WPL 2025 Retentions: Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians retain core, check full list of retained players

Teams are preparing for the third season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL), with five teams announcing their retentions ahead of the 2025 auction on Thursday. Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz have retained their key national and international stars and all teams have retained their core.

Defending champions RCB, led by Smriti Mandhana, retained their star-studded squad, as did captain Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians.

A total of 71 players have been retained, including 25 international players.

Full list of WPL 2025 reservations

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Smriti Mandhana, Sabbhineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh, Elysse Perry, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh Thakur, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt-Hodge.Players released: Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Nadine de Klerk, Shubha Satheesh, Shraddha Pokarkar, Simran Bahadur

Remaining slots: 4; Remaining wallet: Rs 3.25 million

Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur, Yastika Bhatia, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Hayley Matthews, Jintimani Kalita, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Sajeevan Sajana, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque, Amanjot Kaur, Aman Kaur, Keerthana.

Players released: Issy Wong, Fatima Jaffer, Humaira Qazi, Priyanka Bala

Slots Remaining: 4; Wallet Remaining: Rs 2.65 Crore

Delhi capital: Meg Lanning, Shafali Verma, Jemima Rodriguez, Tanya Bhatia, Alice Capsi, Annabelle Sutherland, Marissan Karp, Radha Yadav, Shikhar Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Jesse Jonathan, Titas Sadhu, Minu Mani, Sneha Deepti.

Players released: Laura Harris, Poonam Yadav, Ashwani Kumari, Aparna Mondal

Remaining Slots: 4; Wallet Remaining: Rs 250 Crore

UP warrior: Alisha Healy, Kiran Navajre, Shweta Serawat, Deepti Sharma, Chamari Attapasu, Grace Harris, Sophie Ek Reston, Talia McGrath, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Seema Thakor, Anjali Sarwani, Gul Sultana, Poonam Kemnar, Uma Chhetri, Vrinda Dinesh.

Players released: Lakshmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Lauren Bell, S Yashasri, Danny Wyatt-Hodge (traded to RCB)

Remaining Slots: 3; Wallet Remaining: Rs 3.9 Crore

Gujarati Giants: Beth Mooney/Laura Walvater/Phoebe Litchfield/Ashley Gardner/Harleen Deol/Dayaram Hemaratha/Tanuja Kanvir/Man Nath Kashyap/ Meghna Singh/ Shabnam Shakir/ Bharti Fumali/ Kashvi Gautam/ Priya Mishra/ Sayali Satkhare

Players released: Snee Rana, Riya Tahuhu, Katherine Blythe, Trisha Pugetta, Tarannum Pathan, Vinda Krishnamurthy

Slots Remaining: 4; Wallet Remaining: Rs 4.4 Crore