The Women’s Premier League auction is set to take place on Wednesday, October 28, in Kochi and will commence at 5:30pm local time. Follow all live updates here.
The for the auction was released earlier this month. As many as 119 Indian players (22 capped and 97 uncapped) will compete for 20 slots, while 27 overseas players will be following the auction, with only seven slots available.
The auction will begin with a full round of capped players across all disciplines - batters, all-rounders, wicketkeepers, fast bowlers and spinners, in that specific order. The same will be followed for the uncapped players before the accelerated round gets underway.
Only two players have registered for the highest base price of INR 50 lakh, while four cricketers have entered at the base price of INR 40 lakh. The rest of the players have kept their base prices at INR 30 lakh and below.
WPL 2027 auction: All you need to know
October 28, 2026, 5:30pm local time start (1pm UK time)
WPL 2027 auction: Retained and released players list for each team
Annabel Sutherland*, Jemimah Rodrigues, Chinelle Henry*, Laura Wolvaardt*, Marizanne Kapp*, Niki Prasad, Deeya Yadav, Lucy Hamilton*, Minnu Mani, Shafali Verma, Mamatha Madiwala, Nandni Sharma, Sree Charani.
Lizelle Lee*, Alana King*, Edlaa Srujana, Taniya Bhatia, Sneh Rana, Pragati Singh.
Anushka Sharma, Bharti Fulmali, Jintimani Kalita, Kim Garth*, Sophie Devine*, Ashleigh Gardner*, Georgia Wareham*, Kanika Ahuja, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Tanuja Kanwer, Beth Mooney*, Happy Kumari, Kashvee Gautam, Renuka Singh, Yastika Bhatia.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge*, Aayushi Soni, Titas Sadhu, Shivani Singh.
Amanjot Kaur, Hayley Matthews*, Rahila Firdous, Shabnim Ismail*, Amelia Kerr*, Natalie Sciver-Brunt*, Sajeevan Sajana, Vaishnavi Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Nicola Carey*, Sanskriti Gupta, Tara Norris (traded)
Gunalan Kamalini, Milly Illingworth*, Nalla Reddy, Poonam Khemnar, Triveni Vasistha, Saika Ishaque.
Arundhati Reddy, Lauren Bell*, Prathyoosha Kumar, Richa Ghosh, Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry*, Nadine de Klerk*, Prema Rawat, Sayali Satghare, Georgia Voll*, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil.
Grace Harris*, Linsey Smith*, Gautami Naik, Dayalan Hemalatha.
Deepti Sharma, Meg Lanning*, Shikha Pandey, Sophie Ecclestone*, Harleen Deol, Phoebe Litchfield*, Shipra Giri, Kranti Gaud, Pratika Rawal, Simran Shaikh.
Kiran Navgire, Chloe Tryon*, Amy Jones*, Deandra Dottin*, Asha Sobhana, Shweta Sehrawat.
WPL 2027 auction: Purse remaining and slots available for each team
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1.1 crore |
5 |
1 |
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1.25 crore |
3 |
1 |
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90 lakh |
6 |
0 |
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1.15 crore |
5 |
2 |
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3.65 crore |
8 |
3 |
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