Auction for the inaugural edition of Women’s Premier League (WPL) has successfully ended. A total of 409 players went under the hammer, out of which 246 were Indians. Each team was allowed to buy a minimum of 15 players and a maximum of 18. So, 90 slots potentially could be filled. Teams were allowed to buy a maximum of 6 overseas players, including an associate member player. A total of 24 players, including 10 Indians listed themselves at the maximum base price of ₹50 lakh. Each team had a maximum purse of ₹12 crore.
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While most of the famous women cricketers had a huge pay day at the Auction, some failed to get a franchise. Here are the names of the famous women cricketers who went unsold in WPL Auction 2023:
Hayley Matthews (Base price INR 40 lakh)
Suzie Bates (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Tazmin Brits (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Laura Wolvaardt (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Tammy Beaumont (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Heather Knight (Base price INR 40 lakh)
Sune Luus (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Danni Wyatt (Base price INR 50 lakh)
Chamari Athapaththu (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Taniya Bhatia (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Anushka Sanjeewani (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Sushma Verma (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Bernadine Bezuidenhout (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Amy Jones (Base price INR 40 lakh)
Shamilia Connell (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Freya Davies (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Megan Schutt (Base price INR 40 lakh)
Jahanara Alam (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Lea Tahuhu (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Ayabonga Khaka (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Shakera Selman (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Sarah Glenn (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Nonkululeko Mlaba (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Poonam Yadav (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Inoka Ranaweera (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Alana King (Base price INR 40 lakh)
Afy Fletcher (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Fran Jonas (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Leigh Kasperek (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Nadine de Klerk (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Salma Khatun (Base price INR 30 lakh)
Jess Jonassen (Base price INR 50 lakh)