Women’s Premier League Auction 2024 Live Updates: Annabel Sutherland Goes For 2 Cr, Deandra Dottin Remains Unsold | Cricket News

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: 4 wicketkeepers go unsold

In the capped wicketkeepers’ category, five players- Bess Heath, Sushma Verma, Amy Jones, and Tammy Beaumont remain unsold. A short break has been taken before the next category. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Atapattu goes unsold

After Deandra Dottin, another shocker comes as Sri Lanka all-rounder Chamari Atapattu, who started at a base price of 30 lakh, remain unsold. This marks the end of the capped all-rounders category and the next one wil be the wicketkeepers. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Deandra Dottin unsold

In a turn of events, West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin, with a base price of 50 lakhs, has remained unsold. What a shocking auction this one is as big names are going unsold. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Devika, Meghna unsold

Indian all-rounders Devika Vaidya and S Meghna have failed to find themselves a buyer and remain unsold. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Sutherland sold to DC

Australia all-rounder Annabel Sutherland, with a base price of 30 lakhs, has been sold to Delhi Capitals at a whopping total of  Rs 2 crore. This is highest bid of the day so far. What a fantastic buy this is. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Georgia Wareham sold to RCB

Australia all-rounder Georgia Wareham finds herself a buyer as RCB acquires her services at 40 lakhs. The base price of her was 30 lakhs. First buy of the day for RCB. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Priya Punia unsold

The last player in the category of capped batters- Priya Punia, who was at her base price of 30 Lakhs, goes unsold. Apart from her, Naomi Stalenberg, Maia Bouchier also remain unsold. The next category will be capped all-rounders. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: 4 players remain unsold

After a good start to the auction, big names like Bharati Fulmali, Mona Meshram and Veda Krishnamurthy go unsold. Apart from them, Poonam Raut also fails to fetch any buyers and remains unsold. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Danni Wyatt sold to UPW

England batter Danielle Wyatt, who was at base price of 30 lakhs, gets sold to UP Warriorz at her base price. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Phoebe goes big

After an intense bidding war between Gujarat Giants and UP Warriroz, Australia batter Phoebe Litchfield goes to the latter. With a base price of 30 lakh, Phoebe goes to Gujarat at a whopping total of 1 crore What a brilliant start to the auctions. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Intense battle

An intense bidding war for Australia batter Phoebe Litchfield is on. Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz are engaging in a big fight to acquire the services of Phoebe. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Capped players- batters

The first category is of the capped players in batters. The first player in Phoebe Litchfield from Australia at a base price of 30 Lakhs. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Mallika Sagar takes the stage

Auctioneer Mallika Sagar has taken up the stage and the bidding war of 165 players for the available 30 slots, will begin soon. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: We are underway

The Women’s Premier League 2024 auctions begins now. BCCI president Roger Binny starts the event with a warm welcome of all the franchises. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Auction to begin at 3

The much-awaited Women’s Premier League 2024 auctions will begin at 3 PM in Mumbai. Just stay tuned for all the live updates. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Available slots for MI

Champions Mumbai Indians will also have five players to add to their bench, including one overseas, when they get into the action. With a purse of Rs 2.1 crore, MI did not suffer much in terms of the players released as their core remains intact, and so does skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s strategy of stacking the playing XI with all-rounders. Mumbai Indians may go for young players which they could add to their camp and groom for the future.

WPL Auction LIVE: Chamari Athapaththu The Player In Spotlight

Chamari Athapaththu has been touted by many as the player who could be the biggest buy of the WPL 2024 auction. She ended the WBBL campaign as the ‘player of the tournament’ despite coming in as a replacement player. How big a bid will she fetch?

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Available slots for UPW

UP Warriorz will have Rs 4 crore to work with as they look to fill five slots, including one overseas. For a side, which finished third in the five-team competition, there were many promising performances under captain Alyssa Healy. However, having let go of someone as skilled and experienced as South Africa’s Ismail, UP Warriorz can be expected to go for another frontline fast bowler to bolster their attack along with filling the void created by the exit of Devika Vaidya.

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Available slots for DC

Delhi Capitals will have a purse of Rs 2.25 crore and have a maximum limit of adding three players, including one overseas, since their squad strength stands at 15 going into the auction. 

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Available slots for RCB

RCB, who lost six of their eight matches in the last edition and missed the playoffs, have Rs 3.35 crore in their kitty and need another seven players, including three overseas, to complete their squad limit of 18 players. Last year’s finalists Delhi Capitals may go for a fast bowler given they released the only player from Associate nations, United States’ Tara Norris, who also recorded the first five-wicket haul in the competition.

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Available slots for GG

Gujarat Giants’ table could be the busiest during the auction as along with the biggest purse — Rs 5.95 crore — comes the task of finding 10 new players to rebuild their squad after a forgettable first season. Australia’s Beth Mooney got injured in the first game and was ruled out with India’s Sneh Rana donning the captain’s hat for most part of the season. Having let go of some quality overseas players such as Sutherland, Wareham, Garth and Sophia Dunkley, the Giants will look to reinforce their bench strength.

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Other expensive players

Australia all-rounders Annabel Sutherland and Georgia Wareham, who both played in the inaugural WPL, have a base price of Rs 40 lakh. South Africa’s Shabnim Ismail and England wicketkeeper-batter Amy Jones are the other two cricketers with a base price of Rs 40 lakh. Veteran Indian cricketers Veda Krishnamurthy, Poonam Raut, Sushma Verma, Ekta Bisht, Gouher Sultana and Mona Meshram are in the auction with a base price of Rs 30 lakh.

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Expensive Deandra Dottin

West Indies’ Deandra Dottin, who was controversially excluded from the Gujarat Giants’ squad ahead of the start of the first season on medical grounds, is one of the two players with the highest reserve price of Rs 50 lakh. Irish-Australian cricketer Kim Garth, who reportedly replaced Dottin in the Giants’ squad, is the other player.

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Gujarat Giants aim for redemption

With the biggest purse going into the WPL auction on Saturday, last edition’s wooden-spooner Gujarat Giants will look to plug the holes ahead of the 2024 edition of the league. Gujarat Giants finished fifth and last in the inaugural edition in March, while another high-profile team Royal Challengers Bangalore finished fourth.

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: 165 players to go under hammer

A total of 165 players — 104 Indians and 61 overseas, including 15 from Associate nations — will be in contention for the 30 spots, including nine for overseas in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) mini-auction. The auction will feature 56 capped and 109 uncapped players.

WPL 2024 Auctions Live: Hello

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Women’s Premier League 2024 auctions, straight from Mumbai, Maharashtra. Stay tuned for all the live updates.