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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The RSPG Group, who owns the Lucknow Super Giants, has officially bought a 70 percent stake in Manchester Originals. A media report has revealed that the deal was signed during the first session of the Test match being played at Old Trafford ground. Let us know that the RSPG Group of Sanjeev Goenka has invested about 935 crores in Manchester Originals. The deal was decided earlier this week, but the RSPG Group demanded signing today. According to the news, now Manchester Originals will be known as Manchester Super Giants.

According to the news agency The Observer, the RSPG group, who owned the Lucknow Super Giants team, demanded signing of the deal today. According to Hinduism, Hariyali Amavasya was celebrated today. This day of Shravan month is considered sacred, Lord Shiva is worshiped on this day. On the same day, the RSPG group of Sanjeev Goenka has initially shared its partnership with Manchester Originals.

Five other franchisees also close to deal sign

According to this report, five of the 7 franchisees of The Hundred have either signed the deal or are close to signing. Let us tell you that England cricket is estimated to raise around Rs 6,073 crore by the share of teams. The nighthead capital company has bought a 49 percent stake of Birmingham Phoenix for about Rs 467 crore. At the same time, the GMR Group, owner of Delhi Capitals Franchise, has bought 100 percent stake in the South Brave team for about Rs 1,144 crore.

Apart from this, London Spirit, Northern Super Charges and Welsh Fire Deals can be signed at the end of this week. At the same time, the collision between Ambani family and Todd Bohli is getting exciting for the stake in Oval Invisables and Trent Rockets. Tod Bohli is the owner of the Chelsea Football Club. The deal of these teams will probably not be completed before the start of the upcoming season, which is going to start from August 5.

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