Live Updates Wpl 2024 Auction Kashvee Gautam Becomes Joint Most Expensive Player
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Live Updates | WPL 2024 Auction: Kashvee Gautam Becomes Joint-Most Expensive Player
WPL 2024 Auction took place in Mumbai on Saturday (Image source: X.com)
18:46 (IST) Dec 09
This brings us to the end of our live blog for the WPL 2024 auction. The stage is now set for the tournament, scheduled in February-March next year. Scroll tabs and join our coverage for the India versus England second T20I. From here, it's a warp.
18:43 (IST) Dec 09
Complete squads of all teams for WPL 2024
Delhi Capitals: Alice Capsey*, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen*, Laura Harris*, Marizanne Kapp*, Meg Lanning*, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Annabel Sutherland*, Aparna Mondal, Ashwani Kumari.
Annabel Sutherland and Kashvee Gautam were the most expensive buys. They were roped in by Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans for INR 2 crore respectively.
Uncapped players Kashvee Gautam and Vrinda Dinesh happened to be in the list of top five most expensive players.
Kashvee Gautam became the most expensive uncapped player in the WPL history.
Chamari Athapaththu, Deandra Dottin, Kim Garth and Amanda-Jade Wellington went unsold.
18:29 (IST) Dec 09
Top 5 most expensive buys in WPL 2024 auction
Kashvee Gautam - INR 2 crore by Gujarat Giants Annabel Sutherland - INR 2 crore by Delhi Capitals Vrinda Dinesh - INR 1.3 crore by UP Warriorz Shabnim Ismail - INR 1.2 crore by Mumbai Indians Phoebe Litchfield - INR 1 crore by Gujarat Giants
18:27 (IST) Dec 09
That's it for the WPL 2024 auction. All the teams have now 18 players each in their squads. We will soon come up with all the squads. Stay tuned for that.
18:19 (IST) Dec 09
Accelerated Round 2
Veda Krishnamurthy sold to Gujarat Giants for INR 30 lakh
S. Meghana sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 30 lakh
Sushma Verma goes unsold
Simran Bahadur sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 30 lakh
Gouhar Sultana sold to UP Warriorz for INR 30 lakh
Uma Chetry goes unsold
Nishu Choudhary goes unsold
Komalpreet Kour goes unsold
Parunika Sisodia goes unsold
Sophie Molineux sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 30 lakh
Tarannum Pathan sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 10 lakh
18:18 (IST) Dec 09
We are back with the final round of the WPL 2024 auction.
18:03 (IST) Dec 09
WPL dream comes calling
17:53 (IST) Dec 09
Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals have completed their squads of 18 players each. Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz can fill three, two and one spot at max respectively. Meanwhile, there is another break taken.
17:45 (IST) Dec 09
There is no Chamari Athapaththu in the accelerated round, which means she will remain unsold.
17:38 (IST) Dec 09
Accelerated Round
Nicola Carey goes unsold
Alice Davidson Richards goes unsold
Lauren Cheatle sold to Gujarat Giants for INR 30 lakh
Kristie Gordon goes unsold
Dhara Gujjar goes unsold
Kathryn Bryce sold to Gujarat Giants for INR 10 lakh
Mannat Kashyap sold to Gujarat Giants for INR 10 lakh
Ashwani Kumari sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 10 lakh
Nicola Hancock goes unsold
Millicent Illingworth goes unsold
Fatima Jaffer sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 10 lakh
Keerthana Balakrishnan sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 10 lakh
Paige Scholfield goes unsold
Anushka Sharma goes unsold
Iris Zwilling goes unsold
Bhavana Goplani goes unsold
Devika K goes unsold
Priyanka Koushal goes unsold
Shubha Satheesh sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 10 lakh
"First of I was excited when they started bidding for me. Happy to get the second opportunity to play for the WPL. Very happy to play for the champs. Good to play for different team and looking forward to play under Jhulan Goswami and learning from her. Will love to share my knowledge with the youngsters. Never too old to learn."
Kate Cross on joining Royal Challengers Bangalore:
"Absolutely delighted to have seen that I've been picked up in the auction to represent Bangalore. Looking forward to donning the red and the gold. Always been a huge fan of the IPL and obviously the WPL last year. Love what it's doing for the women's game and can't wait to be involved."
17:02 (IST) Dec 09
Recap of second session
Kashvee Gautam becomes the joint-most expensive player in the WPL 2024 auction as Gujarat Giants roped her in for INR 2 crore. She is now the most expensive uncapped player in the WPL history
Tara Norris attracted no bid
16:59 (IST) Dec 09
With this, the third session ends. All the teams have been asked to submit the list of names before proceeding to the accelerated auction.
16:54 (IST) Dec 09
Set 10 (Uncapped Spinners)
Parunika Sisodia goes unsold
Priya Mishra sold to Gujarat Giants for INR 20 lakh
Sunanda Yetrekar goes unsold
Sonam Yadav goes unsold
Amisha Bahukhandi goes unsold
16:54 (IST) Dec 09
All of the uncapped fast-bowlers, including Tara Norris, remains unsold.
16:49 (IST) Dec 09
Set 9 (Uncapped Fast bowlers)
Aditi Chauhan goes unsold
Komalpreet Kour goes unsold
Komal Zanzad goes unsold
Haorungbam Chanu goes unsold
Rekha Singh goes unsold
Tara Norris goes unsold
16:42 (IST) Dec 09
Kashvee Gautam beats Vrinda Dinesh to become most expensive uncapped player in the WPL history. She gets sold to Gujarat Giants for INR 2 crore. She also becomes the joint-most expensive player in the WPL 2024 auction.
16:34 (IST) Dec 09
Set 8 (Uncapped All-rounders)
Kashvee Gautam sold to Gujarat Giants for INR 2 crore (RCB and GG starts the bidding war, UPW joins in but the Giants won in the end)
Poonam Khemnar sold to UP Warriorz for INR 10 lakh
S. Sajana sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 15 lakh
Gautami Naik goes unsold
Amandeep Kaur sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 10 lakh
G. Trisha goes unsold
Saima Thakor sold to UP Warriorz for INR 10 lakh
Raghvi Bist goes unsold
Parushi Prabhakar goes unsold
Young Hurley Gala goes unsold
Nishu Choudhary goes unsold
16:32 (IST) Dec 09
We are back. And the proceedings will resume with the set 8, which is the group of uncapped all-rounders.
Vrinda Dinesh becomes the most expensive uncapped player in the WPL history. UP Warriorz made the 1.3 crore final bid for the batter.
Shabnim Ismail received a 1.2 crore deal by Mumbai Indians
Royal Challengers Bangalore bagged the services of Ekta Bisht and Kate Cross for INR 60 lakh and INR 30 lakh respectively
Only two uncapped players were sold in the session (Vrinda Dinesh and Aparna Mondal)
16:17 (IST) Dec 09
The second session comes to an end.
16:13 (IST) Dec 09
Set 7 (Uncapped Wicket-keepers)
Sarah Bryce goes unsold
Aparna Mondal goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 10 lakh
Theertha Satish goes unsold
Shivali Shinde goes unsold
Uma Chetry goes unsold
16:09 (IST) Dec 09
Vrinda Dinesh becomes the most expensive uncapped player in the WPL history. UP Warriorz acquired her services for INR 1.3 core.
16:04 (IST) Dec 09
Set 6 (Uncapped Batters)
Drishya I V goes unsold
Vrinda Dinesh sold to UP Warriorz for INR 1.3 crore (RCB and GG went all-out for her but UPW eventually bought her)
Trisha Poojitha sold to Gujarat Giants for INR 10 lakh
Jasia Akhter goes unsold
Arushi Goel goes unsold
Ridhima Aggarwal goes unsold
Simran Shaikh goes unsold
G. Divya goes unsold
16:03 (IST) Dec 09
Set 6 is of the uncapped batters.
15:56 (IST) Dec 09
Set 5 (Capped Spinners)
Amanda-Jade Wellington goes unsold
Preet Bose goes unsold
Ekta Bisht sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 60 lakh
Alana King goes unsold
Gouhar Sultana goes unsold
Inoka Ranaweera goes unsold
15:56 (IST) Dec 09
We will now move to set 5. It's the last for the capped players.
15:51 (IST) Dec 09
Set 4 (Capped Fast bowlers)
Lea Tahuhu goes unsold
Kim Garth goes unsold
Simran Bahadur goes unsold
Shabnim Ismail sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 1.2 crore (RCB and GG were interested but MI made the last bid)
Shamilia Connell goes unsold
Kate Cross sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 30 lakh
15:51 (IST) Dec 09
The auction has resumed. It's the turn of the set 4, which features the capped fast-bowlers.
15:48 (IST) Dec 09
Recap
Annabel Sutherland signed by Delhi Capitals for INR 2 crore
Phoebe Litchfield gets the second-highest bid of INR 1 crore; she gets sold to Gujarat Giant
Chamari Athapaththu and Deandra Dottin remain unsold
15:37 (IST) Dec 09
There have been some unexpected names in the unsold category. Deandra Dottin and Chamari Athapaththu did not find a bidder. Shocking to say the least but they still have a chance as they can come again in the end stages of the auction upon the requests of the teams.
15:36 (IST) Dec 09
As expected, Annabel Sutherland has attracted the highest bid of INR 2 crore so far. The Aussie will play for Delhi Capitals in WPL 2024.
15:34 (IST) Dec 09
Phew! It's time for a short break. Let us catch some breath.
15:30 (IST) Dec 09
Set 3 (Capped Wicket-keepers)
Bess Heath goes unsold
Sushma Verma goes unsold
Amy Jones goes unsold
Tammy Beaumont goes unsold
Nuzhat Parween goes unsold
15:29 (IST) Dec 09
Deandra Dottin and Chamari Athapaththu find no bidder. The WPL 2024 auction continues to throw surprises.
15:19 (IST) Dec 09
Set 2 (Capped All-rounders)
Georgia Wareham sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 40 lakh
Devika Vaidya goes unsold
Annabel Sutherland sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2 crore (Bidding war between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals)
Sabbhineni Meghana goes unsold
Deandra Dottin goes unsold
Nadine de Klerk goes unsold
Meghna Singh sold to Gujarat Giants for INR 30 lakh
Chamari Athapaththu goes unsold
15:19 (IST) Dec 09
Only two players were sold from set 1. Woah! And Danni Wyatt's services were bagged at the base price. Who saw that coming. We will now move to set no.2.
15:11 (IST) Dec 09
Set 1 (Capped Batters)
Phoebe Litchfield sold to Gujarat Giants for INR 1 crore
Danni Wyatt sold to UP Warriorz for INR 30 lakh
Bharti Fulamali goes unsold
Mona Meshram goes unsold
Veda Krishnamurthy goes unsold
Poonam Raut goes unsold
Naomi Stalenberg goes unsold
Maia Bouchier goes unsold
Priya Punia goes unsold
15:08 (IST) Dec 09
The auction has started. The first player to come out from set 1 is Phoebe Litchfield.
15:00 (IST) Dec 09
Alright. It's 3:00 pm IST and we are almost there. The much anticipated auction will start any moment now. Until the paddles are raised, you can check out our prediction of players who might earn megabucks.
Hello and welcome to OneCricket's Live Blog of the auction for the second edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL). Today in Mumbai, a total of 165 players will be auctioned. 104 of these cricketers are Indians, and the rest are counted among the overseas players.