120 Players Set for WPL Auction on December 15 – Who Will Secure a Spot?

New Delhi: The highly anticipated IPL 2025 Mega Auction was held on the 24th and 25th of November, showcasing teams vying aggressively for their desired players. This edition of the IPL Auction set new records for exorbitant paychecks, with Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer emerging as the priciest players in the history of the tournament on the opening day of the auction.

Now, let’s dive into the buzz around the WPL. A total of 120 players, including 91 Indians, 29 overseas players, and 3 from Associate nations, will go under the hammer at the upcoming 2024 WPL mini-auction, scheduled to be held in Bangalore on December 15th.”

As many as 82 uncapped Indian players and 8 uncapped overseas players have registered, waiting to grab their chance in WPL 2025.

Gujarat Giants enter the mini-auction with the largest purse of Rs 4.4 crore and need to secure four players, including two overseas. UP Warriorz are looking to fill three slots, one of which must be an overseas player. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Delhi Capitals each have four slots to fill. RCB, however, has no available slots for another overseas player.

India’s Sneh Rana (base price Rs 30 lakh) could be among the key attractions during the auction which will also have West Indies’ Deandra Dottin (Rs 50 lakh), who did not feature for Gujarat Giants in the first edition after being selected and went unsold in the second.

After IPL, the Women’s Premier League has announced its retention list. A mini-auction will be held for the 2025 season. Each team can retain up to 18 players, including six foreign players, with a purse of 15 crores. Here is what the retained players of each teams looks like.

Gujarat Giants:
Retained Players: Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemalatha, Tanuja Kanwer, Shabnam Shakil, Mannat Kashyap, Sayali Sathgare, Meghna Singh, Priya Mishra, Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Kashvee Gautam, Bharti Fulmali

UP Warriorz:
Retained Players: Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia Mcgrath, Vrinda Dinesh, Saima Thakor, Poonam Khemnar, Gouher Sultana

Delhi Capitals:
Retained Players: Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniya Bhatia, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Minnu Mani, Titas Sadhu, Meg Lanning, Alice Capsey, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Annabel Sutherland

Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
Retained Players: Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Renuka Thakur, Asha Shobana, Shreyanka Patil, Ekta Bisht, S Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine, Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Traded), Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja

Mumbai Indians
Retained Players: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Pooja Vastrakar, Yastika Bhatia, Amanjot Kaur, Saika Ishaque, Jintimani Kalita, S Sajana, Fatima Jaffer, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Shabnim Ismail, Keerthana Balakrishna