Smriti mandhana wpl price

Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday announced Smriti Mandhana as the captain of their women's team for the inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL) 2023. The left-handed India batter Smriti Mandhana was signed in the recent auction held in Mumbai for Rs 3.40 crore, the highest price for a player in the WPL auction. Former India skipper Virat Kohli revealed Mandhana's name as RCB captain on social media on Saturday. RCB's social media channel posted a video message from Kohli. "From one No. 18 to another, from one skipper to another, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis announce RCB's captain for the Women's Premier League -- Smriti Mandhana," the franchise wrote on Twitter. "Now it's time for another Number 18 to lead a very special RCB team in the Women's Premier League. Yes, we are talking about Smriti Mandhana. Go well Smriti, you will have the support of the best team and the best fans in the World," Kohli said in the video. Concurred the captain of the RCB men's team Faf du Plessis. "I'm very confident that our women's captain has all the attributes to lead RCB. All the very best, Smriti Mandhana. See you at the games," RCB captain Plessis added. On her role as the RCB women's team captain, Smriti Mandhana said: "It is such a great feeling to see Virat and Faf speak so much about leading RCB and I would like to thank RCB management for giving me this amazing opportunity. "I am looking forward to receiving all the love and support from you fans who I am told are the best i...

The Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) has announced the list of the players that will go under the hammer in the upcoming bidding event of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 in Mumbai on Monday (February 13). The BCCI also revealed that it had received massive 1525 registration for the marquee event, out of which they shortlisted 246 Indians and 163 overseas players. “Out of 409 players, 246 are Indians and 163 are overseas players of which 8 players are from associate nations. The total capped players are 202, uncapped players are 199 and 8 from associate nations,” said the BCCI in a statement. Among the 246 Indian players who made it to the board’s final list, 51 have already represented the nation at the international level. Notably, a total of 90 slots are available with the five teams, of which 60 are reserved for Indian players. Each team will enter the auction with a purse of 12 crores. But unlike the men’s Indian Premier League (IPL), where the maximum base price for players is INR 2 crore, the highest base price in the inaugural edition of the WPL has been set to INR 50 Lakh. Overall 24 players (11 Indian and 13 overseas) have listed themselves with the highest INR 50 lakh base price, which includes the likes of Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Harmanpreet Kaur and others. On that note, let’s look at the complete list of players with the highest INR 50 Lakh base price: • Smriti Mandhana (India) – Batter • Harmanpreet Kaur (India) – All-rounder • Ashleigh G...

• Smriti Mandhana set to return to action against West Indies • Parth Jindal: 'People spent a lot on marquee players, didn't have much money for others' • Urooj Mumtaz: 'Extremely unfortunate to see Pakistan players missing out on WPL' • Reactions to the WPL auction - Smriti Mandhana watches herself make history • Harmanpreet Kaur: 'WPL is a gamechanger for all of us' "Everyone knows Mandhana and Perry, we were pretty committed to the couple of people we wanted to get," RCB director of cricket Mike Hesson said. "We're very happy to get such quality players. It's a dream result for us to get Mandhana, Perry and Devine. Smriti has got plenty of captaincy experience and is familiar with the Indian conditions, so highly likely [she'll be captain]." Top ten most expensive buys • Smriti Mandhana (RCB) - USD 415,000 • Ashleigh Gardner (Gujarat) - USD 390,000 • Natalie Sciver-Brunt (MI) - USD 390,000 • Deepti Sharma (UP) - USD 317,000 • Jemimah Rodrigues (Delhi) - USD 268,000 • Beth Mooney (Gujarat) - USD 244,000 • Shafali Verma (Delhi) - USD 244,000 • Pooja Vastrakar (MI) - USD 232,000 • Richa Ghosh (RCB) - USD 232,000 • Sophie Ecclestone (UP) - USD 220,000 "No, it's too early for that, but of course there are captaincy options in those names," Parth Jindal, the co-owner of Capitals, said. "One is an India Under-19 captain [Shafali], another is a legend of the game in Meg Lanning. Jemimah too is a wonderful reader of the game. But it all depends on the coach at the end of it, als...

India opener Smriti Mandhana was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.40 crore in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) Auction in Mumbai on Monday. Mandhana was the first player to be drawn out of the Marquee 1 set in the auction. Mumbai Indians opened the bidding at INR 50 lakh before RCB raised the stocks in an intense bidding war. “We have been watching the men’s IPL auctions. It is such a big moment for women to have an auction of this sort. The whole thing is exciting. RCB’s legacy is big, they have built a big fan-base. Hope we both can together build a big team. Namaskara Bengaluru, excited to wear the red and gold and aim for the cup,” Mandhana said. WPL Auction 2023 Highlights: RCB’s Mandhana most expensive player; Wolvaardt, Athapaththu go unsold A mainstay of the Indian batting department, Mandhana made her T20I debut in 2013 at the age of 16, the fourth-youngest ever to play for the country. Mandhana recorded the fastest fifty among Indian women in T20Is when she struck a 24-ball half-century against New Zealand in February 2019. The 26-year-old is the second-leading run-scorer in T20Is (2651 in 112 matches) among Indian women, only behind captain Harmanpreet Kaur. She is also the third leading run-scorer among all openers in the format.

WPL Auction: Smriti Mandhana most expensive player; Ashleigh Gardner, Nat Sciver-Brunt biggest overseas buys India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana was the most expensive pick at INR 3.4 crore when Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) snapped her. Smriti was also the first player to have come up in the auction The inaugural Womens Premier League (WPL) player auction in Mumbai on Monday saw 87 players picked up by five teams, out of which 30 were overseas cricketers, with INR 59.5 crore the overall money spent in the auction. India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana was the most expensive pick at INR 3.4 crore when Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) snapped her. Smriti was also the first player to have come up in the auction. "Join us in welcoming the first Royal Challenger, Smriti Mandhana!" tweeted RCB. Australia's off-spin all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner and England vice-captain Nat Sciver-Brunt were joint biggest overseas buys with INR 3.2 crore each. While Ashleigh went to Gujarat Giants, Nat was roped in by Mumbai Indians. Bangalore also bought New Zealand captain Sophie Devine at her base price of INR 50 lakhs, Australia's premier all-rounder Ellyse Perry for INR 1.7 crore. They also added India's big-hitting wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh, a member in the victorious Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup campaign, for INR 1.9 crores, apart from getting pacer Renuka Thakur for INR 1.5 crore. In the end stages of the auction, Bangalore also got England captain Heather Knight for INR 40 lakh, while ...