The Women's Premier League (WPL) mini-auction by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is scheduled to take place in Mumbai on Saturday, December 9. All five franchises will aim to optimise their squads, with 165 players vying for 30 spots, including nine overseas players. The player pool comprises 104 Indians and 61 from overseas, including 15 from Associate nations.
The auction will feature 56 capped players and 109 uncapped players. The upcoming second edition of the WPL is expected to be held in February-March, preceding the IPL. In a departure from the previous edition, which took place in a single city, the 2024 edition is set to be hosted in both Mumbai and Bangalore.
Gujarat Giants, who finished at the bottom in the previous season, will focus on addressing their shortcomings with the largest purse in the WPL auction on Saturday. Meanwhile, the other four teams will aim to refine their squads for the 2024 edition of the league.
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WPL 2024 AUCTION: PURSE, RETAINED LIST OF ALL TEAMS
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Remaining Purse: Rs 2.25 crore
Slots Available: 3 (1 overseas)
Retained Players: Alice Capsey*, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen*, Laura Harris*, Marizanne Kapp*, Meg Lanning*, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu
Released Players: Aparna Mondal, Jasia Akhter, Tara Norris*
Gujarat Giants (GG)
Remaining Purse: Rs 5.95 crore
Slots Available: 10 (3 overseas)
Retained Players: Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney*, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt*, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer
Released Players: Annabel Sutherland*, Ashwani Kumari, Georgia Wareham*, Hurley Gala, Kim Garth*, Mansi Joshi, Monica Patel, Parunika Sisodia, Sabbineni Meghana, Sophia Dunkley*, Sushma Verma
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Remaining Purse: Rs 2.10 crore
Slots Available: 5 (1 overseas)
Retained Players: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews*, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong*, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver*, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia
Released Players: Dhara Gujjar, Heather Graham*, Neelam Bisht, Sonam Yadav
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Remaining Purse: Rs 3.35 crore
Slots Available: 7 (3 overseas)
Retained Players: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry*, Heather Knight*, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine*
Released Players: Dané Van Niekerk*, Erin Burns*, Komal Zanzad, Megan Schutt*, Poonam Khemnar, Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar
UP Warriorz (UPW)
Remaining Purse: Rs 9.5 crore
Slots Available: 5 (1 overseas)
Retained Players: Alyssa Healy*, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell*, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S. Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia Mcgrath*
Released Players: Devika Vaidya, Shabnim Ismail*, Shivali Shinde, Simran Shaikh
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