Lucknow, Nov. 28 -- The head coach of UP Warriorz, Abhishek Nayar, expressed happiness with his team's outing in the Women's Premier League (WPL) auction, saying that retaining talents like all-rounder Deepti Sharma, spinner Sophie Ecclestone, batter Kiran Navgire and pacer Kranti Gaud ensures "continuity in our core" and the newly added plaers are the ones "who understand pressure, deliver in big moments and reflect the competitive, fearless brand of cricket" franchise wants to go with.

The Capri Sports-owned UP Warriorz, who were looking to rebuild their squad at the WPL Auction in New Delhi, pulled off quite the coup as they signed on the talismanic former Australian captain Meg Lanning, who had featured in all the previous finals of ...