We all know that 2023 is a blessing for Indian cricket history. Because this is the first time the Women’s Indian Premier League has been inaugurated. Among the 5 teams, Mumbai Indians won the first-ever WIPL in history by defeating Delhi Capitals. There were 448 female cricketers who were enthusiastic to play in the auction and the Cricket committee bought 18 players for each team. Where many players were auctioned with a high budget. If you already have a favorite player and you want to get some fun, follow Betway register login in order to proceed further. Let’s learn about the highest auctioned players and their performance in this WIPL 2023.
Smriti Mandhana
For the sake of team honor, this first WIPL Smriti Mandhana was taken by Royal Challengers Bangalore with Rs 3.4 crore. It is the highest amount paid for a female player in India in history. She scored 149 runs in the whole premier league. Her highest score in one match was 37. Though she tried her best, Luck didn’t favor her that much. As we already know how good she is at making time with the ball, she didn’t leave any chance with her possible strength.
Natalie Sciver
Mumbai Indians got Natalie Sciver at the rate of Rs 3.20 crore in the auction for the first season of IPL. She scored 332 runs in the whole match season and became the 2nd most acquired run. In one premier league, her highest score is 72. Also, she holds the 2nd position for height boundaries, a total of 47. By seeing the scores, it’s obvious the large amount of money invested did not go in vain.
Deepti Sharma
Though the buying rate of Deepti Sharma at the auction was outrageous, her performance was not up to the mark. UP Warriorz got Deepti at the rate of 2.6 crore Rupees. She is only 25 years old. In her first season, her performance was average as a batsman. A total of 90 runs were scored where 22 is the highest individual match score. Also, she gave the team only 11 boundaries. But she did achieve a total of 9 wickets in the 1st season. Thus, we can see the prediction from Auction regarding Deepti Sharma was not wrong this time.
Shafali Verma
Another pricey player of the first season’s women’s IPL is Shafali Verma. Delhi Capitals invested 2 crore rupees for her in the auction. Shafali Verma, is a rock-solid player who knows her bat really well. She scored a total of 252 runs in the whole IPL session, where her highest score was 84 in one match. Shafali tried her best to make the team reach the finals. She earned a total of 32 boundaries and 13 sixes in this first season. Hopefully, We will see her in the next WIPL.
Richa Ghosh
Royal Challengers Bangalore took Richa Ghosh at the auction for Rs 1.90 crore. The amount of money spent on her resulted in a shock. She earned only 138 runs from all the matches in the first season of the Women’s Indian Premier League. Her individual match-best score is 37 runs. But being only 19 years old, she tried her best.
Harmanpreet Kaur
Mumbai Indians invested Rs 1.8 crore in the auction for this 34-year gem Harmanpreet Kaur. She scored a total of 281 runs in this season. Her highest score in an individual match was 65. She earned a total of 44 boundaries. The numbers say that the investment was not gone in vain. She made an effort to win the trophy.
Sophie Ecclestone
UP Warriorz invested Rs 1.8 crore in the auction for this 24 years Sophie Ecclestone. She is renowned as the number-1 T20 player as a wicket-taker. So she did the same in the 2023 WIPL. She took a total of 16 wickets this season. The investment for such a dangerous and marvelous player was a perfect decision.
Marizanne Kapp
Delhi Capitals fought and got Marizanne Kapp at Rs 1.5 crore from the auction for WIPL. She is a decisive South African Player. Marizanne Kapp scored a total of 177 runs where her individual match-best score is 39. She took a total of 9 wickets in this very first season. She gave the team a total of 14 boundaries, which is great.
Tahlia McGrath
UP Warriorz decided to get Tahlia at the auction and invested about Rs 1.40 crore in her. Tahlia McGrath is 27 years old Australian bold player. She scored a total of 302 runs and in an individual match, her best score was 90. She gave the team a total of 46 boundaries in the session. We can assume that all the money is perfectly poured down here.
Meg Lanning
Delhi Capitals got the batsman Meg Lanning at a price of 1.1 crore rupees at the auction. In the history of Cricket, in WIPL she has scored the most, which is 345. The individual match’s best score is 72. She gave a total of 50 boundaries to the team. Without a doubt, the choice of Meg Lanning was perfect. She contributed a lot to step into the final round yet luck was in favor of the Mumbai Indians Women’s Team.
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