The player auction for the Women's Premier League 2025 (WPL) will reportedly take place in Bengaluru on December 15. The third edition of the cash-rich T20 league is expected to be held in February-March next year and teams will have an increased budget to finalise their squads.
According to a report from ESPNCricinfo, the five teams will have Rs 15 crore each in their purse for the mini-auction on December 15. The star cricketers Deandra Dottin, Heather Knight and Sneh Rana are expected to attract big bids for their signatures in the WPL auction.
Notably, all teams have already spent the majority of their purse amount retaining the core group of players on November 7. Delhi Capitals, the runners-up of the first two editions, will enter the auction with the smallest purse of Rs 2.50 crore only.
However, there is no official update on the players list for the mini-auction yet. England captain Heather Knight and the Caribbean star Deandra Dottin are expected to grab the biggest contracts on December 15. For India, the struggling all-rounder Sneh Raha is likely to emerge as the most expensive player in the auction.
WPL 2025 Squads and Purse Remaining
Mumbai Indians
Retained Players: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Amanjot Kaur, Saika Ishaque, Jintimani Kalita, S Sajana, 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 3.25 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 (C), Kiran Navgire, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Anjali Sarvani, Uma Chetry, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Sophie Ecclestone, Chamari Athapaththu, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Vrinda Dinesh.
Released Players: Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, S Yashasri, Lauren Bell.
Purse Remaining: Rs 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: Rs 4.4 crore.
