WPL 2025 retentions: Full list of retained and released players

The player retention period for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 season officially concluded on Thursday (November 7). Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning were some of the big names retained by their respective franchises.

Across the five franchises, 71 players, including 25 overseas stars, have been retained, securing each team’s core lineup for the upcoming season, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a media release.

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UP Warriorz retained 15 players while the rest of the four franchises – Delhi Capitals (DC), Gujarat Giants (GG), Mumbai Indians (MI), and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) retained 14 players each.

The WPL 2025 auction will be held next month.

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WPL 2025: The full list of players retained and players released is as follows:

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Retained players: Alice Capsey*, Annabel Sutherland*, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen*, Marizanne Kapp*, Meg Lanning*, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, and Titas Sadhu.

Released: Aparna Mondal, Ashwani Kumari, Laura Harris*, and Poonam Yadav.

Gujarat Giants (GG)

Retained: Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney*, Bharti Fulmali, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Kashvee Gautam, Laura Wolvaardt*, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh, Phoebe Litchfield*, Priya Mishra, Sayali Satghare, Shabnam Shakil, and Tanuja Kanwer.

Released: Kathryn Bryce*, Lauren Cheatle*, Lea Tahuhu*, Sneh Rana, Tarannum Pathan, Trisha Poojitha, and Veda Krishnamurthy.

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Retained: Amandeep Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews*, Jintimani Kalita, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Natalie Sciver*, Pooja Vastrakar, S. Sajana, Saika Ishaque, Shabnim Ismail*, and Yastika Bhatia.

Released: Fatima Jaffer, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong*, and Priyanka Bala

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

Retained: Asha Shobana, Dani Wyatt*, Ekta Bisht, Ellyse Perry*, Georgia Wareham*, Kanika Ahuja, Kate Cross*, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, S. Meghana, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine*, and Sophie Molineux*.

Released: Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Shraddha Pokarkar, Shubha Satheesh, and Simran Bahadur.

UP Warriorz (UPW)

Retained: Alyssa Healy*, Anjali Sarvani, Chamari Athapaththu*, Deepti Sharma, Gouher Sultana, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Poonam Khemnar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia McGrath*, Uma Chetry, and Vrinda Dinesh.

Released: Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, S. Yashasri, and Lauren Bell*.

* – Denotes overseas player

Note: Amount in crores