Mumbai: The first season of the Women’s Premier League, 2023 begins on 4 March. The first match of the first season will be between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants at DY Patil Stadium. This match will start at 7:30 pm.
Significantly, the captain of the Mumbai Indians team will be Harmanpreet Kaur and in front of her will be Gujarat Giants captain Beth Mooney. Royal Challengers Bangalore is being captained by Smriti Mandhana. Will be captained by Australia’s finest wicketkeeper-batsman Alyssa Healy. And, the captaincy of Delhi Capitals is yet to be announced.
The names of these players were in the headlines in WPL Auction 2023
Significantly, a total of 87 players were auctioned in the WPL 2023 auction. In there were 30 foreign players. Smriti Mandhana sold for the highest price in the auction. He was bought by RCB for Rs 3.40 crore. Apart from this, 10 Indian players were bought in the auction for an amount of more than Rs 1 crore each. Harmanpreet Kaur was bought cheaply by Mumbai Indians. She was bought for Rs 1.80 crore. The most expensive player of Mumbai Indians was England’s Nat Sciver Brunt, who was bought by the franchise for Rs 3.20 crore.
Royal Challengers Bangalore team
Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry (Australia), Renuka Singh, Sophie Devine (New Zealand), Heather Knight (England), Megan Schutt (Australia), Kanika Ahuja, Dan van Niekerk (South Africa), Erin Burns (Australia), Preeti Bose, Komal Janjad, Asha Shobhana, Diksha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Poonam Khemnar, Sahana Pawar, Shreyanka Patil.
RCB team strength
The biggest strength of the RCB team in WPL is the captain of the team, Smriti Mandhana. But, there is more than one good player in this team, including the world’s best all-rounder Ellyse Perry, Renuka Singh Thakur, Risha Ghosh, and the best players like Sophie Devine, Megan Schutt, and Heather Knight.
