WPL 2025 Retentions: Full list of retained and released players by all 5 franchises ahead of auction

WPL 2025 Retentions: There were some big exclusions as the likes of Sneh Rana, Lea Tahuhu and Poonam Yadav were released.

The Women's Premier League franchises released their retention lists on Thursday (November 7), ahead of the WPL 2025 player auction. According to the rules, each team can have a squad of maximum 18 players, with six overseas cricketers.

Mumbai Indians Women (MIW) captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (RCBW) captain Smriti Mandhana pose for a photo before a match.(WPL-X)

The dates for the auction are not confirmed yet. The auction for the upcoming season is ₹15 crore, and it has been increased from ₹12 crore in the first season to ₹13.5 crore in the last edition.

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Rishabh Pant

₹ 27 Cr

DC LSG

• Total Match
• 111
• Total Runs
• 3284
• Highest Score
• 128 runs

Shreyas Iyer

₹ 26.75 Cr

KKR PBKS

• Total Match
• 115
• Total Runs
• 3127
• Highest Score
• 96 runs

Venkatesh Iyer

₹ 23.75 Cr

KKR KKR

• Total Match
• 50
• Total Runs
• 1326
• Highest Score
• 104 runs
• Wickets
• 3
• Best Bowling
• 2/29

Arshdeep Singh

₹ 18 Cr

PBKS PBKS

• Total Match
• 65
• Total Runs
• 29
• Highest Score
• 10 runs
• Wickets
• 76
• Best Bowling
• 5/32

Yuzvendra Chahal

₹ 18 Cr

RR PBKS

• Total Match
• 260
• Total Runs
• 37
• Highest Score
• 8 runs
• Wickets
• 205
• Best Bowling
• 5/40

Jos Buttler

₹ 15.75 Cr

RR GT

• Total Match
• 107
• Total Runs
• 3582
• Highest Score
• 124 runs

KL Rahul

₹ 14 Cr

LSG DC

• Total Match
• 132
• Total Runs
• 4683
• Highest Score
• 132 runs

Trent Boult

₹ 12.50 Cr

RR MI

• Total Match
• 104
• Total Runs
• 83
• Highest Score
• 17 runs
• Wickets
• 121
• Best Bowling
• 4/18

Jofra Archer

₹ 12.50 Cr

MI RR

• Total Match
• 35
• Total Runs
• 195
• Highest Score
• 27 runs
• Wickets
• 46
• Best Bowling
• 3/15

Josh Hazlewood

₹ 12.50 Cr

RCB RCB

• Total Match
• 12
• Total Runs
• -
• Highest Score
• -
• Wickets
• 12
• Best Bowling
• 3/24

Mohammed Siraj

₹ 12.25 Cr

RCB GT

• Total Match
• 93
• Total Runs
• 109
• Highest Score
• 14 runs
• Wickets
• 93
• Best Bowling
• 4/21

Mitchell Starc

₹ 11.75 Cr

KKR DC

• Total Match
• 41
• Total Runs
• 105
• Highest Score
• 29 runs
• Wickets
• 51
• Best Bowling
• 4/15

Phil Salt

₹ 11.50 Cr

DC RCB

• Total Match
• 21
• Total Runs
• 653
• Highest Score
• 89 runs

Ishan Kishan

₹ 11.25 Cr

MI SRH

• Total Match
• 105
• Total Runs
• 2644
• Highest Score
• 99 runs
• Wickets
• -
• Best Bowling
• -

Jitesh Sharma

₹ 11 Cr

PBKS RCB

• Total Match
• 40
• Total Runs
• 730
• Highest Score
• 49 runs

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There were some big exclusions as the likes of Sneh Rana, Lea Tahuhu and Poonam Yadav were released. Meanwhile, RCB released England skipper Heather Knight and Mumbai Indians let go of pacer Issy Wong.

WPL 2025 full list of retained players-

Mumbai Indians

Retained

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

Released

Issy Wong, Fatima Jaffer, Humaira Kazi, Priyanka Bala

Purse remaining: ₹2.65 crore

Remaining slots: 4

Delhi Capitals

Retained

Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Taniyaa Bhatia (WK), Minnu Mani, Sneha Deepthi, Titas Sadhu; Meg Lanning, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Alice Capsey, Annabel Sutherland (overseas)

Released

Laura Harris, Poonam Yadav, Ashwani Kumari, Aparna Mondal

Purse remaining: ₹2.50 crore

Remaining slots: 4

Royals Challengers Bengaluru

Retained

Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry (overseas), Richa Ghosh, Sabbineni Meghana, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Wareham (overseas), Asha Sobhana, Renuka Singh, Sophie Devine (overseas), Sophie Molineux (overseas), Ekta Bisht, Kanika Ahuja, Kate Cross (overseas), Danielle Wyatt-Hodge (overseas)

Released

Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Nadine de Klerk, Shubha Satheesh, Shraddha Pokarkar, Simran Bahadur, Heather Knight

Purse remaining: ₹3.25 crore

Remaining slots: 4

UP Warriorz

Retained

Alyssa Healy, 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.

Released

Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Lauren Bell, S Yashasri, Danny Wyatt-Hodge (traded to RCB)

Purse remaining: ₹3.9 crore

Remaining slots: 3

Gujarat Giants

Retained

Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakil, Tanuja Kanwer, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Lauren Cheatle, Mannat Kashyap

Released

Sneh Rana, Lea Tahuhu, Kathryn Bryce, Trisha Poojitha, Tarannum Pathan, Veda Krishnamurthy

Purse remaining: ₹4.4 crore

Remaining slots: 4