WPL 2027 Auction LIVE - Follow Bidding War, Sold & Unsold Players Updates & More
(Courtesy : WPL)
The WPL 2027 auction is scheduled for Wednesday, October 28, at the Grand Hyatt Kochi, with proceedings starting at 5:30 PM IST. The pre-auction show will begin at 4:30 PM IST.
A total of 146 players have been shortlisted for 27 available slots. The list includes 119 Indian players and 27 overseas players, with England batter Sophia Dunkley and Australian all-rounder Sophie Molineux among the top names.
Dunkley and Molineux have the highest base price of ₹50 lakh each. Indian batter G. Kamalini and Kiran Navgire are in the next price bracket, with a base price of ₹40 lakh. Australian players Heather Graham and Jess Jonassen are also listed at the same price.
WPL 2027 Auction: Remaining purse & slots of all five teams
The five franchises have different budgets and squad requirements heading into the auction. UP Warriorz have the largest remaining purse, while Mumbai Indians have the smallest.
| Team | Remaining purse | Slots to fill |
| UP Warriorz | ₹3.75 crore | 8 |
| Gujarat Giants | ₹1.25 crore | 3 |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | ₹1.15 crore | 5 |
| Delhi Capitals | ₹1.10 crore | 5 |
| Mumbai Indians | ₹90 lakh | 6 |
WPL 2027 Auction: Retained & Released players list of all five teams
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
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
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
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
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
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