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 highly anticipated Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 auction is confirmed to be held on December 9 in Mumbai, as announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday, November 24. Scheduled for February-March next year, the tournament will be hosted across multiple venues.

The WPL 2024 auction promises to feature some of the cricketing world’s prominent names, including Megan Schutt, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, and Sophia Dunkley. In preparation for the auctions, last month saw the WPL franchises unveil the list of retained players.

A total of 60 players, including 21 foreign players, have been retained across the five teams, while 29 players have been released. The Gujarat Giants enter the WPL 2024 auctions with the most substantial salary cap, boasting an impressive INR 5.95 crore. In contrast, the Mumbai Indians have the smallest purse, with 2.1 crore at their disposal among the five franchises. The upcoming auction is poised to shape the dynamics of the teams as they vie for top talents to strengthen their lineups.

Players Released Ahead of WPL 2024 Auctions

Delhi Capitals:

• Aparna Mondal
• Jasia Akhter
• Tara Norris

Gujarat Giants:

• Annabel Sutherland
• Ashwani Kumari
• Georgia Wareham
• Hurley Gala
• Kim Garth
• Mansi Joshi
• Monica Patel
• Parunika Sisodia
• Sabbineni Meghana
• Sophia Dunkley
• Sushma Verma

Mumbai Indians:

• Dhara Gujjar
• Heather Graham
• Neelam Bisht
• Sonam Yadav

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

• Dané Van Niekerk
• Erin Burns
• Komal Zanzad
• Megan Schutt
• Poonam Khemnar
• Preeti Bose
• Sahana Pawar

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UP Warriorz:

• Devika Vaidya
• Shabnim Ismail
• Shivali Shinde
• Simran Shaikh

Retained Players List for WPL 2024

Delhi Capitals:

• Alice Capsey
• Arundhati Reddy
• Jemimah Rodrigues
• Jess Jonassen
• Laura Harris
• Marizanne Kapp
• Meg Lanning
• Minnu Mani
• Poonam Yadav
• Radha Yadav
• Shafali Verma
• Shikha Pandey
• Sneha Deepthi
• Taniyaa Bhatia
• Titas Sadhu

Gujarat Giants:

• Ashleigh Gardner
• Beth Mooney
• Dayalan Hemalatha
• Harleen Deol
• Laura Wolvaardt
• Shabnam Shakil
• Sneh Rana
• Tanuja Kanwer

Mumbai Indians:

• Amanjot Kaur
• Amelia Kerr
• Chloe Tryon
• Harmanpreet Kaur
• Hayley Matthews
• Humairaa Kaazi
• Isabelle Wong
• Jintimani Kalita
• Natalie Sciver
• Pooja Vastrakar
• Priyanka Bala
• Saika Ishaque
• Yastika Bhatia

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

• Asha Shobana
• Disha Kasat
• Ellyse Perry
• Heather Knight
• Indrani Roy
• Kanika Ahuja
• Renuka Singh
• Richa Ghosh
• Shreyanka Patil
• Smriti Mandhana
• Sophie Devine

UP Warriorz:

• Alyssa Healy
• Anjali Sarvani
• Deepti Sharma
• Grace Harris
• Kiran Navgire
• Lauren Bell
• Laxmi Yadav
• Parshavi Chopra
• Rajeshwari Gayakwad
• S. Yashasri
• Shweta Sehrawat
• Sophie Ecclestone
• Tahlia Mcgrath

According to ESPNcricinfo, the upcoming player auction for the 2024 WPL season is scheduled to take place in Mumbai on December 9. Each of the five participating teams will have an additional purse of INR 1.5 crore (approximately US $180,228) at their disposal, in addition to any remaining balance from the previous auction and earnings from player releases.

Auction Details and Team Allocations

In this day-long auction, there are 30 slots to be filled, including nine overseas player slots. Prior to the auction, the five franchises retained a total of 60 players, including 21 overseas players, and released 29. The funds generated from player releases, along with any remaining balance from the previous auction, will be added to the fresh purse of INR 1.5 crore.

During the inaugural WPL season, teams had INR 12 crore (approximately US $1.44 million) to build their squads. Two of the five teams, namely defending champions Mumbai Indians and UP Warriorz, had fully utilized their budgets. The remaining three teams, Gujarat Giants had INR 5 lakhs (approximately US $6007), Delhi Capitals had INR 35 lakhs (approximately US $42,053), and Royal Challengers Bangalore had INR 10 lakhs (approximately US $12,015) remaining.

Among these teams, Gujarat Giants, who finished at the bottom of the points table last season, released almost half of their squad and will have the highest purse of INR 5.95 crore (approximately US $714,904), with ten slots available to be filled, including three overseas players. UP Warriorz, who finished mid-table, have INR 4 crore (approximately US $480,608) to fill up five slots, including one overseas player. They are followed by Royal Challengers Bangalore, who finished fourth, with INR 3.35 crore (approximately US $402,509) to fill seven slots, including three overseas players.

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Delhi Capitals, the runner-up from the previous season, will have INR 2.25 crore (approximately US $270,342) to fill three slots, including one overseas player. Mumbai Indians will have the smallest purse among the five franchises, INR 2.1 crore (approximately US $252,319), to fill five slots, including one overseas player.

The WPL experienced immediate success in its inaugural season, with top players from around the world participating, with the exception of players from Pakistan. The tournament consisted of 22 matches and was held at three venues in Mumbai. As of now, the BCCI has not communicated the tournament dates for the second edition, and it is unclear whether the tournament will follow the home-and-away format across multiple venues or take place in a single city, similar to the previous season.

At last year’s auction, seven players received bids as high as INR 2 crore, and three players surpassed the INR 3-crore mark, including Smriti Mandhana (INR 3.4 crore), Ashleigh Gardner (INR 3.2 crore), and Nat Sciver-Brunt (INR 3.2 crore).