WPL 2024 Auction: Schedule, Live Broadcasting, Teams, Complete Squads, Open Slots, Goal, Target Players, And Additional Information
Thirty open seats across five franchises for the Women’s Premier League 2024 season will be filled by 165 players going under the hammer at this Saturday’s mini-auction in Mumbai.
Of the 165 players, 61 are from outside the country, including 15 from Associate countries, and 104 are Indians. There will be 109 rookies and 56 capped players among the players up for grabs. The following teams: Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz, Gujarat Giants, and Royal Challengers Bangalore have discharged 29 players from their rosters and kept 60 players, including 21 international cricketers.
The WPL’s second season is probably scheduled to take place in Bangalore and Mumbai in February and March.
The wage ceiling for each of the five teams is Rs 13.5 crore. Gujarat Giants, who have 13 seats up for grabs, including three international players, will enter the auction with the largest purse of Rs 5.95 crore. Mumbai Indians, the defending champions, have the least amount of money—Rs 2.1 crore—to acquire six players for the team.
Mallika Sagar has been confirmed by WPL as the auctioneer for the major event in Mumbai in 2024. She organized the WPL’s first auction earlier this year and is a Mumbai-based art collector. She participated in the Pro Kabaddi League auction in 2021 as well.
WPL 2024 Auction: Predictions
Kim Garth and Deandra Dottin have the highest reserve prices, at Rs 50 lakh each. The basic price of Australian all-rounders Annabel Sutherland and Georgia Wareham, who participated in the first WPL, is Rs 40 lakh. The two other competitors, with a base price of Rs 40 lakh each, are Shabnim Ismail from South Africa and Amy Jones from England.
The other players participating in the auction are Erin Burns and Sophie Molineux from Australia, Danni Wyatt and Tammy Beaumont from England, Chamari Athapaththu from Sri Lanka, and Nadine de Klerk from South Africa.
Retained Players: Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen*, Laura Harris*, Marizanne Kapp*, Meg Lanning*, Minnu Mani
Players who were kept on: Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, and Ashley Gardner*.
Players released: Hurley Gala, Kim Garth*, Mansi Joshi, Monica Patel, Parunika Sisodia, Sabbineni Meghana, Sophia Dunkley*, Sushma Verma, Annabel Sutherland*, and Ashwani Kumari
Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews*, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong*, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver*, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, and Yastika Bhatia are the players that were locked in.
Players Released: Sonam Yadav, Dhara Gujjar, Neelam Bisht, Heather Graham*
Players released: Poonam Khemnar, Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar, Erin Burns, Komal Zanzad, Megan Schutt, Dané Van Niekerk*.
Players Retained: Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S. Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia Mcgrath*, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell*
Players released: Simran Shaikh, Shivali Shinde, Devika Vaidya, and Shabnim Ismail*
Live coverage of the Women’s Premier League 2024 auction will air on the Sports18 network in India.
Where in India can I watch the Women’s Premier League 2024 auction live?
The JioCinema app and website are the places where Indian viewers may watch the live auction for the Women’s Premier League 2024.
