Ahead of the auction, Mumbai retained 13 players while letting go of Heather Graham, Dhara Gujjar, Sonam Yadav and Neelam Bisht. They have vacant player slots in the form of four Indians and one overseas with the remaining purse of INR 2.1 crores.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI think they\u2019ll use this auction for investment and they\u2019ll unearth a diamond like they always do. They\u2019ll pick up 3-4 players for the future and develop their skills so they can serve them in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThey\u2019ll look for young Indian players because they know you have to have a strong Indian contingent in your squad for you to win tournaments. They\u2019ve seen it work for them in the men\u2019s vertical,\u201d said Raman on JioCinema.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Former India captain Anjum Chopra thinks Mumbai are aiming to buy a leg-spinner and an all-rounder who can don the finisher role. \u201cYou want to keep your nucleus and build upon it. They\u2019re very aware. The little conversations I\u2019ve picked up on, they\u2019re looking for a leg-spinner. Also, have an all-rounder batter who can be an explosive finisher in this role.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve got a good batting line-up with Amelia Kerr coming in after Nat-Sciver Brunt. But if you can get an Indian recruit like Simran Shaikh and Simran Bahadur, it will help. That\u2019s where they can strengthen with Jintimani Kalita and Amanjot Kaur, all are similar all-rounders.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Runners-up Delhi Capitals have a remaining purse of INR 2.25 crores and have three slots to fill, one of which is of an overseas player. Raman thinks they will be eyeing a back-up wicketkeeper to Taniya Bhatia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThey\u2019re well-stocked. If they need to look at anything, it\u2019s a backup keeper. Uma Chetry will be on the radar of the Delhi Capitals. As far as the squad is concerned, they were waiting with bated breath when Meg Lanning retired, wondering if she\u2019s retiring from all forms of cricket. It doesn\u2019t look like it, so that\u2019s a relief for them.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On the other hand, Anjum thinks they will be aiming to recruit more of Indian players or another associate player after letting go of USA all-rounder Tara Norris. \u201cBecause they\u2019ve released Tara Norris, they definitely have their eyes set on another associate player. If they have to invest in a talent, they\u2019d rather go for an Indian talent with more time to build for the future.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cA few Indian batters who\u2019ve done well in domestic cricket like Vrinda, Uma Chetry, and Sushma, a wicket-keeper batter who can come in, so that\u2019s where the investment should go. But if they can get a steal in the auction, why not?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
UP Warriorz have a remaining purse of INR 4 crores and have five slots to fill, one of which has to be an overseas player. Raman thinks they will also go after signing Indian players as the side is well-stocked in overseas options.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe problem is that they\u2019ve got five overseas players already, they have room for one more. So who are they going to bring in? Out of these five, it\u2019s a problem for them to decide which four will play. It leaves them very little room as far as foreign players are concerned, so they\u2019ll have to go really banking on Indian players.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Anjum feels Australia leg-spinner Amanda-Jade Wellington can be a nice pick for them, after letting go of South Africa speedster Shabnim Ismail, who didn\u2019t get sufficient game time last season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think she (Shabnim Ismail) really wanted to continue there. But that\u2019s because she didn\u2019t get a chance to play. A player like Shabnim Ismail wants to get an outing every game. She\u2019s been a spearhead of the South African team over the years, so when you come in as that, you want every outing to be your basic outing.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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