Smriti Mandhana Made Spectacular Entry Into The Hundred: The demand for the players of the Indian women’s team, which won the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, is increasing all over the world. A new example of this was seen in England’s league ‘The Hundred’. The presence of Indian players was seen in the draft of women players of ‘The Hundred’ under the leadership of Indian women’s team opener Smriti Mandhana. Richa Ghosh got a contract worth 50,000 pounds (about Rs 61 lakh) and all-rounder Deepti Sharma also got the contract in the auction held here on Wednesday, March 11.

178 players bid for The Hundred women players draft

A total of 178 players bid for The Hundred women’s players’ draft, while 28 players were retained by the franchise before the tournament or were signed directly. This league will start from 21st July and end on 16th August. Manchester Super Giants bought Richa for 50,000 pounds, which is approximately 61 lakhs in Indian rupees. Only this franchise had bid in the auction to buy this Indian wicketkeeper batsman.

Smriti Mandhana reached Manchester Super Giants

Even before the auction, Manchester Super Giants had directly signed Australia’s legendary batsman Meg Lanning along with Smriti Mandhana to their team, while England’s spinner Sophie Ecclestone was retained by the franchise. Meanwhile, Deepti Sharma was added to their team by Sunrisers Leeds for 27,500 pounds (about 34 lakhs). The franchise started bidding to take this experienced Indian all-rounder and did not have to compete with anyone else. However, no one bought India’s Yastika Bhatia and Shri Charani in the draft.

What is the budget of ‘The Hundred’ tournament?

Each women’s franchise of The Hundred tournament had a budget of £880,000. Birmingham Phoenix, London Spirit, Southern Brave and Trent Rockets had £520,000 left before the draft, while Manchester Supergiants, MI London, Sunrisers Leeds and Welsh Fire had a budget of £570,000 before the auction took place.

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