premier League 2023 – Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and UP Warriorz.
The auction for WPL 2023 was held on February 13th, 2023.
Smriti Mandhana is the most expensive player who was bought for ₹3.4 crores (US$430,000) by Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Smriti Mandhana is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore in WPL 2023.
30 overseas players were signed by the teams for WPL 2023.