Kashmiri ace female cricketer Jasiya Akhter is scheduled to play for Delhi Capitals after the Delhi club won the bid for the cricketer for Rs 20 Lakhs.
A resident of Braripora in Shopian district of south Kashmir, Jasiya’s purchase was confirmed by Delhi Capitals over their official Twitter handle on Monday (February 13, 2023).
Two players from Jammu Kashmir—Jasiya Akhter and Sarla Devi—appear on the list of 409 cricketers who were sold at auction to five franchises on February 13.
Jasiya figures at serial 250 while Sarla is at serial 305 in the WPL auction list of players which was released on Tuesday.
Here is the full list of players bought by Delhi Capitals Women (DC) at the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 auction in Mumbai on Monday, February 13
These include Jemimah Rodrigues (INR 2.2 crore), Meg Lanning (INR 1.1 crore), Shafali Verma (INR 2 crore), Radha Yadav (INR 40 lakh), Shikha Pandey (INR 60 lakh), Marizanne Kapp (INR 1.5 crore), Titas Sadhu (INR 25 lakh), Alice Capsey (INR 75 lakh), Tara Norris (INR 10 lakh), Laura Hrris (INR 45 lakh), Jasia Akhter (INR 20 lakh), Minnu Mani (INR 30 lakh), Taniyaa Bhatia (INR 30 lakh), Poonam Yadav (INR 30 lakh), Sneha Deepthi (INR 30 lakh)
Jasia Akhtar, a resident of Braripora village, some 63 kms south of Srinagar – the Kashmir’s region’s main city, made her foray into women's T20 cricket in 2019 when the she found a place in the Women's T20 Challenge Squads for an upcoming tournament announced by the Board for Control of Cricket in India.
Akhter used to be an athlete before she was introduced to cricket by an athletic coach.