A total of 165 cricketers have registered for the Women’s Premier League 2024 auction, which includes 104 Indians. Veda Krishnamurthy, Meghna Singh, S Meghana and Devika Vaidya are some big capped Indian names to feature in the list
The auction for the second edition of Women’s Premier League (WPL) is around the corner. While WPL's 2024 season is likely to be held in the February-March window next year, the auction preceding it will be organized on Saturday, December 9, 2023 in Mumbai. In the run-up to the WPL auction, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Saturday that 165 cricketers have registered for it. (Cricket News)
The list includes 104 Indian and 61 overseas players, of which 15 are from associate nations. Among the 165, 56 are capped players and the remaining 109 are uncapped. Some big names in the list of capped Indian players who will go under the hammer are Veda Krishnamurthy, Meghna Singh, S Meghana and Devika Vaidya. In the overseas players list, Deandra Dottin, Shabnim Ismail and Chamari Athapaththu are the major capped ones.
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West Indies’ Dottin and Australia’s Kim Garth are the only two players to have set themselves at the highest base price of INR 50 lakh. Sri Lanka captain Athapaththu, who has been in a rich vein of form with the bat, has listed her base price at INR 30 lakh. She went unsold at the 2023 auction.
In all, 30 spots are available with the five WPL franchises, with nine slots left for overseas players. A total of 60 players, including 21 overseas cricketers, have been retained across the five teams and 29 others have been released from their squads. Let's take a look at the full list of Indian players who will participate in the WPL 2024 auction on December 9.
| First Name | Surname | Country | Role | Capped/Uncapped | Base Price (in INR lakh) |
| Bharti | Fulmali | India | BATTER | Capped | 30 |
| Veda | Krishnamurthy | India | BATTER | Capped | 30 |
| Mona | Meshram | India | BATTER | Capped | 30 |
| Priya | Punia | India | BATTER | Capped | 30 |
| Punam | Raut | India | BATTER | Capped | 30 |
| S. | Meghana | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Capped | 30 |
| Meghna | Singh | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Capped | 30 |
| Devika | Vaidya | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Capped | 30 |
| Nuzhat | Parween | India | WICKETKEEPER | Capped | 30 |
| Sushma | Verma | India | WICKETKEEPER | Capped | 30 |
| Simran | Bahadur | India | BOWLER | Capped | 30 |
| Ekta | Bisht | India | BOWLER | Capped | 30 |
| Preeti | Bose | India | BOWLER | Capped | 30 |
| Gouher | Sultana | India | BOWLER | Capped | 30 |
| Ridhima | Aggarwal | India | BATTER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Jasia | Akhter | India | BATTER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Vrinda | Dinesh | India | BATTER | Uncapped | 10 |
| G. | Divya | India | BATTER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Arushi | Goel | India | BATTER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Drishya | I V | India | BATTER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Trisha | Poojitha | India | BATTER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Simran | Shaikh | India | BATTER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Uma | Chetry | India | WICKETKEEPER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Aparna | Mondal | India | WICKETKEEPER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Shivali | Shinde | India | WICKETKEEPER | Uncapped | 20 |
| Raghvi | Bist | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Nishu | Choudhary | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Hurley | Gala | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Kashvee | Gautam | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Amandeep | Kaur | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Poonam | Khemnar | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Gautami | Naik | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Parushi | Prabhakar | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| S. | Sajana | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Saima | Thakor | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| G. | Trisha | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Haorungbam | Chanu | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Aditi | Chauhan | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 20 |
| Komalpreet | Kour | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Rekha | Singh | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Komal | Zanzad | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Amisha | Bahukhandi | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Priya | Mishra | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Parunika | Sisodia | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Sonam | Yadav | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Sunanda | Yetrekar | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Prathyusha | Challuru | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Capped | 30 |
| Mansi | Joshi | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Capped | 30 |
| Monica | Patel | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Capped | 30 |
| Anuja | Patil | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Capped | 30 |
| Swagatika | Rath | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Capped | 30 |
| Soni | Yadav | India | BOWLER | Capped | 30 |
| Pranavi | Chandra | India | BATTER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Dhara | Gujjar | India | BATTER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Amrita | Joseph | India | BATTER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Shweta | Mane | India | BATTER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Aaradhana | Bisht | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Zeal | Dmello | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Suman | Gulia | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Mannat | Kashyap | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Ashwani | Kumari | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Suman | Meena | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Kesha | Patel | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Pragya | Rawat | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Shanu | Sen | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Riya | Chaudhari | India | WICKETKEEPER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Shipra | Giri | India | WICKETKEEPER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Vinavi | Gurav | India | WICKETKEEPER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Muskan | Malik | India | WICKETKEEPER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Durgesh Nandani | Sahu | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Rameshwari | Gayakwad | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Fatima | Jaffer | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Keerthy | James | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Prakashika | Naik | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Sahana | Pawar | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| K. | Ramyashri | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Nida | Rehman | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Karri | Sai Poojitha | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Nisha | Saini | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Maya | Sonawane | India | BOWLER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Sundaresan | Anusha | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Keerthana | Balakrishnan | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Medhavi | Bidhuri | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Neelam | Bisht | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Renuka | Chaudhari | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Janhvi | Kate | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Prema | Rawat | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Sayali | Satghare | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Priti | Yadav | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Najla | C M C | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Archana | Devi | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Manpreet | Kaur | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Falak | Naz | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Anushka | Sharma | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Muskan | Vasava | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Mithila | Vinod | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Bhavana | Goplani | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Devika | K | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Priyanka | Koushal | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Babita | Meena | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Tarannum | Pathan | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Shubha | Satheesh | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Neetu | Singh | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
| Tanisha | Singh | India | ALL-ROUNDER | Uncapped | 10 |
Gujarat Giants will head into the WPL 2024 auction with the biggest salary cap available at INR 5.95 crore, while defending champions Mumbai Indians will have the smallest purse (2.1 crore) at their disposal amongst the five teams.
After a successful first season, the WPL is all set to return and could take place in February-March 2024 ahead of the Men's Indian Premier League. A Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians had won the first season of the WPL by beating Delhi Capitals by seven wickets in the final in March 2023 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.