WPL Retentions 2025 Highlights: 71 players retained with 19 slots left to be filled, GG with biggest purse

Gujarat Giants head coach Michael Klinger on the broadcast mentioned that with Ash Gardner, Tanuja Kanwer and now Priya Mishra set to start in the XI, Sneh Rana may not have been the sure-shot in the first eleven and hence, they decided to let her go.

Gujarat Giants have let go of T20 World Cup winner Lea Tahuhu along with senior India all-rounder Sneh Rana.

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

Released: Sneh Rana, Kathryn Bryce, Lea Tahuhu, Lauren Cheatle, Trisha Poojitha, Tarannum Pathan, Veda Krishnamurthy

Purse remaining: INR 4.4 crore

It might have been a Mumbai Indians IPL team situation with the UP Warriorz but Jon Lewis and Co have been able to retain back all three of their big players in Deepti Sharma, Chamari Athapaththu and Alyssa Healy. The Warriorz retained 15 players and now have three spots remaining.

Retained: Alyssa Healy (c), Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Deepti Sharma (vc), Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Chamari Athapaththu, Kiran Navgire, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Anjali Sarvani, Uma Chetry, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana, Vrinda Dinesh

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

Purse remaining: INR 3.9 crore

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

Mumbai Indians head coach Charlotte Edwards mentioned that they are looking for an overseas all-rounder in the mix as an injury backup and with Shabnim Ismail taking the pacer's slot, it was unfortunate for them to let go of Issy Wong, who was the star of their title-winning season in 2023.

The inaugural champions of the WPL, Mumbai Indians too haven't changed much, releasing just four players.

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

Released: Priyanka Bala, Humairaa Kaazi, Fatima Jaffer, Issy Wong

Purse left: INR 2.65 crore

RCB's list of retained and released players is here

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

It seems like the retention announcements will start coming from 5:30 PM IST onwards, like the IPL ones. 

5 PM was the deadline and at any moment now, all the teams will make their list of retained and released players list official. The Wait is set to get over!!!

Delhi Capitals are the unluckiest of the lot! Having qualified for the final directly twice in two seasons, the Capitals have lost on both occasions. The wicketkeeper problem remained for the Capitals and if they are targeting someone like Amy Jones, they might have to leave out an overseas player and Alice Capsey seems like the only potential name. However, Capsey has just picked up a fifer in WBBL! Will DC take the punt?

The only pre-season trade before the retentions took place from the Warriorz to the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), the defending champions with England opener Dannie Wyatt-Hodge reuniting with her Hundred partner Smiti Mandhana. It was an all-cash deal which means the RCB will have to mull over their overseas options - which are now eight and even if they go in the maximum limit of six, they will have to release two.

Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu hasn't been in great form of late and didn't really light up the WPL 2024 for the UP Warriorz. Of late, she hasn't been in great form and the Warriorz will be keen to retain Lauren Bell, the English pacer. 

Welcome to our live coverage of the retentions ahead of the mini-auction for the 2025 edition of the Women's Premier League. There are not going to be wholesale changes, however, teams like UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants will be in the spotlight as they would want to iron out flaws and start afresh while keeping their core group. RCB too will be in the spotlight as the defending champions have eight overseas players on their roster and would have to release at least three of them to be able to bid for someone at the auction with six spots only allowed.