The women’s Premier League 2023 Auction is expected to be held in February to choose the teams for the WPL debut season.
Women’s Premier League 2023 Auction
Women’s Premier League 2023 Auction: As per a report, the final date for the player registration is January 26, 5 PM IST. The player will register their names via their respective state associations and their names will be entered in the Auction Register.
All those who represented India in any of the three formats are eligible to register in the capped category for the auction.
The franchises can pick players from the Registered Available Player Pool (RAPP) and only those registered can be called in as replacement players in case someone from the squad is unavailable for all or part of the season.
“The Women’s T20 League franchises will select from the Auction Register those players to be included in the list for the player auction (“Auction List”) who will then be presented for auction.
Note that a Women’s T20 League franchise is not under any obligation to bid for those players that it selected for the Auction List,” The BCCI has mentioned in the guidance documents to the India players for the 2023 Women’s T20 League Player Auction Registration System.
Three “reverse pricing” categories—INR 50 lakh, INR 40 lakh, and INR 30 lakh—among the capped players will serve as the starting point for bidding. At the conclusion of the bidding procedure, the hammer price will represent the player’s contracted fee for the competition. There are two types of base prices set at INR 20 lakh and INR 10 lakh for uncapped players.
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According to reports, some of the existing franchises from the IPL are believed to be interested in owning a team in the women’s league with a few of the outside parties also picking up the bidding document.
Five Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises are very interested in buying teams in WPL 2023. Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Punjab Kings have already confirmed their interest in investing in a team in WPL.
