The Gujarat-based franchise secured the services of Jharkhand-based cricketer Ashwani Kumari for INR 30 lakh while notching batting all-rounder Parunika Sisodia, Shabnam Shakil and Hurley Gala for INR 10 lakh each.
Women's cricketers all over the world have waited for this moment and league for years. The arrival of WPL and an auction preceding it has left players with hopes that the glamour, unpredictability, clout, cash flow and thrill of franchise-based cricket will bring about a massive transformat
At 26, Smriti Mandhana has already represented India in 112 WT20Is, 77 WODIs and four WTest matches. The left-hander is feared by opponents across the world at the top of the order and has already amassed 2,651 T20I runs at a strike rate of 123.
Ahead of the auction for the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL), India skipper Rohit Sharma wished all the teams and players the very best of luck and said that this "historic thing" has opened a lot of avenues for women's cricketers worldwide.
BCA, which has produced international cricketers like Anshuman Gaekwad, Kiran More, Nayan Mongia, Irfan and Yusuf Pathan, Hardik and Kunal Pandya could not make much progress in domestic cricket for the last few years. A reason for it was groupism. There were disputes between the 'Royal Grou
The auction for the inaugural edition of WPL will take place on Monday. A total of 409 players will go under the hammer during the auction of the inaugural edition of Women's Premier League (WPL), which will be taking place on February 13, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ann
Amid widespread protest, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has inducted rape accused and under-investigation star cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane in its squad for the triangular series scheduled for next week.
Initially appointed as Middlesex's PCA representative in 2017, he quickly established himself as a leading voice of the Players' Committee and three years later, he became one of the PCA's first Vice Chairs, alongside England captain Heather Knight
Afridi hasn't participated in Pakistan's national team's international cricket matches, but he was included in the T20I and ODI squads for Australia's tour to Pakistan last year.