File Pic: Players of the Indian women’s cricket team during the ODI World Cup. (AP photo) NEW DELHI: India’s ODI World Cup heroes Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma are on Thursday unveiled in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) rankings, setting the stage for a high-stakes mega auction later this month.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SIGN UP NOW!All five WPL franchises have revealed their retained players – with a maximum limit of three capped Indian players, two overseas stars and two uncapped Indian names per team.
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Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals have retained the maximum five players allowed under the rules. Harmanpreet will continue to lead Mumbai Indians alongside Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amanjot Kaur and youngster G Kamalini. The franchise released key performers like Amelia Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar and Yastika Bhatia to the auction pool.Delhi Capitals made a bold attempt by sacking captain Meg Lanning despite three consecutive finals appearances. Instead, they retained Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp and the uncapped Niki Prasad.Reigning challengers Bengaluru kept faith with their core and stuck with Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Shreyanka Patil and Richa Ghosh. Meanwhile, the likes of Sophie Molineux, Renuka Singh Thakur, Sneh Rana and Danni Wyatt-Hodge were released.The UP Warriorz hit the reset button by retaining just one player – Under-19 World Cup winner Shweta Sehrawat – and letting marquee stars Alyssa Healy, Deepti Sharma and Sophie Ecclestone go. In particular, Deepti’s release is one of the biggest shocks of the retention period, given her stellar form and back-to-back Player of the Tournament awards at both WPL 2024 and World Cup 2025.Gujarat Giants opted to retain Australian duo Ashleigh Gardner and Beth Mooney while releasing South Africa’s ODI World Cup top scorer Laura Wolvaardt, Harleen Deol and Kashvee Gautam.With RCB, Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz retaining less than five players, they will be the only sides eligible to use the Right to Match card in the WPL mega auction scheduled for November 27 in New Delhi.List of retained players
- Bombay Indians – Nat-Sciver Brunt (INR 3.5 Cr), Harmanpreet Kaur (INR 2.5 Cr), Hayley Matthews (INR 1.75 Cr), Amanjot Kaur (INR 1 Cr), G Kamalini (INR 50 lakh)
- Capital Delhi – Jemimah Rodrigues (INR 2.2 Cr), Shafali Verma (INR 2.2 Cr), Annabel Sutherland (INR 2.2 Cr), Marizanne Kapp (INR 2.2 Cr), Niki Prasad (INR 50 lakh)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Smriti Mandhana (INR 3.5 Cr), Richa Ghosh (INR 2.75 Cr), Ellyse Perry (INR 2 Cr), Shreyanka Patil (INR 60 lakh)
- Gujarat Giants – Ashleigh Gardner (INR 3.5 cr), Beth Mooney (INR 2.5 cr)
- UP Warriorz – Shweta Sehrawat (INR 50 lakh)
