The public sale for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) season two is about to happen on December 9 in Mumbai. WPL on Friday took to X to announce the official date of the second season of the WPL and wrote, “Mark your Calendars! #TATAWPL Auction 9th December 2023 Mumbai.”
This time an extra purse of Rs 1.5 crore shall be made obtainable to all of the 5 groups in addition to the stability they’re all left with from the final public sale in addition to after the latest participant releases. Thirty slots, together with 9 abroad, shall be crammed on the public sale.
Recently, groups launched their retention lists and total 60 gamers had been retained. Out of those 60 gamers, 21 had been abroad stars. 29 gamers had been launched from their squads. In the inaugural season of WPL, every group was given Rs 12 crore to construct their squads. Only two groups, the champions Mumbai Indians and UP Warriorz had been capable of make full use of this cash. Coming to the opposite three groups, Gujarat Giants had Rs 5 lakhs, Delhi Capitals had Rs 35 lakhs and Royal Challengers Bangalore had Rs 10 lakhs (approx. US $12,015) left as stability.
Giants, who attained a bottom-place end within the inaugural season, have the very best purse of Rs 5.95 crore, as they’d launched half their squad. They have ten slots, together with three abroad to be crammed. Warriorz, who completed mid-table and certified for playoffs, have Rs 4 crore as their purse, which they’ll use to refill 5 slots, together with an abroad participant.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), a star-studded unit consisting of Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine and Ellyse Perry, which did not make an influence final yr, has Rs 3.35 crore of their purse to refill seven slots, together with three abroad gamers. Delhi, the runners-up, have a handbag of Rs 2.25 crore to fill three slots, together with one abroad.
Mumbai has the smallest purse left, with Rs 2.1 crore. They have 5 slots to fill, together with one abroad, in line with a launch.
The inaugural WPL held earlier this yr was an enormous success as many high cricketers from the world over participated within the 22-match affair, performed at three venues in Mumbai.
There has been no communication from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) about dates for the subsequent season and whether or not it will likely be performed in a home-away format or not. During final yr’s public sale, there have been seven gamers who attracted bids as excessive as Rs 2 crore and three crossed the three-crore mark, particularly Smriti Mandhana (Rs 3.4 crore for RCB), Ashleigh Gardner (Rs 3.2 crore for Gujarat Giants) and Nat Sciver-Brunt (Rs 3.2 crore for MI).
