They successfully secured wicketkeepers Nandini Kashyap and Sarah Bryce, all-rounder N Charani, and young talent Niki Prasad.
"Very good auction for us to be honest. I've been with this WPL team for two seasons now, watching them closely, involved in the auction and everything. And we are far stronger squad than we were last year, with Nandini and Sarah in the squad now, we are looking very good," Sourav Ganguly, Director of Cricket - Delhi Capitals (WPL) reflected after the auction.
Delhi Capitals were on the hunt for a backup wicketkeeper and their first buy, for Rs 10 lakh, was Nandini Kashyap.
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