Overview
- Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals kept five players each, RCB retained four, Gujarat Giants two, and UP Warriorz one, for a total of 17 retentions across the league.
- MI held onto Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver‑Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur and G. Kamalini with Rs 5.75 crore left, while DC retained Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland and Niki Prasad with Rs 5.70 crore remaining.
- RCB retained Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh and Shreyanka Patil and will carry one RTM with a Rs 6.15 crore purse; Gujarat kept Ashleigh Gardner and Beth Mooney with Rs 9 crore and three RTMs; UP retained only Shweta Sehrawat with Rs 14.5 crore and four RTMs.
- High‑profile releases include Deepti Sharma, Meg Lanning, Alyssa Healy, Sophie Ecclestone, Amelia Kerr and Laura Wolvaardt, swelling a deep auction pool.
- WPL rules cap each team’s auction purse at Rs 15 crore before retention deductions with price slabs of Rs 3.5cr, 2.5cr, 1.75cr, 1.0cr and 0.5cr, and introduce the Right‑to‑Match option for WPL 2026.