WPL 2024: What the 5 squads seem like

Uncapped Indian quick bowler Kashvee Gautam (Gujarat Giants) and Australia allrounder Annabel Sutherland (Delhi Capitals) attracted the joint-highest bids of INR 2 crore (US$ 240,000 approx.) on the public sale forward of the second version of the Girls’s Premier League (WPL). One other uncapped Indian participant, batter Vrinda Dinesh, who performed for India A towards England A, was picked up by UP Warriorz because the next-most costly purchase.

Importantly, all 30 slots, together with 9 for abroad, had been crammed and right here is how the 5 WPL squads seem like on the finish of it.

Delhi Capitals

Squad energy: 18 (6 abroad)
Gamers purchased: Annabel Sutherland (INR 2 crore), Aparna Mondal (INR 10 lakh), Ashwani Kumari (INR 10 lakh)
Public sale efficiency: Even earlier than the inaugural WPL, Capitals had a really sturdy squad. The one perceived shortcoming was a back-up wicketkeeper to Taniya Bhatia. That they had launched wicketkeeper Aparna Mondal, who they introduced again at base worth. Not choosing Uma Chetry, the Assam participant who can rating shortly, is perhaps a missed alternative.

Capitals managed to get Australia allrounder Annabel Sutherland after an intense bidding conflict with Mumbai Indians, which will be thought of a win. She is a dependable possibility in case Marizanne Kapp must be rested, and is, in any case, a powerful all-round possibility within the squad.

Full squad: Alice Capsey*, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen*, Laura Harris*, Marizanne Kapp*, Meg Lanning*, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniya Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Annabel Sutherland*, Aparna Mondal, Ashwani Kumari

Gujarat Giants

Squad energy: 18 (6 abroad)
Gamers purchased: Phoebe Litchfield (INR 1 crore), Meghna Singh (INR 30 lakh), Trisha Poojitha (INR 10 lakh), Kashvee Gautam (INR 2 crore), Priya Mishra (INR 20 lakh), Lauren Cheatle (INR 30 lakh), Kathryn Bryce (INR 10 lakh), Mannat Kashyap (INR 10 lakh), Veda Krishnamurthy (INR 30 lakh), Tarannum Pathan (INR 10 lakh)
Public sale efficiency: Giants will probably be happy with how their squad seems on paper – a number of all-round choices plus a gun batter and an specific quick bowler in Kashvee Gautam. That they opted for Phoebe Litchfield over Chamari Athapaththu displays their batting worries from WPL 2023 and a bid to rectify that with a strong participant.

Choosing Scotland allrounder Kathryn Bryce, an affiliate participant, provides them the chance to play 5 abroad gamers within the XI. Veda Krishnamurthy’s return, a shock, provides them expertise within the center order.

Full squad: Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney*, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt*, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar, Phoebe Litchfield*, Meghna Singh, Trisha Poojitha, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Lauren Cheatle*, Kathryn Bryce*, Mannat Kashyap, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan

Mumbai Indians

Squad energy: 18 (6 abroad)
Gamers purchased: Shabnim Ismail (INR 1.2 crore), S Sajana (INR 15 lakh), Amandeep Kaur (INR 10 lakh), Fatima Jaffer (INR 10 lakh), Keerthana Balakrishnan (INR 10 lakh)
Public sale efficiency: Mumbai went all out to get Shabnim Ismail on board, seemingly as a back-up to Issy Wong. Additionally they needed to get a big-ticket allrounder, however misplaced Sutherland to Capitals.

Wristspinner Amandeep Kaur provides the shock aspect, given there are usually not lots of her ilk within the ladies’s circuit. Already a powerful, title-winning outfit, Mumbai have added extra bowling choices in Fatima Jaffer and Keerthana Balakrishnan.

Full squad: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews*, Humaira Kazi, Issy Wong*, Jintimani Kalita, Nat Sciver-Brunt*, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail*, S Sajana, Amandeep Kaur, Fatima Jaffer, Keerthana Balakrishnan

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Squad energy: 18 (6 abroad)
Gamers purchased: Georgia Wareham (INR 40 lakh), Kate Cross (30 lakh), Ekta Bisht (INR 60 lakh), Shubha Satheesh (INR 10 lakh), S Meghana (INR 30 lakh), Simran Bahadur (INR 30 lakh), Sophie Molineux (INR 30 lakh)
Public sale efficiency: Georgia Wareham is a like-for-like alternative for Dane van Niekerk – a legspinner who can hit massive within the lower-middle order. Having launched Megan Schutt, Kate Cross is a secure possibility for RCB with all her expertise of getting performed in India.

With Ekta Bisht and Sophie Molineux within the combine, RCB’s need to have dependable left-arm spin – instead of the launched Preeti Bose and Sahana Pawar – has been fulfilled.

Full squad: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry*, Heather Knight*, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine*, Georgia Wareham*, Kate Cross*, Ekta Bisht, Shubha Satheesh, S Meghana, Simran Bahadur, Sophie Molineux*

UP Warriorz

Squad energy: 18 (6 abroad)
Gamers purchased: Danni Wyatt (INR 30 lakh), Vrinda Dinesh (INR 1.3 crore), Poonam Khemnar (INR 10 lakh), Saima Thakor (INR 10 lakh), Gouher Sultana (INR 10 lakh)
Public sale efficiency: Managed to get Danni Wyatt at her base worth, a steal similar to Alyssa Healy was on the final public sale. Indian batting choices had been clearly on their thoughts after WPL 2023, which explains them shelling out massive bucks for Vrinda Dinesh. Gouher Sultana is an skilled back-up for Rajeshwari Gayakwad.

Warriorz got here into the public sale with the second-biggest purse and had been left with probably the most unusued cash after the public sale. Their strategy to getting in additional batting choices was baffling particularly as a result of they’d launched Ismail.

Full squad: Alyssa Healy*, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell*, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia McGrath*, Danni Wyatt*, Vrinda Dinesh, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana

S Sudarshanan is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo