Overview
- Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals used all five retention slots, with MI keeping Nat Sciver‑Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur and G Kamalini, and DC retaining Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland and Niki Prasad, leaving purses of about Rs 5.75 crore and Rs 5.7 crore and no RTMs.
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru held their core of Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh and Shreyanka Patil, entering the auction with Rs 6.15 crore and one Right‑to‑Match card.
- Gujarat Giants kept Ashleigh Gardner and Beth Mooney, will bid with Rs 9 crore, and released Laura Wolvaardt, Phoebe Litchfield and others into the pool.
- UP Warriorz retained only Shweta Sehrawat, released Deepti Sharma, Alyssa Healy and Sophie Ecclestone, and will bid with Rs 14.5 crore as head coach Abhishek Nayar framed the move as a deliberate reset using multiple RTMs.
- The mega auction is set for November 27 in Delhi’s Aerocity with a Rs 15 crore purse per team, prescribed retention price slabs and the WPL’s first use of RTM cards, with marquee names like Meg Lanning and Amelia Kerr available.