WPL 2025 Auction: How Squads Stack Up and Remaining Purse

The WPL 2025 Auction will be held on 15 December. All five franchises — Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Mumbai Indians (MI), Delhi Capitals (DC), Gujarat Giants (GG), and UP Warriorz (UPW) — have have preparing auction strategy to fill gaps and cover all bases at the auction table.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

The defending champions, RCB, have retained most of their squad and core members. Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, and Sophie Devine have been retained while Nadine de Klerk and Heather Knight are released. In addition, Danni Wyatt has been traded in from UP Warriorz for ₹30 lakh.

Squad: Smriti Mandhana (c), Sabbineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry*, Georgia Wareham*, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Sophie Devine*, Renuka Singh, Sophie Molineux*, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross*, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt* (traded)

Purse Remaining: ₹3.25 crore

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Mumbai have always been consistent with retentions. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and star all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt have been retained.

Squad: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Hayley Matthews*, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver*, Pooja Vastrakar, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail, Amandeep Kaur, S. Sajana, Keerthana. Players Released: Issy Wong*, Priyanka Bala, Fatima Jaffer, Humairaa Kaazi.

Purse Remaining: ₹2.65 crore

Delhi Capitals (DC)

DC have been a successful side and rightly so have retained their core stars like Meg Lanning and Jemimah Rodrigues.

Squad: Meg Lanning* (C), Shafali Varma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniya Bhatia, Alice Capsey*, Annabelle Sutherland*, Marizanne Kapp*, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Jess Jonassen*, Titas Sadhu, Minnu Mani, Sneha Deepthi

Purse Remaining: ₹2.5 crore

Gujarat Giants (GG)

Gujarat have retained big names like Ashleigh Gradner, Beth Mooney, Harleen Deol and Laura Wolvaardt*. GG have the largest remaining purse at WPL Auction 2025 (₹4.4 crore).

Squad: Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney* (c & wk), Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt*, Shabnam Shakil, Tanuja Kanwer, Phoebe Litchfield*, Meghna Singh, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Mannat Kashyap, Bharti Fulmali, Sayali Satghare

Purse Remaining: ₹4.4 crore

UP Warriorz (UPW)

UPW have an excellent miss of overseas stars in Alyssa Healy(c), Grace Harris, Chamari Athapaththu, Sophie Ecclestone and Tahlia McGrath. Besides Deepti Sharma, they would look to build on Indian stocks at the upcoming auction.

Squad: Alyssa Healy* (c), Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia McGrath*, Vrinda Dinesh, Saima Thakor, Poonam Khemnar, Gouher Sultana, Chamari Athapaththu*, Uma Chetry. Players Released: Lauren Bell*, Parshavi Chopra, Danni Wyatt*, and more.

Purse Remaining: ₹3.9 crore

* overseas players

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