West Indies Captain Hayley Matthews and former West Indies All-rounder Deandra Dottin were the only two West Indian players sold at the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) player auction at the JIO Convention Centre in Mumbai on Monday.

The WPL is the Women’s version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and will run between March 4 and March 26.

The first edition will feature five teams: Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and UP Warriorz.

Matthews, currently representing the regional side at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa where she made 44 in their opener against England, was sold to the Mumbai Indians for US$49,000.

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They both got peanuts compared to some of the not too big names ....

In reply to Kay

i agree but she is in now and just needs to go and beat them up and demand a bigger payday

In reply to Kay

I agree! has nothing to do with being a WI supporter, these two women are world class cricketers, especially in the shortest format, I think they are suffer the consequences of the poor standard of
WI team, I thing both of them are worth well over US200,000 (with them, you are having 3 high standard cricketers in one)

Ain't the same thing happened to some of the men who got IPL pay cuts? Quite fortunate the franchises decided on a token 2 from West Indies. Actually with DD retired, it's only ONE current WIndian woman who got in and see what she got?

The 21 others who threw their names in did not stand a realistic chance. Hope the WC money is some consolation!