WPL Auction 2023: Smriti, Harmanpreet, Shafali set to cross Rs 1-crore mark

Prolific batters Smriti Mandhana Harmanpreet Kaur and teen sensation Shafali Verma are expected to spark bidding wars when they go under the hammer during the inaugural Womens Premier League auction here on MondayAmong the overseas names Alyssa Healy Beth Mooney Elysse Perry Nat Sciver Megan Schutt and Deandra Dottin are some of the big names expected to enjoy a big pay dayThe five teams Mumbai Indians Delhi Capitals RCB Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz will be bidding for 90 players in a list of 409With a salary purse of Rs 12 crore per team for the first year and a squad size of 18 including six overseas players at least 20 to 25 of the 60 Indian women set to be picked will command good auction priceThe base prices are set in five brackets with the least being Rs 10 lakh and the highest Rs 50 lakh The other brackets are Rs 20 30 and 40 lakh respectivelyIt is expected that members of this current Indian team and those from Australia England New Zealand and South Africa will be the most sought after players at the auctionAlso Read Going to get a huge amount of talent from Womens Premier League Harmanpreet KaurIf some officials associated with the franchises are to be believed Smriti Shafali Harmanpreet and allrounder Deepti Sharma are set to earn anywhere between Rs 125 to 2 crore from teams that successfully bid for themBig hitter Richa Ghosh and seamer Renuka Thakur will also invoke a lot of interest from potential bidders So will the spinners like Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Radha Yadav and seamers Meghana Singh and Shikha PandeyJemimah Rodrigues who has had a good run in foreign T20 leagues could also be a big earner during the auctionIn the uncapped Indian players category Kashmirs Jasia Akhtar and Railways Swagatika Rath are some of the prominent names expected to get richer by the end of the auctionAmong the U19 World Cupwinning womens team batter Shweta Sehrawat spinners Parshavi Chopra Mannat Kashyap and Archana Devi along with seamer Titas Sadhu are expected to attract good bidsThe five franchises will look at potential captains and apart from Smriti and Harman some of the other likely captaincy candidates are legendary Southern Stars boss Meg Lanning England skipper Heather Knight and White Ferns leader Sophie Devine all of whom have put their names in the listSpeaking ahead of the historic day for Indian cricket Delhi Capitals head coach Jonathan Batty said We are very excited about the WPL auction We have worked on our strategy for the auction We have a lot of people in the Delhi Capitals staff who have worked on numerous IPL auctions We are using their knowledgeKey Figures of AuctionTeams 5Names DC MI RCB Gujarat Giants UP WarriorzMinimum Salary Mandatory Rs 9 croreMaximum Salary purseteam Rs 12 croreMinimum Squad Strength Mandatory 15Maximum Squad Strength 18Maximum India players in squad 12Maximum Overseas playerssquad 6Total number of players available 409Indian players for auction 246Foreign players from Full members 155Players from Associate Nations 8Name of auctioneer Malika SagarNb A team can field five foreign players in playing XI if the fifth player is from Associate nationThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever