WPL Retentions: Wolvaardt, Deepti and Healy released as all five teams announce list of retained players

New Delhi: Laura Wolvaardt, the highest scorer in the recently concluded Women's World Cup and Deepti Sharma, the Player of the tournament in the marquee event, are among the big names to be released ahead of the Women's Premier League (WPL) auction.

Gujarat Giants made a surprise call of not retaining Wolvaardt, as all five teams confirmed their retentions ahead of the mega-auction. Wolvaardt was released by the Giants as the rule allows only two overseas players to be retained. The Gujarat franchise chose to retain the Australian duo of Beth Mooney and Ashleigh Gardner.

Meanwhile, India's star all-rounder and World Cup winner Deepti was another big-name casualty. She was released by UP Warriorz despite being named the player of the tournament award in the WPL in 2024. The Warriorz have only retained one player in the form of former Under-19 World Cup winner, Shweta Sehrawat.

Other big names who will be in the auction pool are Australia captain Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning and New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr, after being released by their respective teams.

Meanwhile, other big Indian names like Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, and Jemimah Rodrigues have all been retained by their respective teams.

MI - Harmanpreet Kaur (Rs 2.5 Cr), Amanjot Kaur (Rs 1 Cr), Hayley Matthews (Rs 1.75 Cr), Nat-Sciver Brunt (Rs 3.5 Cr), G Kamalini (Rs 50 lakh)

RCB - Smriti Mandhana (Rs 3.5 Cr), Richa Ghosh (2.75 Cr), Ellyse Perry (2.0 Cr), Shreyanka Patil (Rs 50 lakh)

GG - Ashleigh Gardner (Rs 3.5 Cr), Beth Mooney (2.5 Cr)

UPW - Shweta Sehrawat (Rs 50 lakh)

DC - Annabel Sutherland (2.2 cr), Marizanne Kapp (2.2 Cr), Shafali Verma (Rs 2.2 Cr), Jemimah Rodrigues (Rs 2.2 Cr), Niki Prasad (Rs 50 lakh)