The Women's Premier League (WPL) auction will be held on December 9 in Mumbai. All its 5 teams have also released their retention list. BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) gave this information on its social media handle on Friday, 24 November. The first edition of the tournament was played in March 2023.
Gujarat Giants will enter the auction with the highest purse (Rs 5.95 crore), while Mumbai Indians will have the smallest purse (Rs 2.1 crore) among the five franchises.
Smriti Mandhana became the highest earning player in the auction of the first season. He was included in their team by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.4 crore. Apart from them, Ashley Gardner, Nate Sciver-Brunt and Beth Mooney were included, who were included in the team with the highest bid.
Five teams have retained a total of 60 players, including 21 foreign players, for the WPL 2024 season. A total of 29 players have been released by the teams. Out of this, Gujarat Giants released the maximum number of players (11). Gujarat Giants finished last in the last season.
Mumbai Indians were victorious in the first season of WPL and won the title after many tough matches. The final played on 26 March was a thrilling match, where Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals and won by seven wickets with three balls to spare.
Mumbai Indians, who won the final match, received prize money worth Rs 6 crore for winning the Women's Premier League title. Delhi Capitals, who stood second, got Rs 3 crore and UP Warriors, who stood third after losing the eliminator, got Rs 1 crore. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Giants teams had to be content without prize money.
Retained players: Retained players: Elise Capecy (England), Arundhati Reddy (India), Jemimah Rodriguez (India), Jess Jonassen (India), Laura Harris, Marijn Kapp (South Africa), Meg Lanning (Australia), Minnu Mani (India). , Poonam Yadav (India), Shefali Verma (India), Radha Yadav (India), Shikha Pandey (India), Sneha Deepti (India), Tania Bhatia (India), Titas Sadhu (India).
Aparna Mandal (India), Jasia Akhtar (India), Tara Norris (USA).
Retained players: Ashley Gardner (Australia), Beth Mooney (Australia), Daylan Hemlata (India), Harleen Deol (India), Shabnam Shakeel (India), Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa), Sneh Rana (India), Tanuja Kanwar (India).
Released players: Annabel Sutherland (Australia), Ashwani Kumari (India), Georgia Wareham (Australia), Kim Garth (Australia), Hurley Gala (India), Mansi Joshi (India), Monica Patel (India), Parunika Sisodia (India), Sabineni Meghna (India), Sophia Dunkley (England) and Sushma Verma (India).
Retained players: Amanjot Kaur (India), Amelia Kerr (New Zealand), Chloe Tryon (South Africa), Harmanpreet Kaur (India), Hayley Matthews (West Indies), Humaira Kazi (India), Isabelle Wong (England), Jintimani Kalita (India), Natalie Seaver (England), Pooja Vastrakar (India), Priyanka Bala (India), Saika Ishaq (India) and Yastika Bhatia (India).
Dhara Gujjar (India), Heather Gram (Australia), Neelam Bisht (India) and Sonam Yadav (India).
Retained players: Asha Shobhana (India), Disha Kasat (India), Ellyse Perry (Australia), Heather Knight (England), Indrani Roy (India), Kanika Ahuja (India), Renuka Singh (India), Richa Ghosh (India), Shreyanka Patil (India), Smriti Mandhana (India) and Sophie Devine (New Zealand).
released players: Dane van Niekerk (South Africa), Erin Burns (Australia), Komal Janjad (India), Meagan Shutt (Australia), Poonam Khemnar (India), Preeti Bose (India) and Sahana Pawar (India).
Alyssa Healy (Australia), Anjali Sarwani (India), Deepti Sharma (India), Grace Harris (Australia), Kiran Navagire (India), Lauren Bullock (England), Lakshmi Yadav (India), Parshvi Chopra (India), Rajeshwari Gaikwad. (India), S Yashasree (India), Shweta Sehrawat (India), Sophie Ecclestone (England), Tahlia McGrath (Australia).
Devika Vaidya (India), Shabnim Ismail (South Africa), Shivli Shinde (India) and Simran Shaikh (India).
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