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WPL 2025 Auction LIVE: Massive Overseas Names Up For Grabs
WPL 2025 Auction LIVE Updates: 120 players are set to go under the hammer.
- NDTV Sports Desk
- Updated:December 15, 2024 12:59 pm IST
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WPL 2025 Auction LIVE Updates: The Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 mini-auction will see the five WPL teams fill up their remaining 19 slots. 120 players, Indian and international, will go under the hammer, with each team having a total purse of Rs 15 crore. Among the 29 overseas players feature some massive names such as England captain Heather Knight, West Indian powerhouse Deandra Dottin and South African wicket-keeper batter Lizelle Lee. The likes of Sneh Rana and Poonam Yadav will be the biggest Indian names going under the hammer.
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- 12:59 (IST)WPL Auction Live: Gujarat Giants with biggest remaining purse -Gujarat Giants will go into the Women's Premier League 2025 Auction with the biggest purse of Rs 4.4 crore. They need four players, including two overseas, from the mini auction. While UP Warriorz need to fill three slots, including one overseas player, the other three teams, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals will have four slots each to fill. RCB have no slots left to find another overseas player.
- 12:33 (IST)WPL 2025 Auction Live: Behind the scenesTwo seasons into the Women’s Premier League (WPL), and the tournament’s impact is evident not only on the game itself, but also on scouting of the players, as franchises seek to discover talented cricketers from the Indian domestic circuit. Once the five teams made their retentions clear for WPL 2025, the franchises’ were quick on their work to organise trials and camps for their targeted players.
- 12:07 (IST)WPL 2025 Auction Live: A look at some big names -The marquee players in the Women's Premier League 2025 Auction include Tejal Hasabnis, Sneh Rana, Deandra Dottin (West Indies), Heather Knight (England), Orla Prendergast (Ireland), Lauren Bell (England), Kim Garth (Australia), and Danielle Gibson (England), alongside several other prominent names.
- 12:00 (IST)WPL 2025 Auction Live: More details on players -The auction pool of 120 players includes 91 Indian and 29 international stars, featuring three emerging talents from Associate Nations. Of these, 30 players are capped (9 Indian, 21 overseas), while 90 are uncapped (82 Indian, 8 overseas). With most franchises retaining their core squads, only 19 slots remain open, including 5 for overseas players.
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