The WPL 2025 Auction was held on Sunday (15th December) in Bengaluru. A few players were sold at the event as the franchises confirmed their teams for the next Women's Premier League (WPL) season, which is set to begin in February of next year.
The WPL Auction 2025 was scheduled to fill up to 19 spots. 14 of them were Indians, while 5 were from other countries. All of the teams had a combined purse of INR 16.7 crore going into the event, hence it concluded fast, as opposed to the IPL 2025 auction, which lasted two days.
India’s Simran Shaikh was the most expensive buy in the WPL 2025 auction as she was picked by Gujarat Giants for INR 1.90 crs. West Indies’ Deandra Dottin was the most expensive overseas buy at INR 1.70 Cr, also bought by Gujarat Giants.
G Kamalini also received a lucrative agreement worth INR 1.60 crore from the Mumbai Indians. Prema Rawat, an Indian player, was one of the most expensive players in the WPL Auction 2025, with Royal Challengers Bengaluru paying INR 1.20 crore.
Delhi Capitals Women brought three players in Nandini Kashyap, N Charani, and Sarah Bryce, while Deandra Dottin and Simran Shaikh were purchased by Gujarat Giants.
Nadine de Klerk, G. Kamalini, and Sanskriti Gupta will be playing for Mumbai Indians in WPL 2025, whereas Arushi Goel, Kranti Goud, and Alana King will be donning UP Warriorz jerseys.
Amongst the big players, Sneh Rana, who was the stand-in skipper for the Giants in the first season, did not find a buyer. Apart from her, many big-name players like Heather Knight, Lauren Bell, Lizelle Lee, Maia Boucher, Kim Garth, and Darcie Brown among others went unsold.
Full squads of all five teams for WPL 2025:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Retained: Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Sabbineni Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patiil, Asha Sobhana, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Traded from UP Warriorz)
Bought in auction: Prema Rawat, Joshitha VJ, Jagravi Pawar, Raghvi Bisht
Mumbai Indians
Retained: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Jintimani Kalita, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail, S Sajana, Amandeep Kaur, Keerthana Balakrishnan
Bought in auction: G Kamalini, Nadine de Klerk, Sanskriti Gupta, Akshita Maheshwari
Delhi Capitals
Retained: Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniya Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Annabel Sutherland
Bought in auction: N Charani, Nandini Kashyap, Sarah Bryce, Niki Prasad
UP Warriorz
Retained: Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Chamari Athapaththu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Vrinda Dinesh, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana
Bought in auction: Kranti Goud, Arushi Goel, Alana King
Gujarat Giants
Retained: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakil, Tanuja Kanwar, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Mannat Kashyap, Sayali Sathgare
Bought in auction: Kranti Goud, Arushi Goel, Simran Shaikh, Deandra Dottin, Prakashika Naik, Danielle Gibson.
