WPL 2026 Retention: Full List of Players Retained by All 5 Franchises Ahead of Mega Auction

November 7, 2025: The list of players retained for the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 has been announced. It features several players who performed brilliantly with both bat and ball in the recently concluded ICC Women's ODI World Cup 2025. By retaining them, the franchises have rewarded their excellent performances. Here’s a look at which franchises have retained which players.

The mega auction for the 2026 edition of the WPL will be held on November 27. Before that, all five franchises have released their lists of retained and released players. Each team was allowed to retain a maximum of five players — three Indian and two overseas cricketers — and all teams have followed this rule.

WPL 2026: List of Players Retained by All Five Teams

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB):

• Smriti Mandhana (₹3.5 crore)
• Richa Ghosh (₹2.75 crore)
• Ellyse Perry (₹2 crore)
• Shreyanka Patil (₹60 lakh)

Released players: Danni Wyatt, Sabbineni Meghana, Charlie Dean, Georgia Wareham, Heather Graham, Joshitha VJ, Kanika Ahuja, Kim Garth, Prema Rawat, Raghavi Bisht, Sneha Rana, Nuzhat Parveen, Ekta Bisht, Jagravi Singh, Renuka Pawar.

Mumbai Indians (MI):

• Nat Sciver-Brunt (₹3.5 crore)
• Harmanpreet Kaur (₹2.5 crore)
• Hayley Matthews (₹1.75 crore)
• Amanjyot Kaur (₹1 crore)
• G. Kamilini (₹50 lakh)

Released players: Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Akshita Maheshwari, Amandeep Kaur, Jintimani Kalita, Keerthan Balakrishnan, Sajeevana Sanjana, Sanskriti Gupta, Yastika Bhatia, Parunika Sisodiya, Saiqa Ishak, Shabnim Ismail.

Delhi Capitals (DC):

• Jemimah Rodrigues (₹2.2 crore)
• Shafali Verma (₹2.2 crore)
• Annabel Sutherland (₹2.2 crore)
• Marizanne Kapp (₹2.2 crore)
• Nikki Prasad (₹50 lakh)

Released players: Meg Lanning, Sneha Deepti, Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jess Jonassen, Minnu Mani, N Charani, Shikha Pandey, Nandini Kashyap, Sarah Bryce, Taniya Bhatia, Radha Yadav, Titas Sadhu.

• Gujarat Giants (GT):
• Ashleigh Gardner (₹3.5 crore)
• Beth Mooney (₹2.5 crore)

Released players: Bharti Fulmali, Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Simran Shaikh, Danielle Gibson, Dayalan Hemalatha, Deandra Dottin, Harleen Deol, Sayali Satghare, Tanuja Kanwar, Kashvi Gautam, Mannat Kashyap, Shab Kashyap, Meghna, Shab Prakash.

UP Warriorz (UPW):

• Shweta Sehrawat (₹50 lakh)

Released players: Aarushi Goyal, Georgia Voll, Kiran Navgire, Vrinda Dinesh, Chinelle Henry, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kranti Goud, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Uma Chhetri, Alana King, Anjali Sarwani, Rajeshwari Sawani Thakur.

Teams’ Remaining Purse and RTM Availability

• Royal Challengers Bangalore: ₹6.15 crore (1 RTM)
• Mumbai Indians: ₹5.75 crore (0 RTM)
• Delhi Capitals: ₹5.7 crore (0 RTM)
• Gujarat Giants: ₹9 crore (3 RTM)
• UP Warriorz: ₹14.5 crore (4 RTM)

What Is RTM?

RTM (Right to Match) allows a franchise to bring back a released player during the auction. When other teams bid for that player, the former franchise can use RTM to match the final bid and retain the player by paying the same amount.

Example: If Delhi Capitals buy a player released by RCB for ₹10 crore, RCB can use RTM to get that player back by paying ₹10 crore.