The Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 retentions have been revealed by all five teams for the upcoming season. As excitement builds for the third edition of the women’s cricket league in India, the retention decisions have sparked a lot of interaction and buzz among fans and cricket enthusiasts.
WPL Retention 2025 rule
The WPL retention rules allow each franchise to have a squad of 18 players, with a maximum of six overseas players. The BCCI will hold a mini-auction for the Women’s Premier League, although the dates have yet to be confirmed. The auction purse for the upcoming season has been set at Rs 15 crore, an increase from Rs 12 crore in season one and Rs 13.5 crore in the previous season.
Full list of retained by all teams
| Team | Players retained |
| GG | 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 |
| RCB | 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). |
| MI | 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 |
| UPW | 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 |
| DC | 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 |
Full list of released players in WPL 2025
| Team | Players released |
| GG | Sneh Rana, Kathryn Bryce, Trisha Poojitha, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan, Lea Tahuhu. |
| RCB | Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Nadine de Klerk, Shubha Satheesh, Shraddha Pokarkar, Simran Bahadur |
| MI | Priyanka Bala, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong |
| UPW | Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, S. Yashasri, Lauren Bell |
| DC | Laura Harris, Ashwani Kumari, Poonam Yadav, Aparna Mondal |
Remaining purse of all teams in WPL 2025
| Team | Purse remained |
| GG | 4.4 Cr |
| RCB | 3.25 Cr |
| MI | 2.65 Cr |
| UPW | 3.9 Cr |
| DC | 2.5 Cr |
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