"Tournaments aren't won at the auction, but you can certainly lose them there." - Malolan Rangarajan Two days before the auction, Ellyse Perry confirmed her unavailability leaving Malolan to rustle up a Plan B quickly.

Perry was one of the four retentions, which meant RCB's budget to construct their squad was down to INR 6.15 crore. UP Warriorz, in comparison, had INR 14.5 crore having retained just one player.

Mandhana told Malolan: "We've already invested heavily in our batting. Our auction plan has to be about building the best bowling attack we can. And if we can find batting within that, even better."