The participant retention listing for the 2026 version of the Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) is ready to be launched on Thursday, shortly after the conclusion of the fourth T20I between India and Australia in Gold Coast, Queensland.
IANS understands that every one 5 franchises have submitted their closing retained gamers’ listing on the deadline day slated for Wednesday, with a number of high-profile names anticipated to function within the retained pool and plenty of of them going into the mega public sale, to be held in New Delhi on November 27.
“As soon as the lads’s T20I recreation is over, the WPL retention shall be recognized formally,” mentioned a supply conscious of the event.
Every franchise shall be allowed to retain a most of three capped Indian gamers, two abroad gamers, and two uncapped Indian gamers. If a staff chooses to retain 5 gamers, no less than one have to be an uncapped Indian participant. The public sale purse has been set at INR 15 crore.
Retention slabs have been outlined as follows: INR 3.5 crore for Participant 1, INR 2.5 crore for Participant 2, INR 1.75 crore for Participant 3, INR 1 crore for Participant 4, and INR 50 lakh for Participant 5. The Proper to Match (RTM) choice will allow franchises to purchase again gamers who have been a part of their 2025 WPL squads, with a cap of 5 RTMs per staff.
Relying on the variety of retained gamers, the corresponding deductions from the purse shall be: INR 9.25 crore for 5 gamers, INR 8.75 crore for 4, INR 7.75 crore for 3, INR 6 crore for 2, and INR 3.5 crore for one.
The variety of RTMs obtainable will fluctuate accordingly – franchises retaining fewer gamers could have extra RTMs at their disposal. Groups utilizing all 5 retentions will forfeit the RTM choice solely.
IANS understands that latest ODI World Cup winners Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, and Niki Prasad, India’s captain in successful the U19 Ladies’s T20 World Cup, may very well be retained alongside abroad all-rounders Marizanne Kapp and Annabel Sutherland. It additionally implies that a number of instances World Cup successful Australian skipper Meg Lanning is on her approach to enter the mega public sale.
Whereas Gujarat Giants are set to retain the Australia duo of Ashleigh Gardner and Beth Mooney, UP Warriorz might solely retain Shweta Sehrawat, the main run-getter in 2023 U19 Ladies’s T20 World Cup successful marketing campaign for India.
This company understands that Deepti Sharma, who not too long ago picked the Participant of the Event award in ODI World Cup, is on her approach to the public sale after refusing to proceed in UP Warriorz, a facet she led in WPL 2025 within the absence of present Australia captain Alyssa Healy.
Present champions Mumbai Indians are more likely to retain Harmanpreet Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Nat Sciver-Brunt, and G Kamalini. It is going to be attention-grabbing to see if both of Hayley Matthews or Amelia Kerr is the opposite abroad retained participant.
2024 winners Royal Challengers Bengaluru are more likely to retain ODI World Cup winners Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh alongside fellow India team-mate Shreyanka Patil, whereas Australia’s star all-rounder Ellyse Perry is likely to be their lone abroad retention.