The Women’s Premier League (WPL) was first held in 2023. The tournament took place in March, after the player auction. The Mumbai Indians defeated the Delhi Capitals in the championship match to win the title, and the cricket community is now preparing for the 2024 WPL player auction before the year ends.

All eyes will be on the WPL 2024 auction proceedings and strategies of the five teams when the event takes place in Mumbai on Saturday, following the completion of the player retention and released lists in October of this year.

In all, 165 cricket players will be up for auction at the WPL 2024 player auction. Of the total 165 players, 104 are from India and 61 are foreign players (comprising 14 different countries), of which 15 are affiliated nations. There are 109 uncapped players and 56 capped players overall.

There are five teams and a maximum of thirty slots available, with nine spots designated for international players. In order to assemble the teams they want, the five teams participating in the WPL 2024 player auction will have a total purse value of INR 17.65 crore.

Six foreign players are among the maximum 18 players that each team may have in their respective squads.

The players that have been retained by the Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and UP Warriorz are 15, 8, 13, 11, and 13, respectively.

Gujarat Giants have the most money remaining in their purse (INR 5.95 crore), followed by UP Warriorz with INR 4 crore and Royal Challengers Bangalore with INR 3.35 crore. The purses of the Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals are INR 2.1 crore and INR 2.25 crore, respectively.

The Gujarat Giants have ten spots available for players to fill in their respective squads, including three international players. Three of the seven spots that RCB is trying to fill are with foreign players. There are open player slots in Mumbai and UP, with four Indian players and one foreign player each. Three spots are available for Delhi, one of which is for an international player.

The highest reserve price is INR 50 lakh overall, and two players—Deandra Dottin of the West Indies and Kim Garth of Australia—have chosen to be placed in the top bracket. Four players—South Africa’s Shabnim Ismail, England’s Amy Jones, Australia’s Annabel Sutherland and Georgia Wareham, and England wicketkeeper Amy Jones—have maintained the second-highest base price of INR 40 lakh.

WPL Auction 2024: Full list of retained players
Delhi Capitals
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

Gujarat Giants
Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney*, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt*, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer

Mumbai Indians
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

Royal Challengers Bangalore
Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry*, Heather Knight*, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine*

UP Warriorz
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*

Full list of sold players during the WPL Auction 2024
Capped batters
Phoebe Litchfield (AUS) – Gujarat Giants – Rs. 1 crore
Dani Wyatt (ENG) – UP Warriorz – Rs. 30 lakh

Capped All-rounders
Georgia Wareham (AUS) – Royal Challengers Bangalore – Rs. 40 lakh
Annabel Sutherland (AUS) – Delhi Capitals – Rs. 2 crore
Meghna Singh – Gujarat Giants – Rs. 30 lakh

Capped Fast Bowlers
Shabnim Ismail (SA) – Mumbai Indians – Rs. 1.20 crore
Kate Cross (ENG) – Royal Challengers Bangalore – Rs. 30 lakh

Capped Spinners
Ekta Bisht – Royal Challengers Bangalore – Rs 60 lakh

Uncapped Batters
Vrinda Dinesh – UP Warriorz – Rs. 1. 30 crore
Trisha Poojitha – Gujarat Giants – Rs. 10 lakh

Uncapped Wicketkeepers
Aparna Mondal – Delhi Capitals – 10 lakh

Uncapped All-rounders
Kashvee Gautam – Gujarat Giants – Rs. 2 crore
Poonam Khemnar – UP Warriorz – Rs. 10 lakh
S. Sajana – Mumbai Indians – Rs. 15 lakh
Amandeep Kaur – Mumbai Indians – Rs. 10 lakh
Saima Thakor – UP Warriorz – Rs. 10 lakh

Uncapped Spinners
Priya Mishra – Gujarat Giants – Rs. 20 lakh

Accelerated Auction
Lauren Cheatle (AUS) – Gujarat Giants – Rs. 30 lakh
Kathryn Bryce (SCO) – Gujarat Giants – Rs. 10 lakh
Mannat Kashyap – Gujarat Giants – Rs. 10 lakh
Ashwani Kumari – Delhi Capitals – Rs. 10 lakh
Fatima Jaffer – Mumbai Indians – Rs. 10 lakh
Keerthana Balakrishnan – Mumbai Indians – Rs. 10 lakh
Shubha Sateesh – Royal Challengers Bangalore – Rs. 10 lakh
Veda Krishnamurthy – Gujarat Giants – Rs. 30 lakh
S. Meghana – Royal Challengers Bangalore – Rs. 30 lakh
Simran Bahadur – Royal Challengers Bangalore – Rs. 30 lakh
Gouher Sultana – UP Warriorz – Rs. 30 lakh
Sophie Molinuex (AUS) – Royal Challengers Bangalore – Rs. 30 lakh
Tarannum Pathan – Gujarat Giants – Rs. 10 lakh

Full list of unsold players
Bharti Fulmali
Mona Meshram
Punam Raut
Naomi Stalenberg (AUS)
Maia Boucher (England)
Priya Punia
Devika Vaidya
Deandra Dottin (WI)
Nadine de Klerk (SA)
Chamari Athapaththu (SL)
Bess Heath (ENG)
Sushma Verma
Amy Jones (ENG)
Tammy Beaumont (ENG)
Nuzhat Parween
Lea Tahuhu (NZ)
Kim Garth (AUS)
Shamilia Connell (WI)
Amanda-Jade Wellington (Australia)
Preeti Bose
Alana King (AUS)
Inoka Ranaweera (SL)
Drishya I V
Jasia Akhter
Arushi Goel
Simran Shaikh
Ridhima Aggarwal
G Divya
Sarah Bryce (SCO)
Theertha Satish (UAE)
Shivali Shinde
Uma Chetry
Gautami Naik
G. Trisha
Raghvi Bisht
Parushi Prabhakar
Hurley Gala
Nishu Choudhary
Aditi Chauhan
Komalpreet Kaur
Komal Zanzad
Haorungbam Chanu
Rekha Singh
Tara Norris (USA)
Parunika Sisodia
Sunanda Yetrekar
Sonam Yadav
Amisha Bahukhandi
Nicola Carey (AUS)
Alice Davidson Richards (ENG)
Kristie Gordon
Dhara Gujjar
Nicola Hancock
Millicent Illingworth (AUS)
Paige Scholfield (ENG)
Anushka Sharma
Iris Zwilling (NED)
Bhavana Goplani
Devika K
Priyanka Koushal
Tanisha Singh

Read More

Vijay Shekhar Sharma steps down as Chairman and Board Member of Paytm Payments Bank

“A sentiment for a generation”: Well-known people impacted by Pankaj Udhas reminisce