Smriti Mandhana – Babar Azam: The cricketing world made historical past on February 13, 2023, with the first-ever Women’s Premier League public sale going down in Mumbai. The public sale featured 449 shortlisted gamers, and the inaugural match is scheduled to begin on March 4. Smriti Mandhana, India’s vice-captain, grew to become the primary participant to go beneath the hammer, securing an enormous INR 3.4 crore contract with Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, it must be famous that that is rather more than what Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam is getting in PSL.
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Smriti Mandhana incomes greater than Babar Azam
The bidding warfare between RCB and Mumbai Indians for Mandhana kicked off the public sale. The two franchises vied for the marquee participant, with Bangalore finally successful out, making her the most costly participant of the WPL 2023 public sale. It’s value noting that Mandhana’s INR 3.4 crore WPL wage is considerably larger than that of Pakistani captain Babar Azam, who will earn INR 1.38 crore enjoying for Peshawar Zalmi within the PSL 2023.
After signing Smriti Mandhana, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has the choice of contemplating her for the staff captaincy. Mandhana has beforehand led the Indian staff to victory within the absence of Harmanpreet Kaur. During the Asia Cup in October 2022, she captained India to wins in a few video games.
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RCB gears up for WPL
RCB spent virtually half of their INR 12 crore purse throughout the first spherical of the WPL public sale. They managed to amass the providers of star all-rounder Ellyse Perry from Australia, New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine, and India’s U-19 successful participant and wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh. They additional strengthened their squad by spending huge sums on India’s tempo sensation Renuka Singh Thakur.
After sitting out for a lot of the public sale, RCB got here again with a bang throughout the accelerated public sale. They signed English skipper Heather Knight, South African skipper Dane van Niekerk, and Australia’s tempo spearhead Megan Schutt to finish their squad.
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