All five WPL 2026 franchises finally submitted their retention lists. The mega auction happens on November 27 in New Delhi. Each team can keep a maximum of five players from the current squads.
Teams must follow strict rules about retention categories for WPL. Only two overseas and three capped Indian players are allowed. The WPL 2026 released players list includes some shocking big names.
Who Got Retained by WPL 2026 Teams
| MI Women | RCB Women | DC Women | Gujarat Giants | UP Warriorz |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | Smriti Mandhana | Jemimah Rodrigues | Ashleigh Gardner | Shweta Sehrawat |
| Nat Sciver-Brunt | Ellyse Perry | Shafali Verma | Beth Mooney | |
| Amanjot Kaur | Richa Ghosh | Marizanne Kapp | ||
| Hayley Matthews | Shreyanka Patil | Annabel Sutherland | ||
| G Kamalini | Niki Prasad |
List of Released Players from Each Team
Mumbai Indians Women:
- Yastika Bhatia
- Amandeep Kaur
- Chloe Tryon
- Sajeevan Sajana
- Sanskriti Gupta
- Saika Ishaque
- Jintimani Kalita
- Sathyamoorthy Keerthana
- Akshita Maheshwari
- Parunika Sisodia
- Pooja Vastrakar
- Amelia Kerr
- Nadine de Klerk
- Shabnim Ismail
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women:
- Sophie Devine
- Sophie Molineux
- Sabbhineni Meghana
- Nuzhat Parween
- Kanika Ahuja
- Raghvi Bist
- Sneh Rana
- Asha Sobhana
- Ekta Bisht
- VJ Joshitha
- Jagravi Pawar
- Prema Rawat
- Renuka Singh
- Danni Wyatt-Hodge
- Charlie Dean
- Kim Garth
- Heather Graham
- Georgia Wareham
- Kate Cross
Delhi Capitals Women:
- Meg Lanning
- Taniya Bhatia
- Nandini Kashyap
- Sneha Deepthi
- Shikha Pandey
- Minnu Mani
- Arundhati Reddy
- Titas Sadhu
- Shree Charani
- Radha Yadav
- Sarah Bryce
- Alice Capsey
- Jess Jonassen
Gujarat Giants:
- Laura Wolvaardt
- Phoebe Litchfield
- Deandra Dottin
- Danielle Gibson
- Harleen Deol
- Bharti Fulmali
- Dayalan Hemalatha
- Simran Shaikh
- Mannat Kashyap
- Sayali Satghare
- Kashvee Gautam
- Tanuja Kanwar
- Meghna Singh
- Prakashika Naik
- Priya Mishra
- Shabnam Shakil
UP Warriorz:
- Deepti Sharma
- Alyssa Healy
- Uma Chetry
- Arushi Goel
- Poonam Khemnar
- Kiran Navgire
- Dinesh Vrinda
- Anjali Sarvani
- Kranti Gaud
- Rajeshwari Gayakwad
- Gouher Sultana
- Saima Thakor
- Chinelle Henry
- Georgia Voll
- Grace Harris
- Alana King
- Chamari Athapaththu
- Tahlia McGrath
- Sophie Ecclestone
Big Stars in WPL 2026 Mega Auction
The WPL 2026 list of released players has massive names surprisingly. Meg Lanning got released which shocked the cricket world completely. Alyssa Healy also enters the auction as a star player now.
Deepti Sharma leaves UP Warriorz after winning the player of the series in the Women’s World Cup 2025. Laura Wolvaardt won’t continue with her previous franchise either sadly. Sophie Ecclestone will be available at the auction too.
What Happens at WPL Mega Auction
The auction introduces RTM cards. Teams can buy back their released girls using these cards. Franchises made strategic choices balancing talent retention and auction money.
The released players will create massive bidding wars between teams. Mega auction promises to reshape all five team combinations completely.
