WPL Auction: Chamari Athapaththu, Deandra Dottin likely to be hot picks | Cricket News – Times of India
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A total of 165 players from five franchises — Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz, Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore — will go under the hammer, with a maximum of 30 slots (nine for overseas players) up for grabs.The breakup comprises 104 Indian and 61 overseas players.Young left-arm spinner Mannat Kashyap is the only player from the current India squad to feature in the auction. The 19-year-old, who has a base price of Rs 10 lakhs, was a member of India’s inaugural Under-19 World Cup-winning side earlier this year.
Each WPL team can have a maximum squad of 18 players. The team that is set to splurge the most in this auction is the Adani-owned Gujarat Giants, who can buy 10 players, including three overseas ones.
The Gujarat Giants finished last in WPL1, losing all but two of their matches. WPL-2 is set to be played in February-March.
Ironically, Dottin, who was controversially released by the Gujarat Giants on the eve of WPL-1 in March on ‘medical grounds’, and her replacement Garth, are the only two players who have chosen to be slotted in the Rs 50-lakh bracket this time.
Four players — Amy Jones (England wicketkeeper-batter) Shabnim Ismail (South African pacer, released by UP Warriorz), Georgia Wareham (Australian leg-spinner, released by Gujarat Giants) and Annabel Sutherland (Australia, released by Gujarat Giants) — have been categorized into the 40-lakh bracket.
Fifteen players from associate nations — the registered number was 19 last year — too will be hoping that they get picked by a franchise for the showpiece event.
USA’s Tara Norris was the only player from the associates who was bought last year in the auction, and she impressed for Delhi Capitals.
