India Stars To Dazzle In The WBBL, Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma Picked In First Round

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Star India Players In Demand During WBBL Draft Picks

Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma and Jemimah Rodrigues were the three picks. Deepti Sharma who set 'The Hundred' on fire was the fourth pick of the day and was roped in by Melbourne Stars. Deepti's compatriot Jemimah was the seventh player to be presented. Rodrigues has been picked up by the Brisbane heat. Shikha Pandey was also picked by Adelaide Strikers in the second Round.

Meanwhile, India's T20 skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, Shreyanka Patil and Radha Yadav were among the 13 plyers who were not picked by anybody in the draft.

Overseas Players Go Big In WBBL Draft

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Hobart Hurricanes picked Danni Wyatt, the first player selected in the draft. English spinner Sophie Ecclestone went to Sydney Sixers. Heather Knight and Deandra Dottin went to Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Renegades.

Here's How The WBBL Draft Looks Like

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First-round picks in the WBBL draft: Deepti Sharma (Melbourne Stars), Jemimah Rodrigues (Brisbane Heat), Danielle Wyatt (Hobart Hurricanes), Sophie Ecclestone (Sydney Sixers), Heather Knight (Sydney Thunder), Laura Wolvaardt (Adelaide Strikers), Deandra Dottin (Melbourne Renegades), Sophie Devine (Perth Scorchers)

Second-round picks: Chloe Tryon (Hobart Hurricanes), Amelia Kerr (Sydney Sixers), Hayley Matthews (Melbourne Renegades), Marizanne Kapp (Melbourne Stars), Shabnim Ismail (Adelaide Strikers), Shikha Pandey (Brisbane Heat), Amy Jones (Perth Scorchers)

Third-round picks: Hemalatha Dayalan (Brisbane Heat), Alice Capsey (Melbourne Renegades), Chamari Athapaththu (Sydney Thunder), Yastika Bhatia (Melbourne Stars), Smriti Mandhana (Sydney Sixers), Lizelle Lee (Hobart Hurricanes)

Fourth-round picks: Hollie Armitage (Sydney Sixers), Orla Prendergast (Melbourne Stars), Georgia Adams (Melbourne Renegades), Nadine de Klerk (Perth Scorchers)