WPL 2023: Auction ends, Mandhana to RCB for ₹3.4 cr; Deepti to UP Warriorz

Prolific batters Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur & teen sensation Shafali Verma are expected to spark bidding wars when they go under the hammer during the inaugural Women's Premier League auction, here on Monday. The five teams -- Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, RCB, Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz -- will be bidding for 90 players in a list of 409. Check this space for live updates:

Online Desk|13 Feb 2023 8:54 PM IST

WPL 2023: Auction ends, Mandhana to RCB for ₹3.4 cr; Deepti to UP Warriorz

Deepti Sharma; Smriti Mandhana

Here are the squads of all the 5 teams in WPL:

Here is the list of the top buys at the inaugural WPL auction:

Here is the full list of sold & unsold players in WPL auction:

1. Smriti Mandhana - Royal Challengers Bangalore - Rs 3.4 crore

2. Harmanpreet Kaur - Mumbai Indians - Rs 1.8 crore

3. Sophie Devine - Royal Challengers Bangalore - Rs 50 lakh

4. Hayley Matthews - Mumbai Indians - Rs 40 lakh

5. Ashleigh Gardner - Gujarat Giants - Rs 3.2 crore

6. Sophie Ecclestone - UP Warriorz - Rs 1.8 crore

7. Ellyse Perry - Royal Challengers Bangalore - Rs 1.7 crore

8. Deepti Sharma - UP Warriorz - Rs 2.6 Crore

9. Renuka Singh - Royal Challengers Bangalore - Rs 1.50 crore

10. Nat Sciver-Brunt - Mumbai Indians - Rs 3.2 crore

11: Tahlia McGrath - UP Warriorz - Rs 1.4 crore

12. Beth Mooney - Gujarat Giants - Rs 2 crore

13. Shabnim Ismail - UP Warriorz - Rs 1 crore

14. Amelia Kerr - Mumbai Indians - Rs 1 crore

15. Sophia Dunkley - Gujarat Giants - Rs 60 lakh

16. Jemimah Rodrigues - Delhi Capitals - Rs 2.2 crore

17. Suzie Bates - Unsold

18. Meg Lanning - Delhi Capitals - Rs 1.1 crore

19. Tazmin Brits - Unsold

20. Laura Wolvaardt - Unsold

21. Shafali Verma - Delhi Capitals - Rs 2 crore

22. Tammy Beaumont - Unsold

23. Heather Knight - Royal Challengers Bangalore - Rs 40 lakh

24. Annabel Sutherland - Gujarat Giants - Rs 70 lakh

25. Sune Luus - Unsold

26. Dani Wyatt - Unsold

27. C Athapaththu - Unsold

28. Harleen Deol - Gujarat Giants - Rs 40 lakh

29. Pooja Vastrakar - MI - Rs 1.90 crore

30. Deandra Dottin - Gujarat Giants - Rs 60 lakh

31. Tania Bhatia - Delhi Capitals - Rs 30 lakh

32. Anushka Sanjeevani - Unsold

33. Yastika Bhatia - MI - Rs 1.50 crore

34. Richa Ghosh - RCB - Rs 1.90 crore

35. Alyssa Healy - UP Warriorz - Rs 70 lakh

36. Sushma Verma - Gujarat Giants - Rs 60 lakh

37. B Bezuidenhout - Unsold

38. Amy Jones - Unsold

39. Shamilia Connell - Unsold

40. Freya Davies - Unsold

41. Anjali Sarvani - UP Warriorz - Rs 55 lakh

42. Megan Schutt - RCB - Rs 40 lakh

43. Jahanara Alam - Unsold

44. Lea Tahuhu - Unsold

45. Ayabonga Khaka - Unsold

46. Shakera Selman - Unsold

47. Sarah Glenn - Unsold

48. Rajeshwari Gaikwad - UP Warriorz - Rs 40 lakh

49. N Mlaba - Unsold

50 . Poonam Yadav - Delhi Capitals - Rs 30 lakh

51. I Ranaweera - Unsold

52. Alana King - Unsold

53. Afy Fletcher - Unsold

54. Fran Jonas - Unsold

55. Leigh Kasperek - Unsold

56. Radha Yadav - Delhi Capitals - Rs 40 lakh

57. N de Klerk - Unsold

58. Salma Khatun - Unsold

59. Jess Jonassen - Delhi Capitals - Rs 50 lakh

60. Shikha Pandey - Delhi Capitals - Rs 60 lakh

61.Sneh Rana - Gujarat Giants - Rs 75 lakh

62. Marizane Kapp - Delhi Capitals - Rs 1.5 crore

63. Hrishita Basu - Unsold

64. Soumya Tiwari - Unsold

65. Parshavi Chopra - UP Warriorz - Rs 10 lakh

66. Grace Scrivens - Unsold

67. Archana Devi - Unsold

68. G. Trisha - Unsold

69. Titas Sashu - Delhi Capitals - Rs 25 lakh

70. Mannat Kashyap - Unsold

71. Shweta Sehrawat - UP Warriorz - Rs 40 lakh

72. Najla CMC - Unsold

73. Sonam Yadav - MI - Rs 10 lakh

74. Shabnam Shakil - Gujarat Giants - Rs 10 lakh

75. Falaz Naz - Unsold

76. Sonia Mendhiya - unsold

77. Shorna Akhter - unsold

78. Shikha Shalot - unsold

79. S Yashasri - UP Warriorz - Rs 10 lakh

80. Hurley Gala - Gujarat Giants - Rs 10 lakh

81: Sneha Deepthi - DC - Rs 30 lakh

82. Priya Punia - unsold

83. Kiran Navgire - UP Warriorz - Rs 30 lakh

84. S Meghana - Gujarat Giants - Rs 30 lakh

85. B Fulmali - Unsold

86. E Burns - RCB - Rs 30 lakh

87. K Garth - Unsold

88. Heather Graham - MI - Rs 30 lakh

89. Grace Harris - UP Warriorz - Rs 75 lakh

90. Georgia Wareham - Gujarat Giants - Rs 75 lakh

91. Katherine Brunt - Unsold

92. Alice Capsey - Delhi Capitals - Rs 75 lakh

93. Issy Wong - MI - Rs 30 lakh

94. Mansi Joshi - Gujarat Giants - Rs 30 lakh

95. Simran Bahadur - Unsold

96. Anuja Patil - Unsold

97. Devika Vaidya - UP Warriorz - Rs 1.40 crore

98. Amanjot Kaur - MI - Rs 50 lakh

99. D hemalatha - Gujarat Giants - Rs 30 lakh

100. Swagatika Rath - Unsold

101. Arundhati Reddy - DC - Rs 30 lakh

102. Meghna Singh - Unsold

103. Lauren bell - UP Warriorz - Rs 30 lakh

104. Monica Patel - Gujarat Giants - Rs 30 lakh

105. Gouher Sultana - Unsold

106. Ekta Bisht - Unsold

107. Preeti Bose - RCB - Rs 30 lakh

108. Mahika Gaur - Unsold

109. Tara Norris - Delhi Capitals - Rs 10 lakh

110. Laura Harris - Delhi Capitals - Rs 45 lakh

111. Dhara Gujjar - MI - Rs 10 lakh

112. Divya G - Unsold

113. Ishwari Savkar - Unsold

114. Jasia Akhter - Delhi Capitals - Rs 20 lakh

115. Arushi Gield - Unsold

116. Disha Kasat - RCB - Rs 10 lakh

117. Laxmi Yadav - UP Warriorz - Rs 10 lakh

118. Indrani Roy - RCB - Rs 10 lakh

119. Shipra Giri - Unsold

120. Tarannum Pathan - Unsold

121. Ashwani Kumari - Gujarat Giants - Rs 35 lakh

122. Minnu Mani - DC - Rs 30 lakh

123. Sajana S - Unsold

124. Sreyanka Patil - RCB - Rs 10 lakh

125. Humairaa Kaazi - MI - Rs 10 lakh

126. Kanika Ahuja - RCB - Rs 35 lakh

127. Tanuja Kanwer - Gujarat Giants - Rs 50 lakh

128. Nishu Choudhary - Unsold

129. Saika Ishaque - MI - Rs 10 lakh

130. Parunika Sisodia - Gujarat Giants - Rs 10 lakh

131. Asha Shobana - RCB - Rs 10 Lakh

132. Sarah Bryce - Unsold

133. Kathryn Bryce - Unsold

134. Chloe Tryon - MI - Rs 30 lakh

135. Dane van Niekeek - RCB - Rs 30 lakh

136. Simran Shaikh - UP Warriorz - Rs 10 lakh

137. Aparna Mondal - DC - Rs 10 lakh

138. Tess Flintoff - Unsold

139. Poonam Khemnar - RCB - Rs 10 lakh

140. Neelam Bisht - MI - Rs 10 Lakh

141. Neetu Singh - Unsold

142. Parushi Prabhakar - Unsold

143. Komal Zanzad - RCB - Rs 25 lakh

144. Priyanka Bala - MI - Rs 20 lakh

145. Jintimani Kalita - MI - Rs 10 lakh

146. Sahana Pawar - RCB - Rs 10 lakh

With this, the auction has come to an end and so are the live updates.

Sahana Pawar is sold to RCB for Rs 10 lakh.

Neelam Bisht is sold to MI for Rs 10 lakh.

Jintimani Kalita is sold to MI for Rs 10 lakh.

Sonam Yadav is sold to MI for Rs 10 lakh.

Shabnam Shakil is sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 10 lakh.

Megan Schutt is back in the bid and she is sold to RCB for Rs 40 lakh.

Priyanka Bala is sold to MI for Rs 20 lakh.

Parunika Sisodia is sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 10 lakh.

Komal Zanzad is sold to RCB for Rs 25 lakh.

Nishu Choudhary and Parushi Prabhakar goes unsold.

Neelam Bisht and Neetu Singh goes unsold.

Poonam Khemnar is sold to RCB for Rs 10 lakh.

Humairaa Kaazi is sold to MI for Rs 10 lakh.

Shipra Giri and Tess Flintoff go unsold.

Simran Shaikh is sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 10 lakh.

Ishwari Savkar goes unsold.

Preeti Bose is sold to RCB for Rs 30 lakh.

Dane van Niekerk is sold to RCB for Rs 30 lakh.

Chloe Tryon is sold to MI for Rs 30 lakh.

Arundhati Reddy is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 30 lakh.

Swagatika Rath goes unsold.

Sneha Deepthi is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 30 lakh.

Shabnam Shakil goes unsold.

Young Hurley Gala from India is sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 10 lakh.

Jess Jonassen is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 50 lakh.

Poonam Yadav is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 30 lakh.

Alana King goes unsold.

Sushma Verma is sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 60 lakh.

Wicket-keeper Taniyaa Bhatia is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 30 lakh.

All-rounder Heather Knight is sold to RCB for Rs 40 lakh.

Suzie Bates goes unsold.

First player on the list is all-rounder Hayley Matthews. She is sold to MI for Rs 40 lakh.

Time for the last set of the WPL auction.

Reactions from the players' family watching the WPL 2023 auction:

The auction has currently been paused due to a short break.

Sarah Bryce and Kathryn Bryce from Scotland go unsold.

Asha Shobana is sold to RCB for Rs10 lakh.

Parunika Sisodia goes unsold.

Saika Ishaque is sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 10 lakh.

Nishu Choudhary goes unsold.

Tanuja Kanwar goes to Gujarat Giants for Rs 50 lakh.

Kanika Ahuja of India sold to RCB for Rs 35 lakh.

Humaira Kazi goes unsold.

Shreyanka Patil of India sold to RCB for Rs 10 lakh.

Sanjana S of India goes unsold.

Minnu Mani is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakh.

Shipra Giri, Tarannum Pathan and Ashwini Kumari of India go unsold.

Indrani Roy sold to RCB for Rs 10 lakh.

Wicket-keeper Laxmi Yadav is sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 10 lakh.

Disha Kasat is sold to RCB for Rs 10 lakh.

India's Arushi Goyal goes unsold.

Jasia Akhtar sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakh.

Divya Gnananda and Ishwari Savkar go unsold.

Dhara Gujjar sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 10 lakh.

Australia's Laura Harris is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 45 lakh.

USA's Tara Norris is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 10 lakh.

Gauhar Sultana, Ekta Bisht, Priti Bose and Mahika Gaur go unsold.

Monica Patel is sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 30 lakh.

England's Lauren Bell sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 30 lakh.

Meghna Singh goes unsold.

Swagatika Rath and Arundhati Reddy goes unsold.

Dayalan Hemalatha is sold to Gujarat Giants for INR 30 lakh.

Amanjot Kaur is sold to MI for Rs 50 lakh.

Devika Vaidya is sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 1.40 crore.

Simran Bahadur and All-rounder Anuja Patil go unsold.

Mansi Joshi is sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 30 lakh.

Isabelle Wong is sold to MI for 30 lakh.

Alice Capsey is sold to DC for Rs 75 lakh.

All-rounder Katherine Brunt from England goes unsold.

Georgia Wareham is sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 75 lakh.

All-rounder Grace Harris from Australia is sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 75 lakh

Heather Graham is sold to MI for Rs 30 lakh.

Kim Garth goes unsold.

Erin Burns is sold to RCB for Rs 30 lakh.

Bharti Fulmali goes unsold.

Sabbhineni Meghana sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 30 lakh.

Kiran Navgire sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 30 lakh.

Priya Punia goes unsold.

Sneer Deepthi goes unsold.

Back to auction now after a brief break.

Most expensive overseas buys so far

1. Ashleigh Gardener sold to Gujarat Giants (GG) for Rs 3.4 crore.

2. Natalie Sciver-Brunt sold to Mumbai Indians (MI) for Rs 3.2 crore.

3. Beth Mooney sold to Gujarat Giants (GG) for Rs 2.0 crore.

4. Sophie Ecclestone sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 1.8 crore.

5. Ellyse Perry sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for Rs 1.7 crore.

Most expensive Indian players so far in the WPL 2023 auction:

1. Smriti Mandhana sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for Rs 3.4 crore.

2. Deepti Sharma sold to UP Warriors for Rs 2.6 crore.

3. Jemimah Rodrigues sold to Delhi Capitals (DC) for Rs 2.2 crore.

4. Shafali Verma sold to Delhi Capitals (DC) for Rs 2.0 crore.

5. Pooja Vastrakar sold to Delhi Capitals (DC) for Rs 1.9 crore.

Hurley Gala goes unsold.

S Yashasri is sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 10 lakh.

Najla CMC, Sonam Yadav, Sonia Mendhiya, Falak Naz, Shabnam Shakil, Shorna Akter, Shikha Shalot go unsold.

Shweta Sehrawat, Vice-captain of the India's U19 WC winning team is sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 40 lakh.

Archana Devi, G Trisha, Mannat Kashyap and Titas Sadhu go unsold.

Grace Scrivens from England goes unsold.

All-rounder Parshavi Chopra from the India U19 team is sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 10 lakh.

Hrishita Basu and Soumya Tiwari go unsold.

Big names to miss out are SL skipper Chamari Atapatthu, English captain Heather Knight & South African batter Laura Wolvaardt.

We waited for this opportunity & since I am from UP, it is a great feeling. I want to contribute as much as possible for UP Warriorz: Deepti Sharma

We have been watching the auction of men's (players). It is such a big moment for women to have an auction of this sort. The whole thing is exacting. RCB's legacy is big, they have built a big fan-base. Hope we both can together build a big team: Smriti Mandhana

Harmanpreet was not even among top-six Indian buys as the second costliest player from country so far is all-rounder Deepti Sharma, who was bought by UP Warriorz for Rs 2.6 crore.

SA all-rounder Marizanne Kapp is sold to DC for Rs 1.50 crore.

Sneh Rana is sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 75 lakh.

Shikha Pandey from India is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 60 lakh.

Jess Jonassen from Australia goes unsold.

Salma Khatun goes unsold.

Alyssa Healy is sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 70 lakh and Yastika Bhatia is sold to MI for Rs 1.5 crore and Pooja Vastrakar sold to MI for Rs 1.90 crore.

Bernadine Bezuidenhout, Sushma Verma go unsold.

Afy Fletcher, Inoka Ranaweera, Alana King, Poonam Yadav, Shakera Selman, Léa Tahuhu, Jahanara Alam, Megan Schutt, Freya Davies, Shamilia Connell, Amy Jones

Rajeshwari Gayakwad is sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 40 lakh and Young Anjali Sarvani is sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 55 lakh.

Nita Ambani with Head Coach Charlotte Edwards and Team Mentor and Bowling Coach Jhulan Goswami of the women’s team of Mumbai Indians, at the Women’s Premier League auctions held at Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai.

Richa Ghosh sold to RCB for Rs 1.9 crore.

Deepti Sharma sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 2.8 crore.

Jahanara Alam and Megan Schutt goes unsold.

Ellyse Perry is sold to RCB for Rs 1.7 crore.

Sophie Ecclestone sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 1.8 crore.

Australia's all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 3.2 crore.

Harmanpreet Kaur sold to MI for Rs 1.8 crore.

West Indian Hayley Matthews and Sarah Glenn go unsold.

Sophie Devine is sold to RCB for Rs 50 lakh

Smriti Mandhana is sold to RCB at Rs 3.4 crore

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Key Figures of Auction

Teams: 5

Names: DC, MI, RCB, Gujarat Giants, UP Warriorz

Minimum Salary Mandatory: Rs 9 crore

Maximum Salary purse/team: Rs 12 crore

Minimum Squad Strength Mandatory: 15

Maximum Squad Strength: 18

Maximum India players in squad: 12

Maximum Overseas players/squad: 6

Total number of players available: 409

Indian players for auction: 246

Foreign players from Full members: 155

Players from Associate Nations: 8

Name of auctioneer: Malika Sagar

Nb: A team can field five foreign players in playing XI if the fifth player is from Associate nation.

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