WPL Auction from 3:30 PM today:5 teams retained only 17 players; Mumbai Delhi with the smallest purse

The Women’s Premier League (WPL) mega auction is scheduled to begin today at 3:30 PM. 5 teams have retained 17 players, so 73 players will be available for sale in the auction. Teams have Rs 41.10 crore to buy them. However, 277 players will participate in the auction, meaning approximately 200 players will remain unsold. Why Mega Auction? In WPL, a mega auction takes place every 3 years, giving franchises a chance to rebuild their teams. The last mega auction was held in 2022. After this, mini auctions were held in 2023 and 2024. In mini auctions, many players can be retained, whereas in mega auctions, a maximum of 5 players can be retained. Auction Details 1. Auction will be held in New Delhi The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) organizes the country’s two franchise leagues, the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Women’s Premier League (WPL). BCCI will also conduct the WPL mega auction on November 27. The auction is scheduled to begin at 3:30 PM at a hotel in Aerocity, New Delhi. 2. Bidding will be done for 277 players BCCI has shortlisted 277 players for the auction. Among them are 194 players from India and 66 from abroad. Of these, 159 are uncapped players who have not made their international debut. However, out of 277, a maximum of 73 players can be sold, because there are only that many vacant spots in 5 teams. These could include 50 Indian and 23 foreign players. 3. UP’s biggest purse Mumbai Indians (MI), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Delhi Capitals (DC), UP Warriorz (UPW) and Gujarat Giants (GG) are the 5 teams. All teams had a purse of ₹15 crore, but after retention, each team had a different amount remaining in their purse. UP has the biggest purse of ₹14.50 crore. Gujarat has ₹9 crore. While MI, DC, and RCB’s purse is less than ₹6.50 crore. 4. Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur retained 5 teams retained 17 players, including 7 overseas and 3 uncapped. India’s Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Amanjot Kaur, and Shreyanka Patil were among them. Except for Shreyanka, the other 6 players were also part of the team that won the ODI World. 5. UP retained only one player Yes, before the mega auction, teams could retain a maximum of 5 players. 2 teams fully utilized this. The remaining 3 teams retained fewer than 5 players. Therefore, they will also have Right To Match (RTM) cards in the auction. RCB has 1, Gujarat has 3, and UP has 4 RTM cards. Teams can use RTM cards in the auction. Teams can re-acquire released players in the auction. Let’s understand this with an example. UP Warriorz released Australia’s Alyssa Healy. If DC bought her for 2 crore rupees in the auction, then UPW can use their RTM card to include Healy in their team. However, if DC increased Healy’s price to 4 crore rupees, then UPW would have to include Healy in the squad at the new price. If UPW refused to pay the new price, then Healy would become part of DC at the new price.
6. Most vacant spots in Gujarat-UP MI and DC retained 5 players each. RCB kept 4 and Gujarat kept 2 players. Meanwhile, UP retained only 1 uncapped player. A team can have 15 to 18 players, with a maximum of 6 overseas players. Accordingly, there are 73 vacant spots in the teams. 7. Auction to start with Marquee Set Players have been divided into different sets in the auction. The Marquee Set comes first. It has 8 players who are in highest demand. Then come International Batters, All-rounders, Wicketkeepers, Pacers, and Spinners. After International players, Uncapped players come. 8. ₹50 Lakh is the highest base price The marquee set includes New Zealand’s Sophie Devine, Amelia Kerr, England’s Sophie Ecclestone, Australia’s Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning, South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt, India’s Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh. In the marquee set, 6 players have a base price of 50 lakh rupees. Renuka’s is 40 lakh and Wolvaardt’s is 30 lakh rupees. A total of 19 players were given a base price of 50 lakh rupees. 11 players are priced at 40 lakh rupees and 88 players at 30 lakh rupees. The remaining players have a base price of 10 and 20 lakh rupees. 9. Eyes on Deepti, Healy, Lanning India’s World Cup-winning players Deepti Sharma, Renuka Singh, Kranti Gaur and Shri Charani could fetch high prices. Among foreign players, Alyssa Healy, Sophie Ecclestone, Amelia Kerr, Meg Lanning, Phoebe Litchfield and Grace Harris could also become crorepatis. 10. Follow the auction on Bhaskar English App WPL’s broadcasting rights are with Reliance. TV viewers can watch live coverage of the auction on Star Sports and OTT viewers on JioHotstar. Along with this, you can also find details related to the auction on the Bhaskar English app.