Sneh Rana and Issy Wong to enter WPL auction

Ahead of the Women's Premier League (WPL) mini auction, all 5 teams have released their retention list. The teams had to inform about player retention by 5 pm today. Players like Sneh Rana, Issy Wong and Heather Knight have been released by the teams.

Champion RCB releases 2 foreign players

Royal Challengers Bangalore team, which won the 2024 WPL, released 7 players. These include 2 foreigners as well. The team released English captain Heather Knight and Nadine de Klerk, who was her replacement last season.

The Smriti Mandhana-led team retained Ellyse Perry, Sophie Molyneux, Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham and Kate Cross. The team also traded Danny Wyatt from UP Warriors before the auction and included her in its squad.

Mumbai Indians

The first season's champion Mumbai Indians retained 18 players and released 4. The biggest name among the released players is English all-rounder Isabel Wong. She made a big contribution in making the team champion in the first season.

Mumbai retained 5 foreign players, including Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Hayley Matthews, Nat Siver-Brunt and Shabnim Ismail. The team also retained captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Yastika Bhatia, Pooja Vastrakar and Saiqa Ishak.

Delhi Capitals

The Delhi Capitals team, which was the runner-up of both the seasons, also released only 4 players. The biggest name among them was all-rounder Laura Harris. Apart from her, the team also released Indian leg-spinner Poonam Yadav.

Delhi retained 5 foreign players. These include Meg Lanning, Alice Capsey, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen and Annabel Sutherland. The team also retained Shefali Verma, Jemima Rodriguez, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey and Arundhati Reddy.

UP Warriors

The UP team captained by Elice Healy released 5 players. The team traded Danny Wyatt to RCB, while fast bowler Lauren Bell was released. Both are England players. The team also let go of 3 Indian players.

Apart from Healy, UP's foreign players include Chamari Atapattu, Grace Harris, Sophie Ecclestone and Tahlia McGrath. Among Indian players, the team has Kiran Navgire, Deepti Sharma and Shweta Sahrawat.

Gujarat Giants

Gujarat Giants, which finished fifth in both seasons of WPL, released 6 players. The team also did not keep Sneha Rana, Veda Krishnamurthy and Lee Tahuhu in the squad. Their foreign players now are captain Beth Mooney, Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield and Ashley Gardner. The team does not have many big names among Indian players.

Gujarat has the highest purse left

After player retention, 4 teams have 4 players each vacant. Whereas UP needs only 3 players. A team has a squad of 18 players. Gujarat has the highest purse of Rs 4.40 crore. At the same time, Delhi will enter the auction with a purse of Rs 2.50 crore and Mumbai with Rs 2.65 crore. UP has Rs 3.90 crore and Bangalore with Rs 3.25 crore left.

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