WPL public sale: India’s rising star Kashvee Gautam turned the most costly uncapped player in the historical past of the Women’s Premier League as she was picked by Gujarat Giants for a large sum of INR 2 Crore. Kashvee, who is an uncapped Indian, goes previous Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur‘s public sale value too. She was one of the vital sought-out gamers in the WPL 2024 public sale and emerged out to be the joint most-expensive choose of the simply concluded bidding warfare.
The Indian star Kashvee was picked by Gujarat Giants, who got here into the auctions with their job minimize out. The GG facet launched more than half of their squad and had 10 slots obtainable to be crammed. Kashvee was one player who attracted bids from a number of groups particularly – Royal Challengers Bangalore, UP Warriorz and GG. She got here into the public sale area with INR 10 lakh as her base value and was picked for two crore.Â
Who is Kashvee Gautam?
Kashvee Gautam is a 20-year-old Indian fast-bowling all-rounder. She etched her identify into the historical past books when she picked all ten wickets in a one-day sport in opposition to Arunachal Pradesh whereas taking part in for Chandigarh in 2020. This additionally included a hat trick. Kashvee is a succesful batter, who can slog some runs if required.
The 20-year-old was additionally a part of India U-23 squad which received the ACC Emerging match earlier this 12 months. Kashvee was a part of Playing XI for 2 matches in the rain-hit occasion. She was in the squad of Trailblazers in the now-erstwhile Women’s T20 Challenge. Recently, Kashvee was seen in motion in two of India A’s video games in opposition to England A. She additionally picked three wickets in these matches.
Notably, Harmanpreet Kaur was picked by Mumbai Indians on the WPL 2023 public sale for 1.80 Crore. She was the joint tenth most-expensive player in that public sale. Harmanpreet led the MI facet to victory in WPL 2023. Among different picks, GG additionally signed Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Trisha Poojitha, Priya Mishra, Lauren Cheatle, Kathryn Bryce and Mannat Kashyap
