WPL Auction 2024 Highlights: Veda Krishnamurthy is SOLD to Gujarat Giants for INR 30 Lakh
Royal Challengers Bangalore, UP Warriorz, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, and Delhi Capitals are the participating teams.
- Karen Noronha
A total of 165 players, including 15 from associate nations and 104 Indian players, have registered for the WPL auction which is taking place in Mumbai. 30 spots in total — nine for international players — will be up for grabs in the auction, which will be divided among five teams namely — Royal Challengers Bangalore, UP Warriorz, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, and Delhi Capitals are the participating teams.
WPL Auction 2024 LIVE updates: 2nd Accelerated set | Veda Krishnamurthy gets another chance
Veda Krishnamurthy is SOLD to Gujarat Giants for INR 30 Lakh.
S Meghana is SOLD to RCB for INR 30 Lakh.
Simran Bahardur goes for her base price of INR 30 Lakh to RCB.
Gouher Sultana goes to UPW for her base price of INR 30 Lakh.
Sophie Molineux from Australia is SOLD to RCB for INR 30 Lakh.
Tarannum Pathan is SOLD to Gujarat for INR 10 Lakh.
WPL Auction 2024 LIVE updates: Accelerated set | No Chamari Athapaththu or Deandra Dottin in this list
Lauren Cheatle from Australia is SOLD to Gujarat Giants for a base price of INR 30 Lakhs.
Kathryn Bryce from Scotland is SOLD to Gujarat Giants for INR 10 Lakhs.
All-rounder Mannat Kashyap is SOLD to Gujarat Giants for INR 10 Lakhs
Ashwani Kumari is SOLD to Delhi Capitals for INR 10 Lakhs.
Fatima Jaffer from India is SOLD to the Mumbai Indians for INR 10 Lakhs.
All-rounder Keerthana Balakrishnan is SOLD to Mumbai Indians for INR 10 Lakhs.
Shubha Satheesh is SOLD to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 10 Lakhs.
WPL Auction 2024 LIVE updates: All sets DONE; teams to decide who they want again
The teams have been given sheets to fill-in names of five players they want to be part of the acceleration round.
WPL Auction 2024 LIVE updates: SET 10 (uncapped spinners) | Priya Mishra from India is SOLD to Gujarat Giants for INR 20 Lakhs.
Priya Mishra from India is SOLD to Gujarat Giants for INR 20 Lakhs. She even had a bid from Royal Challengers Bangalore.
WPL Auction 2024 LIVE updates: SET 9 (uncapped fast bowlers) | All Indian players went UNSOLD including Tara Norris from USA.
No players from this set were sold.
WPL Auction 2024 LIVE updates: SET 8 (uncapped all-rounders) | Kashvee Gautam goes for 2 Cr to Gujarat Giants
Kashvee Gautam gets the bidding war started after the break. She was at the base price of 10 lakhs and saw a fight between UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants. She was taken by Gujarat for 2 Cr.
Poonam Khemnar is SOLD to Up Warriorz for 10 lakhs.
S Sajana with a base price of INR 10 Lakhs is sold to Mumbai Indians for 15 lakhs.
Amandeep Kaur is SOLD to MI for a base price of INR 10 Lakhs.
Saima Thakor is SOLD to UPW for a base price of INR 10 Lakhs.
WPL Auction 2024 LIVE updates: SET 7 (uncapped wicketkeepers) | Aparna Mondal goes to Delhi Capitals for 10 lakhs.
Sarah Bryce is the first player from the set and she remains UNSOLD.
Aparna Mondal goes to Delhi Capitals for 10 lakhs. There was no competition for this player from other teams.
WPL Auction 2024 LIVE updates: SET 6 (uncapped batters) | Vrinda Dinesh went from 10 lakhs to 1.3 Cr to Up Warriorz
Vrinda Dinesh gets Gujarat and Bangalore to go for a tough bid which started at her base price of 10 lakhs. UP Warriorz also joined the bid.
Trisha Poojitha is SOLD to Gujarat for a base price of INR 10 Lakhs.
WPL Auction 2024 LIVE updates: SET 5 (spinners) | Ekta Bisht taken by RCB
Ekta Bisht goes to RCB for 60 lakhs after being set at her base price for 30 lakhs.
Alana King and Gouher Sultana could not find any buyer either.
WPL Auction 2024 LIVE updates: SET 4 (fast bowlers) | Shabnim Ismail goes to Mumbai Indians for 1.2 Cr, Kate Cross goes to RCB
The South African bowler had a base price of INR 40 Lakhs and she was sold for INR 1.2 Cr to Mumbai Indians.
Kate Cross from England is taken by RCB for 30 lakhs.
Lea Tahuhu, Kim Garth, Simran Bahadur and Shamilia Connell unsold.
WPL Auction 2024 LIVE updates: SET 3 (wicketkeeper) | Amy Jones, Tammy Beaumont UNSOLD
No players from this set were sold.
WPL Auction 2024 LIVE updates: SET 2 (capped all-rounders) | Georgia Wareham goes to RCB, Chamari Athapaththu from Sri Lanka is UNSOLD.
Australian all-rounder Georgia Wareham was taken by Royal Challengers Bangalore for her base price of 40 lakh.
Devika Vaidya who was next with a base price of INR 30 Lakhs went UNSOLD.
Annabel Sutherland from Australia went next with a base price of INR 40 Lakhs. She saw a tough fight between MI and DC. She was sold for 2Cr to Delhi Capitals.
Deandra Dottin from the West Indies remained unsold.
Meghna Singh has gone to Gujarat Giants for her base price of INR 30 Lakhs.
Chamari Athapaththu from Sri Lanka is UNSOLD.
WPL Auction 2024 LIVE updates: SET 1 (capped batters) | Phoebe Litchfield goes to Gujarat Giants, Dani Wyatt goes to UP Warriroz
The 1st set saw an intense bidding war for Australia batter between Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz engaging in a big fight to acquire the services. She goes to GG for INR 1 crore.
As for Dani Wyatt, UP Warriroz went for her at her base price and got her without a fight for 30 lakhs.
Big names like Bharati Fulmali, Mona Meshram and Veda Krishnamurthy all went unsold.
WPL Auction 2024 LIVE updates: Quick look at existing squads before WPL auction (* are overseas players)
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Retained Players: Alice Capsey*, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen*, Laura Harris*, Marizanne Kapp*, Meg Lanning*, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu
Released Players: Aparna Mondal, Jasia Akhter, Tara Norris*
Gujarat Giants (GG)
Retained Players: Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney*, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt*, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer
Released Players: Annabel Sutherland*, Ashwani Kumari, Georgia Wareham*, Hurley Gala, Kim Garth*, Mansi Joshi, Monica Patel, Parunika Sisodia, Sabbineni Meghana, Sophia Dunkley*, Sushma Verma
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Retained Players: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews*, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong*, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver*, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia
Released Players: Dhara Gujjar, Heather Graham*, Neelam Bisht, Sonam Yadav
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Retained Players: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry*, Heather Knight*, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine*
Released Players: Dane Van Niekerk*, Erin Burns*, Komal Zanzad, Megan Schutt*, Poonam Khemnar, Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar
UP Warriorz (UPW)
Retained Players: Alyssa Healy*, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell*, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S. Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia Mcgrath*
Released Players: Devika Vaidya, Shabnim Ismail*, Shivali Shinde, Simran Shaikh