The Women’s Premier League (WPL) franchises, on Monday, September 28, announced the players retained and released for the upcoming WPL 2027 season after the conclusion of the player retention window.
A total of 63 players, including 23 overseas cricketers, have been retained by the five franchises. Notably, 27 slots, including 7 overseas slots, remain available ahead of the auction, which will take place in Kochi on Wednesday, October 28.
On that note, let’s take a look at players retained and released by all five franchises.
The full list of Players Retained and Released is as follows:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Retained: Smriti Mandhana, Georgia Voll, Lauren Bell, Nadine de Klerk, Ellyse Perry, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Prathyusha Kumar, Prema Rawat, Radha Yadav, Richa Ghosh, Sayali Satghare, Shreyanka Patil.
Released: Grace Harris, Linsey Smith, D Hemalatha, Gautami Nayak.
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Retained: Jemimah Rodrigues, Chinelle Henry, Laura Wolvaardt, Marizanne Kapp, Lucy Hamilton, Annabel Sutherland, Deeya Yadav, Mamatha Madiwala, Minnu Mani, N Shree Charani, Nandani Sharma, Niki Prasad, Shafali Verma.
Released: Alana King, Lizelle Lee, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia, Pragati Singh, Eddla Srujana.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Retained: Harmanpreet Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Nicola Carey, Amanjot Kaur, S Sajana, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Vaishnavi Sharma, Rahila Firdous.
Released: Milly Illingworth, G Kamalini, Kranthi Reddy, Poonam Khemnar, Saika Ishaque, Triveni Vasistha.
Gujarat Giants (GG)
Retained: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Sophie Devine, Anushka Sharma, Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Bharti Fulmali, Kanika Ahuja, Kashvee Gautam, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Happy Kumari, Jintimani Kalita, Renuka Singh, Tanuja Kanwar, Yastika Bhatia.
Released: Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Ayushi Soni, Titas Sadhu, Shivani Singh.
UP Warriorz (UPW)
Retained: Meg Lanning, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Ecclestone, Tara Norris, Deepti Sharma, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Kranti Gaud, Shikha Pandey, Shipra Giri, Simran Shaikh.
Released: Amy Jones, Charli Knott, Chloe Tryon, Deandra Dottin, Asha Sobhana, G Trisha, Kiran Navgire, Shweta Sehrawat, Suman Meena
