As anticipated, all-rounders have been in demand on the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 public sale in Bengaluru on Sunday. While West Indies Deandra Dottin was the most expensive abroad purchase at Rs 1.7 crore, uncapped Indian all-rounder Simran Shaikh was the costliest participant at Sunday’s public sale, fetching Rs 1.9 crore. Both Dottin and Shaikh have been offered to the Gujarat Giants. While G Kamalini, 16, acquired a jaw-dropping deal of Rs 1.6 crore, the spotlight of the even was Gujarat’s bid for Shaikh.
Who is Simran Shaikh?
Simran Banu Shaikh, generally referred to as Simran Shaikh, was born on January 12, 2002 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She was a part of the UP Warriorz squad within the inaugural version in 2022, however was launched forward of the subsequent season proudly owning to poor efficiency. The 22-year-old went unsold final season.
Simran’s father is an electrician. She has 4 sisters and 5 brothers. She first picked up cricket on the age of 15, taking part in with boys in her locality of Dharavi, Mumbai. However, Simran’s cricketing journey began after she joined the United Club.
After impressing in native leagues, Simran was chosen in Mumbai’s U19 girls’s staff. Simran, 22, a middle-order batter, performed a couple of matches for UP Warriorz throughout the 2023 WPL season. She has made 176 runs in 11 matches for Mumbai at 22 with a strike charge of 100.57 throughout the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy in October-November this 12 months.
All-rounder Dottin, who’s at present in India with the West Indies staff for the white-ball sequence, was the most expensive amongst abroad gamers and was purchased by the Giants for the second time within the public sale.
Dottin, 33, a veteran of 132 WT20Is, was one of many three gamers with base worth of Rs 50 lakh and noticed UP Warriorz too make a wholehearted bid for her earlier than Gujarat Giants upped the quantity.
Dottin was signed by Gujarat Giants for Rs 60 lakh forward of WPL 2023, however couldn’t play the match because the franchise did not receive a medical certificates earlier than the season. Dottin had refuted the claims made by the franchise.
Gujarat Giants coach Michael Klinger, talking to the broadcaster, stated that each Dottin and Simran have been on their radar for fairly a while.
“We were targeting Dottin and Simran. They bring in power and batting at a high strike rate. That often creates a winning culture, so I’m really excited for our first two picks,” stated Klinger.
(With PTI Inputs)
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