WPL 2024 Player Retention: Franchises Release 29 Players, Retain 60 for Next Season - Full List Here

The Women’s Premier League (WPL) issued the complete list of retained and released players on October 19. The window for the five franchises to retain players forthcoming edition of the tournament came ended on October 15.

As many as 60 players, including 21 overseas cricketers, were retained across five franchises. At the same time, a total of 29 players were released from their existing squads ahead of the WPL 2024 auction slated for December 9.

A total of 165 cricketers from across the globe will go under the hammer in Mumbai. Of these, 104 are Indians and 61 overseas.

A total of 30 slots are available across the five franchises with nine of them for overseas players.

Deandra Dottin and Kim Garth are the two players with the highest reserve price of Rs 50 lakh each.

Gujarat Giants released the maximum number of players – 11 – among all five franchises, retaining 8 cricketers. Delhi Capitals held back most of its squad members, releasing just 3 players from the squad.

Mumbai Indians retained 13 players and let go of 4 cricketers. The Royal Challengers Bangalore released 7 players and retained 11 while UP Warriorz retained 13 and released 4 players from the squad.

Here’s the full list of players from the five WPL franchises who were retained & released from their respective squads:

(* Indicates overseas players)

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Retained Players: Alice Capsey*, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen*, Laura Harris*, Marizanne Kapp*, Meg Lanning*, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu

Released Players: Aparna Mondal, Jasia Akhter, Tara Norris*

Gujarat Giants (GG)

Retained Players: Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney*, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt*, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer

Released Players: Annabel Sutherland*, Ashwani Kumari, Georgia Wareham*, Hurley Gala, Kim Garth*, Mansi Joshi, Monica Patel, Parunika Sisodia, Sabbineni Meghana, Sophia Dunkley*, Sushma Verma

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Retained Players: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews*, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong*, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver*, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia

Released Players: Dhara Gujjar, Heather Graham*, Neelam Bisht, Sonam Yadav

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Retained Players: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry*, Heather Knight*, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine*

Released Players: Dané Van Niekerk*, Erin Burns*, Komal Zanzad, Megan Schutt*, Poonam Khemnar, Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar

UP Warriorz (UPW)

Retained Players: Alyssa Healy*, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell*, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S. Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia Mcgrath*

Released Players: Devika Vaidya, Shabnim Ismail*, Shivali Shinde, Simran Shaikh

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