WPL Auction: From Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu to India’s Mannat Kashyap, players to watch out for in the WPL Auction
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More than 160 players have registered for the WPL auction that will take place in Mumbai on Saturday, with 30 slots to be filled across the five franchises.
Overseas picks
With only 9 slots available, the need for overseas reinforcements is minimal but expect most of the big-money signings to come from here. Chamari Athapaththu, the Sri Lankan captain who didn’t find a team in the first edition, recently lit up the WBBL in Australia and has been in great form in general. Danni Wyatt did her case no harm with a match-changing innings for England against India in the first T20I in Mumbai.
One of the surprises among the released players was South Africa speedster Shabnim Ismail. With UP Warriorz having four nailed-on overseas starters, Ismail had to be rotated in the opening season s...