Delhi Capitals introduced their listing of retained gamers on November 5, forward of the Ladies’s Premier League 2026 mega public sale scheduled for November 27 in New Delhi. The 2025 version marked the third event the place Delhi Capitals completed as runners-up within the match. India’s 2025 Ladies’s World Cup champions Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma have been retained for INR 2.2 crore every. South African all-rounder Marizanne Kapp, who has featured for the franchise in all three seasons alongside Jemimah and Shafali, has additionally been retained for INR 2.2 crore as the primary abroad decide.
Annabel Sutherland has been retained because the second abroad participant. Her retention worth for WPL 2026 stands at INR 2.2 crore. Sutherland turns into the fourth retained participant, and per the slab guidelines, she has been signed for INR 1 crore. She had beforehand been incomes INR 2 crore after becoming a member of the franchise from Gujarat Giants following the conclusion of the inaugural WPL season.
DC Plans
Beneath the mega-auction laws, a staff retaining 5 gamers should embody at the least one uncapped Indian cricketer. Delhi Capitals have opted to proceed with India’s former Beneath-19 T20 World Cup-winning captain Niki Prasad. The decrease middle-order batter has been retained for INR 50 lakh on this class.
Some of the notable developments is the absence of Meg Lanning from the retention listing. The previous Australian captain is the franchise’s main run-scorer and was liable for guiding the staff to a few consecutive finals. Lanning has collected 952 runs in 27 matches at a strike charge of 127.10. Her availability within the public sale provides a serious storyline to the upcoming bidding conflict, and it stays to be seen whether or not Delhi Capitals will try to carry her again in the course of the bidding.
Delhi Capitals Ladies Retained Gamers for WPL 2026
Sr. No. , Participant Identify | Participant Kind Retained Value
Jemimah Rodrigues | Indian | INR 2.2 crore
Shafali Verma Indian | INR 2.2 crore
Marizanne Kapp Abroad | INR 2.2 crore
Annabel Sutherland | Abroad | INR 2.2 crore
Niki Prasad Uncapped | INR 50 lakh
Retained Gamers: Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Niki Prasad
Remaining Purse: INR 5.70 crore
Delhi Capitals have topped the league desk in every of the previous three WPL seasons. Regardless of avoiding the Eliminator each time, they’ve fallen quick in all three finals. They had been defeated by Mumbai Indians Ladies twice, by seven wickets in 2023 and by eight runs in 2025, and by Royal Challengers Bengaluru Ladies by eight wickets in 2024.