Overview
- The BCCI has set a one-day WPL 2026 auction for November 27 at a hotel in Aerocity, New Delhi.
- Following the November 5 retention deadline, reports say Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals kept five players each, Royal Challengers Bengaluru retained four, Gujarat Giants two, and UP Warriorz one.
- Star names reportedly retained include Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma, while Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning and Deepti Sharma are among the notable releases.
- Each team enters the auction with an INR 15 crore purse, with retention slabs of ₹3.5 crore, ₹2.5 crore, ₹1.75 crore, ₹1 crore and ₹50 lakh deducted from that total.
- Right-to-Match returns for this auction, though outlets differ on whether teams that retained five players are barred from using RTM cards.