Top 5 overseas players who went unsold at the WTL auction 2023

The auction for the inaugural edition of the historic Women’s T20 League took place in the Jio Convention Centre in Mumbai yesterday, the 13^th of February. A few of the bids included the likes of Smriti Mandhana and star Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry. Both the stars had been roped in by the Bangalore franchise of the Women’s T20 League.

Whereas there were a few star players who went unsold and it went completely surprising with the fans. The list included a lot of foreign stars who were supposed to be sold at higher prices but in a shocking line of events, they couldn’t get a buyer in the much-anticipated auction of the Women’s T20 League.

With said that, here we’ll have a look at five-star foreign women cricketers who went unsold even after being placed in the marquee set of the auction.

Sune Luus

The star South African all-rounder Sune Luus has delivered some decent performances in the ongoing Women’s 20-20 World Cup in South Africa. Apart from that, the 27-year-old has also a brilliant record both with the bat and the ball in the 98 T20Is she played so far since her debut in 2012. Luus has scalped scored 1052 runs with four half-centuries to her name.

She has also scalped 49 wickets with 1 four-wicket haul and 2 five-wicket hauls including a best performance of 5/8. The Proteas all-rounder registered herself in the price bracket of INR 30 Lakhs but unfortunately, none of the participating teams counted on her and she went unsold.

Danni Wyatt

The Staffordshire player Danni Wyatt started her career in international cricket as a top-order batter but she has also delivered brilliantly with the ball of late. The 31-year-old has played a massive number of 140 T20Is for the England Women’s Team since her international debut almost 13 years back in the year 2010.

Wyatt was registered under the marquee set of players during the auction of the 2023 Women’s T20 League. She had a base price of INR 50 Lakhs with high expectations of being roped in by the big franchises like Bangalore and Mumbai, but it wasn’t a day that could fulfill the England star’s expectations.

Alana King

The star bowling all-rounder Alana King made her first appearance for Australia Women’s Side last year in 2022. Since then, she has appeared in 19 T20Is so far; scalping 21 wickets including a brilliant four-wicket, which is her best performance too 4/8.

Alana has registered in the auction with a base price of INR 40 Lakhs in the second-highest bracket. But eventually, she went unsold after the conclusion of all rounds of auction.

Suzie Bates

One of the most celebrated all-rounders ever played for New Zealand women’s cricket team, Suzie Bates is active in international cricket for New Zealand for more than 15 years. She has played 141 T20Is and accumulated 3683 runs with a decent batting average of 28.77 including a century and 23 half-centuries to her name.

Apart from that, the 35-year-old veteran has also scalped 55 wickets with the ball with one four wicket-haul. She was registered under the base price of INR 30 Lakhs but none of the participating franchises during the auction showed their interest in having the services of New Zealand-star.

Laura Wolvaardt

The star South African opener Laura Wolvaardt is active in the T20Is for South Africa for the last almost seven years in international cricket since her debut against England Women in Dublin T20I. In this period, the 23-year-old has scored 880 T20I runs with four half-centuries on her name.

She registered herself at the base price of INR 30 Lakhs but ended up being unsold in all rounds of the auction.