NEW DELHI: Inaugural champions Mumbai Indians on Sunday went all out for 16-year-old G Kamalini at the Women's Premier League auction, splurging a jaw-dropping Rs 1.60 crore to secure her services for the next edition.
Winning an intense bidding war with Delhi Capitals, MI eventually got hold of the Tamil Nadu keeper-batter, making Kamalini the third-highest buy of the auction.
To go with that, Mumbai also picked South African Nadine de Klerk, India's Sanskriti Gupta and Akshita Maheshwari to complete their squad for the 2025 edition of the cricketing extravaganza.
Out of the allotted Rs 15 crore, MI spent a total of Rs 14.55 crore to make their squad of 18 players.
Mumbai now have a total of 12 Indians and 6 overseas players in the squad as they will now look to replicate their success of the first season under skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.
The auction also saw prominent capped players like Sneh Rana, Heather Knight, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Darcie Brown, Laura Harris, Kim Garth, Sarah Glenn, Shubha Satheesh, Sushma Verma, Lauren Filer, Mansi Joshi, Lizelle Lee and Rosemary Mair found no takers from the five WPL teams.
Players bought at auction
G Kamalini - Base price Rs 1- lakh | Bought at Rs 1.60 crore
Nadine de Klerk - Base price Rs 30 lakh | Bought at Rs 30 lakh
Sanskriti Gupta - Base price Rs 10 lakh | Bought at Rs 1- lakh
Akshita Maheshwari - Base price Rs 20 lakh | Bought at Rs 20 lakh
Mumbai Indians Complete Squad
Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Hayley Matthews, G Kamalini, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver, Akshita Maheshwari, Pooja Vastrakar, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail, Amandeep Kaur, S. Sajana, Keerthana, Nadine de Klerk, Sanskriti Gupta
