WPL 2025 Auction Date: The third edition of the Women’s Premier League is expected to be played during its regular window of February – March next year. The WPL 2025 will follow a Double round robin and playoff format.
Royal Challengers Bangalore are the defending champions, winning their first title last season by beating Delhi Capitals by eight wickets in the last edition’s final game.
WPL 2025 Auction Date
The WPL 2025 auction is scheduled to take place on 15 December 2024 in Bengaluru. The Player Auction will begin at 3:00 PM IST on the auction day.
Ahead of the WPL 2025, as of the last season, all teams announced their retained and released players list as per the WPL rules. As of IPL, an auction will be hosted for the WPL where the teams will get into a bidding war to rope the needed players.
BCCI released the WPL 2025 auction players list on 7 December 2024. A total of 120 players have registered for the WPL 2025 auction which includes 91 Indian and 29 overseas cricketers, including 3 from Associate Nations.
The Player Auction will consist of 82 Indian uncapped players and 8 uncapped overseas players. 19 slots are up for grabs, with 5 slots reserved for overseas players.
WPL 2025 Auction Live Streaming
The WPL 2025 Auction live streaming will be available on Jio Cinema and Sports 18.
WPL 2025 Auction Venue
The Women’s Premier League 2025 Auction is set to take place in Bengaluru.
WPL 2025 Retained Players
But ahead of the auction, as of the men’s team, BCCI also allow the WPL teams to retain and release its players to format a new squad. Following are the complete details of the WPL 2025 retained players list for all teams.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Smriti Mandhana, Sabbhineni 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 UPW)
Delhi Capitals
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
Gujarat Giants
Beth Mooney(c), Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Ashleigh Gardner, Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemalatha, Tanuja Kanwer, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh, Shabnam Shakil, Bharti Fulmali, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Sayali Satghare
UP Warriorz
Alyssa Healy (c), Kiran Navgire, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia Mcgrath, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Anjali Sarvani, Gouher Sultana, Poonam Khemnar, Uma Chetry, Vrinda Dinesh
Mumbai Indians
Harmanpreet Kaur, Yastika Bhatia, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Hayley Matthews, Jintimani Kalita, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Sajeevan Sajana, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque, Amanjot Kaur, Amandeep Kaur, Keerthana Balakrishnan
WPL 2025 Released Players List
Following are the complete details of the WPL 2025 released players list for all teams.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Disha Kasat
- Indrani Roy
- Nadine de Klerk
- Shubha Satheesh
- Shraddha Pokarkar
- Simran Bahadur
Delhi Capitals
- Laura Harris
- Ashwani Kumari
- Poonam Yadav
- Aparna Mondal
Gujarat Giants
- Sneh Rana
- Kathryn Bryce
- Trisha Pookitha
- Lauren Cheatle
- Veda Krishnamurthy
- Tarannum Pathan
- Lea Tahuhu
UP Warriorz
- Laxmi Yadav
- Parshavi Chopra
- S Yashasri
- Lauren Bell
Mumbai Indians
- Priyanka Bala
- Humairaa Kaazi
- Fatima Jaffer
- Isabelle Wong
WPL 2025 Purse Remaining For All Teams
Gujarat Giants will enter the WPL 2025 auction room with the highest purse value of INR 4.40 Cr. Following are the complete details of the WPL 2025 Team Purse Value with the details of the slots.
Franchise | No of Players | No of Overseas Players | Total money spent (INR.) | Salary cap available (INR.) | Available Slots | Overseas Slots |
DC | 14 | 05 | 12.50 | 2.50 | 04 | 01 |
GG | 14 | 04 | 10.60 | 4.40 | 04 | 02 |
MI | 14 | 05 | 12.35 | 2.65 | 04 | 01 |
RCB | 14 | 06 | 11.75 | 3.25 | 04 | 00 |
UPW | 15 | 05 | 11.10 | 3.90 | 03 | 01 |
Total | 71 | 25 | 58.30 | 16.70 | 19 | 05 |