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A total of 23 players have been released across the five franchises.
Issy Wong and Sneh Rana are some of the surprising names that have been released ahead of WPL 2025. (Image: Sportzpics)
The preparations for the 2025 season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) is underway with franchises announcing the players that they have retained and released ahead of the next season’s auction.
The teams have all followed the path of retaining most of their core players with each side retaining at least 12 players from their previous squad. They would look to bolster their squad with additions to their squad via the auction to help improve their squad.
A total of 23 players have been released across the five franchises, so now it will be interesting to how each team proceeds, in terms of improving its squad.
The Gujarat Giants have the biggest purse remaining with 4.4 crores. The UP Warriorz follow next with 3.9 crores in second position. The defending champions, Royal Challengers Bengaluru have 3.25 crores while the likes of Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals have 2.65 and 2.5 crores respectively.
In terms of the leadership side of things, all five franchises have decided to stick to the same captains as seen in last year’s edition. This along with the retention of the same core players, could mean that not a lot would change for the 2025 edition, barring a few additions for each side.
Here’s the full list of players released by each WPL team before the auction
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
RCB Retained Players: Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Nadine de Klerk, Shraddha Pokarkar, Shubha Sateesh, Simran Bhadur
Mumbai Indians
MI Retained Players: Issy Wong, Priyanka Bala, Humairaa Kaazi, Fatima Jaffer,
Delhi Capitals
DC Retained Players: Laura Harris, Ashwani Kumari, Poonam Yadav, Aparana Mondal
UP Warriorz
UPW Retained Players: Lauren Bell, Parshavi Chopra, Laxmi Yadav, S Yashasri
Gujarat Giants
GG Retained Players: Sneh Rana, Kathryn Bryce, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan, Lea Tahuhu,
