Overview
- All five franchises confirmed retentions, with Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals keeping the maximum five, RCB retaining four, Gujarat Giants two, and UP Warriorz just one, for a total of 17 players.
- High-profile releases swell the auction pool, including Deepti Sharma, Meg Lanning, Alyssa Healy, Sophie Ecclestone, Amelia Kerr and Laura Wolvaardt.
- Remaining purses: UP Warriorz about INR 14.5 crore, Gujarat Giants INR 9 crore, RCB INR 6.15 crore, Mumbai Indians INR 5.75 crore, and Delhi Capitals about INR 5.7 crore.
- RTM cards return for the first time in WPL: RCB have one, Gujarat Giants three and UP Warriorz four, while MI and DC have none after using all five retention slots.
- Key retentions include Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Hayley Matthews for MI; Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Marizanne Kapp and Annabel Sutherland for DC; Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh and Shreyanka Patil for RCB; Ashleigh Gardner and Beth Mooney for GG; and Shweta Sehrawat for UPW.