WPL 2024 auction, unsold players: In the Womens Premier League (WPL) 2024 auction held on Saturday, franchises spent crores in the bids for Kashvee Gautam and Annabel Sutherland, while big stars like Chamari Athapaththu and Deandra Dottin did not find any buyers. The franchise spent Rs 12.75 crore on 30 different players, but pulled out of spending on big players.
Chamari Athapaththu did not find any buyer :-
Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu had entered the field with a base price of Rs 50 lakh but no one showed any interest in taking her. What is interesting here is that Athapaththu had scored 552 runs in 14 innings, apart from taking nine wickets in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) season.
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Irish star Kim Garth also remained unsold :-
Ireland-born Australian cricketer Kim Garth also remained unsold with a base price of Rs 50 lakh. He has played 41 ODI matches for Ireland, seven of which came for Australia. Garth has also played a total of 55 T20 matches.
Devika Vaidya was also not selected by any franchise in today’s auction. His base price was Rs 30 lakh. Vaidya has taken 11 wickets in six matches while playing for Maharashtra in this year’s Senior Women’s T20 Trophy and nine wickets in the Inter-Zonal T20 Trophy.
WPL 2024: Deandra Dottin also remained unsold :-
Dottin’s boycott comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding his Rs 60 lakh contract with Gujarat Giants last year. The debate had erupted when she was absent from the WPL auction, where her base price was Rs 50 lakh. Dottin is known for her excellence in fielding and bowling as well as powerful hitting.
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