WPL Auction 2023: Harleen Deol Bought By Gujarat Giants For INR 40 Lakh

Last Update on: February 13th, 2023 at 04:54 pm

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The 24-year-old India Women’s National Cricket Team middle-order batter Harleen Deol was bought by the Gujarat Giants for INR 40 lakh at the Women’s Premier League (WPL) player auction.

The auction for the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) is currently underway at the Jio World Convention Centre at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai.

In total, a whopping 1525 cricketers from all across the globe registered for the inaugural WPL auction. Among those 409 were shortlisted to go under the hammer on February, 13.

The owners of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises Mumbai Indians (MI), Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) along with Adani Group and Capri Global, won bids to own and operate WPL teams. The 5 WPL teams will be based in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Lucknow respectively.

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The BCCI fetched a record sum of INR 4669.99 crore (USD 572.78 million approx) with the sale of the franchises. Also, the WPL media rights were sold to Viacom for INR 951 crore (USD 116.7 million approx).

Harleen Deol Bought By Gujarat Giants

Harleen Deol, who plays for Himachal Pradesh in the domestic circuit, is a right-handed batter who also occasionally bowls right-arm spin.

She made her ODI debut in February 2019 and T20I debut in March 2019 against the same opposition, England. Also, she had become just the second female cricketer from Chandigarh to play for India after Taniya Bhatia.

Meanwhile, Harleen Deol entered the Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction with a base price of INR 40 lakh. Gujarat Giants made the opening bid for the 24-year-old and there was no other franchise to compete with the Giants.

As a result, Harleen Deol was sold at her base price of INR 40 lakh to Gujarat Giants. Notably, Harleen Deol was the first Indian acquisition of the franchise at the WPL auction. She will join the likes of Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Sophia Dunkley, Annabel Sutherland and Deandra Dottin at Gujarat Giants.

Overall, Harleen Deol has played 7 ODIs and 22 T20Is for India Women’s National Cricket Team. She has scored 104 ODI runs and 245 T20I runs. Also, with her spin bowling, she has bagged 2 wickets in ODIs and 6 wickets in T20Is.

Welcome to the #GiantFamily, @imharleenDeol! #WPL | #WPLAuction pic.twitter.com/vTgY5gSdd6

— Gujarat Giants (@GujaratGiants) February 13, 2023

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Harleen Deol Bought By Gujarat Giants

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