The mega auction for the Women’s Premier League 2026 is scheduled to take place on November 27. A few weeks before that, all the teams have released their respective retention lists. BCCI had set a purse of Rs 15 crore for all the 5 teams. RCB, MI, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriors and Gujarat Giants together have retained a total of 17 players, on whom a total of Rs 39.4 crore has been spent. Know here which team has retained how many and which players.

Rs 39 crore spent on 17 players

Only Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals have used all their five retentions. Royal Challengers Bangalore have retained 4 players, Gujarat Giants have retained two players and UP Warriors have retained only one player. Out of these 17 players, 10 are Indian and 7 are foreign. Three uncapped players have also been retained. A lot of money has also been showered on uncapped players, because BCCI had set the price for them at Rs 50 lakh.

who spent how much money

-Mumbai Indians retained Harmanpreet Kaur, Nate Sciver Brunt, Hayley Mathews, Amanjot Kaur and G Kamalini, on whom it spent Rs 9.25 crore.

-RCB has spent Rs 8.85 crore on only 4 players. The Bengaluru franchise has retained Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh and Shreyanka Patil. Bengaluru has not kept any uncapped player in its retention list.

-Delhi Capitals have also spent Rs 9.30 crore out of the purse of Rs 15 crore. It has retained Jemimah Rodrigues, Shefali Verma, Marijne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland and uncapped player Nikki Prasad.

-Gujarat Giants have retained 2 veterans in the form of Ashley Gardner and Beth Mooney. Gujarat team has spent Rs 6 crore on only 2 players.

-UP Warriors have released big players including Deepti Sharma. He has retained only uncapped player Shweta Sehrawat.

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On Thursday, all the teams have released their retention lists for the Women’s Premier League 2026. Each team was allowed to retain a maximum of 5 players. Mumbai Indians have retained 5 excellent players while filling all these five slots, which also includes Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur. Mumbai has retained Harmanpreet Kaur, Nate-Syver Brunt, Hayley Mathews, Amanjot Kaur and G Kamalini. The auction of WPL 2026 will take place on 27th November.

BCCI had set the auction purse of all the teams for the auction at Rs 15 crore and had set different amounts for retention. The first retention was set at Rs 3.5 crore, second retention at Rs 2.5 crore, third retention at Rs 1.75 crore, fourth retention at Rs 1 crore and if a team retains the fifth player, then its minimum price was set at Rs 50 lakh.

MI retention list

It is surprising that Mumbai Indians have not made Harmanpreet Kaur the first retention. MI has given Rs 3.5 crore to Nate Sciver Brunt as its first retention. Whereas Harmanpreet Kaur has been retained for Rs 2.5 crore. Hayley Mathews has been retained for Rs 1.75 crore and Mumbai has retained India’s star all-rounder Amanjot Kaur for Rs 1 crore. Mumbai has also retained an uncapped player in the form of 17-year-old G Kamalini, who will get Rs 60 lakh.

• Nate Sciver Brunt – 3.50 crores
• Harmanpreet Kaur – 2.50 crores
• Hayley Mathews – 1.75 crores
• Amanjot Kaur – 1 crore
• G Kamalini – 60 lakhs

MI is a two-time champion

Mumbai Indians have won the WPL title twice. She became champion of the Women’s Premier League in 2023 and 2025. Mumbai Indians won the Women’s Premier League for the second time by defeating Delhi Capitals by 8 runs in the final of 2025 WPL.

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