WPL Auction 2024: The day has come for the player auction for the Women’s Indian Premier League’s second season, or WPL 2024. The players for the tournament will be put up for auction today, December 9, in Mumbai.
The Women’s Premier League, also referred to as the Women’s Indian Premier League second season, will be auctioned off today, December 9. With five teams, this event was quite popular in its first season and is now getting ready for a second.
The Mumbai Indians, captained by Harmanpreet Kaur, won the opening game in the inaugural season. Now, 165 female players will participate in the auction for the tournament’s second edition.
As these gifted athletes prepare to join various teams and showcase their abilities in what looks to be another exciting season of women’s cricket, excitement is in the air. As the Women’s Premier League auction draws closer, mark your calendars to support your preferred squads and athletes!
WPL Auction 2024: Player auction list
Nevertheless, just thirty spots are up for grabs among the five teams. Among the 165 players, 104 are from India and 61 are from other countries. There are 109 uncapped players and 56 capped players in total. The remaining 17.65 crores of Indian rupees are available to the five teams for player acquisition.
WPL Auction 2024: When Women’s Premier League 2024 auction will start?- Time
The auction for the second season of the Women’s Premier League, WPL 2024, is all set to kick off today, Saturday, December 9th, at 2:30 PM in Mumbai.
WPL Auction 2024: Team
It’s noteworthy that a total of five teams are participating in the tournament. In the first season played in 2023, five teams were also part of the action. Once again, five teams will grace the field, featuring Delhi Capitals Women, UP Warriors, Royal Challengers Women, Gujarat Giants, and the defending champions Mumbai Indians Women.
WPL Auction 2024: Where to watch live on TV?
The auction for WPL 2024 will be live-streamed for free on the Sports 18 network channel, as well as on the JioCinema app and website.
WPL 2024 Auction: Player retention list
the five WPL franchises were retained & released from the squad:
Mumbai Indians (MI) Squads
Retained Players: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia
Released Players: Dhara Gujjar, Heather Graham, Neelam Bisht, Sonam Yadav
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Squads
Retained Players: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine
Released Players: Dané Van Niekerk, Erin Burns, Komal Zanzad, Megan Schutt, Poonam Khemnar, Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar
Gujarat Giants (GG) Squads
Retained Players: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer
Released Players: Annabel Sutherland, Ashwani Kumari, Georgia Wareham, Hurley Gala, Kim Garth, Mansi Joshi, Monica Patel, Parunika Sisodia, Sabbineni Meghana, Sophia Dunkley, Sushma Verma
UP Warriorz (UPW) Squads
Retained Players: Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S. Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia Mcgrath
Released Players: Devika Vaidya, Shabnim Ismail, Shivali Shinde, Simran Shaikh
Delhi Capitals (DC) Squads
Retained Players: Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Laura Harris, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu
Released Players: Aparna Mondal, Jasia Akhter, Tara Norris
