- The WPL 2026 mega auction is over. A total of 67 players, including 23 overseas cricketers, were bought by the five franchises. The teams spent a cumulative Rs. 40.8 crore.
- Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma became the costliest player as UP Warriors used an RTM card to buy her for Rs. 3.20 crore.
- Amelia Kerr, the New Zealand all-rounder, went to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 3 crore.
- Indian all-rounder Shikha Pandey joined UP Warriors for Rs. 2.40 crore.
- Senior New Zealand spinner Sophie Ecclestone joined Gujarat Giants for Rs 2 crore.
Below is a team-wise breakdown of the auction results
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Retained:
- Smriti Mandhana
- Ellyse Perry
- Richa Ghosh
- Shreyanka Patil
Bought:
- Georgia Woll – Rs. 60 lakh
- Nadine de Klerk – Rs. 65 lakh
- Radha Yadav - Rs. 65 lakh
- Lauren Bell – Rs. 90 lakh
- Lynsey Smith – Rs. 30 lakh
- Prema Rawat – Rs. 20 lakh (RTM)
- Arundhati Reddy – Rs. 75 lakh
- Pooja Vastrakar – Rs. 85 lakh
- Grace Harris – Rs. 75 lakh
- Gautami Nayak – Rs. 10 lakh
- Pratyusha Kumar – Rs. 10 lakh
- Dayalan Hemalatha – Rs. 30 lakh
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Retained:
- Amanjot Kaur
- Harmanpreet Kaur
- Hayley Matthews
- Nat Sciver-Brunt
- G. Kamalini
Bought:
- Amelia Kerr - Rs 3 crore
- Shabnam Ismail – Rs. 60 lakh
- Samskruth Gupta – Rs. 20 lakh
- Sajeevan Sajjan – Rs. 75 lakh
- Rahila – Rs. 10 lakh
- Nicola Curry – Rs. 30 lakh
- Triveni Vashishtha – Rs. 20 lakh
- Nalla Reddy – Rs. 10 lakh
- Saika Ishaq – Rs. 30 lakh
- Millie Illingworth – Rs. 10 lakh
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Retained:
- Jemimah Rodrigues
- Shafali Verma
- Marizanne Kapp
- Annabel Sutherland
- Nikki Prasad
Bought:
- Laura Wolvaardt – Rs. 1.10 crore
- Chinelle Henry - Rs. 1.30 crore
- Sri Charani – Rs. 1.30 crore
- Sneh Rana – Rs. 50 lakh
- Lizelle Lee - Rs. 30 lakh
- Diya Yadav – Rs. 10 lakh
- Tania Bhatia – Rs. 30 lakh
- Mamata Madiwala – Rs 10 lakh
- Nandini Sharma – Rs. 10 lakh
- Hamilton – Rs. 10 lakh
- Minnu Mani – Rs. 40 lakh
UP Warriors (UPW)
Retained:
- Shweta Sehrawat
Bought:
- Deepti Sharma – Rs. 3.20 crore (RTM)
- Sophie Ecclestone – Rs. 85 lakh
- Meg Lanning - Rs. 1.90 crore
- Phoebe Litchfield – Rs. 1.20 crore
- Kiran Navgire – Rs. 60 lakh
- Harleen Deol – Rs. 50 lakh
- Kranti Goud – Rs. 50 lakh (RTM)
- Asha Shobhana – Rs. 1.10 crore
- Diandra Dottin – Rs. 80 lakh
- Shikha Pandey – Rs. 2.40 crore
- Simran Sheikh – Rs. 10 lakh
- Shipra Giri – Rs. 10 lakh
- Chloe Tryon – Rs. 30 lakh
- Suman Meena – Rs. 10 lakh
- Gongadi Trisha – Rs. 10 lakh
- Pratika Rawal - Rs. 40 lakh
- Tara Norris - Rs. 10 lakh
Gujarat Giants (GG)
Retained:
- Ashleigh Gardner
- Beth Mooney
Bought:
- Sophie Devine - Rs. 2 crore
- Renuka Singh - Rs. 60 lakh
- Bharati Fulmali - Rs. 70 lakh
- Titas Sadhu – Rs. 30 lakh
- Kashvi Gautam - Rs. 75 lakh (RTM)
- Kanika Ahuja – Rs. 30 lakh
- Tanuja Kanwar – Rs. 45 lakh
- Georgia Wareham – Rs. 1 crore
- Anushka Sharma – Rs. 45 lakh
- Happy Kumari – Rs. 10 lakh
- Kim Garth – Rs. 50 lakh
- Yastika Bhatia – Rs 50 lakh
- Dani Wyatt Hodge – Rs. 50 lakh
- Ayushi Soni – Rs. 30 lakh
- Rajeshwari Gaikwad – Rs. 40 lakh
- Shivani Singh – Rs. 10 lakh
Players Who Did Not Receive Bids
The following well-known players did not attract bids from franchises: Alyssa Healy, Uma Chhetri, Amy Jones, Heather Knight, Heather Graham, Alana King, Chamari Athapaththu, Tazmin Brits, Suzie Bates, Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, S. Meghna
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