Mumbai:
A Women’s Premier League 20 Over cricket tournament has been introduced like IPL. The first series will be held in Mumbai from 4th to 26th next month. For this, based on 5 cities namely Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Lucknow and Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, U.P. Warriors and Gujarat Giants have been formed. Players for these teams are picked through auctions. The auction began this afternoon at the Jio International Forum at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai. Each team is allowed to spend Rs 12 crore on the auction.
All 5 teams require 90 players including 30 foreigners. A total of 448 players from 15 countries have been included in the auction list. 269 of them are Indians. 179 players are foreign.
In this, Indian team’s star player Smriti Mandana was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for 3.4 crore rupees. Details of the leading players who were bid in the first round:
1. Smriti Mandhana – Rs.3.4 Crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
2. Harmanpreet Kaur – Rs.1.8 crore (Mumbai Indians)
3. Sophy Devine Rs.50 Lakh – (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
4. Hailey Mathews – Unsold – 40 lakh base price
5. Ashley Gardner – Rs.3.2 crore (Gujarat Giants)
6. Sophie Ecclestone – Rs 1.2 crore (UP Warriors)
7. Ellis Perry – Rs.1.7 crore (Royal Challengers Bangalore)