All-rounder Deepti Sharma, whose player-of-the-tournament performance helped India win the World Cup earlier this month, fetched the highest price at the Women's Premier League (WPL) auction, while Australia captain Alyssa Healy, one of the marquee players up for grabs, went unsold.

UP Warriorz used a "right to match" option to equal Delhi Capitals' bid of 32 million rupees ($358,000) to re-sign 28-year-old Sharma on Thursday, as five franchises spent a total of 408 million rupees ($4.5 million) to sign 67 players ahead of the fourth edition of the Twenty20 league.

New Zealand's Amelia Kerr was the second most expensive player at the auction held in New Delhi, snapped up for 30 million rupees by defending champions Mumbai Indians, for whom she has played since 2023.

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