🏏WPL Mini auction: Bengaluru on 15 December 2024 @ 3 PM IST🏏

🏏WPL auction: Bengaluru on 15 December 2024 @ 3 PM IST🏏

The Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 mini-auction will see the five WPL teams fill up their remaining 19 slots. 120 players, Indian and international, will go under the hammer, with each team having a total purse of Rs 15 crore. Among the 29 overseas players feature some massive names such as England captain Heather Knight, West Indian powerhouse Deandra Dottin and South African wicket-keeper batter Lizelle Lee. The likes of Sneh Rana and Poonam Yadav will be the biggest Indian names going under the hammer.

WPL 2025 Auction Live: Remaining purse and slots -

Gujarat Giants - (Rs 4.4 crore) - 4 available slots (2 overseas)

UP Warriorz - (Rs 3.95 crore) - 3 available slots (1 overseas)

Delhi Capitals - (Rs 2.5 crore) - 4 available slots (1 overseas)

Mumbai Indians - (Rs 2.65 crore) - 4 available slots (1 overseas)

Royal Challengers Bangalore - (Rs 3.25 crore) - 4 available slots (no overseas slots)

WPL Auction: Focus on Nandini and Kamalini

Nisarg Naik, a Mumbai-based cricket talent scout, has travelled around the country since late 2021 for scouting women cricketers and began recommending players to WPL franchises before the inaugural season began in 2023. Naik believes wicketkeeper-batters Nandini Kashyap and G Kamalini can become the most sought-after names in the 2025 WPL auction due to their recent good performances.

India's Sneh Rana (base price Rs 30 lakh) could be among the key attractions during the auction which will also have West Indies' Deandra Dottin (Rs 50 lakh), who did not feature for Gujarat Giants in the first edition after being selected and went unsold in the second. England's Heather Knight (Rs 50 lakh) will also feature in the first set after withdrawing from the second WPL auction, which was held in Bengaluru and New Delhi. The list, however, does not feature England bowler Issy Wong, who claimed the first-ever hat-trick in the competition, as well as New Zealand's Leah Tahuhu. Wong was released by the franchise ahead of the third season.

WPL Auction Live: Gujarat Giants with biggest remaining purse -

Gujarat Giants will go into the Women's Premier League 2025 Auction with the biggest purse of Rs 4.4 crore. They need four players, including two overseas, from the mini auction. While UP Warriorz need to fill three slots, including one overseas player, the other three teams, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals will have four slots each to fill. RCB have no slots left to find another overseas player.

WPL 2025 Auction Live: Behind the scenes

Two seasons into the Women’s Premier League (WPL), and the tournament’s impact is evident not only on the game itself, but also on scouting of the players, as franchises seek to discover talented cricketers from the Indian domestic circuit. Once the five teams made their retentions clear for WPL 2025, the franchises’ were quick on their work to organise trials and camps for their targeted players.

WPL 2025 Auction Live: A look at some big names -

The marquee players in the Women's Premier League 2025 Auction include Tejal Hasabnis, Sneh Rana, Deandra Dottin (West Indies), Heather Knight (England), Orla Prendergast (Ireland), Lauren Bell (England), Kim Garth (Australia), and Danielle Gibson (England), alongside several other prominent names.

WPL 2025 Auction Live: More details on players -

The auction pool of 120 players includes 91 Indian and 29 international stars, featuring three emerging talents from Associate Nations. Of these, 30 players are capped (9 Indian, 21 overseas), while 90 are uncapped (82 Indian, 8 overseas). With most franchises retaining their core squads, only 19 slots remain open, including 5 for overseas players.

WPL 2025 Auction Live: 120 players to feature -

The WPL 2025 Auction is scheduled to be held in Bengaluru. A total of 120 players will feature for selection by the five franchises - Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and UP Warriorz.

Very few slots were left to fill in. Mini auction.