Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian captain, and star all-rounder comes into the auction. Her base price is 50 lakhs INR. As you’d expect, she draws a bidding war. We jump in. As do three other teams.

We ward everyone off, and at 1.8cr INR, history is made. HARMANPREET KAUR will turn up in the iconic Blue and Gold, and she is the first Mumbai Indians player in the WPL. She bats, she bowls, she fields at every possible position, she is the inspirational leader every team needs, and she is now ours.

Remember her 175 in the 2017 World Cup against the Aussies? It is by far the most dominant knock in recent history, across formats, across genders. She is the big match player. She is the one you look to under pressure. She is the one you can trust to bail you out.

Soon after, in the second marquee set, we indulge in another paddle-battle. Natalie Sciver. Everybody wants her. And why won’t they. Nah. We aren’t letting them. At 3.2cr INR, she is now a Mumbaikar!

She’d Nat-megged the best of bowlers around for fun. Imagine the carnage we will be dishing out, Paltan!