Teams allowed to retain up to 5 players ahead of WPL 2026 Auction: Reports

A maximum of five players can be retained by the Women's Premier League (WPL) franchises ahead of the upcoming 2026 auction. According to the governing council, the five franchises can use direct retention or Right to Match (RTM) options, as reported by Cricbuzz on Monday, November 3.

As per the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)'s guidelines, a franchise can retain a maximum of three capped Indian players and two foreign players. If a team retains a maximum of five players, one of them should be an uncapped player, the report added.

Notably, the maximum purse allotted to each team to rebuild the 2026 squad is ₹15 crore. The players will be valued under slabs of ₹3.5 crore, ₹2.5 crore, ₹1.75 crore, ₹1 crore, and ₹50 lakh (uncapped player) from one to five, respectively.

If a franchise retains five players, ₹9.25 crore would be deducted from the total purse, leaving them with ₹5.75 crore at the WPL 2026 auction.

The deadline day for the franchises to submit their retention lists is November 5. The last day for player registration is November 18, while the final list of players will be released on November 20. Notably, the WPL 2026 auction is likely to be held in the last week of November.

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Full list of squads from WPL 2025

RCB: Nuzhat Parween, Joshitha Vj, Richa Ghosh, Danni Wyatt, Kanika Ahuja, Sabbineni Meghana, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Shreyanka Patil, Ellyse Perry, Prema Rawat, Smriti Mandhana, Georgia Wareham, Raghvi Bist, Sophie Devine, Jagravi Pawar, Renuka Singh, Sophie Molineux.

MI: Akshita Maheshwari, Harmanpreet Kaur, Parunika Sisodia, Amandeep Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Saika Ishaque, Amanjot Kaur, Jintimani Kalita, Sajeevan Sajana, Amelia Kerr, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Sanskriti Gupta, Chloe Tryon, Nadine De Klerk, Shabnim Ismail, G Kamalini, Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Yastika Bhatia.

UP Warriorz: Alana King, Gouher Sultana, Saima Thakor, Alyssa Healy, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Anjali Sarvani, Kiran Navgire, Sophie Ecclestone, Arushi Goel, Kranti Goud, Tahlia McGrath, Chamari Athapaththu, Poonam Khemnar, Uma Chetry, Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Vrinda Dinesh.

GG: Ashleigh Gardner, Harleen Deol, Prakashika Naik, Beth Mooney, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Bharti Fulmali, Laura Wolvaardt, Sayali Satchare, Danielle Gibson, Mannat Kashyap, Shabnam Shakil, Dayalan Hemalatha, Meghna Singh, Simran Shaikh, Deandra Dottin, Phoebe Litchfield, Tanuja Kanwer.

DC: Alice Capsey, Meg Lanning, Sarah Bryce, Annabel Sutherland, Minnu Mani, Shafali Verma, Arundhati Reddy, N Charani, Shikha Pandey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Nandini Kashyap, Sneha Deepthi, Jess Jonassen, Niki Prasad, Taniyaa Bhatia, Marchizanne Kapp, Radha Yadav, Titas Sadhu.