Karnataka u23

The NICE Cricket Academy: When the Women's Premier League (WPL) auction was being conducted in Mumbai on Saturday, Vrinda Dinesh was practising with the Karnataka U23 team ahead of the Women’s U23 T20 Trophy campaign starting in Raipur.

When her name came up on the auction block, there was a buzz around the Karnataka camp and that increased when one of her team-mates whispered to a support staff member that Vrinda was picked by UP Warriorz for a huge INR 1.3 crore, which she didn’t believe initially.

"I am in Raipur at the moment with the (Karnataka U-23) team. When the auctions were going on last evening, I was bowling in the nets and I heard my teammate whispering to my colleague, 'She got picked for 1.3 (crore)'. It was something unbelievable and I never expected," said Vrinda in a virtual interaction organised by the franchise on Sunday.