Overview
- All five franchises confirmed retentions, with MI and DC taking five and forfeiting RTM, while RCB, GG and UPW keep RTM cards after retaining fewer players.
- MI locked in Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver‑Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur and uncapped G. Kamalini.
- DC retained Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland and Niki Prasad, and RCB kept Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh and Shreyanka Patil.
- GG held Ashleigh Gardner and Beth Mooney, and UPW kept only Shweta Sehrawat after releasing marquee names including Deepti Sharma and Alyssa Healy.
- Big auction entrants include Meg Lanning, Sophie Ecclestone, Amelia Kerr and Laura Wolvaardt; remaining purses: UPW ₹14.5 crore, GG ₹9 crore, RCB ₹6.15 crore, MI ₹5.75 crore, DC ₹5.7 crore.