Shimla9 hours ago
The auction for the first season of the Women’s IPL took place in Mumbai today. Meanwhile, Himachal’s fast bowler Renuka Thakur was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 1.5 crore. As soon as a big bid of 1.5 crore was made in the name of Himachal’s Renuka Thakur in the WIPL auction, she started chirping.
The players along with Renuka did a lot of hooting and Renuka herself also expressed her happiness by raising her hands. Along with the team, all the women players were watching the entire bidding with their gaze on the big TV screen in the common room.
As the names of any of them were being announced, the girls were congratulating each other. Meanwhile, as soon as Renuka’s name was spoken, she jumped with joy. Other accompanying girls congratulated her and shared this moment of happiness by hugging each other. Renuka is the first woman player from Himachal, who got a chance to play in IPL and that too with a good amount.
Village women congratulating Renuka Thakur’s achievement by feeding sweets to her mother.
These days he is in practice session only and there he saw him bid for IPL with the players. Right now 4 players of Himachal are yet to bid for Women’s IPL. These include Harleen Deol, Sushma Verma, Vasuvi Festa and Chitra Jamwal.
22 players from Himachal had registered
Total 22 players from all over the state had registered for WPL. In this, five players Harleen Deol, Sushma Verma, Renuka Thakur, Vasuvi Festa and Chitra Jamwal have been shortlisted. A total of 1,525 players had registered for the women’s IPL auction, out of which 409 players have been shortlisted.
246 Indian and 163 foreign players
Of these, 246 are Indian and 163 are foreign players. 5 players of Himachal have got place. Please inform that fast bowler Renuka Thakur, a resident of Shimla, registered with the Railways. Harleen Deol from HPCA registered with a base price of Rs 40 lakh. Harleen is currently a part of the Indian team. Sushma Verma, registered at a base price of Rs 30 lakh, is also a part of the Indian team.
Apart from this, Rohru’s Vasuvi Festa, Chitra Singh Jamwal and Sushmita Kumari have got registered with a base price of 10 lakhs among the uncapped players.