WPL 2025 Auction Live: Simran Shaikh triggers biggest bid of day, Mumbai spend big on G Kamilini

The WPL 2025 auction lasted for just 2 hours with 5 teams spending a total of Rs 9.05 crore to sign 19 players. 

Uncapped Indian batter Simrah Shaikh emerged as the most expensive buy as Gujarat Giants spent a whooping Rs 1.9 crore for the big-hitter. Gujarat also spent Rs 1.7 crore on West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin to make her the most expensive overseas player in the 2025 auction.

However, the star Indian Sneh Rana was not able to attract any buyers today.

We also witnessed the overseas stars Heather Knight and Lauren Bell going unsold in the WPL 2025 auction.

Danielle Gibson goes to Gujarat Giants for a base price of Rs 30 lakh. 

Gujarat Giants also sign Prakashika Naik for Rs 10 lakh to wrap up the WPL 2025 auction.

All 19 slots are filled with all 5 teams finalising their 18-member squads for the next season.

Akshita Maheshwari goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh.

Now only Gujarat Giants have 2 slots remaining. All other teams have filled up their 18-player quota.

Delhi Capitals sign Niki Prasad for a base price of Rs 10 lakh.

Only 3 slots to fill now. Only Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Giants have slots remaining now.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru sign Jagrvi Pawar for a base price of Rs 10 lakh.

Young batter Raghvi Bist''s name is back again and this time RCB make a winning bid of Rs 10 lakh.

The experienced Australian spin all-rounder Alana King goes to UP Warriorz for a base price of Rs 30 lakh.

Mallika Sagar is back and starts with Lauren Bell's name for the last round.

The English pacer goes unsold for the 2nd time today.

1. Arushi Goel to UP Warriorz - Rs 10 lakh
2. Kranti Goud to UP Warriorz - Rs 10 lakh
3. Sanskriti Gupta to Mumbai Indians - Rs 10 lakh
4. Joshitha V J to Royal Challengers Bengaluru - Rs 10 lakh
5. Sarah Bryce to Delhi Capitals - Rs 10 lakh

Only 5 players find a home in the first accelerated round and not teams have five minutes to submit a list of two players each for the final round.

Delhi Capitals sign the Scottish wicketkeeper Saraj Bryce for Rs 10 lakh.

12 of 19 slots are filled now. 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru sign Indian all-rounder Joshitha VJ for a base price of Rs 10 lakh.

Mumbai Indians sign their third player of the day in the form of Sanskriti Gupta for Rs 10 lakh.

UP Warriorz sign Kranti Goud for Rs 10 lakh. Two back-to-back signings for the Alyssa Healy-led team.

Finally a first signing for the UP Warriorz who sign Arushi Goel for a base price of Rs 10 lakh.

No buyers for the experienced South African wicketkeeper who smashed two centuries in the recent WBBL.

We are back for the acceleration round with each team suggesting 5 names.

Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Giants signed two players each and Royal Challengers Bengaluru bagged Prema Rawat in the first two rounds.

1. Nandini Kashyap to Delhi Capitals - Rs 10 lakh
2. Nadine de Klerk to Mumbai Indians - Rs 30 lakh
3. N Charani to Delhi Capitals - Rs 55 lakh
4. Prema Rawat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru - Rs 1.2 crore
5. G Kamalini to Mumbai Indians - Rs 1.6 crore
6. Deandra Dottin to Gujarat Giants - Rs 1.7 crore
7. Simran Shaikh to Gujarat Giants - Rs 1.9 crore

Despite having Rs 3.90 crore in their purse, UP Warriorz are the only team to sign a player in the auction so far. They did go big for the Deandra Dottin early in the auction but seemed uninterested in raising their paddle for the uncapped players. 

1. Simran Shaikh to Gujarat Giants - Rs 1.90 crore
2. Deandra Dottin to Gujarat Giants - Rs 1.70 crore
3. G Kamalini to Mumbai Indians - Rs 1.60 crore
4. Prema Rawat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru - Rs 1.20 crore
5. N Charani to Delhi Capitals - Rs 55 lakh

Finally, a breather as the auctioneer Mallika Sagar announces a much-needed 30-minute break.

Simran Shaikh to Gujarat Gitans for Rs 1.90 crore remains the biggest bid of the day. Indian youngsters G Kamalini and Prema Rawat also clinch big cheques.

The auction will resume around 4:20 PM IST.

Delhi Capitals finally manage to sign their second player after some failed bids and it's uncapped Indian N Charani for Rs 55 lakh.

The 23-year-old bowling all-rounder Prema Rawat goes to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for Rs 1.2 crore after seeing a fierce bidding war with Delhi Capitals. A big signing from the defending champions.

Pratika Rawal, who was named in India's ODI squad for the upcoming series against West Indies, also fails to find buyers.

The rising batting sensation Raghvi Bist goes unsold. She might find some buyers in the accelerated round later today. 

The young wicketkeeper batter Nandini Kashyap goes to Delhi Capitals for a base price of Rs 10 lakh. A steal buy for the franchise. 

The former Mumbai Indians and UP Warriorz youngster Simran Shaikh goes to Gujarat Giants for a whooping price of Rs 1.90 crore.

The 22-year-old uncapped batter Simran Shaikh, with a base price of Rs 30 lakh, sees Gujarat Giants and Delhi Capitals fighting for her signature.

Bid cross Rs 1 crore...

Indian uncapped player G Kamalini enters the auction with Rs 10 lakh as a base price and soon finds Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals battling it out for her signature. 

Mumbai win the battle and it's whooping Rs 1.6 crore for the 16-year-old Indian wicketkeeper. 

It's shocking as only two players find a bid in the opening set, and shockingly no Indian player.

The next round is for uncapped players.

The rising Indian batting all-rounder Tejal Hasabnis, who is also part of the current Indian national team, also goes unsold.

The experienced Australian spin all-rounder Alana King goes unsold, another big name fails to find bids.

Indian players Sushma Verma and Shubha Satheesh also fail to find any takers.

Finally, there is a bid as Mumbai Indians sign the South African all-rounder Nadine de Klerk for a base price of Rs 30 lakh.

India's star all-rounder Sneh Rana also goes unsold as the former Gujarat Giants captain fails to attract bids. 

Deandra Dottin remains only sold player so far.

Star English opener Maia Bouchier and the experienced Australian all-rounder Heather Graham also go unsold as the teams hesitate to open their chequebook early in the auction.

No buyers for the star English bower. 

The English captain Heather Knight fails to attract any bids for a base price of Rs 50 lakh.

Danielle Gibson goes unsold. Poonam Yadav is up next. She is unsold too and so is Heather Knight. 

Deandra Dottin goes to Gujarat Giants for a big sum of Rs 1.70 crore. UPW backed out at 1.60 crore and GG get their player.

And we are underway in the WPL 2025 mini-auction. West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin is first up at a base price of 50 lakh. UP and GG are going for her.

Team owners and their management take their place as the organisers are set to get the action going. 

• Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur
• RCB: Smriti Mandhana
• UP Warriorz: Alyssa Healy
• Gujarat Giants: Beth Mooney
• Delhi Capitals: Meg Lanning

1. Deandra Dottin (50 Lakhs)
2. Heather Knight (50 Lakhs)

Theertha Satish (UAE), Samaira Dharnidharka (UAE) and Sarah Bryce (Scotland).

List of players to go under the hammer today

WPL 2025 auction player list

Mumbai Indians: Priyanka Bala, Humairaa Kaazi, Fatima Jaffer, Isabelle Wong.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Nadine de Klerk, Shubha Satheesh, Shraddha Pokarkar, Simran Bahadur, Heather Knight.

Delhi Capitals: Laura Harris, Ashwani Kumari, Poonam Yadav, Aparna Mondal.

UP Warriorz: Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, S Yashasri, Lauren Bell.

Gujarat Giants: Sneh Rana, Kathryn Bryce, Trisha Poojitha, Veda Krishnamurthy, Traanum Pathan, Lea Tahuhu.

Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Amanjot Kaur, Saika Ishaque, Jintimani Kalita, S Sajana, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Shabnim Ismail, Keerthana Balakrishna.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Renuka Thakur, Asha Shobana, Shreyanka Patil, Ekta Bisht, S Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Traded).

Delhi Capitals: Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniya Bhatia, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Minnu Mani, Titas Sadhu, Meg Lanning, Alice Capsey, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Annabel Sutherland.

UP Warriorz: Alyssa Healy (c), Kiran Navgire, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Anjali Sarvani, Uma Chetry, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Sophie Ecclestone, Chamari Athapaththu, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Vrinda Dinesh.

Gujarat Giants: Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemalatha, Tanuja Kanwer, Shabnam Shakil, Mannat Kashyap, Sayali Sathgare, Meghna Singh, Priya Mishra, Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Kashvee Gautam, Bharti Fulmali.

Five WPL teams Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and UP Warriorz are looking to fill up to 19 slots in one of the smallest mini-auctions. 

However, teams have shortlisted 124 players, including 29 overseas cricketers. There are 31 capped players, including 3 from Associate Nations, but the focus will be on uncapped and rising young cricketers as the teams eye future stars.

Hello folks, welcome to India TV's live coverage of the WPL 2025 auction today.

The auction will begin at 3:00 PM IST in Bengaluru and we are expecting 124 players to go under the bidding hammer. The focus will be on West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin and the former Gujarat Giants' star Sneh Rana but there are plenty of big names who can shock us today.

So, stay tuned as we bring all the latest updates from the WPL 2025 auction.