New Delhi:
WPL 2025 auction: Uncapped Indian players made the most headlines in the Women’s Premier (WPL 2025) auction held in Bengaluru on Sunday. The most talked about among them was Simran Shaikh, who was bought by Gujarat Giants for a record amount of Rs 1 crore 90 lakh. . At the same time, Indian player Sneh Rana did not find any buyer. Apart from Rana, there were some other star players on whom no one bid, but the uncapped players got silver. Adani Enterprises Director Pranab Adani has expressed happiness over the purchase of Simran.
Thrilled to welcome Simran Shaikh to #GujaratGiants with a record-breaking bid at the #WPLAuction2025Her incredible journey from the bylanes of Dharavi to the top of women’s cricket is a testament to the power of dreams and determination. #SimranShaikh @Giant_Cricket, pic.twitter.com/ctr9Rqh0jE
— Pranav Adani (@PranavAdani) December 15, 2024
Simran scored 176 runs in 9 innings at a strike-rate of 100.57 in the National Senior Women’s T20 Trophy this year. After Simran joined the Gujarat team, Pranab Adani, Managing Director (MD) of Agro, Oil and Gas of Adani Group and Director (Director) of Adani Enterprises, in the team’s honor, expressed happiness and wrote on X, Record breaking in WPL auction. We are very excited to welcome Simran Shaikh to Boli. Simran’s rise from the streets of Dharavi to the top of women’s cricket speaks volumes of the power of her dreams and will.”
Had entered the auction with base price
Sheikh has played in the league before also. Although she scored only 29 runs in seven innings, she was the first choice of all the teams after her excellent performance in the senior tournament this year. And this was amply proved by the interesting race to buy them. Simran had entered the auction with a pace price of Rs 10 lakh. There was a huge competition between Gujarat and Delhi regarding them, but in the end the Adani Group team won.
Paid huge fees for Diandra Dottin also
Gujarat management completely focused on special talent. This is the reason that along with paying the highest amount to Simran Shaikh, the franchise also bought foreign player Deandra Dottin for a hefty sum of Rs 1.70 crore and bought another foreigner Daniel Gibbs for Rs 30 lakh. Another Indian publisher bought Nike at a base price of Rs 10 lakh.
Now Gujarat Giants team is like this
Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Dylan Hemlata, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolwart, Shabnam Shakeel, Tanuta Kanwar, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Kashvi Gautam, Priya Mishra, Mannat Kashyap, Bharti Phulali, Sayali Satghare, Deandra Dottin, Simran Shaikh, Danielle Gibson and publication Nike
