WPL auction date announced, players' fate will be decided on this day

WPL 2024: The date of Tata Women's Premier League (WPL) 2024 auction has been announced. This time the auction of players for the Women's Premier League will be held on December 9 in Mumbai. Let us tell you that for the next season of the league, five franchises have retained 60 players, which also includes 21 foreign players. At the same time, 29 players were released from their current team.

WPL is special in many ways

The Women's Premier League was started in the year 2023. This league, started on the lines of IPL, is the first league in the world in which the auction of women players was held. The biggest feature of the Women's Premier League was that many big players from all over the world participated in the very first season of this league. Mumbai Indians team was successful in winning the title of the first season of Women's IPL. In the final it defeated Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets.

🥁 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐬!

🔨 #TATAWPL Auction

🗓️ 9th December 2023

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— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) November 24, 2023

List of players retained and released before the auction

Delhi Capitals-

Retained players: Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Laura Harris, Marijne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali 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, Daylan Hemlata, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakeel, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar.

Released players: Annabel Sutherland, Ashwani Kumari, Georgia Wareham, Hurley Gala, Kim Garth, Mansi Joshi, Monica Patel, Parunika Sisodia, Sabbineni Meghna, Sophia Dunkley, Sushma Verma.

Mumbai Indians-

Retained players: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Mathews, Humaira Kazi, Isabelle Wong, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaq, Yastika Bhatia.

Players released: Dhara Gujjar, Heather Graham, Neelam Bisht, Sonam Yadav.

Royal Challengers Bangalore-

Retained players: Asha Shobhana, Disha Cassatt, Ellyse Pari, Heather Knight, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine.

Released players: Dane Van Niekerk, Erin Burns, Komal Janjad, Megan Schutt, 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.

Released players: Devika Vaidya, Shabnim Ismail, Shivli Shinde, Simran Shaikh.