The 3rd edition of the Women's Premier League will conduct a mini-auction next month in Bengaluru. The star cricketers Heather Knight, Deandra Dottin and Sneh Rana are expected to attract big bids in the player auction.
All five teams have announced the list of retained and released players ahead of the 2025 edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL). Here's the detailed list of all the retained and released players ahead of the mini-auction later this year.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), the defending champions expectedly haven't tinkered too much with their squad, retaining 14 players out of the maximum allowed limit of 18. The biggest name among the releases is of the England captain Heather Knight, who missed the last season due to clash.
Mumbai Indians, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, have confirmed their list of retained players ahead of the 2025 edition of the WPL. In both seasons played so far, MI have made it to the playoffs including winning the inaugural edition. Here's their list of retained and released players.
19 slots have remained vacant after each of the five teams announced their retentions ahead of the WPL 2025 auction. UP Warriorz have retained the most number of players - 15 - while Gujarat Giants released some of the high-profile names including Sneh Rana, Lea Tahuhu, who just won a T20 World Cup.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the Women's Future Tours Programme for 2025-2029. The T20 leagues around the world will get a separate window which means the maximum number of players can be available for the franchise-based leagues.
The defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru have led the way in signing the first pre-season trade ahead of the 2025 edition of the Women's Premier League. Wyatt was with the UP Warriorz in the second edition of WPL after going unsold in the inaugural season.
The second edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) has created a lot of buzz. Even as Mumbai Indians locked horns against Royal Challengers Bangalore, their team owner Nita Ambani made her presence felt in Delhi and witnessed the game from the stands.
In-form Indian batter Jemimah Rodrigues smashed 58 off just 36 balls and English youngster Alice Capsey scored 48 to help Delhi Capitals post 181/5 batting first against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Gujarat Giants lost their crucial clash in the Women's Premier League 2024 against the defending champions Mumbai Indians on Saturday, March 9 and even though the Beth Mooney-led side has won just one game in the competition so far, they are still alive in the playoffs qualification race.
The star English spinner Sophie Ecclestone took three wickets for 20 to restrict Gujarat Giants to 142 and then in-form big-hitter Grace Harris smashed 60* off 33 balls to boost UP Warriorz to a huge six-wicket win in the eighth game of WPL 2024.
The women's domestic circuit in India witnesses white-ball tournaments in both the One-day and the T20 format but is devoid of a red-ball tournament. However, with India playing red-ball cricket internationally at regular intervals against top-notch sides, a red-ball tournament is needed.
Delhi Capitals pacer Arundhati Reddy was reprimanded by the BCCI for breaching the Women's Premier League (WPL) Code of Conduct during her side's game against the UP Warriorz on Monday, February 26 in Bengaluru. The Capitals registered their first win in WPL by 9 wickets against the Warriorz.
The veteran South African all-rounder Marizanne Kapp took three wickets for five and Radha Yadav bagged four to restrict UP Warriorz to just 119/9 and then Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning registered brilliant fifties to chase the target in just 14.1 overs.
Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium will be hosting the first eleven matches of the Women's Premier League 2024 starting on February 23, where defending champions Mumbai Indians will clash against Delhi Capitals in the opener.
Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians will kick off their title defence with a mega clash against Meg Lanning's Delhi Capitals in the Women's Premier League 2024 opening game at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday, February 23.
All five captains Harmanpreet Kaur, Meg Lanning, Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney and Smriti Mandhana attended the captains meet event at M Chinnaswamy Stadium ahead of the WPL 2024 season opener on Friday, February 23.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians will clash against Meg Lanning-led Delhi Capitals in the opening match of the Women's Premier League 2024 at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on February 23.
Delhi Capitals unveiled their new jersey ahead of the 2024 edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL). The Capitals, who finished as runners-up in the inaugural WPL, will kick off their campaign in the new season in a repeat of the last year's final against the Mumbai Indians.
The defending champions Mumbai Indians have unveiled their new jersey ahead of the 2024 edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL). Mumbai Indians will kick off their campaign against the Delhi Capitals in a repeat of last year's final in the season opener on February 23.
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