WPL Auction: How the WPL franchises stack up | Cricket News – Times of India

Players bought: Jemimah Rodrigues (2. 2 crore), Meg Lanning (1. 1 crore), Shafali Verma (2 crore), Radha Yadav (40 lakh), Shikha Pandey (60 lakh), Marizanne Kapp (1. 5 crore), Titas Sadhu (25 lakh), Alice Capsey (75 lakh), Tara Norris (10 lakh), Laura Harris (45 lakh), Jasia Akhter (20 lakh), Minnu Mani (30 lakh), Jess Jonassen (50 lakh), Taniyaa Bhatia (30 lakh), Poonam Yadav (30 lakh), Sneha Deepthi (30 lakh), Arundhati Reddy (30 lakh), Aparna Mondal (10 lakh)
Assessment: Have a rich choice of captains as they got Meg Lanning, Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma to pick from. They also have got the player of the Under-19 WC final Titas Sadhu.
Gujarat Giants

Players bought: Ashleigh Gardner (3. 4 crore), Beth Mooney (2. 2 crore), Sophia Dunkley (60 lakh), Annabel Sutherland (70 lakh), Harleen Deol (40 lakh), Deandra Dottin (60 lakh), Sneh Rana (75 lakh), Sabbineni Meghana (30 lakh), Georgia Wareham (75 lakh), Mansi Joshi (30 lakh), Dayalam Hemalatha (30 lakh), Monica Patel (30 lakh), Tanuja Kanwer (50 lakh), Sushma Verma (60 lakh), Hurley Gala (10 lakh), Parunika Sisodia (10 lakh), Shabnam Shakeel (10 lakh), Ashwani Kumari (35 lakh)
Assessment: Splurged most of their purse on foreign stars. In Aussies Gardner and Mooney, they have two greats of the game. India’s hard-hitting all-rounder Sneh Rana is a good buy at 75 lakh.
Mumbai Indians

Players bought: Harmanpreet Kaur (1. 8 crore), Nat Sciver (3. 2 crore), Amelia Kerr (1 crore), Pooja Vastrakar (1. 9 crore), Yastika Bhatia (1. 5 crore), Heather Graham (30 lakh), Isabelle Wong (30 lakh), Amanjot Kaur (50 lakh), Dhara Gujar (10 lakh), Saika Ishaque (10 lakh), Hayley Matthews (40 lakh), Chloe Tryon (30 lakh), Humairaa Khazi (10 lakh), Priyanka Bala (20 lakh), Sonam Yadav (10 lakh), Jintimani Kalita (10 lakh), Neelam Bisht (10 lakh)
Assessment: Picked up Harmanpreet Kaur for 1. 8 Cr which was a steal as she is India’s captain that can also solve the franchise’s problem to hunt for a skipper. In Nat Sciver, the first England player, man or woman, to take a T20I hat-trick, they have a superstar pacer and a handy middle-order batter. Waited for the accelerated auction to pick up a lot of Indian players.
RCB

Players bought: Smriti Mandhana (3. 4 crore), Sophie Devine (50 lakh), Ellyse Perry (1. 7 crore), Renuka Singh (1. 5 crore), Richa Ghosh (1. 9 crore), Erin Burns (30 lakh), Disha Kasat (10 lakh), Indrani Roy (10 lakh), Shreyanka Patil (10 lakh), Kanika Ahuja (35 lakh), Asha Shobana (10 lakh), Heather Knight (40 lakh), Dane van Niekerk (30 lakh), Preeti Bose (30 lakh), Poonam Khemnar (10 lakh), Komal Zanzad (25 lakh), Megan Schutt (40 lakh), Sahana Pawar (10 lakh)
Assessment: Went big for Mandhana straight off the bat and got her at a hefty 3. 4 Cr. Also got the greatest women’s all-rounder Perry. In Richa Ghosh, they have the perfect finisher and keeper-bat and Renuka Singh provides exciting new ball option.
UP Warriorz

Players bought: Sophie Ecclestone (1. 8 crore), Deepti Sharma (2. 6 crore), Tahlia McGrath (1. 4 crore), Shabnim Ismail (1 crore), Alyssa Healy (70 lakh), Anjali Sarvani (55 lakh), Rajeshwari Gayakwad (40 lakh), Parshavi Chopra (10 lakh), Shweta Sehrawat (40 lakh), S Yashasri (10 lakh, Kiran Navgira (30 lakh), Grace Harris (75 lakh), Devika Vaidya (1. 4 crore), Lauren Bell (30 lakh), Laxmi Yadav (10 lakh), Simran Shaikh (10 lakh)
Assessment: In Agra girl and allrounder Deepti Sharma, they have a player with local connect. Got Alyssa Healy for a steal. They will also be delighted to get Shweta Sehrawat, highest scorer of the women’s U-19 T20 WC.