On Monday, five Women's Premier League teams will bid for the international and Indian women cricketers, and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana of India will also be on the auction list and is anticipated to receive a premium bid. Mandhana has played for India in 112 WT20Is, 77 WODIs, and four WTest matches as of age 26.

The left-hander is feared by opponents across the world at the top of the order and has already amassed 2,651 T20I runs at a strike rate of 123. Needless to say, she will be amongst the most sought-after players when the auction for the Women's Premier League (WPL) takes place in Mumbai on February 13.

Along with her other India colleagues Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, and Shafali Verma, she is asking a basic fee of Rs 50 lakh. The ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year 2022, Mandhana, offered her thoughts on how the WPL's first season will advance women's cricket in India and enable her to advance in her career as a cricket player. "The first-ever Women's Premier League has me really excited. This has been in the works for a very long time. The anticipation has been incredible, and I'm quite happy with how things have worked out "Smriti Mandhana made this statement on JioCinema.

The WPL, in her opinion, was the final component that was lacking, and she thought it would significantly contribute to the global expansion of cricket. It's going to be huge for women's cricket worldwide, not just in India, in terms of the Indian team's rising bench strength, in my opinion. IPL is a brand, and the WPL will unquestionably increase interest in women's cricket worldwide. We have seen what the Women's Big Bash, an Australian cricket tournament, has done for players from various nations.

WPL will follow suit, she affirmed. Mandhana's fifty for India in Women's T20 Internationals came off just 24 balls against New Zealand in February 2019. When she captained the squad against England in the first T20I in Guwahati since Harmanpreet Kaur was unable to play due to injury, she also made history as India's youngest T20I captain. Mandhana described how the next league will expose her to a different atmosphere and how she will develop as a cricket player both physically and emotionally.

We've played a lot of franchise cricket over the past four to five years, and it's always helped us better understand our sport and try to adapt to the various environments in which we now play for various teams. WPL will also assist us in understanding how to behave or how the team should function in a new setting. Therefore, I'm confident that the opportunity to construct a women's Premier League team will be thrilling and greatly benefit in Mandhana's development as a player and maturity.