The Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) retentions are lastly right here with all 5 franchises making some daring calls forward of the mega public sale earlier than the 2026 season. Some huge names have been retained whereas there have been fairly a couple of surprises with UP Warriorz stunning everybody with their technique.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals have been the one two groups to make use of the complete quota and retain 5 gamers, which additionally included an uncapped star. Season 2 winners Royal Challengers Bengaluru retained their predominant core of Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry and Shreyanka Patil.
MI retained India’s World Cup-winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur, however she was the second retention for the franchisewith England skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt taking the highest spot. Gujarat Giants determined to retain two abroad gamers within the type of Ashleigh Gardner and Beth Mooney. When it got here to the UP Warriorz, they only retained the uncapped Shweta Sehrawat, whereas releasing the likes of Deepti Sharma and Sophie Ecclestone, amongst others.
With this in thoughts, let’s check out the gamers retained and launched by every franchise.
WPL 2026: Full listing of retentions and releases
Mumbai Indians
Retained gamers: Nat-Sciver Brunt (Rs. 3.5 Cr), Harmanpreet Kaur (Rs. 2.5 Cr), Hayley Matthews (Rs. 1.75 Cr), Amanjot Kaur (INR 1 Cr), G Kamalini (Rs. 50 lakh).
Launched gamers: Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Akshita Maheshwari, Amandeep Kaur, Jintimani Kalita, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Sajeevan Sanjana, Sanskriti Gupta, Yastika Bhatia, Parunika Sisodia, Saika Ishaque, Shabnim Ismail.
Delhi Capitals
Retained gamers: Jemimah Rodrigues (Rs. 2.2 Cr), Shafali Verma (Rs. 2.2 Cr), Annabel Sutherland (Rs. 2.2 Cr), Marizanne Kapp (Rs. 2.2 Cr), Niki Prasad (Rs. 50 lakh).
Launched gamers: Meg Lanning, Sneha Deepthi, Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jess Jonassen, Minnu Mani, N Charani, Shikha Pandey, Nandini Kashyap, Sarah Bryce, Taniyaa Bhatia, Radha Yadav, Titas Sadhu.
Gujarat Giants
Retained gamers: Ashleigh Gardner (Rs. 3.5 Cr), Beth Mooney (Rs. 2.5 Cr).
Launched gamers: Bharti Fulmali, Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Simran Shaikh, Danielle Gibson, Dayalan Hemalatha, Deandra Dottin, Harleen Deol, Sayali Satghare, Tanuja Kanwer, Kashvee Gautham, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh, Prakashika Naik, Priya Mishra, Shabnam Shakil.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Retained gamers: Smriti Mandhana (Rs. 3.5 Cr), Richa Ghosh (Rs. 2.75 Cr), Ellyse Perry (Rs. 2 Cr), Shreyanka Patil (Rs. 60 lakh).
Launched gamers: Danni Wyatt, Sabbineni Meghana, Charlie Dean, Georgia Wareham, Heather Graham, Joshitha VJ, Kanika Ahuja, Kim Garth, Prema Rawat, Raghvi Bist, Sneh Rana, Nuzhat Parween, Ekta Bisht, Jagravi Pawar, Renuka Singh.
UP Warriors
Retained gamers: Shweta Sehrawat (Rs. 50 Lakh)
Launched gamers: Arushi Goel, Georgia Voll, Kiran Navgire, Vrinda Dinesh, Chinelle Henry, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kranti Gaud, Poonam Khemnar, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Uma Chetry, Alana King, Anjali Sarvani, Gouher Sultana, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor.
WPL 2026: Remaining purse and RTMs out there
Royal Challengers Bengaluru – 6.15 Cr (1 RTM)
Mumbai Indians – 5.75 Cr (0 RTM)
Delhi Capitals – 5.7 Cr (0 RTM)
Gujarat Giants – 9 Cr (3 RTMs)
UP Warriorz – 14.5 Cr (4 RTMs)
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