Mumbai, Feb.8: A total of 409 cricketers will go under the hammer at the inaugural Women’s Premier League auction with the likes of Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Alyssa Healy and Sophie Ecclestone keeping themselves in the highest base price bracket of Rs 50 lakh. IPL chairman Arun Dhumal had told PTI on Monday that the entire 22 matches of the league will be held in Mumbai from March 4-26. The auction will be held in Mumbai on February 13.
Out of 409 players, 246 are Indians and 163 are overseas of which eight are from the associate nations.
The total capped players are 202, while 199 are uncapped and eight are from the associate nations.
A maximum of 90 slots are available with the five teams of which 30 are for overseas players.
Twenty four players have put themselves in the Rs 50 lakh base price category. Thirty players are in the auction list with a base price of Rs 40 lakh.
Besides India captain Harmanpreet, Mandhana and Australian star Healy and number one England spinner Ecclestone, the others in the highest base price bracket include U-19 World Cup winning captain Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Jemimah Rodrigues, England’s Nat Sciver, Australia captain Meg Lanning among others.
