New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI): The list of retained players by all the franchises ahead of the next Women’s Premier League (WPL) season was announced on Thursday.
Across the five franchises, 71 players, including 25 overseas stars, have been retained, securing each team’s core lineup for the upcoming season.
A statement from WPL said, “The player retention period for the TATA Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 season officially concluded on Thursday, November 7, 2024. Across the five franchises, 71 players, including 25 overseas stars, have been retained, securing each team’s core lineup for the upcoming season.”
The full list of Players Retained and Players Released is as follows:
-Delhi Capitals (DC)
Retained Players: Alice Capsey*, Annabel Sutherland*, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen*, Marizanne Kapp*, Meg Lanning*, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, and Titas Sadhu.
Released Players: Aparna Mondal, Ashwani Kumari, Laura Harris*, and Poonam Yadav.
(*) = Overseas players
DC reached the finals of the previous season, losing to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by eight wickets.
-Gujarat Giants (GG)
Retained Players: Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney*, Bharti Fulmali, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Kashvee Gautam, Laura Wolvaardt*, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh, Phoebe Litchfield*, Priya Mishra, Sayali Satghare, Shabnam Shakil, and Tanuja Kanwer.
Released Players: Kathryn Bryce*, Lauren Cheatle*, Lea Tahuhu*, Sneh Rana, Tarannum Pathan, Trisha Poojitha, and Veda Krishnamurthy.
GG finished at the bottom of the points table last season, with two wins and six losses.
-Mumbai Indians (MI)
Retained Players: Amandeep Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews*, Jintimani Kalita, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Natalie Sciver*, Pooja Vastrakar, S. Sajana, Saika Ishaque, Shabnim Ismail*, and Yastika Bhatia.
Released Players: Fatima Jaffer, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong*, and Priyanka Bala
In the last season, the 2023 champions were eliminated by the eventual champions RCB.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Retained Players: Asha Shobana, Dani Wyatt*, Ekta Bisht, Ellyse Perry*, Georgia Wareham*, Kanika Ahuja, Kate Cross*, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, S. Meghana, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine*, and Sophie Molineux*.
Released Players: Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Shraddha Pokarkar, Shubha Satheesh, and Simran Bahadur.
RCB emerged as the champions of the WPL 2024, beating DC by eight wickets in the final.
UP Warriorz (UPW)
Retained Players: Alyssa Healy*, Anjali Sarvani, Chamari Athapaththu*, Deepti Sharma, Gouher Sultana, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Poonam Khemnar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia McGrath*, Uma Chetry, and Vrinda Dinesh.
Released Players: Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, S. Yashasri, and Lauren Bell*.
In the previous season, UP Warriorz missed out on the playoffs, finishing fourth with three wins and five losses. (ANI)
