The list of players set to go under the hammer in the auction for the 2025 WPL has been announced - here are all the overseas players on the list.
The third auction of the Women’s Premier League will be held in Bengaluru on December 15. A total of 19 slots across the five WPL franchises need to be filed. From a long list of 400 names, 120 names have been shortlisted for the auction, of which 29 are overseas players. Scotland's Sarah Bryce, UAE's Samaira Dharnidharka and Theertha Satish are the three players from the Associate Members.
To date, only two players from an Associate Nation have featured in the tournament: USA's Tara Norris and Scotland's Kathryn Bryce, elder sister of Sarah. Notably, Norris took WPL's first five-wicket haul, for Delhi Capital against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
New Talent 🤝 #TATAWPL
— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) December 12, 2024
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Gujarat Giants will enter the auction with the biggest purse of INR 4.4 crore available to fill four slots, of which two can be overseas. They finished last in the previous two editions. On the other hand, Delhi Capitals, the runners-up of the past two seasons, have INR 2.5 crore, the smallest budget among teams. They can fill a maximum of four slots, including one overseas. The collective budget for all the franchises has seen a rise from last year’s INR 13.5 crore to 15 crore.
West Indies' Deandra Dottin, England's Heather Knight and South Africa's Lizelle Lee have placed themselves in the highest price slab with a base price of 50 lakh INR.
WPL 2025: List of overseas players registered for Women’s Premier League 2025 auction
Player – Country – Base Price (INR)
Deandra Dottin – West Indies – 50,00,000
Heather Knight – England – 50,00,000
Lizelle Lee – South Africa – 50,00,000
Lauren Bell – England – 30,00,000
Maia Bouchier – England – 30,00,000
Darcie Brown – Australia – 30,00,000
Lauren Cheatle – Australia – 30,00,000
Nadine De Klerk – South Africa – 30,00,000
Kim Garth – Australia – 30,00,000
Danielle Gibson – England – 30,00,000
Sarah Glenn – England – 30,00,000
Heather Graham – Australia – 30,00,000
Chinelle Henry – West Indies – 30,00,000
Alana King – Australia – 30,00,000
Orla Prendergast – Ireland – 30,00,000
Nicola Carey – Australia – 30,00,000
Sophia Dunkley – England – 30,00,000
Lauren Filer – England – 30,00,000
Rosemary Mair – New Zealand – 30,00,000
Paige Scholfield – England – 30,00,000
Amanda-Jade Wellington – Australia – 30,00,000
Laura Harris – Australia – 10,00,000
Milly Illingworth – Australia – 10,00,000
Samantha Bates – Australia – 10,00,000
Tess Flintoff – Australia – 10,00,000
Charli Knott – Australia – 10,00,000
Sarah Bryce – Scotland – 10,00,000
Samaira Dharnidharka – UAE – 10,00,000
Theertha Satish – UAE – 10,00,000
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