New Delhi: The Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2027 player auction is set to take place in Kochi on Wednesday, October 28. A total of 146 players will go under the hammer at the auction, competing for just 27 available slots.
All five teams will be looking to add a few names to bolster their respective squads ahead of the new season.
Of the 146 players who have registered for the ,119 are Indian. 22 capped and 97 uncapped Indian players have been shortlisted for the auction. There are 27 overseas players in the auction, including 14 capped and 13 uncapped. Six players from the associate nations are also part of the auction pool.
Australian women’s team captain Sophie Molineux and England batter Sophia Dunkley are among the big names in the highest base price category of Rs 50 lakh at the WPL 2027 auction. Jess Jonassen, Kiran Navgire, Heather Graham and G Kamalini have registered at the base price of Rs 40 lakh. 106 players are in the Rs 10 lakh category.
UP Warriorz will enter the WPL 2027 auction with the highest remaining purse of Rs 3.75 crore. They have a total of eight slots to fill, having released the likes of Cloe Tryon, Deandra Dottin, Kiran Navgire and Shweta Sehrawat, among others. Gujarat Giants have the second-highest purse of Rs 1.25 crore with 3 slots to fill.
WPL 2027 auction teams, squads and remaining purse:
UP Warriorz
Retained: Deepti Sharma, Harleen Deol, Kranti Gaud, Meg Lanning, Phoebe Litchfield, Pratika Rawal, Shikha Pandey, Shipra Giri, Simran Shaikh, Sophie Ecclestone, Tara Norris
Released: Kiran Navgire, Chloe Tryon, Amy Jones, Deandra Dottin, Asha Sobhana, Shweta Sehrawat
Purse remaining: ₹3.75 crore
Slots to fill: 8
Gujarat Giants
Retained: Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Singh, Kashvee Gautam, Tanuja Kanwer, Yastika Bhatia, Anushka Sharma, Bharti Fulmali, Kanika Ahuja, Happy Kumari, Jintimani Kalita
Released: Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Aayushi Soni, Titas Sadhu, Shivani Singh
Purse remaining: ₹1.25 crore
Slots to fill: 3
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Retained: Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Voll, Nadine de Klerk, Radha Yadav, Lauren Bell, Prema Rawat, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Prathyoosha Kumar
Released: Grace Harris, Linsey Smith, Gautami Naik, Dayalan Hemalatha
Purse remaining: ₹1.15 crore
Slots to fill: 5
Delhi Capitals
Retained: Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Laura Wolvaardt, Chinelle Henry, Lucy Hamilton, Minnu Mani, Niki Prasad, Sree Charani, Mamatha Madiwala, Nandni Sharma, Deeya Yadav
Released: Lizelle Lee, Alana King, Taniyaa Bhatia, Sneh Rana, Pragati Singh, Eddla Srujana
Purse remaining: ₹1.10 crore
Slots to fill: 5
Mumbai Indians
Retained: Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Hayley Matthews, Shabnim Ismail, Amanjot Kaur, Sajeevan Sajana, Sanskriti Gupta, Rahila Firdous, Vaishnavi Sharma
Released: G Kamalini, Saika Ishaque, Milly Illingworth, Kranthi Reddy, Poonam Khemnar, Triveni Vasistha
Purse remaining: ₹90 lakh
Slots to fill: 6
WPL 2027 auction date, timing and live streaming details:
The WPL 2027 auction is set to take place at the Grand Hyatt in Kochi on Wednesday, October 28. The auction will get underway at 5:30 PM IST. The live streaming of the WPL 2027 auction will be available on the JioHotstar app and the website. The live telecast of the auction will be available on the Star Sports Network.