 "Women's Premier League (WPL) teams announced their retentions for the 2025 season on 7 November 2024. Image: AFP")
WPL 2025 Retentions: The deadline for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) retentions for the 2025 season came to an end on Thursday (7 November). The initial deadline was 15 October but it was extended to 7 November by BCCI. Currently, the WPL doesn’t have a retention policy like the Indian Premier League (IPL) where the teams have been allowed to retain just six players ahead of the 2025 mega auction.
WPL 2025 retention and auction rules
In WPL, all five teams – Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and UP Warriorz – are needed to have a squad of 18 players including six overseas cricketers. They can retain all 18 players or can release a few players. The BCCI will then conduct a mini-auction according to the list of retentions. The auction is expected to take place in December 2024 and while there’s no confirmation, the WPL 2025 is expected to take place in the February-March window.
The overall auction purse for WPL teams is Rs 15 crore. It was Rs 13.5 crore before WPL 2024 and Rs 12 crore before the inaugural season in 2023.
WPL 2025 Retentions: Full list of players retained and released
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) retention list: Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh, Sabbineni Meghana, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Wareham, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Singh, Sophie Devine, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bisht, Kanika Ahuja, Kate Cross, Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, Danni Wyatt (traded from UPW).
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) released players: Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Nadine de Klerk, Shubha Satheesh, Shraddha Pokarkar, Simran Bahadur.
Purse left: Rs 3.25 crore
Remaining slots: 4
Delhi Capitals (DC) retention list: Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Taniyaa Bhatia (WK), Minnu Mani, Sneha Deepthi, Titas Sadhu, Meg Lanning, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Alice Capsey, Annabel Sutherland.
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More ShortsDelhi Capitals (DC) released players: Laura Harris, Poonam Yadav, Ashwani Kumari, Aparna Mondal.
Purse left: Rs 2.5 crore
Remaining slots: 4
Mumbai Indians (MI) retention list: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Hayley Matthews, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Sajana Sajeevan, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque, Amanjot Kaur, Amandeep Kaur, Keerthana B.
Mumbai Indians (MI) released players: Humairaa Kaazi, Fatima Jaffer, Issy Wong, Priyanka Bala.
Purse left: Rs 2.65 crore
Remaining slots: 4
Gujarat Giants (GG) retention list: Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Laura Wolvaardt, Dayalan Hemalatha, Tanuja Kanwer, Shabnam Shakil, Phoebe Litchfield, Priya Mishra, Trisha Poojitha, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh
Gujarat Giants (GG) released players: Sneh Rana, Kathryn Bryce, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan, Lea Tahuhu
Purse left: Rs 4.4 crore
Remaining slots: 4
UP Warriorz (UPW) retention list: Alyssa Healy (C), Kiran Navgire, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahila McGrath, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Anjali Sarvani, Gouher Sultana, Poonam Khemnar, Uma Chetry, Vrinda Dinesh.
UP Warriorz (UPW) released players: Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, S Yashasri, Lauren Bell.
Purse left: Rs 3.9 crore
Remaining slots: 3