Smriti Mandhana WPL 2023: Smriti Mandhana was the most expensive player in the auction held for the first season of the Women’s Premier League. There are 3 Indian players in the top five of this list.

The auction for the first season of the Women’s Premier League is over. A total of 87 players were bought in this. The most expensive player of the auction was Smriti Mandhana. He was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.40 crore. Along with Mandhana, there are 3 Indians in the list of top 5 most expensive players. There is also an Australian player in this list.

Mandhana is the veteran batsman of Team India. He has been bought by paying a lot more than the base price. RCB has included veteran players like Virat Kohli in its team in IPL. At the same time, the fans were made happy by including Mandhana in the Women’s Premier League.

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Ashley Gardner was the second most expensive player in the Women’s Premier League. Australian player Gardner was bought by Gujarat Giants for Rs 3.20 crore. He has had a great performance in international cricket.

England player Natalie Sciver was also in discussion during the auction. They also sold very expensive. England’s all-rounder Sciver was bought for Rs 3.20 crore.

Indian player Deepti Sharma also caught everyone’s attention in the auction. Dipti was bought by UP Warriors for Rs 2.60 crore. She is an all-rounder and has performed brilliantly in international cricket.

Delhi Capitals made a big bet on Jemima Rodrigues. The team bought him for Rs 2.20 crore. Jemima has recently scored a half-century against Pakistan in the Women’s T20 World Cup.

Which players got one crore or more price…

1. Smriti Mandhana (Indian batsman): Rs 3.40 crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2. Ashley Gardner (Australian all-rounder): Rs 3.20 crore (Gujarat Giants)
3. Natalie Sciver (English all-rounder): Rs 3.20 crore (Mumbai Indians)
4. Deepti Sharma (Indian all-rounder): Rs 2.60 crore (UP Warriors)
5. Jemimah Rodrigues (Indian batsman): Rs 2.20 crore (Delhi Capitals)
6. Beth Mooney (Australian wicket-keeper batsman): Rs 2 crore (Gujarat Giants)
7. Shafali Verma (Indian batsman): Rs 2 crore (Delhi Capitals)
8. Pooja Vastrakar (Indian all-rounder): Rs 1.90 crore (Mumbai Indians)
9. Richa Ghosh (Indian wicket-keeper batsman): Rs 1.90 crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
10. Sophie Ecclestone (English all-rounder): Rs 1.80 crore (UP Warriors)
11. Harmanpreet Kaur (Indian all-rounder): Rs 1.80 crore (Mumbai Indians)
12. Ellyse Perry (Australian all-rounder): Rs 1.70 crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
13. Renuka Singh (Indian bowler): Rs 1.50 crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
14. Yastika Bhatia (Indian wicket-keeper batsman): Rs 1.50 crore (Mumbai Indians)
15. Marijane Kapp (South African all-rounder): Rs 1.50 crore (Delhi Capitals)
16. Tahila McGrath (Australian all-rounder): Rs 1.40 crore (UP Warriors)
17. Devika Vaidya (Indian all-rounder): Rs 1.40 crore (UP Warriors)
18. Meg Lanning (Australian batsman): Rs 1.10 crore (Delhi Capitals)
19. Shabnim Ismail (South African bowler): Rs 1 crore (UP Warriors)
20. Emilia Carr (New Zealand all-rounder): Rs 1 crore (Mumbai Indians)

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Here are the Top 5 expensive purchases from the first WPL auction:

Smriti Mandhana, Royal Challengers Bangalore, $3. 4 million

The skilled opener was the first player to go up for auction, and RCB paid the highest price to secure his services. Mandhana may make a strong choice for captain since she has a lot of experience and is well renowned for her stunning strokes from the off-side.

Gujarat Giants’ Ashleigh Gardner earned Rs. 3.2 million.

Ashleigh Gardner, a two-time T20 World Cup champion, was acquired by Gujarat Giants for Rs 3.2 crore. The all-rounder is a key contributor to her country’s team and well-known for both her fielding and batting.

Nat Sciver (Mumbai Indians) : Rs. 3.2 crore

Nat Sciver-Brunt, an English all-rounder, was acquired by Mumbai Indians for Rs 3.2 crore after negotiations with Delhi Capitals and UP Warriorz. Sciver has experience competing for her country’s squad.

Deepti Sharma (UP Warriorz) received Rs. 2.6 million.

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In T20s, all-rounders are very essential to a team’s success, and Deepti Sharma is one of the greatest in her field. The fact that UP Warriorz paid premium dollar for her services is not surprising.

Jemimah Rodrigues (Delhi Capitals) received Rs. 2.2 million.

Jemimah is on the rise after scoring the match-winning half-century against Pakistan in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. Jemimah was one of the most profitable Indian players in the auction because to her ability to play the finisher’s knock, and she ended up being the player Delhi Capitals spent the most money for.

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