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A full of 277 cricketers volition vie for 73 disposable slots erstwhile the auction for the 4th variation of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) takes spot astatine the JW Marriott Hotel present connected November 27 (Thursday).
The auction database includes 194 Indians, comprising 52 capped and 142 uncapped players, who volition spell nether the hammer for 50 slots. Among the overseas picks who tin capable the 23 remaining slots, determination are 66 capped and 17 uncapped players.
In all, 19 players are going successful with a basal terms of ₹50 lakh. Among the six Indians successful the highest terms class are Deepti Sharma, Harleen Deol, Kranti Gaud, Uma Chetry, Pratika Rawal and Pooja Vastrakar. Besides Pooja, the remainder were portion of India’s ODI World Cup winning-squad earlier this month.
Deepti won the Player-of-the-Series grant astatine the World Cup, finishing arsenic the highest wicket-taker (22 scalps) with her off-breaks on with 215 runs successful the middle-order. In the last against South Africa, the 28-year-old scored a run-a-ball 58 and claimed 5 for 39 arsenic India sealed a 52-run victory.
Having been released by UP Warriorz, Deepti volition anticipation to pull a bidding warfare for her services.
The overseas stars starting astatine the basal terms of ₹50 lakh see the likes of Alyssa Healy, Sophie Devine, Sophie Ecclestone, Meg Lanning and Phoebe Litchfield.
Left-handed opener Litchfield played conscionable a cameo relation for Gujarat Giants successful the erstwhile 2 editions. But having blazed her mode to a sublime period against India successful the semifinal of the World Cup, the 22-year-old is apt to beryllium overmuch sought after.
Andhra’s left-arm spinner Sree Charani, who is entering the auction astatine a basal terms of ₹30 lakh, could besides spark sizeable interest. She featured successful conscionable 2 games for Delhi Capitals past season, but the 21-year-old has since gone connected to found herself arsenic a cardinal subordinate of India’s ODI set-up.
