New Delhi. The auction list of Tata Women's Premier League (WPL) players has been announced, which will be auctioned on December 15 in Bengaluru. The list of 120 players includes 91 Indian and 29 foreign cricketers, including 3 players from Associate Nations. England's experienced players Heather Knight, South Africa's Lizelle Lee and West Indies' Deandra Dottin will be in the top bracket with a reserve price of Rs 50 lakh, while the player auction for the 2025 Women's Premier League (WPL) will feature 91 Indian and 29 foreign cricketers. Including 120 players, out of which 3 are from Associate Nations.
Indian allrounders Sneh Rana, Shubha Satish, Poonam Yadav, England's Lauren Bell, South Africa's Nadine de Klerk, England's Maia Bouchier and Australia's Kim Garth are among the 28 capped players, whose reserve price is Rs 30 lakh. This auction will be held on December 15 in Bengaluru.
According to the WPL 2025 player auction list announced on Saturday, 120 players will be in the fray for 19 slots, out of which five slots are reserved for foreign players.
The list includes nine capped Indian players and 21 capped foreign players, BCCI President and WPL Committee Chairperson Roger Binny said in a release on Saturday. Apart from this, 82 uncapped Indian and eight uncapped foreign players will also be included in the auction.
The five franchises have a budget of Rs 15 crore to build their teams for the 2025 season, up from Rs 13.5 crore in the previous auction.
had reported on November 28 that the 2025 Women's Premier League (WPL) player auction will be held on December 15 in Bengaluru, with the third edition of the fiveteam tournament likely to begin in the first week of February 2025.
Gujarat Giants, who finished bottom of the points table in the first two seasons, have the biggest auction purse with Rs 4.4 crore. RCB will enter the auction with a purse of Rs 3.25 crore, while UP Warriors will enter the auction with a purse of Rs 3.9 crore. Twotime runnersup Delhi Capitals will have a purse of Rs 2.5 crore, while 2023 winners Mumbai Indians will enter the auction with Rs 2.65 crore.
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