Women's Premier League 2024 Auctions, Highlights: Women's Premier League 2024 auctions turned to be an interesting event as many shocking buys took place. Uncapped all-rounder Kashvee Gautam stunned everyone as she got acquired by Gujarat Giants for Rs 2 crore while batter Vrinda Dinesh got sold to UP Warrirorz at a huge price of Rs 1.3 crores. South Africa pacer Shabnim Ismail has been sold to Mumbai Indians at 1.2 crores. Australia all-rounder Annabel Sutherland has been sold to Delhi Capitals at Rs 2 crore. Batter Phoebe Litchfield has been sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 1 crore. In a shocker, West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin and Sri Lanka all-rounder Chamari Atapattu have gone unsold. India all-rounder Devika Vaidya has also failed to find herself a buyer and remained unsold.
Here are the Highlights of Women's Premier League Auctions 2024, straight from Mumbai:
- 17:54 (IST)WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Shubha Satheesh sold to RCBIndia all-rounder Shubha Satheesh, who had a base price of Rs 10 lakhs, has been sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 10 lakhs. All the players have now appeared for the first round and Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals have filled their slots.
- 17:44 (IST)WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Kathryn Bryce, Mannat Kashyap sold to GGScotland all-rounder Kathryn Bryce, with a base price of Rs 10 lakh, has been sold to Gujarat Giants at her base price. Apart from her, GG have also acquired the services of India all-rounder Mannat Kashyap for Rs 10 lakh.
- 17:25 (IST)WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Big names to be back againWest Indies star Deandra Dottin and Sri Lanka all-rounder Chamari Atapattu, who remained unsold in the first round, still have another chance to find themselves a buyer. It is highly likely that these players will return in the accelerator round. Apart from them, India all-rounder Devika Vaidya might also return.
- 17:01 (IST)WPL 2024 Auctions Live: 4 spinners go unsoldUncapped spinners Parunika Sisodia, Sunanda Yetrekar, Sonam Yadav, and Amisha Bahukhandi have failed to find any buyers and remained unsold. This marks the end of the uncapped spinner category and a short break has been taken. All the team have now been asked to short list five players, whom they wish to see in the accelerator round.
- 16:49 (IST)WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Saima Thakor sold to UPWUncapped India all-rounder Saima Thakor, with a base price of Rs 10 lakh, has been sold to UP Warriorz, at her base price. However, Raghvi Bisht, Nishu Choudhary, Parushi Prabhakar, Hurley Gala have remained unsold. The next category will be of uncapped bowlers.
- 16:39 (IST)WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Kashvee Gautam sold to GGUncapped India all-rounder Kashvee Gautam, with a base price of Rs 10 lakhs, has been sold to Gujarat Titans for Rs 2 crore crore after an intense bidding war with UP Warriorz. This is yet another surprise pick in the auctions as the young player receives huge price and surpasses Vrinda Dinesh, who was sold for Rs 1.3 crore.
- 16:19 (IST)WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Last 3 wicketkeepers go unsoldUncapped wicketkeeper Theertha Satish (10 lakh), Shivali Shinde (20 lakh), and Uma Chettry (10 lakh) have failed to impress any franchise and remain unsold. This marks the end of the uncapped wicketkeepers category and a short break has been taken before the next category.
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