WPL 2024 Auction: Aakash Chopra selects two players who may spark a bidding battle. The Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 will get off on Saturday, December 9th in Mumbai.
The highly anticipated Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 auction will begin on Saturday, December 9 in Mumbai. During the major event, 165 players will be auctioned off, with 61 from outside the country. The five franchises will be able to sign a few international cricketers, like Deandra Dottin and Kim Garth, who have the highest starting salary of INR 50 Lakh.
Aakash Chopra, a former Indian cricketer turned broadcaster, too expressed his thoughts ahead of the auction. As’multi-dimensional’ talents, he believes Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu and Barbados all-rounder Deandra Dottin may spark a bidding war among teams.
“I’ll be accompanied by Chamari Athapaththu and Deandra Dottin. ” Between the two, because they are both multi-faceted players. There is something special about women’s cricket. The multi-dimensional cricketing talents are not something we see very often in men’s cricket. I believe that all women are multitaskers, but most guys are rather one-dimensional. So, these two,” Akash Chopra report in the Hindustan Times as stating.
Notably, Athapaththu went unsold at last year’s auction, but she’s been in fantastic form in T20Is this year, scoring 470 runs from 16 innings at an average of 31.33 and a strike rate of 130.91. She is also the greatest run scorer in Women’s One-Day Internationals in 2023, with 415 runs from eight innings at an average of 69.16 and a strike rate of 125.37, with two hundreds and one fifty.
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Deandra Dottin exclude from Gujarat Giants squad in 2023
As a result, the Sri Lankan captain may end up becoming the most expensive player at the auction. Deandra Dottin, on the other hand. Sold to Gujarat Giants for 60 lakh in the first round, after her bidding began at 50 lakh. She was, however, omitted from the team before to the start of the season due to medical reasons.
Meanwhile, 30 seats remain open across five franchises for the Women’s Premier League 2024, with nine reserved for international players.
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