• 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