Players Retained And Released By All Teams in WPL: On November 7, the five Women’s Premier League (WPL) franchises revealed the list of players retained and released before the WPL 2025 auction.
Among the surprise releases made by the franchises are Sneh Rana, Poonam Yadav, Heather Knight, Issy Wong, and Lea Tahuhu.
England seamer Wong is the first player to take a WPL hat-trick and had contributed to Mumbai Indians’ title-winning campaign in WPL 2023. England captain Heather Knight was part of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s title-winning side in WPL 2024. Yet both English stars have been released by their respective franchise. All-rounder Sneh Rana led Gujarat Giants in the inaugural season but now has been shown the door.
Gujarat have also released Kathryn Bryce and Lea Tahuhu. They will have the largest purse of INR 4.4 crore of all teams heading into the WPL 2024 auction.
The Meg Lanning-led Delhi Capitals, who finished as the runners-up in both seasons, have decided to part ways with experienced leg-spinner Poonam Yadav and Australia powerful batter Laura Harris.
Earlier, RCB had traded in Danni Wyatt-Hodge from Gujarat.
List Of Players Retained And Released By All Teams in WPL
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Available Purse: INR 3.25 crores)
Released: Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Nadine de Klerk, Shubha Satheesh, Shraddha Pokarkar, Simran Bahadur
Retained: Smriti Mandhana (c), Sabbineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Traded)
Mumbai Indians (Available Purse: INR 2.65 crores)
Released: Priyanka Bala, Humairaa Kaazi, Fatima Jadder, Isabelle Wong
Retained: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Yastika Bhatia, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Hayley Matthews, Jintimani Kalita, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Sajeevan Sajana, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque, Amanjot Kaur, Amandeep Kaur, Keerthana
Delhi Capitals (Available Purse: INR 2.5 crores)
Released: Laura Harris, Ashwani Kumari, Poonam Yadav, Aparna Mondal
Retained:Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniya Bhatia, Alice Capsey, Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Radha Yadav, Shikha Panedey, Arundhati Reddy, Jess Jonassen, Titas Sadhu, Minnu Mani, Sneha Deepthi
Gujarat Giants (Available Purse: INR 4.4 crores)
Released: Sneh Rana, Kathryn Bryce, Trisha Poojitha, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan, Lea Tahuhu
Retained: Beth Mooney (c), Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Ash Gardner, Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemalatha, Tanuja Kanwer, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh, Shabnam Shakil, Bharti Fulmali, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Sayali Satghare
UP Warriorz (Available Purse: INR 3.9 crores)
Released: Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, S Yashasri, Lauren Bell
Retained: Alyssa Healy (c), Kiran Navgire, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Anjali Sarvani, Gouher Sultana, Poonam Khemnar, Uma Chetry, Vrinda Dinesh
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