WPL 2025 retention names revealed; T20 WC winner released

The women’s Premier League (WPL) retention deadline has finally come as five teams have announced their retained and released players ahead of the mini-auction for the WPL 2025.

Thursday (November) was the extended deadline for the WPL teams to retain their players for the third season of the tournament. The defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru released seven players, and Gujarat Giants released six players. 

The inaugural WPL champions Mumbai Indians, first two editions runners-up Delhi Capitals, and UP Warriorz released four players each.

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Women's T20 World Cup winning member released

Gujarat Giants released the senior New Zealand pacer Lea Tahuhu, who was a crucial member of New Zealand’s recent trophy success in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. New Zealand Women’s leading WODI wicket-taker took three wickets against India during the group stage of the tournament.   

Among the Indian cricketers, Veda Krishnamurthy and Sneh Rana are the big names released from Gujarat Giants.  

RCB released Heather Knight and Nadine de Klerk

Talking about prominent names released by other teams, Delhi Capitals released Poonam Yadav, while Royal Challengers Bengaluru released English star Heather Knight and South African all-rounder Nadine de Klerk. 

Although Knight struggled in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, she is firing in the ongoing Women’s Big Bash League in Australia with 135 runs in three innings (average 67.50) with a strike rate of 175.32. In this tournament, she has scored 48, 28, and 58 runs, respectively. 

Also, UP Warriorz already surprised everyone after trading out the English star Danni Wyatt-Hodge to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. 

Gujarat Giants (Available Purse: INR 4.40 crores)

Released: Sneh Rana, Kathryn Bryce, Trisha Poojitha, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan, Lea Tahuhu

Retained: Beth Mooney (Captain), Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield, Ash Gardner, Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemalatha, Tanuja Kanwer, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh, Shabnam Shakil, Bharti Fulmali, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Sayali Satghare

UP Warriorz (Available Purse: INR 3.90 crores)

Released: Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, S Yashasri, Lauren Bell

Retained: Alyssa Healy (Captain), Kiran Navgire, Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Anjali Sarvani, Gouher Sultana, Poonam Khemnar, Uma Chetry, Vrinda Dinesh

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Available Purse: INR 3.25 crores)

Released: Heather Knight, Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Nadine de Klerk, Shubha Satheesh, Shraddha Pokarkar, Simran Bahadur

Retained: Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Sabbineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Traded In)

Mumbai Indians (Available Purse: INR 2.65 crores)

Released: Priyanka Bala, Humairaa Kaazi, Fatima Jadder, Isabelle Wong

Retained: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Yastika Bhatia, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Hayley Matthews, Jintimani Kalita, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Sajeevan Sajana, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaque, Amanjot Kaur, Amandeep Kaur, Keerthana

Delhi Capitals (Available Purse: INR 2.50 crores)

Released: Laura Harris, Ashwani Kumari, Poonam Yadav, Aparna Mondal

Retained: Meg Lanning (Captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniya Bhatia, Alice Capsey, Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Jess Jonassen, Titas Sadhu, Minnu Mani, Sneha Deepthi