WPL auction: Franchises, bids, crorepatis – it’s a new era in women’s cricket
The HinduIf April, according to poet T.S. At the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, five franchises spent a whopping ₹59.50 crore to procure some of the biggest names in women’s cricket. But in the end, the five franchises – Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Royal Challengers Bangalore and UP Warriorz – opted for a balanced squad. ‘Extremely rushed’ The initial trend of the auction indicated that apart from Royal Challengers Bangalore, which was perhaps the first franchise to recruit a talent scout in former India batter V. R. Vanitha back in September last year, none of the others came into the auction room with much of an idea about how things would pan out. But hopefully, next time onwards, there will be more time and the teams will be able to scout more local, rookie talents and that will be a big thing for the youngsters,” former India captain and Mumbai Indians’ mentor Jhulan Goswami said.