A total of 17 players were retained by five Women’s Premier League (WPL) teams on Thursday (November 6) ahead of the upcoming WPL 2026 mega auctions. While the likes of Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma were retained by their previous teams, Deepti Sharma and Laura Wolvaardt – the two top performers in the final of the recently concluded ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 – were not retained by UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants, respectively.

In addition to them, Meg Lanning, who led Delhi Capitals to back-to-back three WPL finals, Amelia Kerr, who is the second-highest wicket-taker in WPL history, Renuka Thakur, Alyssa Healy and Sophie Ecclestone have also been retained by their franchises.

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