Women’s Premier League (WPL) The franchise has decided to retain all its marquee players. in the second season also Harmanpreet Kaur Meg Lanning will play for Mumbai Indians, Meg Lanning will play for Delhi Capitals and Smriti Mandhana will play for Royal Challengers Bangalore only. The five franchises had only time till October 15 to ‘retain’ players for WPL 2024.
Mumbai won the first title
The five franchises have retained 60 players, including 21 foreign cricketers, while 29 have been retired. Apart from Harmanpreet Kaur, the Mumbai team has retained Haley Mathews, Yastika Bhatia, Natalie Sciver Brunt, Amelia Kerr and Isabelle Wong. Delhi team has retained 15 players. At the same time, UP Warriors have kept their core group the same.
List of retained and dropped players of 5 WPL teams
Delhi Capitals
Retained players: Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Laura Harris, Marianne Capp, Meg Lanning, Meenu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shefali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepti, Tanya Bhatia, Titas Sadhu.
Released players: Aparna Mandal, Jasia Akhtar, Tara Norris.
gujarat giants
Retained players: Ashley Gardner, Beth Mooney, D Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakeel, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar.
Released players: Annabel Sutherland, Ashwini Kumari, Georgia Wareham, Hurley Gala, Kim Garth, Mansi Joshi, Monica Patel, Parunika Sisodia, S Meghna, Sophia Dunkley, Sushma Verma.
Mumbai Indians
Retained players: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Humaira Kazi, Isabelle Wong, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaq, Yastika Bhatia.
Release Player: Dhara Gujjar, Heather Graham, Neelam Bisht, Sonam Yadav.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained players: Asha Shobhana, Disha Cassatt, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine.
Released players: Dane Van Niekerk, Erin Burns, Komal Zanzad, Megan Shutt, Poonam Khemnar, Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar.
UP Warriors
Retained players: Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarwani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell, Lakshmi Yadav, Parshvi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, S. Yashashree, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath.
Release Player: Devika Vaidya, Shabnam Ismail, Shivli Shinde, Simran Shaikh.