WPL 2025 Retention: Here's full list of retained and released players by all 5 Women's Premier League teams and purse remaining for upcoming auction

WPL team captains in frame
WPL team captains in frame

Highlights:

WPL teams announce their retention list.

Check complete list of retained and released players.

Today was the deadline for teams to confirm the list of players that they will release and retain ahead of the next Women's Premier League (WPL) season. All five franchises kept their top Indian players like Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues in their squad. For those who are unaware, Danielle Wyatt-Hodge was traded from UP Warriorz to Royal Challengers Bengaluru shortly before retention.

Complete list of retained and released players

Mumbai Indians

Retained Players: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Amanjot Kaur, Saika Ishaque, Jintimani Kalita, S Sajana, Fatima Jaffer, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Shabnim Ismail, Keerthana Balakrishna

Released Players: Priyanka Bala, Humairaa Kaazi, Fatima Jaffer, Isabelle Wong

Purse Remaining: Rs 2.65 crore

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Retained Players: Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Renuka Thakur, Asha Shobana, Shreyanka Patil, Ekta Bisht, S Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine, Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Traded), Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja

Released Players: Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Nadine de Klerk, Shubha Satheesh, Shraddha Pokarkar, Simran Bahadur, Heather Knight

Purse Remaining: Rs 3.15 crore

Delhi Capitals

Retained Players: Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniya Bhatia, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Minnu Mani, Titas Sadhu, Meg Lanning, Alice Capsey, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Annabel Sutherland

Released Players: Laura Harris, Ashwani Kumari, Poonam Yadav, Aparna Mondal

Purse Remaining: Rs 2.5 crore

UP Warriorz

Retained Players: Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia Mcgrath, Vrinda Dinesh, Saima Thakor, Poonam Khemnar, Gouher Sultana

Released Players: Lauren Bell, Laxmi Yadav, S. Yashasri, Parshavi Chopra

Purse Remaining: 3.9 crore

Gujarat Giants

Retained Players: Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemalatha, Tanuja Kanwer, Shabnam Shakil, Mannat Kashyap, Sayali Sathgare, Meghna Singh, Priya Mishra, Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Kashvee Gautam, Bharti Fulmali

Released Players: Sneh Rana, Kathryn Bryce, Trisha Poojitha, Veda Krishnamurthy, Traanum Pathan, Lea Tahuhu

Purse Remaining: 4.4 crore