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A total of 17 players have been retained by five teams ahead of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 mega auctions.

List of players retained by WPL franchises ahead of WPL 2026 mega auctions. (Picture Credit: Sportzpics)

A total of 17 players on Thursday (November 6) were retained by five Women’s Premier League (WPL) teams ahead of the WPL 2026 mega auctions. Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals have continued their association with as many as five players from the 2025 squad, whereas Royal Challengers Bengaluru have decided to retain four players.

Gujarat Giants have retained two Australian players, whereas UP Warriorz have opted to retain only one uncapped Indian player for Rs 50 lakh.

Here’s a look at the full list of players retained by all five WPL teams.

Delhi Capitals

• Shafali Verma (Rs 2.20 crore)
• Jemimah Rodrigues (Rs 2.20 crore)
• Marizanne Kapp (Rs 2.20 crore)
• Annabel Sutherland (Rs 2.20 crore)
• Niki Prasad (Rs 50 lakh)

Mumbai Indians

• Nat Sciver-Brunt (Rs 3.50 crore)
• Harmanpreet Kaur (Rs 2.50 crore)
• Hayley Matthews (Rs 1.75 crore)
• Amanjot Kaur (Rs 1 crore)
• Gunalan Kamalini (Rs 50 lakh)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

• Smriti Mandhana (Rs 3.50 crore)
• Richa Ghosh (Rs 2.75 crore)
• Ellyse Perry (Rs 2 crore)
• Shreyanka Patil (Rs 60 lakh)

Gujarat Giants

• Ashleigh Gardner (Rs 3.50 crore)
• Beth Mooney (Rs 2.50 crore)

UP Warriorz

• Shweta Sehrawat (Rs 50 lakh)

Here’s a look the full list of players released by five WPL teams ahead of WPL 2026 mega auctions

Delhi Capitals

Taniya Bhatia, Nandini Kashyap,  Sneha Deepthi, Shikha Pandey, Minnu Mani, Arundhati Reddy, Titas Sadhu, Shree Charani, Radha Yadav, Meg Lanning, Sarah Bryce, Alice Capsey, Jess Jonassen

Mumbai Indians

Yastika Bhatia, Amandeep Kaur, Chloe Tryon, Sajeevan Sajana, Sanskriti Gupta, Saika Ishaque, Jintimani Kalita, Sathyamoorthy Keerthana, Akshita Maheshwari, Parunika Sisodia, Pooja Vastrakar, Amelia Kerr, Nadine de Klerk, Shabnim Ismail

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Sabbhineni Meghana, Nuzhat Parween, Kanika Ahuja, Raghvi Bist, Sneh Rana, Asha Sobhana, Ekta Bisht, VJ Joshitha, Jagravi Pawar, Prema Rawat, Renuka Singh, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Charlie Dean, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Sophie Devine, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross

Gujarat Giants

Harleen Deol, Bharti Fulmali, Dayalan Hemalatha, Simran Shaikh, Mannat Kashyap, Sayali Satghare, Kashvee Gautam, Tanuja Kanwar, Meghna Singh, Prakashika Naik, Priya Mishra, Shabnam Shakil, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Laura Wolvaardt, Ashleigh Gardner, Deandra Dottin, Danielle Gibson

UP Warriorz

Uma Chetry, Arushi Goel, Poonam Khemnar, Kiran Navgire, Dinesh Vrinda, Deepti Sharma, Anjali Sarvani, Kranti Gaud, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Gouher Sultana, Saima Thakor, Chinelle Henry, Georgia Voll, Alyssa Healy, Grace Harris, Alana King, Chamari Athapaththu, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Ecclestone

Amount spent and purse remaining ahead of WPL 2026 mega auctions

Smriti Mandhana, Ashleigh Gardner and Nat Sciver-Brunt have been retained for Rs 3.50 crore each by RCB, Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians, respectively.

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