WPL Mega Auction 2026: WPL Mega Auction 2026 is going on and bids have been placed for many big players. Deepti Sharma has become the second most expensive player in the history of the Women’s Premier League, while Alyssa Healy has gone unsold in the first round.
WPL Auction 2026: In the Women’s Premier League 2026 auction, Deepti Sharma has been bought by UP Warriors for Rs 3.20 crore through Right to Match (RTM) card. With this, Deepti has become the second most expensive player in DoublePL history. Delhi Capitals had first started bidding on this Indian all-rounder, but later UP changed the game and retained him in their team by paying Rs 3 crore 20 lakh using RTM card. Currently, the most expensive player of WPL is Smriti Mandhana, who was bought by RCB for Rs 3.40 crore.
Deepti Sharma became the second most expensive player
Deepti Sharma was just Rs 20 lakh away from breaking Smriti Mandhana’s record. In the recently played Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, Deepti showed amazing performance with bat and ball. She also became the Player of the Series. In the final match against South Africa, he played an amazing match-winning innings with the bat. Apart from this, while bowling, he took 5 wickets for 58 runs. Deepti scored 215 runs and took 22 wickets in the tournament.
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UP Warriors did not retain
The surprising thing is that UP Warriors had refused to retain Deepti Sharma, who had performed strongly in the World Cup. This player was released before the last date of the retention list, but now he expressed confidence again in the auction and got him returned home using the RTM card. After coming into the auction, it was expected that teams would throw big money behind him. Deepti, who has been the captain of UP Warriors, has played 25 matches in 3 seasons and during this period has scored 507 runs, while also trapping 27 batsmen in her net.
Money showered on these star foreign players
Apart from Deepti Sharma, RCB has bought South African captain Laura Walvert in its team by paying Rs 90 lakh. Mumbai Indians have given a huge sum of Rs 3 crore to Emily Carr. He was released, but was bought by the team again. New Zealand captain Sophie Devine has been bought by Gujarat Giants in the auction for Rs 2 crore. Sophie Eccleston was included in the team by UP Warriors by paying 85 lakhs. UP has bought Meg Lagging for Rs 1.9 crore. At the same time, Australia captain Alyssa Healy remained unsold in the first round, while Renuka Singh Thakur was bought by Gujarat for Rs 60 lakh.
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