The recent Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 auction in Bengaluru included 124 players, 91 domestic and 29 overseas players under the hammer. The mini-auction prompted numerous teams to restructure their squads with a mix of retained and newly acquired players, paving the way for an interesting battle.

The 2025 WPL auction has concluded, and clubs like Royal Challengers Bengaluru, UP Warriorz, Mumbai Indians, Gujarat Giants, and Delhi Capitals, among others, are refining their squad compositions.

The finalised squads include youth, experience, and local and foreign quality, improving the tournament's competitiveness. With star players joining new teams and fresh talent ready to make their mark, fans eagerly anticipate thrilling performances and intense rivalries this season. That being stated, here's a ranking of all the WPL 2025 teams.

After the memorable high-budget mega auction for the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025), we are now moving to the mini-auction for the Women’s Premier League 2025 (WPL 2025). The WPL 2025 will be the third edition of the Women’s Premier League.

Five teams, the defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru, inaugural WPL champions Mumbai Indians, two-time WPL runners-up Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants, and UP Warriorz are the participating teams for the WPL 2025. 

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What is the WPL 2025 mini-auction?

Just like the Indian Premier League (IPL), which organises the mini-auctions for the next few seasons after a mega-auction, WPL 2025 will also host a similar mini-auction. All five participating teams will battle to secure a player with the highest bid. 

When and where will the WPL 2025 mini-auction be organised? 

Bengaluru will host the WPL 2025 mini-auction on December 15, 2024. It will begin at 15:00 IST.

What is the complete purse value for each team?

Each team has a complete purse value of INR 15 crore, INR 1.50 crore more than the previous edition. After spending amounts to the retained players, the franchise can buy players from the upcoming auction with their remaining purse value. 

What is the remaining purse value for each team before the WPL 2025 auction?

• Gujarat Giants: INR 4.40 crore
• UP Warriorz: INR 3.90 crore
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru: INR 3.25 crore
• Mumbai Indians: INR 2.65 crore
• Delhi Capitals: INR 2.50 crore

How many players were released before the upcoming mini-auction?

A total of 26 players were released by the five teams before the upcoming mini-auction.

• Gujarat Giants released 7 players
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru released 7 players
• UP Warriorz released 4 players
• Mumbai Indians released 4 players
• Delhi Capitals released 4 players
  

How many slots are available to be filled in the upcoming mini-auction?

There are 19 slots available for the upcoming mini-auction for the WPL 2025.

What are the team composition rules?

WPL doesn’t have the impact player rule, while each team can field a maximum of five overseas players in a WPL match, including the fifth one must be from an Associate Member. 

What is the information about the final auction shortlist?

The BCCI has revealed that over 400 players registered their names, but the board has set a list of 120 names for the final auction after the franchises’ inputs. 

How many Indian players are on the final auction list for the WPL 2025 mini-auction?

Among the 120 shortlisted names for the final auction, 91 players are Indians, including nine capped players. 

How many overseas players are on the final auction list for the WPL 2025 mini-auction?

Among the 120 shortlisted names for the final auction, 29 players are overseas, including three from Associate Members. 

Who is the oldest player for the WPL 2025 mini-auction?

The 34-year-old Australian batter Laura Harris is the oldest in the WPL 2025 mini-auction. 

Who is the youngest player for the WPL 2025 mini-auction?

The 14-year-old Indian cricketers Anshu Nagar and Ira Jadhav are the youngest players in the WPL 2025 mini-auction. 

What is the timeline for the WPL 2025 tournament?

It is expected that the WPL 2025 can begin nearly the third week of January 2025. So, we can expect that the Final can be played in early February 2025. 

After the mind-blowing two-day mega auction for the IPL 2025, the Women’s Premier League 2025 (WPL 2025) mini auction date has been revealed. 

The WPL 2025 extended retention deadline was November 7. A total of 25 players were released by five teams. Before the retention deadline, English cricketer Danni Wyatt-Hodge was traded from UP Warriorz to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. It was the only trade ahead of the WPL 2025 mini-auction.

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WPL 2025: Mini-auction date

Now, we will experience the WPL 2025 mini-auction on December 15. Bengaluru will host the WPL 2025 mini-auction. For the WPL 2025 mini-auction, each team has INR 15 crore purse, INR 1.5 crore more than the WPL 2024 (INR 13.5 crore).

West Indies legend Deandra Dottin, English captain Heather Knight, and New Zealand legend Lea Tahuhu are some of the top names who will go on the bidding war in the forthcoming mini-auction. Talking about the key Indian names, we can see Sneh Rana, Poonam Yadav, Veda Krishnamurthy, etc.

Teams have the remaining purses in the range between INR 4.40 crores and INR 2.50 crores. While Gujarat Giants have INR 4.40 crore for the mini-auction, UP Warriorz will start the mini-auction with INR 3.90 crore. Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Mumbai Indians, and Delhi Capitals have remaining purses of INR 3.25 crore, INR 2.65 crore, and INR 2.50 crore, respectively. 

WPL 2025 timeline

WPL 2025 will be the third edition of the Women's Premier League. Mumbai Indians won the inaugural edition in 2023, while Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the WPL 2024 and will play in the next edition as the defending champions. Delhi Capitals reached the first two WPL finals but lost both and finished as the runners-up in both editions. 

WPL 2025 will be played between February and March 2025. While Mumbai hosted the entire WPL 2023, Bengaluru and New Delhi hosted the WPL 2024. The new venues for the WPL will be introduced slowly. Although WPL 2025 will run between February and March, it will run between January and February 2026, according to the new Future Tour Programme cycle (2025-2029).

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