Deandra Dottin, Simran Shaikh, G Kamalini and Prema Rawat fetched massive paychecks within the WPL 2025 Public sale, which happened at ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru on Sunday. For buying the hard-hitting West Indies’ all-rounder Deandra, one among solely three gamers with a reserve worth of Rs 50 lakh within the public sale, Gujarat Giants (GG) and UP Warriorz have been in a fierce tussle earlier than the Adani Sportsline-owned franchise roped her in for Rs 1.7 crore. However the largest story of the auctions was the large offers for uncapped proficient Indian gamers. Mumbai batter Simran, who was with UP Warriorz in WPL 2023, emerged as the most costly uncapped India participant after being roped in by GG for Rs 1.9 crore, after edging out Delhi Capitals (DC). Simran was a member of Mumbai and India E successful groups within the Senior Ladies’s T20 Trophy and Challenger Trophy, respectively.
For buying hard-hitting wicketkeeper-batter Kamalini, who hit 44 not out in India’s nine-wicket win over Pakistan within the U19 Asia Cup recreation, Mumbai Indians (MI) shelled out Rs 1.6 crore after a fierce bidding conflict with DC. MI did take a look at Kamalini throughout their pre-auction trials, and the WPL 2023 champions did go all out in roping her in.
Hailing from Madurai, Kamalini, 16, trains on the Tremendous Kings Academy in Chennai, and got here into the limelight after hitting 311 runs in eight video games, as Tamil Nadu received the U19 Ladies’s T20 Trophy in October. She will likely be MI’s second wicketkeeper-batter choice after Yastika Bhatia.
One other notable uncapped India participant to get an enormous paycheck within the public sale was Uttarakhand all-rounder Prema, who was roped in by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for Rs 1.2 crore. Prema, who bowls leg spin, performed a key function in Mussoorie Thunders successful the inaugural Uttarakhand Premier League (UPL) this yr.
Although DC missed out on getting Kamalini, they have been profitable in buying Uttarakhand wicketkeeper Nandini Kashyap, who acquired her first India call-up for T20Is in opposition to the West Indies, for her base worth of Rs 10 lakh.
Nandini was the main run scorer within the Senior Ladies’s T20 Challenger Trophy and the third-highest run-getter within the Senior Ladies’s T20 Trophy whereas taking part in for Uttarakhand on this home season. She will likely be one among DC’s three wicketkeeping choices, alongside Taniyaa Bhatia and Scotland’s Sarah Bryce, who was picked by the aspect for Rs 10 lakh.
DC and MI have been additionally in a struggle to get uncapped India all-rounder N Charani, who bowls let-arm spin, earlier than the previous acquired her in for Rs 55 lakh. MI additionally acquired in South Africa all-rounder Nadine de Klerk for Rs 30 lakh.
UP Warriorz acquired into motion within the first accelerated spherical by selecting uncapped batter Arushi Goel and all-rounder Kranti Goud for Rs 10 lakh every. MI roped in uncapped India all-rounder Sanskriti Gupta for Rs 10 lakh whereas RCB acquired India U19 tempo bowling all-rounder Joshitha VJ for a similar quantity. Curiously, Joshitha had attended RCB pre-auction trials.
UPW stuffed their final abroad slot by selecting Australia leg-spinner Alana King for Rs 30 lakh whereas RCB accomplished their squad by buying uncapped India all-rounder Raghvi Bist, who’s in India’s squad for T20Is in opposition to the West Indies alongside her statemate Nandini, and one other uncapped spinner Jagravi Pawar for Rs 10 lakh every.
DC made one other steal purchase by selecting India U19 captain Niki Prasad for Rs 10 lakh, after she beforehand discovered no takers whereas MI roped in uncapped India all-rounder Akshita Maheshwari for Rs 20 lakh. Akshita had attended the MI trials and was stated to have impressed their scout Kiran Extra.
GG ended the 2 hours and 20-minute-long public sale by selecting England all-rounder Danielle Gibson for Rs 30 lakh and roping in uncapped India spinner Prakashika Naik for Rs 10 lakh.
The public sale additionally noticed outstanding capped gamers like Sneh Rana, Heather Knight, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Darcie Brown, Laura Harris, Kim Garth, Sarah Glenn, Shubha Satheesh, Sushma Verma, Lauren Filer, Mansi Joshi, Lizelle Lee and Rosemary Mair discovered no takers from the 5 WPL groups.
Full WPL squads after public sale:
Delhi Capitals: Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning (c), Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Annabel Sutherland, Nandini Kashyap, N Charani, Sarah Bryce, and Niki Prasad.
Gujarat Giants: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney (c), Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakil, Tanuja Kanwer, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Mannat Kashyap, Bharti Fulmali, Sayali Satghare, Deandra Dottin, Simran Shaikh, Danielle Gibson, and Prakashika Naik.
Mumbai Indians: Mumbai Indians: 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, Sajeevan Sajana, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Nadine de Klerk, G. Kamalini, Sanskriti Gupta, and Akshita Maheshwari.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 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-Hodge, Prema Rawat, Joshitha VJ, Raghvi Bist, and Jagravi Pawar.
UP Warriorz: 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, Arushi Goel, Kranti Goud, and Alana King.
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