Delhi Capitals (DC) are all set to launch skipper Meg Lanning forward of the Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) 2026, sources advised India As we speak. The franchise has reportedly retained Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, and Niki Prasad forward of the public sale scheduled for November 27 in New Delhi.
DC have determined to not retain Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, and N Shree Charani, all of whom have been a part of India’s squad that gained the Ladies’s World Cup on November 2, defeating South Africa by 52 runs within the last on the Dr DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
Lanning’s departure means the Capitals will want a brand new captain for the upcoming season. The Australian led DC to the ultimate in all three editions of the WPL however completed runners-up every time — shedding to Mumbai Indians in 2023 and 2025, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2024.
Lanning is at the moment the third-highest run-scorer in WPL historical past, amassing 952 runs in 27 matches at a mean of 39.66 and a strike price of 127.10, together with 9 fifties and a high rating of 92. After being launched, it stays to be seen if she joins one other franchise within the upcoming public sale.
Among the many launched gamers, N Shree Charani was thought-about unfortunate, having been one of many breakout stars of the World Cup with 14 wickets in 9 matches at an economic system price of 4.96, together with a three-wicket haul.
The Capitals additionally launched Scotland wicketkeeper Sarah Bryce, and Uttarakhand batter Nandini Kashyap, who have been picked in final 12 months’s public sale. For the upcoming season, the main target shall be on Marizanne Kapp, who destroyed England with a five-wicket haul within the World Cup semi-final, and Annabel Sutherland, one of many brightest younger all-rounders in world cricket.
Shafali Verma starred for India within the World Cup last, scoring 87 runs and taking the important thing wickets of Kapp and Sune Luus.
The WPL 2026 season is predicted to start within the first week of January, although official dates are but to be introduced.
Delhi Capitals retained gamers
Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Niki Prasad
Launched gamers: Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jess Jonassen, Meg Lanning, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniya Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, N Shree Charani, Nandini Kashyap, Sarah Bryce
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