The Women’s Premier League (WPL) on October 19, 2023, announced the list of players retained and released ahead of the upcoming WPL 2024 auction.
The WPL 2023 was a hugely successful first edition of the women’s T20 tournament organized by the BCCI. It was played entirely in Mumbai, featuring UP Warriorz, Gujarat Giants, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals, and Mumbai Indians.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s Mumbai Indians won the inaugural WPL 2023 title by defeating Delhi Capitals in the final of the tournament.
The WPL committee revealed that the window for the five franchises to retain players for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 season came to an end on October 15, 2023.
While 60 players, including 21 overseas cricketers, were retained across five franchises, 29 players were released from their existing squads.
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Gujarat Giants are the team to release most number of players from its squad. GG have dropped 11 players from the squad that played the 2023 season which means they would be busy at the auction table for the 2024 season.
Current champions Mumbai Indians have dropped four players from their squad, while runners-up Delhi Capitals have released three players from the 2023 team.
Here is the list of players from the five WPL franchises who were retained & released from the squad (* denotes overseas player):
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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TATA WPL 2024/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots |
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|
Franchise |
No of Players |
No of Overseas Players |
Total money spent (Rs.) |
Salary cap available (Rs.) |
Available Slots |
Overseas Slots |
|
DC |
15 |
5 |
11.25 |
2.25 |
3 |
1 |
|
GG |
8 |
3 |
7.55 |
5.95 |
10 |
3 |
|
MI |
13 |
5 |
11.4 |
2.1 |
5 |
1 |
|
RCB |
11 |
3 |
10.15 |
3.35 |
7 |
3 |
|
UPW |
13 |
5 |
9.5 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
|
Total |
60 |
21 |
49.85 |
17.65 |
30 |
9 |
(BCCI inputs)
