The 2024 Women's Premier League auction in Mumbai saw 30 players bought from five franchises. Players like Kashvee Gautam and Annabel Sutherland were bought for a huge price of INR 2 crores by franchises like Gujarat Giants and Delhi Capitals while Shabnim Ismail was bought by Mumbai Indians for INR 1.2 crores.
Notably, the very first buy of the WPL 2024 auction was Phoebe Litchfield, who was bought for a price of 1 crore by Gujarat Giants and another uncapped player like Vrinda Dinesh was also bought by UP Warriorz for 1.3 crores.
Here, in this article, we will look at the list of players bought by those five different franchises in WPL.
The number of players bought in the WPL 2024 auction by each team:
- Gujarat Giants - 10
- Royal Challengers Bangalore - 7
- UP Warriorz - 5
- Mumbai Indians - 5
- Delhi Capitals - 3
1. Players bought by Mumbai Indians in WPL Auction 2024 (ordered based on price):
- Shabnim Ismail - INR 1.2 Crores
- S.Sajana - INR 15 Lakhs
- Amandeep Kaur - INR 10 Lakhs
- Fatima Jaffer - INR 10 Lakhs
- Keerthana Balakrishnan - INR 10 Lakhs
Mumbai Indians INR 1.65 crores in the WPL 2024 auction. Apart from the INR 1.65 crore spent on the auction table, Mumbai Indians retained 13 players in their squad from the WPL 2023 season for INR 11.4 crore.
2. Players bought by Delhi Capitals in WPL Auction 2024 (ordered based on price):
- Annabel Sutherland - INR 2 Crores
- Aparna Mondal - INR 10 Lakhs
- Ashwani Kumari - INR 10 Lakhs
Delhi Capitals spent INR 2.4 crores in the WPL 2024 auction. Apart from the INR 2.4 crores spent on the auction table, Delhi Capitals retained 15 players in their squad from the WPL 2023 season for INR 11.25 crores.
3. Players bought by UP Warriorz in WPL Auction 2024 (ordered based on price):
- Vrinda Dinesh - INR 1.3 Crores
- Dani Wyatt - INR 30 Lakhs
- Gouher Sultana - INR 30 Lakhs
- Poonam Khemnar - INR 10 Lakhs
- Saima Thakor - INR 10 Lakhs
UP Warriorz spent INR 2.1 crores in the WPL 2024 auction. Apart from the INR 2.1 crores spent on the auction table, UP Warriorz retained INR 13 players in their squad from the WPL 2023 season for INR 9.5 crores.
4. Players bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in WPL Auction 2024 (ordered based on price):
- Ekta Bisht - INR 60 Lakhs
- Georgia Wareham - INR 40 Lakhs
- Kate Cross - INR 30 Lakhs
- Meghana S - INR 30 Lakhs
- Simran Bahadur - INR 30 Lakhs
- Sophie Molineux - INR 30 Lakhs
- Shubha Satheesh - INR 10 Lakhs
Royal Challengers Bangalore spent INR 2.3 crores in the WPL 2024 auction. Apart from the INR 2.3 crores spent on the auction table, Royal Challengers Bangalore retained 11 players in their squad from the WPL 2023 season for INR 10.15 crores.
5. Players bought by Gujarat Giants in WPL Auction 2024 (ordered based on price):
- Kashvee Gautam - INR 2 Crores
- Phoebe Litchfield - INR 1 Crore
- Meghna Singh - INR 30 Lakhs
- Lauren Cheatle - INR 30 Lakhs
- Veda Krishnamurthy - INR 30 Lakhs
- Priya Mishra - INR 20 Lakhs
- Trisha Poojitha - INR 10 Lakhs
- Kathryn Bryce - INR 10 Lakhs
- Mannat Kashyap - INR 10 Lakhs
- Tarannum Pathan - INR 10 Lakhs
Gujarat Giants spent INR 4.5 crores in the WPL 2024 auction. Apart from the INR 4.5 crores spent on the auction table, Gujarat Giants retained 8 players in their squad from the WPL 2023 season for INR 9.25 crores.
