WPL 2024 Retained Players List: Ahead of the much-awaited second edition of the Women’s Premier League(WPL), all participating teams have announced their retained and released players list.
Women’s Premier League also follows the IPL auction model where the teams will enter the auction with a purse value equal to their released players’ salary amount.
The first season was played in March 2023 where the Mumbai Indians won the title by beating Delhi Capitals in the WPL 2023 Final.
In WPL 2023, a total of five teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, where the three teams finished with the most points entered the playoff stages of the competition.
The first season of the league was played between 4 March to 26 March 2023 and featured 22 matches, all held at Brabourne Stadium and DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai.
WPL 2024 Retained Players
WPL 2024 Retained Players List: BCCI decided to host the WPL 2024 Auction on December 9 in Mumbai. The window for the five franchises to retain players for the TATA Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 season came to an end on October 15, 2023.
While 60 players, including 21 overseas cricketers, were retained across five franchises, 29 players were released from their existing squads.
* Indicates Overseas Players
Delhi Capitals
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*
Gujarat Giants
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
Mumbai Indians
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
Royal Challengers Bangalore
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
UP Warriorz
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
WPL 2024 Purse Remaining For All Teams
WPL 2024 Purse Remaining For All Teams: Gujarat Giants will enter the Women’s Premier League 2024 Auction with the highest purse value of INR 5.95 crores while Mumbai Indians will enter the auction with the lowest purse value of INR 2.1 crores.
Check out the WPL 2024 Purse Remaining For All Teams below:
All Amounts in Crores
| Franchise | No of Players | No of Overseas Players | Total money spent (Rs.) | Salary cap available (Rs.) | Available Slots | Overseas Slots |
| DC | 15 | 5 | 11.25 | 2.25 | 3 | 1 |
| GG | 8 | 3 | 7.55 | 5.95 | 10 | 3 |
| MI | 13 | 5 | 11.4 | 2.1 | 5 | 1 |
| RCB | 11 | 3 | 10.15 | 3.35 | 7 | 3 |
| UPW | 13 | 5 | 9.5 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Total | 60 | 21 | 49.85 | 17.65 | 30 | 9 |
