WPL 2024 auction: All five teams at a glance

Australian allrounder Annabel Sutherland and uncapped Indian pacer Kashvee Gautam attracted the highest bids of INR 2 crore each from Delhi Capitals DC and Gujarat Giants GG respectively at the Womens Premier League WPL auction 2024 on Saturday Another uncapped India batter Vrinda Dinesh from Karnataka was bought by UP Warriorz for Rs 13 crores All 30 slots including nine overseas players across all the teams were filled in the WPL 2024 auction as per ESPNCricinfoHere is what the final squads look like for all the teams following the WPL 2024 auctionDelhi CapitalsSquad strength 18 6 overseasPlayers bought Annabel Sutherland Rs 2 crore Aparna Mondal Rs 10 lakh Ashwani Kumari Rs 10 lakhAuction performance Delhi Capitals had a strong squad in the last season as well The only shortcoming was a backup to wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia They had released Aparna Mondal who they brought back at base price But they did not opt for Uma Chetry a player from Assam known for scoring quick runs Sutherland could be a reliable option when Marizanne Kapp is restedFull squad Alice Capsey Arundhati Reddy Jemimah Rodrigues Jess Jonassen Laura Harris Marizanne Kapp Meg Lanning Minnu Mani Poonam Yadav Radha Yadav Shafali Verma Shikha Pandey Sneha Deepthi Taniya Bhatia Titas Sadhu Annabel Sutherland Aparna Mondal Ashwani KumariGujarat GiantsSquad strength 18 6 overseasPlayers bought Phoebe Litchfield Rs 1 crore Meghna Singh Rs 30 lakh Trisha Poojitha Rs 10 lakh Kashvee Gautam Rs 2 crore Priya Mishra Rs 20 lakh Lauren Cheatle Rs 30 lakh Kathryn Bryce Rs 10 lakh Mannat Kashyap Rs 10 lakh Veda Krishnamurthy Rs 30 lakh Tarannum Pathan Rs 10 lakhAuction performance Gujarat had a solid auction which has left them with a lot of allround options a batter in Lithfield and an express pacer in Kashvee Gautam They did not opt for the Sri Lankan star Chamari Athapaththu though Scotland allrounder Kathryn Bryce Veda gives them experience in the middle orderFull squad Ashleigh Gardner Beth Mooney Dayalan Hemalatha Harleen Deol Laura Wolvaardt Shabnam Shakil Sneh Rana Tanuja Kanwar Phoebe Litchfield Meghna Singh Trisha Poojitha Kashvee Gautam Priya Mishra Lauren Cheatle Kathryn Bryce Mannat Kashyap Veda Krishnamurthy Tarannum PathanMumbai IndiansSquad strength 18 6 overseasPlayers bought Shabnim Ismail Rs 12 crore S Sajana Rs 15 lakh Amandeep Kaur Rs 10 lakh Fatima Jaffer Rs 10 lakh Keerthana Balakrishnan Rs 10 lakhAuction performance Mumbai got the South African legend Ismail on board most likely as a backup for Issy Wong of England They were chasing a big allrounder but lost the bidding battle to DC for Sutherland MI has got wristspinner Amandeep Kaur who adds a surprise element since there are not many in the womens circuit in India The defending champions have added more bowling options with Fatima Jaffer and Keerthana BalakrishnanFull squad Amanjot Kaur Amelia Kerr Chloe Tryon Harmanpreet Kaur Hayley Matthews Humaira Kazi Issy Wong Jintimani Kalita Nat SciverBrunt Pooja Vastrakar Priyanka Bala Saika Ishaque Yastika Bhatia Shabnim Ismail S Sajana Amandeep Kaur Fatima Jaffer Keerthana BalakrishnanAlso Read Talent pool will deepen Sunetra Paranjpe and other women excricketers on Womens Premier LeagueRoyal Challengers BangaloreSquad strength 18 6 overseasPlayers bought Georgia Wareham Rs 40 lakh Kate Cross Rs 30 lakh Ekta Bisht Rs 60 lakh Shubha Satheesh Rs 10 lakh S Meghana Rs 30 lakh Simran Bahadur Rs 30 lakh Sophie Molineux Rs 30 lakhAuction performance Georgia Wareham is a likeforlike replacement for Dane van Niekerk a legspinner who can also unleash some big hits with the bat in the lowermiddle order Having released Aussie star Megan Schutt RCB can use Kates experience of playing in India With Ekta and Sophie in the mix RCB has some reliable leftarm spinners in place of the released Preeti Bose and Sahana PawarFull squad Asha Shobana Disha Kasat Ellyse Perry Heather Knight Indrani Roy Kanika Ahuja Renuka Singh Richa Ghosh Shreyanka Patil Smriti Mandhana Sophie Devine Georgia Wareham Kate Cross Ekta Bisht Shubha Satheesh S Meghana Simran Bahadur Sophie MolineuxUP WarriorzSquad strength 18 6 overseasPlayers bought Danni Wyatt Rs 30 lakh Vrinda Dinesh Rs 13 crore Poonam Khemnar Rs 10 lakh Saima Thakor Rs 10 lakh Gouher Sultana Rs 10 lakhAuction performance Danni Wyatt was a steal at her base price much like Alyssa Healy was at the previous auction After WPL 2023 Indian batting alternatives were clearly on their thoughts which is why they paid a high price for Vrinda Dinesh Rajeshwari Gayakwad has an experienced backup in Gouher Sultana Warriorz entered the auction with the secondlargest purse and emerged with the most unspent funds Their attitude to bringing in extra batting options was perplexing especially given that Ismail had been dischargedFull squad Alyssa Healy Anjali Sarvani Deepti Sharma Grace Harris Kiran Navgire Lauren Bell Laxmi Yadav Parshavi Chopra Rajeshwari Gayakwad S Yashasri Shweta Sehrawat Sophie Ecclestone Tahlia McGrath Danni Wyatt Vrinda Dinesh Poonam Khemnar Saima Thakor Gouher Sultana for Overseas playersWith agency inputs