The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced the date and location for the upcoming Women’s Premier League 2024 (WPL) auction on Friday, November 24. The participant auction for the 2nd version of the event will happen in Mumbai on December 9.
After the profitable launch of India’s T20 franchise cricket for ladies cricketers, the upcoming season is anticipated to be filled with grandeur. WPL has set INR 13.5 crore as a salary cap for every workforce to spend within the upcoming auction, which could result in bidding wars for the big-name signings.
The WPL revealed the checklist of all retained and launched gamers by all 5 groups final month. Overall 29 gamers had been launched whereas 60 gamers, together with 21 abroad stars, had been retained by groups. Gujarat Giants shocked the cricket world by releasing 11 gamers, together with English star Sophia Dunkley and Australia’s Annabel Sutherland, Kim Garth and Georgia Wareham.
The defending champions Mumbai Indians launched 5 gamers together with Heather Graham and Sonam Yadav and may have the bottom finances obtainable of their purse for the WPL 2024 participant auction. Smriti Mandhana-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) additionally made massive adjustments by releasing the likes of Megan Schutt and Dane van Niekerk.
Last season’s runner-up Delhi Capitals retained nearly all of their squad and launched solely three gamers Tara Norris, Jasia Akhter and Aparna Mondal. Lucknow-based UP Warriorz launched the star Indian all-rounder Devika Vaidya and the South African pacer Shabnim Ismail and will enter the auction with INR 4 crore within the purse.
Meanwhile, the BCCI is but to announce the venues and schedule for the 2024 version of the event. But varied experiences recommend a February-March window for the second season because the Indian ladies’s senior cricket workforce is scheduled for a multi-format sequence towards England and Australia in December-January.
