High bidding sees ten Indians earn crore-plus dealsMUMBAI: Smriti Mandhana needed to remain of Indias thrilling win over Pakistan in their Womens T20 World Cup opener because of an injury but her state of mind should have undoubtedly raised on Monday when she emerged as the leading choice in the inaugural Womens Premier League (WPL) auction held in Mumbai.AS IT HAPPENED: WPL PLAYER AUCTIONThe India vice-captain was bought for Rs 3.4 crore by Royal Challengers Bangalore after a fierce battle with Mumbai Indians.
All 15 Indian gamers on the planet Cup team were sold with 10 of them crossing the Rs 1 crore-mark.
Australia allrounder Ashleigh Gardner and Englands Nat Sciver-Brunt received the joint second-highest bids at Rs 3.2 crore; bought by Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians respectively.Allrounder Deepti Sharma got the 2nd greatest quote for an Indian player with UP Warriorz buying her for Rs 2.6 crore.
She was followed by Jemimah Rodrigues (Rs 2.2 cr to DC), Shafali Verma (Rs 2cr to DC), Richa Ghosh (Rs 1.9 cr to RCB), Pooja Vastrakar (Rs 1.9 cr to MI), Harmanpreet Kaur (Rs 1.8 cr to MI), Yastika Bhatia (Rs 1.5 cr to MI), Renuka Thakur (Rs 1.5 cr to RCB) and Devika Vaidya (Rs 1.4 cr to UP).
Of the leading 10 overall buys, 6 were Indians.Second player up for grabs was India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur with Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, RCB and Warriorz bidding for her at various stages however it stopped at Rs 1.8 crore in favour of MI.
It was anticipated that Harmanpreet would bring similar, if not a greater, bid compared to Mandhana however such are the auction dynamics that in the end she was slotted in seventh place amongst the leading Indian buys.With the league assembled in a short time, the franchises chose to bring recognized players on board and it caused aggressive bidding in the very first part of the auction.RCB were the early assailants and they benefited from it by landing 3 of the very first five gamers offered.
Mandhana, they purchased New Zealand allrounder Sophie Devine for her base price of Rs 50 lakh and Australian allrounder Ellyse Perry for Rs 1.7 crore.RCB director of cricket Mike Hesson was delighted with the outcome in the early phases.
We are extremely delighted to such quality players in the very first group.
It was a dream outcome for us, stated the New Zealander.DC, who bid for Harmanpreet, Perry, Sophie Ecclestone and Sharma in the opening exchanges didnt stress when they failed to land their target.
But that did help them in the end when their very first two buys were the future of Indian cricket-- Rodrigues and Verma.
They were followed by Australian skipper Meg Lanning for just Rs 1.1 crore which can be thought about a take.
The method we approach an auction, we have a celling cost for each gamer.
if a gamer is above that, we have to take out.
We felt that some of our players went over our estimate of what their value was, said DC owner Parth Jindal.Gujarat Giants coach Mithali Raj stated: For some its been a dissatisfaction.
For some, its a very good choices.
Some have opted for greater bids and some lower than anticipated.
Thats what this auction is about.
You are practically wagering and guessing.
Often you get it right, often you dont, stated the previous India skipper.MI went hard too in the opening exchanges however couldnt land Mandhana or Gardner however they didget Schiver-Brunt, Harmanpreet, Vastrakar and New Zealands Amelia Kerr.
MI mentor Jhulan Goswami enjoyed with the team they managed to create in the end.
That is how auctions are.
You have to have Plan B, Plan C as well as you dont understand what you are going to get.
Whatever we performed today, we enjoy and ecstatic.
We have a good mix of overseas and Indian gamers, she said.Among the players who might have fetched more were Australian Perry, Lanning, wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy, who can be thought about as a steal for Warriorz at just Rs 70 lakh.Nine players, including Verma and Ghosh, from the Womens Under-19 T20 World Cup team were chosen during the auction.