Live Updates | WPL 2024 Auction: Kashvee Gautam Becomes Joint-Most Expensive Player

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.

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.

Gujarat Giants: Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney*, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt*, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer, Phoebe Litchfield*, Meghna Singh, Trisha Poojitha, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Lauren Cheatle*, Kathryn Bryce*, Mannat Kashyap, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan.

Mumbai Indians: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews*, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong*, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver*, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail*, S Sajana, Amandeep Kaur, Fatima Jaffer, Keerthana Balakrishnan.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry*, Heather Knight*, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine*, Georgia Wareham*, Kate Cross*, Ekta Bisht, Shubha Satheesh, S Meghana, Simran Bahadur, Sophie Molineux*.

UP Warriorz: Alyssa Healy*, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell*, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S. Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia Mcgrath*, Dani Wyatt*, Vrinda Dinesh, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana.

Highlights of WPL 2024 auction

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.

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

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.

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

We are back with the final round of the WPL 2024 auction.

WPL dream comes calling

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.

There is no Chamari Athapaththu in the accelerated round, which means she will remain unsold.

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

Tanisha Singh goes unsold

We are beginning with the accelerated auction.

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A glimpse of Kashvee Gautam

Slots remaining

Gujarat Giants - 5
UP Warriorz - 1
Royal Challengers Bangalore - 4
Delhi Capitals - 1
Mumbai Indians - 2

Purse remaining

Gujarat Giants - INR 2.35 crore

UP Warriorz - INR 2.20 crore

Royal Challengers Bangalore - 2.05 crore

Delhi Capitals - INR 0.15 crore

Mumbai Indians - INR 0.65 crore 

Shabnim Ismail after joining Mumbai Indians:

"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."

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

With this, the third session ends. All the teams have been asked to submit the list of names before proceeding to the accelerated auction.

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

All of the uncapped fast-bowlers, including Tara Norris, remains unsold.

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

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.

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

We are back. And the proceedings will resume with the set 8, which is the group of uncapped all-rounders.

Purse remaining

Gujarat Giants - INR 4.55 crore
UP Warriorz - INR 2.4 crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore - 2.05 crore
Delhi Capitals - INR 0.15 crore
Mumbai Indians - INR 0.9 crore 

Recap of second session

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)

The second session comes to an end.

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

Vrinda Dinesh becomes the most expensive uncapped player in the WPL history. UP Warriorz acquired her services for INR 1.3 core.

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

Set 6 is of the uncapped batters.

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

We will now move to set 5. It's the last for the capped players.

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

The auction has resumed. It's the turn of the set 4, which features the capped fast-bowlers.

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

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.

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. 

Phew! It's time for a short break. Let us catch some breath. 

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

Deandra Dottin and Chamari Athapaththu find no bidder. The WPL 2024 auction continues to throw surprises.

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

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.

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

The auction has started. The first player to come out from set 1 is Phoebe Litchfield.

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.

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List off all 165 players to be auctioned

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Players to watch out for

Deandra Dottin
Chamari Athapaththu
Kim Garth
Alana King
Shabnim Ismail
Danni Wyatt
Annabel Sutherland
Mannat Kashyap
Kashvee Gautam

The stage is set for the auction

Players who might not find a bidder

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Retained and Released Players

Delhi Capitals

Retained Players: 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

Released Players: Aparna Mondal, Jasia Akhter, Tara Norris

Gujarat Giants

Retained Players: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer

Released Players: Annabel Sutherland, Ashwani Kumari, Georgia Wareham, Hurley Gala, Kim Garth, Mansi Joshi, Monica Patel, Parunika Sisodia, Sabbineni Meghana, Sophia Dunkley, Sushma Verma

Mumbai Indians

Retained Players: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia

Released Players: Dhara Gujjar, Heather Graham, Neelam Bisht, Sonam

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Retained Players: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine

Released Players: Dane Van Niekerk, Erin Burns, Komal Zanzad, Megan Schutt, Poonam Khemnar, Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar

UP Warriorz

Retained Players: Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S. Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia Mcgrath

Released Players: Devika Vaidya, Shabnim Ismail, Shivali Shinde, Simran Shaikh

The live coverage of the WPL 2024 auction will begin from 3:00 pm IST. Stay tuned with OneCricket as we bring to you every update from the event.

Auctioneer Mallika Sagar explains the dynamics 

How excited are the players?

Remaining purse and slots for all franchises

Gujarat Giants
Purse available: Rs 5.95 crore
Slots to fill: 10 (3 Overseas)

Royal Challengers Bangalore
Purse available: Rs 3.35 crore
Slots to fill: 7 (3 Overseas)

UP Warriorz
Purse available: Rs 4 crore
Slots to fill: 5 (1 Overseas)

Mumbai Indians
Purse available: Rs 2.1 crore
Slots to fill: 5 (1 Overseas)

Delhi Capitals
Purse available: Rs 2.25 crore
Slots to fill: 3 (1 Overseas)

All You Need to Know 

Total players - 165

Remaining slots - 30 (9 for overseas players)

Purse alloted - 13.5 crore

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.