WPL 2025 Retention: WPL 2025 retention and released players List

By Ravi - November 8, 2024
Last updated on Nov 08, 2024 01:15 PM
WPL 2025 Retention: WPL 2025 retention and released players List

According to the rules of the Women's Premier League, each team can have a maximum of 18 players, including six foreign players. For the upcoming edition, the BCCI has increased the purse amount before the auction. It has been increased to Rs 15 crore. All the teams have released the list of retained and released players for the third edition of the Women's Premier League. This time there will be a mini auction of this league, so all the teams have retained most of the players. All the five franchises have not tampered with their core group.

What are the rules of WPL 2025?

According to the rules of the Women's Premier League, each team can have a maximum of 18 players, including six foreign players. For the upcoming edition, the BCCI has increased the purse amount ahead of the auction. It has been increased to Rs 15 crore. In the first season, it was Rs 12 crore, which was increased to Rs 13.5 crore in the second edition. So far the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not announced the auction dates.

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Women's Premier League 2025 teams purse balance

TeamPurse
Royal Challengers BangaloreRs. 3.25 crores
Mumbai IndiansRs. 2.65 crores
Delhi CapitalsRs. 2.5 crores
Gujarat GiantsRs. 4.4 crores
UP WarriorsRs. 3.9 crores

WPL 2025 Retained and Released Players List

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Retained: Smriti Mandhana (captain), S Meghna, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Shobhana, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh, Sophie Molyneux, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt (trade).

Release: Disha Cassatt, Indrani Roy, Nadine de Klerk, Shubha Satish, Shraddha Pokerkar, Simran Bahadur, Heather Knight.

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians have not included Izzy Wong in their list of retained players. This England player became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League. Mumbai won the first title of this league in 2023. Mumbai released her for the upcoming season. Last season, the 22-year-old bowler played only two matches. In these, she took three wickets at an economy rate of 8.33.

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Retained: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Amanjot Kaur, Saiqa Ishak, Jintimani Kalita, S Sajna, Keerthan Balakrishnan, Shabnim Ismail.

Release: Priyanka Bala, Humaira Qazi, Fatima Jaffer, EC Wong.

Delhi Capitals

Retained: Meg Lanning (captain), Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Tania Bhatia, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepti, Minnu Mani, Titas Sadhu, , Alice Capsey, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Annabel Sutherland.

Release: L Harris, Ashwini Kumari, Poonam Yadav, Aparna Mondal.

UP Warriors

Retained: Alyssa Healy (captain), Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Deepti Sharma (vice-captain), Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Chamari Atapattu, Kiran Navgire, Rajeshwari Gaekwad, Anjali Sarwani, Uma Chhetri, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gauhar Sultana, Vrinda Dinesh.

Release: Laxmi Yadav, Parshwa Chopra, Lauren Bell, S Yashashree.

Gujarat Giants

Gujarat Giants surprised everyone by releasing experienced all-rounder Sneh Rana. She was seen captaining the team in the first edition of the Women's Premier League. Apart from this, the franchise has released Katherine Bryce and Lee Tahuhu. This time in the mini auction, the franchise will enter with a purse of Rs 4.4 crore.

Retained: Beth Mooney (captain), Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemalatha, Tanuja Kanwar, Shabnam Shakeel, Mannat Kashyap, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan, Sayali Sathgare, Meghna Singh, Trisha Pujita, Priya Mishra, Ashleigh Gardner, El Wolvaardt, Lea Tahuhu, Phoebe Litchfield, Katherine Bryce.

Release: Sneha Rana, Katherine Bryce, Trisha Pujitha, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tranam Pathan, Lea Tahuhu.

Also Read: Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025: Schedule, Teams and All You Need to Know

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