A total of 67 players were sold in the auction held for the 2026 edition of the Women’s Premier League, which includes 23 foreign players. The most expensive became Deepti Sharma, who was bought by UP Warriors for Rs 3.2 crore using RTM. Amelia Kerr is the most expensive foreign player, who returned home to Mumbai Indians. A total of Rs 40.8 crore was spent on 67 players in the auction. UP Warriors had the most money, so they bought the most expensive players. Which team has bought which player at what price in the auction.

Delhi Capitals

1. Chinley Henry – 1.3 crores
2. Charani – 1.3 crores
3. Laura Wolvaardt – 1.1 crores
4. Sneh Rana – 50 lakhs
5. Minnu Mani- 40 lakhs
6. Liezel Lee- 30 lakhs
7. Tania Bhatia- 30 lakhs
8. Nandani Sharma- 20 lakhs
9. Diya Yadav – 10 lakhs
10. Mamta Madiwala- 10 lakhs
11. Lucy Hamilton- 10 lakhs

gujarat giants

1. Sophie Devine – 2 crores
2. Georgia Wareham – 1 crore
3. Bharti Phoolmali- 75 lakhs
4. Kashvi Gautam – 65 lakhs
5. Renuka Singh- 60 lakhs
6. Kim Garth- 50 lakhs
7. Yastika Bhatia- 50 lakhs
8. Daniel Wyatt – 50 lakhs
9. Tanuja Kanwar- 45 lakhs
10. Anushka Sharma- 45 lakhs
11. Rajeshwari Gaikwad- 40 lakhs
12. Titas Sadhu – 30 lakhs
13. Kanika Ahuja- 30 lakhs
14. Ayushi Soni- 30 lakhs
15. Happy Kumari- 10 lakhs
16. Shivani Singh- 10 lakhs

Mumbai Indians

1. Amelia Kerr- 3 crores
2. Sajeevan Sanjana – 75 lakhs
3. Shabnam Ismail- 60 lakhs
4. Nicola Carey- 30 lakhs
5. Saika Ishaq – 30 lakhs
6. Sanskriti Gupta- 20 lakhs
7. Triveni Vashishtha – 20 lakhs
8. Rahila Firdous- 10 lakhs
9. Poonam Khemnar- 10 lakhs
10. Nalla Reddy- 10 lakhs
11. Millie Lillingworth- 10 lakhs

Royal Challengers Bangalore

1. Lauren Bell- 90 lakhs
2. Pooja Vastrakar- 85 lakhs
3. Arundhati Reddy- 75 lakhs
4. Grace Harris- 75 lakhs
5. Nadine De Klerk- 65 lakhs
6. Radha Yadav- 65 lakhs
7. Georgia Wall- 60 lakhs
8. Linsey Smith- 30 lakhs
9. Dayalan Hemlata- 30 lakhs
10. Prema Rawat- 20 lakhs
11. Gautami Naik- 10 lakhs
12. Pratyusha Kumar- 10 lakhs

UP Warriors

1. Deepti Sharma- 3.2 crores
2. Shikha Pandey – 2.4 crores
3. Mag Lanning – 1.9 crores
4. Phoebe Lichfield- 1.2 crores
5. Asha Sobhana – 1.1 crore
6. Sophie Ecclestone- 85 lakhs
7. Diandra Dottin- 80 lakhs
8. Kiran Navgire- 60 lakhs
9. Harleen Deol- 50 lakhs
10. Kranti Gaur – 50 lakhs
11. Pratika Rawal – 50 lakhs
12. Chloe Tryon- 30 lakhs
13. Shipra Giri – 10 lakhs
14. Simran Shaikh- 10 lakhs
15. Tara Norris- 10 lakhs
16. Suman Meena- 10 lakhs
17. Yes Trisha- 10 lakhs

5 most expensive players in WPL 2026 auction

• Deepti Sharma (UPW) – 3.5 crore (50 lakh base price)
• Amelia Kerr (MI) – 3 crore (50 lakh base price)
• Shikha Pandey (UPW) – 2.4 crore (40 lakh base price)
• Sophie Devine (GG)- 2 crore (50 lakh base price)
• Mag Lanning (UPW) – 1.9 crore (50 lakh base price)

Asha Shobhana was bought by UP Warriors in the auction for the Women’s Premier League 2026. Other teams also showed interest in Shobhana, only then her price crossed Rs 30 lakh to Rs 1 crore. The base price of Asha was Rs 30 lakh, which fetched 11 times more money in this auction than the previous edition.

Who is Asha Shobhana?

Asha Shobhana is an all-rounder player, who was born on March 16, 1991 in Trivandrum, Kerala. 34-year-old Shobhana has played 2 ODIs and 6 T20 International matches for India so far. She played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 editions.

Asha Shobhana has played a total of 15 matches for RCB in the Women’s Premier League so far, in which she has taken 17 wickets. Although she has not been able to do anything special with the bat, she has that ability.

Became rich in WPL 2026 auction

Asha Shobhana won the lottery in the auction for Women’s Premier League 2026, she got 11 times more money than last year. She was in RCB with a price of Rs 10 lakh. For the upcoming edition, he had kept his base price in the auction at Rs 30 lakh. His price reached above Rs 1 crore.

Asha Shobhana was bought by UP Warriors with a price of Rs 1 crore 10 lakh. Delhi Capitals and her old franchise RCB were also interested in Asha, they were also making bids to buy her. Then Shobhana’s price crossed Rs 1 crore. Ultimately UP won, seeing that it wanted to include the experienced spinner in its team at any cost.

Fierce tussle, big bid!

Starting at a base price of INR 30 lakh, Asha Sobhana goes to @UPWarriorz for INR 1.1 Crore #TATAWPL , #TATAWPLAuction pic.twitter.com/DlAGTvfKuP

— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) November 27, 2025

Deepti Sharma returned in UP Warriorz

UP Warriors bought Deepti Sharma for Rs 3 crore 20 lakh in the Marquee Players round, she was a part of the same team earlier also. There were a total of 8 players in the Marquee Players round, out of which 7 were successfully bid but Alyssa Healy was not sold in this round.

The Women’s Premier League 2026 auction started with the marquee players, there were a total of 8 players in this category. 7 marquee players got their teams, but the most surprising thing in this round was that Alyssa Healy remained unsold. The most expensive player of this round was all-rounder Deepti Sharma, for whom UP Warriors used RTM.

Players sold in the marquee round and their prices

• Sophie Devine – Rs 2 crore (Gujarat Giants)
• Deepti Sharma- 3.2 crores (UP Warriors)
• Amelia Kerr- Rs 3 crore (Mumbai Indians)
• Renuka Singh- 60 lakhs (Gujarat Giants)
• Sophie Eccleston- 85 lakhs (UP Warriors)
• Meg Lanning- 1.9 crore (UP Warriors)
• Laura Wolvaardt- 1.1 crore (Delhi Capitals)

Just a few weeks ago, Abhishek Nair was expelled from the post of Assistant Coach by BCCI. Nair has now become the new head coach of the UP Warriors team in the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Nair has replaced John Lewis in this post, who had been the head coach of UP franchise for the last three seasons. The UP Warriors team failed to go to the playoffs of both the last two seasons. Nair could not play much international cricket for India, but is counted among the veterans of Mumbai in domestic cricket.

During the talks with ESPN Cricinfo, COO and Director of Cricket of UP Warriors said during the talks with ESPN Cricinfo, “Abhishek Nair is made the head coach of UP Warriors, it is as if his under UP team will touch new heights. Abhishek has been part of 3 champion teams within the last 18 months, in which he has played different characters.” He hoped that the fearless team of Abhishek Nair’s Under UP Warriors will definitely do some wonders in the next season.

Gautam Gambhir has been assistant

Gautam Gambhir became the head coach of the Indian cricket team after the 2024 T20 World Cup. Shortly thereafter, Abhishek Nair was appointed as an assistant coach in Team India. He was not yet completed even a year that became an assistant coach of Gautam Gambhir that he was expelled from the post of Assistant Coach in April 2024.

According to the news, there were many reasons for the removal of Nair. The first is that the Indian Test team had lost the series by performing unnecessarily against Australia and New Zealand. There was also speculation that he had an argument with a senior player.

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