Even before the mini auction of Women’s Premier League 2025, all the teams have released the list of their retained and released players. All five teams have retained their big players and have not made much changes in the squad. UP Warriors traded Danny Wyatt-Hodge to RCB. In WPL, a franchise can keep a maximum of 18 players in the squad. After retention, the maximum amount of Rs 4.4 crore is left with Gujarat Giants. At the same time, Delhi Capitals has the least amount of Rs 2.5 crore left. There have been two seasons of WPL so far. The title has been won once by Mumbai Indians and once by RCB team.
Mumbai Indians:
Retained: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Amanjot Kaur, Saika Ishaq, Jintimani Kalita, S Sajna, Keertan Balakrishnan, Shabnim Ismail, Amandeep Kaur.
Release: Priyanka Bala, Humaira Kazi, Fatima Jaffer, Issy Wong
purse balance, Rs 2.65 crore
Players retained and released by RCB:
Retained: Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Renuka Thakur, Asha Shobhana, Shreyanka Patil, Ekta Bisht, S Meghna, Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine, Danny Wyatt-Hodge (traded), Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja.
Released: Disha Cassatt, Indrani Roy, Nadine De Klerk, Shubha Satish, Shraddha Pokkar, Simran Bahadur, Heather Knight
Purse Balance: Rs 3.25 crore
Delhi Capitals
Retained: Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Tania Bhatia, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepti, Minnu Mani, Titas Sadhu, Meg Lanning, Alice Capsey, Marijanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Annabel Sutherland.
Released: Laura Harris, Ashwani Kumari, Poonam Yadav, Aparna Mandal
Purse Balance: Rs 2.5 crore
UP Warriors
Retained: Alyssa Healy (captain), Kiran Navgire, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Anjali Sarwani, Uma Chhetri, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gauhar Sultana, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Sophie Ecclestone, Chamari Atapattu, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Vrinda Dinesh.
Release: Lakshmi Yadav, Parshvi Chopra, S Yashashree, Lauren Bell
Purse balance: Rs 3.9 crore
gujarat giants
Retained: Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemlata, Tanuja Kanwar, Shabnam Shakeel, Mannat Kashyap, Sayali Sathgare, Meghna Singh, Priya Mishra, Beth Mooney, Ashley Gardner, Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Kashvi Gautam, Bharti Fulmali.
Released: Sneh Rana, Katherine Bryce, Trisha Poojitha, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tranam Pathan, Lee Tahuhu
Purse balance: Rs 4.4 crore
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