Netizens troll Pakistan captain Babar Azam after Smriti Mandhana becomes costliest player in WPL

Netizens trolled Pakistan captain and batting mainstay Babar Azam for receiving less salary in Pakistan Super League (PSL) than Smriti Mandhana, who was recently auctioned at the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 for Rs 3.40 crore. Mandhana became the costliest player to be auctioned at WPL 2023.

Netizens compared Smriti’s salary with Babar's reported PSL salary of Rs 1.40 crore and trolled him for being paid less. One user posted a photo of Babar alongside Smriti and compared Babar's PSL salary against Smriti’s salary of Rs 3.4 crore.




Even though Babar is the most expensive player in the PSL, his salary is almost three times less than Smriti’s salary. The other players of WPL like Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur were also auctioned at a higher price than the Pakistani cricket team captain, Babar.

Deepti Sharma was auctioned by UP Warriorz at Rs 2.60 crore, Harmanpreet Kaur was auctioned to Mumbai Indians for Rs 1.80 crore, Jemimah Rodrigues was auctioned at Rs 2.20 crores to Delhi Capitals and Shafali Verma was auctioned by Delhi Capitals at Rs 2 crore.

FAQs:

Q1. Smriti Mandhana will play for which team in WPL?
Ans: Smriti will play for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the WPL 2023.

Q2. Who is the second most expensive Indian player at WPL 2023?
Ans: Deepti Sharma is the second most expensive Indian player so far bought by UP Warriorz for Rs 2.6 crore.