"hamari choriya choro se kam hai ke" India batter Smriti Mandhana was the most expensive buy at the inaugural Women's Premier League auction in Mumbai, going to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 3.4 crore (USD 415,000 approx). She was also the first player to come up for bidding at the auction on Monday. RCB spent nearly 50% of their INR 12 crore purse on three players in the first marquee set, also buying allrounders Sophie Devine at her base price of INR 50 lakh (USD 61,000 approx) and Ellyse Perry for INR 1.7 crore (USD 207,000 approx). "Everyone knows Mandhana and Perry, we were pretty committed to the couple of people we wanted to get," RCB director of cricket Mike Hesson said. "We're very happy to get such quality players. It's a dream result for us to get Mandhana, Perry and Devine. Smriti has got plenty of captaincy experience and is familiar with the Indian conditions, so highly likely [she'll be captain]." News by @espncricinfo #colorsofspectrum #TheTatva #rvcjinsta #smritimandhana #royalchallengersbangalore #rcb #ipl #wpl #cricket #bcci #viratkohli. https://www.instagram.com/p/Com2RVpyunL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
