Ahead of the fourth edition, 2026, the Women’s Premier League will have its first ever mega-auction. Here are all the updates on the cricketers released and retained by all five franchises ahead of the auction.
WPL 2026 auction: What are the retention rules?
The deadline for the retentions ahead of the WPL 2026 mega-auctions is November 5, 2025. The five teams can retain up to five players from their squads for the previous edition, in 2025.
These cricketers will have predetermined price slabs, of at least3.5 crore, 2.5 crore, 1.75 crore, 1 crore, and 50 lakh (all amounts in INR).
These amounts will be deducted from the INR 15 crore purse that they will enter the auction with. The mega-auction is expected to take place sometime between November 26 and 29.
Read: What are the retention rules for the upcoming Women’s Premier League auction?
Squads of all five franchises at the 2025 WPL
Overseas cricketers underlined
Delhi Capitals
Meg Lanning (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Alice Capsey, Shikha Pandey, Shree Charani, Jess Jonassen, Radha Yadav, Minnu Mani, Arundhati Reddy, Taniya Bhatia, Nandini Kashyap, Titas Sadhu, Niki Prasad, Sarah Bryce
Gujarat Giants
Ash Gardner (c), Beth Mooney, Kashvee Gautam, Simran Sheikh, Deandra Dottin, Phoebe Litchfield, Tanuja Kanwar, Laura Wolvaardt, Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemalatha, Danielle Gibson, Meghna Singh, Priya Mishra, Shabnam Shakil, Mannat Kashyap, Sayali Satghare, Prakashika Naik, Bharti Fulmali
Mumbai Indians
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail, Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Amandeep Kaur, Saika Ishaque, S Sajana, Hayley Matthews, Nadine de Klerk, Chloe Tryon, Akshita Maheshwari, Sanskriti Gupta, Jintimani Kalita, S Keerthana, G Kamalini
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Smriti Mandhana (c), Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Renuka Singh Thakur, Ekta Bisht, Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Kanika Ahuja, Sophie Molineux, S Meghana, Kate Cross, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana Joy, Raghvi Bisht, Jagravi Pawar, VJ Joshitha, Prema Rawat
UP Warriorz
Alyssa Healy (c), Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Dinesh Vrinda, Grace Harris, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Uma Chetry, Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Alana King, Chamari Athapaththu, Gouher Sultana, Kranti Gaud, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Arushi Goel
