UP Warriorz Sign Sophie Molineux for 1.10 Crore at WPL 2027 Auction
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Cricket teams held an auction for the WPL 2027 season.
WPL means Women's Premier League. It is a cricket league in India.
The team UP Warriorz bought a player named Sophie Molineux.
They paid 1.10 crore rupees for her.
A crore is a big number. It means 10 million.
UP Warriorz also brought back a player named Grace Harris.
She played for the team before.
Molineux and another player, Kiran, were the top earners. This means they got the most money.
A player named Kashvi made history at the auction. This means she did something new and special.
Orla Prendergast is a cricketer from Ireland.
She became the first Ireland player ever sold at a WPL auction.
This was a big moment for Ireland cricket.
Vocabulary3 words
- auction
- a sale where people pay more and more money to buy something
- league
- a group of sports teams that play against each other
- crore
- a word for the number ten million
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1. UP Warriorz 2. 1.10 crore rupees 3. Ireland
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Cricket teams held an _____ for the WPL 2027 season.
WPL means Women's Premier League. It is a cricket _____ in India.
The team UP Warriorz bought a player named Sophie Molineux.
They paid 1.10 _____ rupees for her.
UP Warriorz also brought back a player named Grace Harris.
Molineux and another player, Kiran, were the top earners.
A player named Kashvi made history at the auction.
Orla Prendergast is a cricketer from Ireland.
She became the first Ireland player ever sold at a WPL auction.
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