WPL Auction Highlights: Gujarat break the bank for Simran, Dottin; Sneh Rana goes unsold

WPL Auction Live Updates: The auction has resumed as the remaining players go under the hammer now.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Delhi have ₹1.85 Cr remaining in their purse. Meanwhile, Gujarat have 80 Lakhs left, and MI have 75 Lakhs to spend. On the other hand, RCB have 2.05 Cr left and UP Warriorz have 3.9 Cr.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Shaikh currently leads the pack and is the biggest buy, Gujarat spent 1.9 Cr on her. Meanwhile, they also roped in Dottin for 1.7 Cr.

MI have roped in Kamalini and De Klerk for 1.6 Cr and 30 lakhs respectively. On the other hand, DC bought Charani for 55 Lakhs, Nandini for 10 Lakhs, and RCB went big for Rawat (1.2 Cr).

There have been some shocks too as plenty of players have gone unsold until now!

WPL Auction Live Updates: Delhi win the bidding war for Charani, they get her for ₹55 Lakhs, from a base price of 10 Lakhs. Meanwhile, RCB broke the bank for Prema Rawat, getting her for ₹1.2 Crores, from her base price of ₹10 Lakhs. The uncapped players have been a big attraction today!

The teams have now been asked to submit names for the accelerated part of the auction. They take a break!

WPL Auction Live Updates: Gujarat have edged past Delhi in this bidding war to acquire Simran Shaikh for ₹1.9 Crores, from her base price of ₹10 Lakhs. On the other hand, DC have purchased Nandini Kashyap for ₹10 lakhs.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Kamalini joins MI for a massive ₹1.6 crores price tag! Delhi entered the race and inflated the price, backing out at the last moment here!

WPL Auction Live Updates: FINALLY! Finally a player is sold! Nadine de Klerk is roped in by Mumbai Indians for her base price of ₹30 lakhs, no challenge to it!

WPL Auction Live Updates: More players go unsold! What is going on here! Bouchier (30 lakh), Cheatle (30 lakh), Brown (30 lakh), Glenn (30 lakh), Graham (30 lakh) also fail to attract any bids.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Heather Knight (50 lakhs), Danielle Gibson (30 lakhs), Chinelle Henry (30 lakhs) and Poonam Yadav (30 lakhs) have gone unsold, with teams not interested in bidding.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Deandra Dottin is the first player to go under the hammer and from a base price of ₹50 lakhs, she gets sold to Gujarat Giants for ₹1.7 crores.

WPL Auction Live Updates: The auction format allows for lesser-known players to suddenly become amongst the most talked-about athletes in the country. While established Indian players such as Sneh Rana and Poonam Yadav are part of the auction, so are plenty of uncapped and up-and-coming talents who will hope they have done enough to be scouted by one or more of the teams.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Plenty of fresh overseas talent will be entering the auction for this edition. Deandra Dottin of the West Indies headlines, but there will be a lot of attention of the likes of English trio Heather Knight, Lauren Bell, and Sarah Glenn, as well as Australians Darcie Brown and Alana King. Ireland's all-rounder Orla Prendergast could also get a contract after a strong summer performance against Sri Lanka and Australia.

WPL Auction Live Updates: The two non-IPL franchises in the WPL have struggled in the first two editions of the tournament, and will look for a sharp change in this auction. Gujarat have 4.4 crores in the bank, while UP have 3.9. They sit well ahead of RCB with 3.25 crore, and especially of MI with 2.65 crore, and Delhi Capitals, with the two-time losing finalists only have access to 2.50 crore to try and go one step further this year.

WPL Auction Live Updates: There will be 120 players going under the hammer, but less than a sixth will be bought as only 19 slots are available for teams.

Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians both have 4 slots to fill with room for one overseas player. RCB also have 4 slots, but cannot get an overseas players, while Gujarat Giants can have two overseas players within their four slots and will be the big buyers. UP Warriorz have the fewest slots with just 3, but one can be overseas.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Smriti Mandhana is the most expensive player in the WPL, with RCB's title-winning captain receiving INR 3.40 crore in the first auction. The rest of the top five is as follows:

Ashleigh Gardner: 3.20 cr (GG)

Natalie Sciver-Brunt: 3.20 cr (MI)

Deepti Sharma: 2.60 cr (UPW)

Jemimah Rodrigues: 2.20 cr (DC)

WPL 2025 Auction Live Updates: Gujarat Giants have underachieved in the previous two editions of the tournament.

Gujarat Giants squad: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney ©, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakil, Tanuja Kanwer, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Mannat Kashyap, Bharti Fulmali, Sayali Satghare

WPL 2025 Auction Live Updates: Australia's Alyssa Healy will continue leading the franchise.

UP Warriorz squad: Alyssa Healy (c), Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Vrinda Dinesh, Saima Thakor, Poonam Khemnar, Gouher Sultana, Chamari Athapaththu, Uma Chetry.

WPL 2025 Auction Live Updates: Meg Lanning-led Delhi Capitals has reached the final of the tournament twice, however, they have failed to get over the line.

Delhi Capitals squad: Meg Lanning (c), Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Marizanne Kapp, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Annabel Sutherland.

WPL 2025 Auction Live Updates: Mumbai Indians had won the inaugural season of the WPL.

Here is the squad of Mumbai Indians heading into the auction: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Hayley Matthews, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver, Pooja Vastrakar, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail, Amandeep Kaur, S. Sajana, Keerthana

WPL 2025 Auction Live Updates: Prior to the auction, RCB traded England's Danni Wyatt from the UP Warriorz.

RCB squad: Smriti Mandhana (c), Sabbineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt.

WPL 2025 Auction Live Updates: The WPL 2025 auction will be broadcast on Sports18 network. The live streaming is available on JioCinema app and website.

WPL 2025 Auction Live Updates: If you are wondering how much the purse for each team is, we have you covered.

Here is the entire breakdown:

Gujarat Giants purse: INR 4.40 crore (4 slots remaining, 2 overseas)

UP Warriorz purse: INR 3.90 crore (3 slots remaining, 1 overseas)

RCB purse: INR 3.25 crore (4 slots, 0 overseas)

Mumbai Indians purse: INR 2.65 crore (4 slots, 1 overseas)

Delhi Capitals purse: INR 2.50 crore (4 slots, 1 overseas)

WPL 2025 Auction Live Updates: A total of 120 players are set to go under the hammer! The auction proceedings will begin at 3 PM IST and we have you covered throughout.

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