Indian World Cup-winning stars Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma are some of the stars likely to be retained by their respective franchises ahead of next year’s Women’s Premier League (WPL) season.

Aussie stars Meg Lanning (Delhi Capitals), Alyssa Healy (UP Warriorz), and New Zealand star all-rounder Amelia Kerr (Mumbai Indians) are just a few who are likely to enter the auction pool after being released by their respective franchises, as per ESPNCricinfo. Also, the World Cup ‘Player of the Tournament’, Deepti Sharma, who led UP Warriorz in Healy’s absence this year, is likely to be released by the franchises.

As per ESPNCricinfo, two teams, the defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) and Delhi Capitals (DC), have retained five players, the maximum li

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