The highly anticipated Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction is all set to take place on 9th December 2023 in Mumbai. A total of 30 player slots are up for grabs in the upcoming auction, with nine of these slots reserved for overseas players.
165 players to go under the hammer
A total of 165 players will go under the hammer during the auction. Five franchises including Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz, Gujarat Giants, and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be bidding in this auction to fill the vacant spots of their teams. 104 Indian players and 61 overseas players will take part in the Women's Premier League 2024 auction on Saturday.
Purse available with every team
For the inaugural season, teams were allocated a purse of INR 12 crore. With the addition of the extra INR 1.5 crore, the total purse available for the auction will increase to 13.5 crore.
Gujarat Giants now have the largest purse after releasing 11 players, with INR 5.95 crore available to them. The remaining sums for other teams are as follows:
UP Warriorz: 4 crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 3.35 crore
Delhi Capitals: 2.5 crore
Mumbai Indians: INR 2.1 crore
Retained and released players in WPL ahead of auction
The following players from the five WPL franchises were retained & released from the squad:
Note: * Indicates overseas players
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Retained Players: Alice Capsey*, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen*, Laura Harris*, Marizanne Kapp*, Meg Lanning*, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu
Released Players: Aparna Mondal, Jasia Akhter, Tara Norris*
Slots available: 3
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Gujarat Giants (GG)
Retained Players: Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney*, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt*, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer
Released Players: Annabel Sutherland*, Ashwani Kumari, Georgia Wareham*, Hurley Gala, Kim Garth*, Mansi Joshi, Monica Patel, Parunika Sisodia, Sabbineni Meghana, Sophia Dunkley*, Sushma Verma
Slots available: 10
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Mumbai Indians (MI)
Retained Players: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews*, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong*, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver*, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia
Released Players: Dhara Gujjar, Heather Graham*, Neelam Bisht, Sonam Yadav
Slots available: 5
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Retained Players: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry*, Heather Knight*, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine*
Released Players: Dané Van Niekerk*, Erin Burns*, Komal Zanzad, Megan Schutt*, Poonam Khemnar, Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar
Slots available: 7
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UP Warriorz (UPW)
Retained Players: Alyssa Healy*, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell*, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S. Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia Mcgrath*
Released Players: Devika Vaidya, Shabnim Ismail*, Shivali Shinde, Simran Shaikh
Slots available: 5
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Players in auction list:
Base price - INR 10 Lakh
Riddhima Aggarwal, Jasia Akhter, Vrinda Dinesh, G Divya, Arushi Goel, Drishya IV, Trisha Poojitha, Simran Shaikh, Sarah Bryce, Uma Chetry, Aparna Mondal, Theertha Sathish, Raghvi Bishth, Nishu Choudhary, Hurley Gala, Kashvee Gautham, Poonam Khemnar, Gautami Naik, Parushi Prabhakar, S Sajana, Saima Thakur, G Trisha, Haorungbam Chanu, Komalpreet Kour, Tara Norris, Rekha Singh, Komal Zanzad, Amisha Bahukhandi, Priya Mishra.
Parunika Sisodia, Sonam Yadav, Sunanda Yetrekar, Pranavi Chandra, Dhara Gujjar, Amrita Joseph, Shwetha Mane, Aaradhana Bisht, Kathryn Bryce, Darcey Carter, Zeal Dmello, Tess Flintoff, Suman Gulia, Mannat Kashyap, Ashwani Kumar, Suman Meena, Kesha Patel, Pragya Rawat, Shanu Sen, Riya Chaudhari, Shipra Giri, Vinavi Gurav, Muskan Malik, Nicola Hancock, Millicent Illingworth, Georgia Prestwidge, Durgesh Nandani Sahu, Sophie Day, Rameshwari Gayakwad, Fatima Jaffer, Keerthy James, Katie Levick, Vaishnavi Mahesh, Prakashika Naik, Sahana Pawar.
Thipatcha Putthawong, K Ramyashri, Nida Rahman, Karri Sai Poojitha, Nisha Saini, Maya Sonawane, Sundaresan Anusha, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Medhava Bidhuri, Neelam Bisht, Renuka Chaudhari, Jahnvi Kate, Esha Oza, Prema Rawat, Sayali Satghare, Heather Siegers, Isani Vaghela, Priti Yadav, Georgia Adams, Najla CMC, Archana Devi, Manpreet Kaur, Falak Naz, Paige Scholfield, Anushka Sharma, Muskan Vasava, Mithila Vinod, Courtney Webb, Iris Zwilling, Bhavna Goplani, Mariko Hill, Devika K, Priyanka Koushal, Babita Meena, Fritha Morris, Tarannum Pathan, Robin Rijke, Shubha Satheesh, Neetu Singh and Tanisha Singh
Base price - INR 20 Lakh
Shivali Shinde, Aditi Chauhan, Natthakan Chantham and Sterre Kalis
Base price - INR 30 Lakh
Maia Bouchier, Bharthi Fulmani, Veda Krishnamurthy, Pheobe Litchfield, Mona Meshram, Priya Punia, Punam Raut, Naomi Stalenberg, Dani Wyatt, Chamari Athapaththu, Nadine de Klerk, Danielle Gibson, S Meghana, Meghna Singh, Devika Vaidya, Tammy Beaumont, Bess Heath, Nuzat Parween, Sushma Verma, Simran Bahadur, Shamila Connell, Kate Cross, Lea Tahuhu, Ekta Bisht, Preeti Bose, Alana King, Inoka Ranaweera, Gouher Sultana, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Aaliyah Alleyne, Erin Burns, Nicola Carey, Prathysha Challuru, Alice Davidson Richards, Chinelle Henry, Mansi Joshi, Arlene Kelly, Sophie Molineux, Monica Patel, Anuja Patil, Orla Prendergast, Swagatika Rath, Marufa Akter, Lauren Cheatle, Hannah Rowe, Soni Yadav, Kirstoe Gordon, Fran Jonas, Rabeya Khan and Linsey Smith.
Base price - INR 40 Lakh
Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Amy Jones and Shabnim Ismail
Base price - INR 50 Lakh
Deandra Dottin, Kim Garth
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