Jasia akhtar

Delhi Capitals: Ahead of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction to be held in Mumbai on Saturday, Delhi Capitals head coach Jonathan Batty said the team’s strategy will be to improve the depth of the squad.

Delhi, who finished as runners-up in the inaugural season of the WPL, have available a purse of INR 2.25 crore and have three slots to fill. They released Jasia Akhtar, Aparna Mondal and the USA fast bowler Tara Norris, who picked up the tournament’s first five-wicket haul.

"We want to improve the depth of the squad. We did really well in last year's Auction and constructed a good 18-player squad. We'll just look to make our current squad slightly better in the upcoming Auction. The coaching group has had a few discussions on the team we want to have, and we are excited to go into the Auction," said Batty in a statement issued by the franchise.