HighLights
  1. Uma Kashvi, 15, is the youngest player in WPL history.
  2. Delhi Capitals signed her for a Rs 10 lakh base price.
  3. She is an all-rounder from Karnataka with impressive junior stats.

WPL Auction 2027: The recently concluded Women’s Premier League 2027 auction was a low-key affair, with most franchises focused on plugging the minor gaps in the already-settled squads. However, a teenage prodigy, Uma Kashvi, stole the limelight, providing the biggest headlines from the smallest of bids. She was placed in the uncapped category. With no competing offers from other franchises, Delhi Capitals (DC) placed the opening bid of Rs 10 lakh and took her under their wings at the base price. 

Became The Youngest Player To Get A WPL Contract

At just 15 years and 202 days, Uma Kashvi became the youngest player to fetch a WPL contract, surpassing Deeya Yadav, who was 16 years old when she was bought at last year's auction. She was bought by the Delhi Capitals at the base price of Rs 10 lakh. In addition to Kashvi, DC has also bought Kirstie Gordon for Rs 10 lakh. The franchise had a purse worth Rs 1.10 crore and went on to buy the most expensive player of the day, batter Kiran Navgire, for Rs 75 lakh. 

The WPL 2027 auction took place on Wednesday, October 28, at the Grand Hyatt in Kochi. A total of 146 players went under the hammer, including 119 Indians and 27 overseas, competing against 27 available slots across five franchises. 

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Who Is Uma Kashvi?

Kashvi was born on April 9, 2011, in Karnataka's Bellandur just seven days after the MS Dhoni-led India won the ODI World Cup at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Kashvi started her training in a local cricket academy at the age of seven. The young all-rounder stole the limelight when she smashed an unbeaten 217 in a junior club-level inter-school tournament in Bengaluru.

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However, she got the exposure at the age of nine when she was conferred with the Young Talent Award at the India Nippon Cup, where she crossed paths with Indian legends, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma and Shreyanka Patil. 

Kashvi flexed her form in the last edition of the BCCI Women's Under-15 One-Day Tournament, where he scored 516 runs at an average of 172, including three centuries and a half-century. Following the brilliant performance, she got a chance to feature for India Under-19 against Sri Lanka, where she picked up two wickets in two one-day games and four scalps in three T20 matches. 


Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: Youngest Player In IPL History

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi etched his name in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as the youngest player to get a contract in the cash-rich league. At just 13 years and 243 days old, he was bought by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for a whopping amount of Rs 1.10 crore, following an intense bidding war at the IPL 2025 mega auction. He made his IPL debut at 14 years and 23 days against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). 

Sooryavanshi registered the fastest IPL century ever scored by an Indian batter, scoring a ton in just 35 balls against Gujarat Titans (GT). His dominating batting also forced the selectors to include him in the senior men's T20I squad.


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