Harmanpreet Kaur is captaining Mumbai Indians in WPL and has been pretty good with her batting, she has played for Manchester Orginals but this time around, she was drafted in a new team.
Last year in women’s competition, Oval Invincibles won the tournament under leadership of Dan Van Niekerk. Her wife Marizanne Kapp plays for Invincibles too.
Playing for Southern Brave last year, Mandhana scored 211 runs in 8 matches at an average of 30 and strike rate of 151. That’s a big reason why she has been retained by Southern Brave.
Jemimah Rodrigues who played only two matches in her first season for Northern Superchargers went unsold in this year’s auction table. Her previous stint in The Hundred started well but unfortunately she had to miss the tournament due to injury.
The Hundred women’s draft first-round picks
Birmingham Phoenix: Sophie Devine.
Southern Brave: Danni Wyatt.
Welsh Fire: Sophia Dunkley.
London Spirit: Grace Harris.
Manchester Originals: Laura Wolvaardt.
Northern Superchargers: Kate Cross.
Trent Rockets: Harmanpreet Kaur.
Oval Invincibles: Suzie Bates.
Elsewhere, Pakistani left arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi was picked by Welsh Fire in Men’s The Hundred. The team lost all of their 8 matches in previous season so they are looking forward to build a new team which will feature Tom Abell and David Willey.
Welsh Fire will also get service of Haris Rauf but most surprising thing was omission of Babar Azam. A few days ago, he was one of the most talked about names to be picked.
Ihsan Ullah, the latest addition to Pakistani raw pace factory, has been picked by Oval Invincibles where he will play with Heinrich Klaasen, Sam Curran, Jason Roy, Sam Billings and Saqib Mehmood.
In women’s draft, players under biggest price tags were Sophia Dunkley, Grace Harris, Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Heather Knight, Laura Wolvaardt, Sophie Devine, Kate Cross, Suzie Bates, Alyssa Healy, Shabnim Ismail, Sophie Ecclestone and Smriti Mandhana.
In Men’s top draft came Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Harry Brook, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Tim David, Adil Rashid, Mitchell Marsh and Wanindu Hasaranga. The captain of BBL team Perth Scorchers Ashton Turner has gone for Manchester Orginals while kiwi T20 superstar Glenn Phillips will be seen playing for Welsh Fire.