All five franchises of the Women's Premier League declared their choice of retained players after the fourth T20I of the five-match series between Australia and India came to an end. This sets up an exciting mega auction, which is scheduled to take place on November 27 in New Delhi.
There was a lot of diversity in terms of the strategies employed. While franchises such as Mumbai Indians Women and Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women retained the expected set of players, UP Warriorz Women surprised one
and all by retaining only one player, that too, an uncapped one. Delhi Capitals Women and Gujarat Giants Women, like MI, used up both their overseas slots.
WPL 2026is set to be a cracker of a season. Ahead of the fourth instalment, the mega auction is shaping up to be a high-octane event. All the teams involved, in addition to their management will be keen on building their best squads in a bid to compete for the title.
WPL 2026 Retained and Released Players List ahead of mega auction
Mumbai Indians Retained Players:
Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur, G Kamalini
Mumbai Indians Released Players:
Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Saika Ishaque, Chloe Tryon, Jintimani Kalita, Shabnim Ismail, Sajeevan Sajana, Amandeep Kaur, SB Keerthana, Nadine de Klerk, Akshitha Maheshwari, Sanskriti Gupta
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Retained Players:
Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Shreyanka Patil
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Released Players:
Sabbineni Meghana, Georgia Wareham, Asha Sobhana, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt (traded), Prema Rawat, Jagravi Pawar
Delhi Capitals Retained Players:
Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Niki Prasad
Delhi Capitals Released Players:
Meg Lanning, Radha Yadav, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Taniyaa Bhatia, Minnu Mani, Sneha Deepthi, Titas Sadhu, Alice Capsey, N Charani, Nandini Kashyap, Sarah Bryce
Gujarat Giants Retained Players:
Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney
Gujarat Giants Released Players:
Kashvee Gautam, Simran Shaikh, Deandra Dottin, Phoebe Litchfield, Tanuja Kanwar, Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemalatha, Laura Wolvaardt, Meghna Singh, Priya Mishra, Shabnam Shakil, Mannat Kashyap, Sayali Satghare, Bharti Fulmali, Prakashika Naik
UP Warriorz Retained Players:
Shweta Sehrawat
UP Warriorz Releaded Players:
Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Dinesh Vrinda, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeswari Gayakwad, Chamari Athapaththu, Gouher Sultana, Kiran Navgire, Uma Chetry, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Arushi Goel, Kranti Goud, Alana King
Purse Remaining and Overseas Slots ahead of mega auction:
| Team | Purse Remaining (in INR) | Overseas Slots Left |
| Mumbai Indians Women | 5.75 crore | 0 |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women | 6.15 crore | 1 |
| Delhi Capitals Women | 5.7 crore | 0 |
| Gujarat Giants Women | 9 crore | 0 |
| UP Warriorz Women | 14.5 crore | 2 |
