WPL Auction 2023 Highlights: Mandhana, Gardner and Sciver take home the big bucks in first ever auction

Sushma India’s vice captain Smriti Mandhana became the first-ever player to be sold at the inaugural Women’s Premier League auction, going for Rs 3.4 crore to Royal Challengers Bengaluru – so far the highest bid. Australian all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner bagged the second-highest bid, earning a Rs 3.2 crore from the Gujarat Giants for her services in the first edition of the league. British cricketer Natalie Sciver ended up in Mumbai for the same price.

Top buys:

• Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur bagged a Rs 1.8 crore bid from Nita Ambani’s Mumbai Indians
• Smriti Mandhana sold to Royal Challengers to Rs 3.4 crore
• Aussie Ashleigh Gardner sold to Gujarat for Rs 3.2 crore
• Brit all-rounder Sophie Ecclestone goes to UP Warriorz for Rs 1.8 crore
• Amanjot Kaur goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 50 lakh
• Ellyse Perry joins Mandhana at Royal Challengers for Rs 1.7 crore.
• Allrounder and leg spinner Devika Vaidya sold to Rs 1.4 crore to UP Warriorz
• Shabnim Ismail sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 1 crore
• India U19 World Cup winning Captain Shafali Verma sold to Delhi for Rs 2 crore
• Meg Lanning goes to Capitals for Rs 1.1 crore
• Yastika Bhatia sold to Mumbai for Rs 1.5 crore
• Pooja Vastrakar goes to Mumbai for Rs 1.9 crore
• Royal Challengers buy Richa Ghosh for Rs 1.9 crore
• Annabel Sutherland sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 70 lakh
• Sophie Devine sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 50 lakh
• Deepti Sharma sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 2.6 crore
• Renuka Singh sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 1.5 crore
• Natalie Sciver-Brunt sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 3.2 crore
• Tahlia McGrath sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 1.4 crore
• Beth Mooney sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 2 crore
• Amelia Kerr sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 1 crore
• Jemimah Rodrigues to play for Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.2 crore
• Pooja Vastrakar goes to Mumbai for Rs 1.9 crore
• Richa Ghosh sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 1.9 crore
• Anjali Sarvani sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 55 lakh
• Shikha Pandey to Delhi Capitals for Rs 60 lakh
• Sneh Rana sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 75 lakh
• Marizanne Kapp sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 1.5 crore
• India’s U-19 vice-captain Shweta Sehrawat sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 40 lakh
• Dayalan Hemalatha goes to Gujarat Giants for Rs 30 lakh
• Sabbhineni Meghana is sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 30 lakh

Unsold players:

• Hayley Matthews
• Suzie Bates
• Tazmin Brits
• Laura Wolvaardt
• Tammy Beaumont
• Heather Knight
• Sune Luus
• Danni Wyatt
• Chamari Athapaththu
• Taniya Bhatia
• Anushka Sanjeewani
• Sushma Verma
• Bernadine Bezuidenhout
• Amy Jones
• Shamilia Connell
• Freya Davies
• Megan Schutt
• Jahanara Alam
• Lea Tahuhu
• Ayabonga Khaka
• Shakera Selman
• Sarah Glenn
• Nonkululeko Mlaba
• Poonam Yadav
• Inoka Ranaweera
• Alana King
• Afy Fletcher
• Fran Jonas
• Leigh Kasperek
• Nadine de Klerk
• Salma Khatun
• Jess Jonassen
• Hrishita Basu
• Soumya Tiwari
• Grace Scrivens
• Archana Devi
• G Trisha
• Mannat Kashyap
• Najla CMC
• Sonam Yadav
• Shabnam MD
• Falak Naz
• Sonia Mendhiya
• Shorna Akter
• Shikha Shalot
• Soumya Tiwari
• Grace Scrivens
• Archana Devi
• G Trisha