WPL 2024 Auction: Top signings, full list of players sold, purse remaining and more

The Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 player auction concluded in Mumbai on Saturday with uncapped Kashvee Gautam being the biggest buy. Kashvee Gautam, a 20-year-old all-rounder, was acquired by Gujarat Giants for a whopping amount of Rs 2 crore, thereby becoming the most expensive uncapped player in the history of WPL.

WPL 2024 Auction: Complete list of players sold and unsold

Other big buys on Saturday included Australia’s Annabel Sutherland. Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians were involved in a bidding war for Annabel, before DC sealed a Rs 2 crore deal to acquire the services of the 22-year-old. There were even more millionaires. South Africa’s Shabnim Ismail was acquired by Mumbai Indians (MI) for Rs 1.20 crore, whereas uncapped Australian batter Phoebe Litchfield was bought by Gujarat Giants for a price of Rs 1 crore.

Another uncapped Indian, Vrinda Dinesh was bought by UP Warriorz for a price of Rs 1.30 crore. Initially, it was RCB and Gujarat Giants who had entered the race for Vrinda, but then the Warriorz stepped in later to acquire the services of the 22-year-old.

However, one notable player who did not find any takers was Chamari Athapaththu. The Sri Lankan had been in fine form in the Women’s Big Bash League, where she scored 552 runs from 15 matches for Sydney Thunder. However, she would end up being unsold in the initial round of auctions, and would not even feature in the accelerated auction later.

Inoka Ranaweera, an uncapped Sri Lankan bowler, also went unsold. Apart from the Sri Lankan duo, Veda Krishnamurthy and Deandra Dottin also went unsold in initial rounds. Veda would go on to get picked by Gujarat Giants for her base price of Rs 30 lakh, but Dottin remained unsold at the end of the auction.

We now take a look at the complete list of players sold:

Phoebe Litchfield sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 1 crore

Dani Wyatt sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 30 lakh

Georgia Wareham sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 40 lakh

Annabel Sutherland sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 crore

Meghna Singh sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 30 lakh

Shabnim Ismail sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 1.20 crore

Kate Cross sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 30 lakh

Ekta Bisht sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 60 lakh

Vrinda Dinesh sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 1.30 crore

Trisha Poojitha sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 10 lakh

Aparna Mondal sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 10 lakh

Kashvee Gautam sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 2 crore

Poonam Khemnar sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 10 lakh

S Sajana sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 15 lakh

Amandeep Kaur sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 10 lakh

Saima Thakur sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 10 lakh

Priya Mishra sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 15 lakh

Priya Mishra sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 20 lakh

Lauren Cheatle sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 30 lakh

Kathryn Bryce sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 10 lakh

Mannat Kashyap sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 10 lakh

Ashwani Kumari sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 10 lakh

Fatima Jaffer sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 10 lakh

Keerthana Balakrishnan sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 10 lakh

Shubha Satheesh sold to RCB for Rs 10 lakh

Veda Krishnamurthy sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 30 lakh

Simran Bahadur sold to RCB for Rs 30 lakh

Gouher Sultana sold to UP Warriorz for Rs 30 lakh

Sophie Molineux sold to RCB for Rs 30 lakh

Tarannum Pathan sold to Gujarat Giants for Rs 10 lakh

We now take a look at the money spent by the teams and their remaining purse:

Mumbai Indians

Money spent in auction: Rs 1.65 crore

Remaining purse: Rs 45 lakh

Remaining slots: 0

Delhi Capitals

Money spent in auction: Rs 2.20 crore

Remaining purse: Rs 5 lakh

Remaining slots: 0

UP Warriorz

Money spent in auction: Rs 2.10 crore

Remaining purse: Rs 1.90 crore

Remaining slots: 0

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Money spent in auction: Rs 2.30 crore

Remaining purse: Rs 1.05 crore

Remaining slots: 0

Gujarat Giants

Money spent in auction: Rs 4.50 crore

Remaining purse: Rs 1.45 crore

Remaining slots: 0