OUT OF 18 Indian players, only Harmapreet Kaur was picked up in the Women's Big Bash League draft.
The Indian women's team captain, who has a proven record of good performance in past WBBL seasons, was in the Platinum category of players; the most expensive kind. Her former team Renegages chose to pick her back up in the second round of the draft.
The other Indian players - which included Indian national team regulars - did not find a taker in the WBBL draft.
Concerns over going unpicked was presumably the reason a number of players withdrew from the BBL and WBBL drafts days before it took place.