Delhi Capitals acquired thrilling Indian gamers within the first half of the WPL 2023 Player Auction held right here in Mumbai. The franchise bagged batter Jemimah Rodrigues (INR 2.2 crore) and all-rounders Radha Yadav (INR 40 lakh) and Shikha Pandey (INR 60 lakh) together with the U-19 Women T20 World Cup winners Shafali Verma (INR 2 core) and Titas Sadhu (INR 25 lakh). Delhi Capitals additionally picked up Australia Women’s workforce Captain Meg Lanning (INR 1.1 core) and South African all-rounder Marizanne Kapp (INR 1.5 crore).

Speaking about his workforce’s buys within the first half, Delhi Capitals’ co-owner Parth Jindal stated, «We are extremely happy. Obviously, some of the early names that we went for, the prices went very high, so we had to pull out. But if we look back at how the three rounds have gone, we’re happy. We have a legend of the game in Meg Lanning, We have Jemimah, who has done tremendously well. She is from Mumbai, so playing in Mumbai is going to be a big advantage for her. And then Shafali, she has just won the U-19 World Cup. She plays for the women’s main team as well. She is from the Delhi NCR region, being from Haryana, so it helps us with our fans as well.»

«We are looking for all-rounders now. We’re looking for bowlers. We’re looking to obviously make the squad. When we came into the auction, we had a very clear-cut strategy that we were going to build a very competitive squad of 15. We didn’t want star players; we wanted a very good squad so that the coach can have a very tough choice in selecting the 11. And that is going to be the endeavour (for the second half),» he added.

The first purchase of the WPL 2023 public sale for Delhi Capitals was star India batter Jemimah Rodrigues, who was acquired for INR 2.2 crore. The 22-year-old, who performed a match-winning knock 38-ball unbeaten 53 towards Pakistan in India’s opening match on the ongoing Women’s T20 World Cup, has scored as many as 1628 runs in 76 matches, with a strike charge of 113.44 in her profession.

Australia girls’s workforce captain Meg Lanning, who was acquired by the Capitals for INR 1.1 crore, is arguably probably the most profitable cricketers in girls’s cricket historical past. She has been a part of as many as six World Cup-winning campaigns (Four T20 World Cup titles and two ODI World Cup titles). The skilled batter has scored 3297 runs at a mean of 36.23 in 127 T20Is. She has two tons and 15 half-centuries to her title.

The Delhi Capitals acquired India’s U-19 World Cup-winning captain Shafali Verma for INR 2 crore. The big-hitting opener was the third-highest run-scorer on the just lately held U-19 Women’s World Cup. She scored 172 runs in seven matches at a strike charge of 193.25. The 19-year-old has to this point scored as many as 1264 runs in 52 matches in her T20I profession.

Radha Yadav was picked up by the Delhi Capitals for INR 40 lakh. The 22-year-old spin-bowling all-rounder has taken 67 wickets in 64 T20Is at an financial system of 6.56.

India all-rounder Shikha Pandey, who was purchased for INR 60 lakh, has taken 40 wickets in 59 matches. The 33-year-old from Telangana has scored 207 runs in 27 innings in her T20I profession.

Marizanne Kapp, who was bought for INR 1.5 crore, is an skilled campaigner and has performed worldwide cricket throughout all three codecs for South Africa. She has scored 1131 runs in 89 matches and has taken 68 wickets in her T20I profession up to now.

The U-19 Women’s World Cup winner Titas Sadhu was acquired for INR 25 lakh. The right-arm pacer from West Bengal bagged the Player-of-the Match award for her match-winning 2/6 figures within the just lately held U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup remaining towards England.

Delhi Capitals: Jemimah Rodrigues, Meg Lanning, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Marizanne Kapp, Titas Sadhu, Alice Capsey, Tara Norris, Laura Harris, Jasia Akther, Minnu Mani, Taniya Bhatia, Jess Jonassen, Sneha Deepthi, Poonam Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Aparna Mondal

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