Former Indian cricketer Saba Karim mentioned the massive sums spent by franchises on uncapped batter Vrinda Dinesh and pacer Kashvee Gautam is one thing monumental and speaks extremely about their capabilities.
Australian all-rounder Annabel Sutherland and uncapped Indian pacer Kashvee Gautam attracted the largest bids of Rs 2 crores every from Delhi Capitals (DC) and Gujarat Giants (GG) respectively whereas one other uncapped India batter Vrinda Dinesh from Karnataka was purchased by UP Warriorz for Rs 1.3 crores on the Women’s Premier League (WPL) public sale 2024 on Saturday.
JioCinema WPL consultants together with Saba Karim, Anjum Chopra, Abhinav Mukund and Reema Malhotra spoke on the important thing gamers on whom the groups have banked closely. Anjum was additionally stunned that Sri Lankan star Chamari Athapaththu went unsold. (WPL 2024 Auction Highlights: Sutherland & Uncapped Indians Steal Show; Check Full Squads Of All 5 Teams)
Saba mentioned about Indian uncapped gamers, “India’s uncapped players have done well of late and they are being rewarded for their performances. The talent scouts have noticed that these players can be effective at the top level also. But the amount spent on Kashvee Gautam and Vrinda Dinesh has to be the story of the day. If they go for such amounts of money, it is monumental. It speaks highly of the capabilities of these youngsters.”
“I am wondering where they will slot Vrinda Dinesh in. Yes, it is nice to get a youngster in but they already have Shweta Sehrawat and Parshavi Chopra. When you get someone like Vrinda Dinesh, you want some freshness in the squad and you can get her to open the innings with Alyssa Healy but that also puts pressure on someone like Kiran Navgire. So, I am concerned about Shweta Sehrawat and Vrinda Dinesh – both U-23 players now. It’s a good buy but Rs 1.3 crore is big money,” he added.
Vrinda has been a prolific scorer for Karnataka during the last two home seasons, incomes reward for her means to steadiness consistency along with her highly effective power-hitting up entrance. She was instrumental in Karnataka’s run to the ultimate of the Senior Women’s one-day competitors earlier this yr. With 477 runs in 11 innings at 47.70, she completed third within the league behind Jasia Akter and Priya Punia. This consists of 81 versus Rajasthan within the semi-finals, as per ESPNCricinfo.
Kashvee is a right-arm seamer from Chandigarh who was unsold over the past WPL public sale. She took a ten-wicket haul, together with a hat-trick in an ODI sport for Chandigarh towards Arunachal Pradesh on the girls’s home Under-19 competitors. She was then known as as much as the Women’s T20 Challenge, the predecessor of WPL.
During the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy event, she took 12 wickets in seven video games at an financial system of 4.14. In June, she was additionally a part of India’s triumphant Under-23 squad on the ACC Emerging event in Hong Kong. Recently, she performed two video games through the A collection, selecting up three wickets for India A.
On Delhi spending Rs two crore on Annabel Sutherland, former Indian batter Abhinav Mukund mentioned, “DC was pretty much done with the auction after spending Rs 2 crore on Sutherland. The plans of both Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals were pretty clear. They were focusing on strengthening their teams. Overall, it is a great pick for Delhi Capitals. They are trusting their younger Indian spinners because I immediately feel that Jess Jonassen could make way for Annabel Sutherland.”
Across each white-ball codecs for Australia, Sutherland has performed 45 matches and scored 439 runs at a median of over 27, with one century and one fifty. She additionally has taken 32 wickets in each ODIs and T20Is mixed.
Saba additionally mentioned that South African legend Shabnim Ismail is a robust guess for Mumbai Indians and her presence has made the squad even stronger.
“I think that Shabnim Ismail is a strong bet for Mumbai Indians and has made their squad even stronger. Speaking about UP Warriorz buying Vrinda Dinesh, it means that they can now play one overseas seamer in the eleven, which they could not do previously. So, I believe this is a brilliant buy for them,” he added.
Shabnim additionally had an important day on the public sale as she brought on a bidding conflict between MI and Gujarat Giants. She was lastly picked by MI for Rs 1.2 crore.
Ismail (34) performed 127 ODIs, 113 T20Is and a solitary Test for South Africa in a world profession spanning 16 years and retired from worldwide cricket earlier this yr. Hailed because the quickest bowler within the girls’s sport, the South African collected 317 worldwide wickets. Her general tally in worldwide cricket consists of 3 Test wickets, 191 ODI scalps and 123 wickets in T20Is.
Former Indian cricketer Reema Malhotra expressed happiness at spinner Ekta Bisht being picked by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 60 lakh, calling her probably the greatest Indian spinners with “top-tier athleticism”. Reema additionally mentioned that the presence of Ekta has left RCB in a greater place with extra choices and variations.
“I’m very pleased (on Ekta being picked). She deserved to be picked and I consider for the time being, she is likely one of the greatest left-arm spinners that India has. She has top-tier athleticism and has an excellent sport sense as nicely. RCB wished to actually enhance and strengthen their bowling. From the attitude of a leg spinner they’ve (Georgia) Wareham, for left arm they’ve Ekta Bisht and as a medium pacer you could have Kate Cross. So, I consider this workforce is in a greater place now as they’ve extra choices and variations
