WPL Auction Highlights: Gujarat break the bank for Simran, Dottin; Sneh Rana goes unsold

WPL Auction Live Updates: Okay, that's a wrap folks! Gibson and Rana were the last buys! The auctioneer ends the session! Simran is the most expensive buy in this auction with GG spending 1.9 Cr on her.

WPL Auction Live Updates: GG buy Danielle Gibson for her base price of ₹30 Lakhs. Nobody reacts, had to remind the auctioneer! Then receives giggles with the bid. Then they go for Prakashika Naik for ₹10 Lakhs.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Jagravi Pawar joins RCB for her base price, 10 Lakhs. DC also rope in Niki Prasad for her base price of ₹10 Lakhs. Meanwhile, MI buy Akshita Maheshwari for ₹20 Lakhs.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Sneh Rana goes unsold. The India veteran's base price is 30 Lakhs, and nobody raises a bid. Bist goes to RCB for ₹10 Lakhs.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Lauren Bell goes unsold. Next up, Australia's Graham, no reaction yet again! Now it is Australia's King, will teams react? UPW bid, her base price of 30 Lakhs, nobody challenges, King goes to UPW!

WPL Auction Live Updates: DC -

Charani (55 Lakhs), Nandini (10 Lakhs), Bryce (10 Lakhs)

GG-

Simran (1.9 Cr), Dottin (1.7 Cr)

MI-

Kamalini (1.6 Cr), de Klerk (30 Lakhs), Sanskriti (10 Lakhs)

RCB-

Prema (1.2 Cr), Joshitha (10 Lakhs)

UPW-

Arushi (10 Lakhs), Kranti (10 Lakhs)

WPL Auction Live Updates: Hardly any action here, Delhi buy Sarah Bryce for her base price of ₹10 Lakhs. No challenge at all!

WPL Auction Live Updates: No bid comes in to challenge RCB, as they buy Indian all-rounder Joshitha for her base price of ₹10 Lakhs.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Finally! Arushi Goel and Kranti Goud join UP Warriorz for their base price of ₹10 Lakh each. Meanwhile, MI get Sanskriti for ₹10 lakhs, her base price.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Players go unsold once again as the franchises don’t seem to be interested at all! When will we see some action?

WPL Auction Live Updates: The auction has resumed as the remaining players go under the hammer now.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Delhi have ₹1.85 Cr remaining in their purse. Meanwhile, Gujarat have 80 Lakhs left, and MI have 75 Lakhs to spend. On the other hand, RCB have 2.05 Cr left and UP Warriorz have 3.9 Cr.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Shaikh currently leads the pack and is the biggest buy, Gujarat spent 1.9 Cr on her. Meanwhile, they also roped in Dottin for 1.7 Cr.

MI have roped in Kamalini and De Klerk for 1.6 Cr and 30 lakhs respectively. On the other hand, DC bought Charani for 55 Lakhs, Nandini for 10 Lakhs, and RCB went big for Rawat (1.2 Cr).

There have been some shocks too as plenty of players have gone unsold until now!

WPL Auction Live Updates: Delhi win the bidding war for Charani, they get her for ₹55 Lakhs, from a base price of 10 Lakhs. Meanwhile, RCB broke the bank for Prema Rawat, getting her for ₹1.2 Crores, from her base price of ₹10 Lakhs. The uncapped players have been a big attraction today!

The teams have now been asked to submit names for the accelerated part of the auction. They take a break!

WPL Auction Live Updates: Gujarat have edged past Delhi in this bidding war to acquire Simran Shaikh for ₹1.9 Crores, from her base price of ₹10 Lakhs. On the other hand, DC have purchased Nandini Kashyap for ₹10 lakhs.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Kamalini joins MI for a massive ₹1.6 crores price tag! Delhi entered the race and inflated the price, backing out at the last moment here!

WPL Auction Live Updates: FINALLY! Finally a player is sold! Nadine de Klerk is roped in by Mumbai Indians for her base price of ₹30 lakhs, no challenge to it!

WPL Auction Live Updates: More players go unsold! What is going on here! Bouchier (30 lakh), Cheatle (30 lakh), Brown (30 lakh), Glenn (30 lakh), Graham (30 lakh) also fail to attract any bids.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Heather Knight (50 lakhs), Danielle Gibson (30 lakhs), Chinelle Henry (30 lakhs) and Poonam Yadav (30 lakhs) have gone unsold, with teams not interested in bidding.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Deandra Dottin is the first player to go under the hammer and from a base price of ₹50 lakhs, she gets sold to Gujarat Giants for ₹1.7 crores.

WPL Auction Live Updates: The auction format allows for lesser-known players to suddenly become amongst the most talked-about athletes in the country. While established Indian players such as Sneh Rana and Poonam Yadav are part of the auction, so are plenty of uncapped and up-and-coming talents who will hope they have done enough to be scouted by one or more of the teams.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Plenty of fresh overseas talent will be entering the auction for this edition. Deandra Dottin of the West Indies headlines, but there will be a lot of attention of the likes of English trio Heather Knight, Lauren Bell, and Sarah Glenn, as well as Australians Darcie Brown and Alana King. Ireland's all-rounder Orla Prendergast could also get a contract after a strong summer performance against Sri Lanka and Australia.

WPL Auction Live Updates: The two non-IPL franchises in the WPL have struggled in the first two editions of the tournament, and will look for a sharp change in this auction. Gujarat have 4.4 crores in the bank, while UP have 3.9. They sit well ahead of RCB with 3.25 crore, and especially of MI with 2.65 crore, and Delhi Capitals, with the two-time losing finalists only have access to 2.50 crore to try and go one step further this year.

WPL Auction Live Updates: There will be 120 players going under the hammer, but less than a sixth will be bought as only 19 slots are available for teams.

Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians both have 4 slots to fill with room for one overseas player. RCB also have 4 slots, but cannot get an overseas players, while Gujarat Giants can have two overseas players within their four slots and will be the big buyers. UP Warriorz have the fewest slots with just 3, but one can be overseas.

WPL Auction Live Updates: Smriti Mandhana is the most expensive player in the WPL, with RCB's title-winning captain receiving INR 3.40 crore in the first auction. The rest of the top five is as follows:

Ashleigh Gardner: 3.20 cr (GG)

Natalie Sciver-Brunt: 3.20 cr (MI)

Deepti Sharma: 2.60 cr (UPW)

Jemimah Rodrigues: 2.20 cr (DC)