As the Auction for the historic Women’s Premier League is just a day away it would be fun to predict who will be the Top 5 Players who will get the highest bids. The dynamics of the IPL auction is such that there is an unpredictability factor in it and the teams have to be flexible. It is one of the biggest days for Women’s cricket and the fans will be glued to their television or mobile devices to watch the auction.
The marquee sets that will be opened first have the highest chance of being the highest bids in the auction as those players will be the ones with the most demand.
So, let’s see who might get the Top 5 Bids at Women’s Premier League Auction:
1) Smriti Mandhana
There is no doubt that Smriti Mandhana will be one of the highest bids in the entire auction and she will be the one in high demand from all the franchises because she is one of the best T20I batters in the world and she is also a contender for captaincy and the fact that she will be in the first set is also a good sign that she will be one of the highest bids. She has played 105 T20IS for India and in those she has made 2545 runs in those Matches at an average of 27.66. She has also scored 19 Half centuries in T20IS.
2) Harmanpreet Kaur
The captain of the Indian cricket team will also be someone that will be in extremely high demand but the 12 crore purse which should have been at least 20 will restrict the teams from going way up. Still she will be someone who will be at the top of everyone’s list and she is a destructive middle order batter as well as she will be the captain of the team that buys her. She has played 137 T20IS for India which is the most for India in women’s cricket and in those she has made 2694 runs at an average of 27.48 and she has scored 1 hundred and 8 half centuries.
3) Ellyse Perry
The greatest women’s cricketer of the last decade plus easy and she has only gotten better as she has started to bat at a higher strike rate and she is a great bowler as well so a true all rounder in the team and the Indian fans know her the most out of all the overseas players and she can be the captain of any team. Therefore it is a no brainer that she will be one of the highest buys at the auction. She has played 131 T20IS for Australia and has made 1418 runs with 6 half centuries and has taken 117 wickets at an average of 19.41 in her career.
4) Deepti Sharma
Deepti Sharma is someone who will also be in this list as she is simply one of the great all round cricketers in the world and the fact that she can bat anywhere and bowl at any stage in the innings gives her a big edge and she is one of the best Indian all rounders of all time. She can also be a captaincy contender for the team that buys her. Deepti Sharma will be one of the highest bids come tomorrow. Deepti Sharma has played 77 T20IS for India and in those she has scored 737 runs at an average of 23.03 and she has also taken 81 wickets for India at an average of 19.65
5) Sophie Ecclestone
The best bowler in the world in both the white ball formats and it is known from the Men’s IPL auctions that the bowlers are always in high demand and she will be in very high demand as she is a bank of 4 overs in any match and she will be someone who takes regular wickets for her team. Sophie Ecclestone will be one of the biggest bids of the auction and the team that gets her will be at an advantage instantly. Sophie Ecclestone has played 65 T20IS for England and she has taken 86 wickets in total at an average of 16.22 which is one of the best in women’s cricket.
