On Thursday, all teams came up with their WPL Retentions, and there were no real surprises over there. A team could retain all 18 players, with a maximum of six foreign players, and all the franchises made the most of the move. As expected, RCB, and MI did not make any shocking changes, but only the ones that were much-needed.
Full List WPL 2025 Retention
RCB Retention
The WPL 2024 winners, RCB retained as many as 14 players, with Smriti Mandhana being retained as the skipper. The likes of Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, and Sophie Devine were no-brainer retentions as well.
Smriti Mandhana (c), S Meghana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt (Traded from UP).
Purse Left – 3.25 Cr
MI Retention
MI retained the core of their team, but came up with only one surprising omission. They left out England’s Issy Wong, who had made headlines by bagging a hat-trick in the first season. They also retained 14 players.
Harmanpreet Kaur, Yastika Bhatia, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Hayley Matthews, Jintimani Kalita, Nat-Sciver Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, S Sajana, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque, Amanjot Kaur, Amandeep Kaur, Keerthana.
Purse Left – 2.65 Cr
DC Retention
On the other hand, Meg Lanning will continue to lead DC. The only surprise was when they left out leg-spinner Poonam Yadav, which might open new channels for the latter.
Meg Lanning (C), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniya Bhatia, Alice Capsey, Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Jess Jonassen, Titas Sadhu, Minnu Mani, Sneha Deepthi.
Purse Left – 2.5 Cr
UPW Retention
UPW did decently well to let some of the non-performers go. But one feels, the team should have persisted with Lauren Bell at least.
Alyssa Healy (C), Kiran Navgire, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahila McGrath, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Anjali Sarvani, Gouher Sultana, Poonam Khemnar, Uma Chetry, Vrinda Dinesh.
Purse Left – 3.9 Cr
GG Retention
The biggest surprise of the day was reserved by GG, who let go their stand-in skipper Sneh Rana. It did not stop there, but the team also let go Lea Tahuhu, and Kathryn Bryce as well.
Beth Mooney (C). Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Ashleigh Gardener, Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemalatha, Tanuja Kanwer, Mannat Kashyap, Meghana Singh, Shabnam Shakil, Bharti Fulmali, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Sayali Satghare.
Purse Left – 4.4 Cr
