Ridiculous! Politics At Play! - Fans Baffled As Chamari Athapaththu Goes Unsold At WPL 2024 Auction

Chamari Athapaththu, Deandra Dottin, and Veda Krishnamurthy were among the big names to remain unsold in the WPL 2024 auction. A total of 30 players were sold in the auction with a total of 12,75,00,000 purse spent by all the franchises.

All five teams have now built a squad of 18 players each. Uncapped India pacer Kashvee Gautam and Australia all-rounder Annabel Sutherland were sold for 2 crores each at the auction. Gautam went to Gujarat Giants whereas Sutherland was picked by Delhi Capitals.

In another big bid, uncapped opener Vrinda Dinesh was sold to UP Warriorz for INR 1.3 crore, at 13 times her base price. Vrinda, who plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket, has scored 357 runs across 17 T20 matches at a strike rate of 126.10.

The various teams went with different mindsets into the auction. Teams were keen on getting specific kinds of players and hence did not mind spending money.

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Meanwhile, big names going unsold in auctions is always a big story. This time around Chamari Athapaththu was the biggest of the games going unsold. She had a base price of 30,00,000 but did not find a bidder.

Fans Baffled As Chamari Athapaththu Goes Unsold At WPL 2024 Auction

No takers for Chamari Athapaththu!
Ridiculous! Politics At Play!
Embarrassing For The Game https://t.co/icuOc1wUDo
https://t.co/icuOc1wUDo

— ?? (@RADI0_HEAD) December 9, 2023

Hello WPL please somebody take Chamari Athapaththu who remain UNSOLD, ?

Othrwise she will come out from tv with bat to beat me.??

Welcome to RCB #SAvIND #viralvideo #ViratKohli? pic.twitter.com/snIfaRrzQN

— I am chetan (@ArondekarC11111) December 9, 2023

Chamari A not being part of WPL is disheartening at many levels. https://t.co/98AhNl0Vmh

— Shailendra Patil (@Shailendra_P91) December 9, 2023

Chamari Attapatu goes unsold in WPL auction.

She was ICC women's player of the month in Sep. and has consistently performed for SL at big events.

Feel for her ? pic.twitter.com/M9Brhy1zNj

— Shubman Gill (Parody) (@shubmangill_GT) December 9, 2023

Just few days ago Chamari was player of the series in WBBL and No taker for her in WPL?

Can anyone explain the reason? #WPLAuction

— Mohit Raghav ?? (@RMohit89) December 9, 2023

No Chamari Athapaththu.
No Deandra Dottin.
I really can’t believe this, seriously. #WPLAuction

— Niharika Raina (@niharika_raina) December 9, 2023

Chamari Athapaththu ??? #WPL So she has to do some much more than otherd on the park and she has done it but still no takers ..strange one this… ???really strange …

— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) December 9, 2023

Like everyone else, I am perplexed that Deandra Dottin and Chamari Athapaththu are going unsold. Five franchises having done their homework don’t bid. Keen to know the story. @ghosh_annesha @ZENIADCUNHA @WomensCricZone

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 9, 2023

“I thought Chamari would be one of the top 3 picks. I am absolutely shocked, she’s a very high quality player,” Edwards.

All I know is, when she bats, I switch on the TV. A dash of panache sprinkled with chutzpah. #WPL2024

— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) December 9, 2023

I feel we will see some team signing Chamari Athapaththu as an injury replacement player ?#WPL2024

— Karthik Rao (@Cric_Karthikk) December 9, 2023

Chamari Atapaththu is the most interesting story from this WPL auction. What does she need to do please? @RevSportz #wplauction2024

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) December 9, 2023

Too much hype for Chamari going for the highest price this auction…. No team needs a first xi opener so understandable she going unsold.

— arfan (@Im__Arfan) December 9, 2023

Really feeling sad for this legendary cricketer – Chamari Atapattu ??
Mentality of coaches is so dull
This is not happening right with her#WPLAuction #WPL #WPL2024 #WPL2023 #WPLAuctiononJioCinema #BBL2023 #BBL #BANvNZ #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/JxbbZIV9Tw

— CricShyr (@SAWAN_1829) December 9, 2023

Athapattu is the skipper of the Sri Lanka women’s national cricket team and is one of the most reputed batters of her time. She was the Player of the tournament in the recently concluded Women’s BBL.

Plying her trade for the Sydney Thunder, Athapaththu scored 511 runs at an average of 42.58 and a strike rate of 129.69 and picked nine wickets at an economy of 6.79 in the tournament.

Athapattu has scored 5906 international runs for Sri Lanka in over 200 matches. She has also scored nine hundreds and 23 fifties in her career so far.

Given her international experience, none of the teams willing to bid for her was surprising, to say the least. Athapattu remained unsold in the inaugural WPL auction as well.

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