Asha Shobhana was bought by UP Warriors in the auction for the Women’s Premier League 2026. Other teams also showed interest in Shobhana, only then her price crossed Rs 30 lakh to Rs 1 crore. The base price of Asha was Rs 30 lakh, which fetched 11 times more money in this auction than the previous edition.

Who is Asha Shobhana?

Asha Shobhana is an all-rounder player, who was born on March 16, 1991 in Trivandrum, Kerala. 34-year-old Shobhana has played 2 ODIs and 6 T20 International matches for India so far. She played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 editions.

Asha Shobhana has played a total of 15 matches for RCB in the Women’s Premier League so far, in which she has taken 17 wickets. Although she has not been able to do anything special with the bat, she has that ability.

Became rich in WPL 2026 auction

Asha Shobhana won the lottery in the auction for Women’s Premier League 2026, she got 11 times more money than last year. She was in RCB with a price of Rs 10 lakh. For the upcoming edition, he had kept his base price in the auction at Rs 30 lakh. His price reached above Rs 1 crore.

Asha Shobhana was bought by UP Warriors with a price of Rs 1 crore 10 lakh. Delhi Capitals and her old franchise RCB were also interested in Asha, they were also making bids to buy her. Then Shobhana’s price crossed Rs 1 crore. Ultimately UP won, seeing that it wanted to include the experienced spinner in its team at any cost.

Fierce tussle, big bid!

Starting at a base price of INR 30 lakh, Asha Sobhana goes to @UPWarriorz for INR 1.1 Crore #TATAWPL , #TATAWPLAuction pic.twitter.com/DlAGTvfKuP

— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) November 27, 2025

Deepti Sharma returned in UP Warriorz

UP Warriors bought Deepti Sharma for Rs 3 crore 20 lakh in the Marquee Players round, she was a part of the same team earlier also. There were a total of 8 players in the Marquee Players round, out of which 7 were successfully bid but Alyssa Healy was not sold in this round.