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.

The wedding of Smriti Mandhana and Palash Muchhal was to be held on 23 November, which has been postponed. The reason given was that this was done due to the sudden ill health of the father of Indian female cricketer Smriti. Meanwhile, when Smriti deleted the posts related to marriage from Instagram, the discussion intensified as to why so? Meanwhile, another claim is being made on social media that Smriti has unfollowed Palash from Instagram. What is true? Let us tell you the truth of the viral claim.

Smriti Mandhana is the star player of the Indian cricket team. She and Palash Muchhal have been dating each other for a long time. Palash is a singer and music composer, who is a resident of Indore. When Smriti was in Indore during the Women’s World Cup, for the first time the news came that both of them were going to get married soon.

All functions celebrated with pomp and show

Smriti’s marriage was in the headlines for quite some time. Jemima, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Thakur and other women crickets were present in the functions from haldi to mehendi. Smriti and Palash were also very happy, the dance video of both of them at the Haldi function was also revealed. A day before the wedding, a sangeet ceremony took place on 22nd November, in which Smriti and Palash also performed.

On the morning of 23 November, suddenly news came that the marriage of Smriti Mandhana and Palash Muchhal has been postponed because Smriti’s father’s health suddenly deteriorated. When Smriti deleted her wedding posts from Instagram, the discussion intensified as to why the last female cricketer did this?

Smriti Mandhana unfollowed Palash Muchhal pic.twitter.com/Qqdc8loT2t

— Dictator Jii (@dictator_jii) November 25, 2025

Did Smriti Mandhana really unfollow Palash?

A claim is being made on social media that Smriti Mandhana has unfollowed her fiance Palash Muchhal from Instagram. A screenshot is also going viral in which this is shown. However, when we looked, we found that Smriti had not done anything like that. Palash Muchhal is in Smriti’s following list.

Truth of viral claim: This claim that Smriti Mandhana unfollowed Palash Muchhal on Instagram is completely wrong.

Indian female cricketer Smriti Mandhana and music composer Palash Muchhal are getting married today. In the sangeet ceremony on Saturday, women players like Jemima, Renuka etc. gave a dance performance for the bride Smriti and the groom Palash. A video of Smriti and Palash is also going viral, both of them dancing on a Bollywood song (Tenu Leke Main Jawanga).

The marriage of Smriti Mandhana and Palash Muchhal has been in the headlines for quite some time now. The wedding is today, 23rd November. Haldi ceremony took place on Thursday, Mehndi ceremony took place on Friday. Their videos also went viral on social media, all the female players are enjoying the wedding very much. There was a sangeet ceremony on Saturday, in which Smriti and Palash’s family and friends danced. The dance of the bride and groom also won everyone’s hearts.

Smriti Mandhana and Palash Muchhal’s dance goes viral

In the viral video, Smriti Mandhana climbs the stage with a garland and makes Palash wear it. This was happening on the song ‘Tenu Le Ke Main Jawanga’, then both of them danced openly. Smriti was also wearing a garland of flowers, which perhaps Palash had made her wear in the first part of the song.

Female teammates also danced

Shreyanka Patil shared a video on Instagram with Yastika Bhatia, in which she and other female players are dancing to Bollywood songs on stage. She wrote, “Right now it’s just a teaser, I will share the full video later.”

Smriti Mandhana and Palash Muchhal’s wedding is today. According to the report, both of them know each other since 2019. During the ODI World Cup, the news came that Mandhana was going to marry Palash. Palash is a resident of Indore.

Indian female cricketer Smriti Mandhana is going to get married to Palash Muchhal on 23 November. 2 days before this, Palash shared a cute video, in which he gave a big surprise to Mandhana. He blindfolded Mandhana and brought her to the middle of the DY Patil Stadium.

Palash Muchhal, resident of Indore, shared the video on Instagram. He brought Smriti Mandhana to the field, but during this time her eyes were blindfolded. Mandhana was looking beautiful in a red dress. Then Palash brought him near the pitch, i.e. in the middle of the ground. He removed the blindfold from Mandhana’s eyes and proposed to her while sitting on his knees. Then Mandhana said yes, then Palash made her wear a ring and expressed his feelings to her. Along with this video, Palash wrote in the caption, “She said yes.”

Both of them spent quality time together, hugging each other. Palash Muchhal gave a bouquet of roses to Smriti Mandhana. Then their friends also reached there and everyone danced together.

Devi Patil Stadium is a special place for Smriti Mandhana, it was on this ground that the Indian women’s cricket team won its first World Cup title. During this time, the news came that Smriti Mandhana is going to get married after the World Cup.

Many stars will attend the wedding

The marriage of Smriti Mandhana and Palash Muchhal is on November 23, 2025. Most of the players including Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur will attend the wedding. People associated with Bollywood can also come to this wedding. It is reported that both of them know each other since 2019.

The Indian women’s cricket team won its first World Cup title last Sunday, after which the state government is also announcing prize money for all the players. In this episode, now Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has also announced a huge reward for Mr. Charani. Along with the prize money, Charani will also get land and a government job.

Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian team won its first World Cup title by defeating South Africa in the final. The team received Rs 40 crore as prize money from ICC, BCCI separately announced a reward of Rs 51 crore for players and staff. The state government is announcing prize money for the players of their respective states. Shri Charani was also honored by the Andhra Pradesh government and announced reward money for him.

Shri Charani got a government job along with cash and land.

This was announced by posting from the official ‘X’ (Twitter) account of CMO Andhra Pradesh. “The Andhra Pradesh government led by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu Garu has announced a cash award of Rs 2.5 crore, a 1,000 square yard house and a Group-I government job for Ms. Sri Charani in recognition of her exemplary performance in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, 2025,” it said.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh, led by Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu Garu has announced a cash award of ₹2.5 crore, a 1,000 sq. yard house site, and a Group-I government job for Ms. Shree Charani in recognition of her exemplary performance in the ICC Women’s… pic.twitter.com/lUHpx1fHy9

— CMO Andhra Pradesh (@AndhraPradeshCM) November 7, 2025

Shri Charani impressed in the World Cup

Shri Charani also bowled brilliantly in the World Cup final against South Africa, he put pressure on the opposing team by restricting runs at crucial moments. Charani took a big wicket in the form of Anne Bosch giving 48 runs in 9 overs in the final.

Talking about his World Cup performance, Shri Charani played all 9 matches in the tournament, in which he took a total of 14 wickets. He took 3 wickets against Australia in the league stage and 2 wickets in the semi-finals.

Look at the fate of Shefali Verma, she was not a part of the team for ODI World Cup 2025. Pratika Rawal was performing brilliantly as an opening batsman, but she got badly injured before the semi-finals. Due to this, Pratika had to be out of the tournament, then Shefali was included in the team. She was out after scoring only 10 runs in the semi-finals, but got her name registered in the pages of history by playing a memorable inning of 87 runs in the final. Her father narrated an emotional story of his childhood, when Shefali’s bat was broken.

Shefali Verma’s father Sanjeev Verma is a jeweler by profession, he taught his daughter the first tricks of cricket. Even today, whenever Shefali has to take any big decision, she takes advice from her father. Shefali, who today beats good bowlers with her batting, used to play with a plastic bat in her childhood. From the very beginning, his focus was on cricket, he had decided to become a cricketer after seeing Sachin Tendulkar.

Shefali Verma’s father narrated an emotional story

Amar Ujala’s report quoted Sanjeev Verma as saying that the financial condition of the family was not very good, but Shefali’s passion for cricket was unwavering. She used to play with a plastic bat in her childhood, she made continuous efforts to improve her technique and timing. Her father told that from the beginning she focused only on cricket, she used to practice batting daily and improve herself.

At the age of 15, Shefali Verma made it to the Indian women’s T20 team, till June 2021 she became the youngest female player to represent India. In the report, her father told that once while practicing, Shefali’s bat was broken. Then he said, Papa, the ball will not cross the boundary with this bat. The father then went to Meerut on a scooter and returned with 6 brands of bats. He said that Shefali had cricket in her eyes, how could I stop her.

Took resolution after seeing Sachin

Shefali used to play cricket since childhood, but in 2013 she decided that she would become a cricketer. He took this resolution after watching Sachin Tendulkar playing a Ranji Trophy match. Initially she used to play cricket with boys to strengthen her batting, after which she improved her game in the academy. To avoid getting distracted while playing cricket, Shefali had also got her hair cut.