- Women’s Cricket Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: Meet 15-year-old Uma Kashvi. WPL’s latest signing Uma Kashvi was picked up by Delhi Citals for INR 10 Lakh.
- Women’s cricket Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: Meet 15-year-old Uma Kashvi, WPL’s youngest signee (Source: umakashvi09/IG) Indian franchise leagues have reached a new level by selecting players in unusual ways and making headlines everywhere.
- At the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2027 auction on October 28 in Kochi, many players were sold and one name caught the public’s attention.
Women’s Cricket Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: Meet 15-year-old Uma Kashvi. WPL’s latest signing Uma Kashvi was picked up by Delhi Citals for INR 10 Lakh.
Women’s cricket Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: Meet 15-year-old Uma Kashvi, WPL’s youngest signee (Source: umakashvi09/IG) Indian franchise leagues have reached a new level by selecting players in unusual ways and making headlines everywhere. At the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2027 auction on October 28 in Kochi, many players were sold and one name caught the public’s attention. Delhi Citals Women signed 15-year-old Uma Kashvi for INR 10 lakh, making her the youngest player to be purchased at the WPL auction.
She beat the previous record set by Deeya Yadav, who was 16 when she was bought at DC’s mega auction last year. Likewise in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who was bought by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for INR 1.1 crore in a mini-auction in 2025. Today, Kashvi’s signing proves how successful the Indian team is in both men’s and women’s cricket.
She is an all-rounder who can bowl right-arm off-spin and a middle-order batswoman from Karnataka and represented India U19 in 2026. His WPL debut could face delays as the Under-19 World Cup, co-hosted by Bangladesh and Nepal, clashes with the league. Talking about her achievement, she scored an unbeaten 217 at the age of just 12 in a junior club level inter-school tournament in Bengaluru.
She also received the Young Talent Award at the India Nippon Cup at the age of nine and shared a room with senior ladies members Dee Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jemimah Rodrigues and Shreyanka Patil. She ctained the Karnataka U15 team and led the Bengaluru Blasters in the Maharani Trophy. She was also part of Karnataka’s Under-19 T20 campaign and the team reached the semi-finals of the Women’s Under-19 One-Day Trophy.
Kashvi finished the 2025–2026 season as the top scorer in the U15 Women’s One Day Trophy. She scored 516 runs at an average of 172, including three tons and a fifty. His standout performance this season came against Manipur where he scored an unbeaten 158 off 66 balls, hitting 23 fours and seven maximums.
She impressed with bat and ball in the quarterfinals of the Karnataka Under-19 T20 Trophy against Vidarbha and received the Player of the Match award. Talking about the DC auction, they picked four players including Kiran Navgire, Nazma Khan, Kirstie Gordon and Kashvi.
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