The world's top women's cricketers had a lot of reasons to celebrate this weekend as the Women's Premier League auction in India saw many of them <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/cricket/2023/02/13/womens-cricketers-hit-jackpot-during-wpl-2023-player-auction/" target="_blank">land lucrative deals </a>for the T20 tournament. Australian all-rounder Annabel Sutherland was among the most sought-after players, eventually getting snapped up by Delhi Capitals for 20 million Indian rupees ($239,000). Two uncapped Indian players were also in high demand. Seam bowling all-rounder Kashvee Gautam and Vrinda Dinesh attracted top bids. Gautam went to Gujarat Titans for 20 million rupees, while UP Warriorz landed batter Dinesh for 13 million rupees. A total of 165 players entered the auction for what has become one of the <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/cricket/2023/03/27/it-means-everything-mumbai-indians-clinch-inaugural-wpl-title/" target="_blank">most lucrative women's sports league</a>'s in the world. The Indian cricket board earned a staggering $572.5 million from the bids to own five teams in the WPL, while broadcast rights for the tournament went for $116.7 million. 1. Smriti Mandhana (Bangalore): 34 million rupees ($407,000) 2. Ashleigh Gardner (Gujarat): 32 million rupees ($383,000) 3. Natalie Sciver-Brunt (Mumbai): 32 million rupees ($383,000) 4. Deepti Sharma (UP): 26 million rupees ($311,000) 5. Jemimah Rodrigues (Delhi): 22 million rupees ($263,000) 6. Beth Mooney (Gujarat): 20 million rupees ($239,000) 7. Shafali Verma (Delhi): 20 million rupees ($239,000) 8. Annabel Sutherland (Delhi): 20 million rupees ($239,000) 9. Kashvee Gautam (Gujarat): 20 million rupees ($239,000) 10. Pooja Vastrakar (Mumbai): 19 million rupees ($227,000) 11. Richa Ghosh (Bangalore): 19m rupees ($227,000) 12. Sophie Ecclestone (UP): 18 million rupees ($215,000) 13. Harmanpreet Kaur (Mumbai): 18 million rupees ($215,000) 14. Ellyse Perry (Bangalore): 17 million rupees ($203,000) 15. Renuka Singh (Bangalore): 15 million rupees ($180,000) 16. Yastika Bhatia (Mumbai): 15 million rupees ($180,000) 17. Marizanne Kapp (Delhi): 15 million rupees ($180,000) 18. Tahlia McGrath (UP): 14 million rupees ($167,000) 19. Vrinda Dinesh (UP): 13 million rupees ($155,000) 20. Shabnim Ismail (Mumbai): 12 million rupees ($143,000)