Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) organised TATA Women's Premier League (WPL) (Twenty20 cricket franchise league in India), maiden edition champions Mumbai Indians have retained the majority of their players who were also part of the previous season as per the player retention list  whose period officially concluded on Thursday, 7 November, 2024.

The team management however decided to release England young pacer Issy Wong from their squad ahead of the WPL 2025 auction which is slated to take place next month.

As may be recalled Wong, 22, who recorded the first-ever hat-trick in MI’s WPL winning campaign in 2023, however found herself-sidelined due to the acquisition of South African left arm pacer Shabnim Ismail. Since then she played just two matches for Harmanpreet Kaur’s MI side in 2024, and took three wickets at an economy of 8.33. Three other Indians Humariraa Kaazi, Fatima Jaffer and Priyanka Bala too were released from the MI squad.

On the other hand keeping up with the spirit of continuity, MI have retained their core group including Indian skipper and top order batter Harmanpreet along with Amelia Kerr New Zealand star all-rounder who played a key role in her team winning the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup earlier this year, West Indies top order batter Hayley Matthews, England all-rounder Natalie Sciver-Brunt, India’s attacking wicket keeper batter Yastika Bhatia to name a few.

Based on WPL Governing Council decision to increase the purse for each of the five participating franchises from Rs. 13.5 Crore last season to Rs.15 Crore this time around, Mumbai Indians are left with Rs. 2.65 Crores to bid for the remaining four players in order to complete the 18-member squad for the WPL 2025 season..

Other notable releases of notable players that were released by their respective WPL franchises include veteran Indian left arm spinner Sneh Rana, New Zealand pacer Lea Tahuhu and Scotland medium fast bowler Kathryn Bryce (All Gujarat Giants), India’s leg spinner Poonam Yadav (Delhi Capitals), England’s middle order batter Heather Knight (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

TATA WPL 2025 Player Retention List Summary

The player retention period for the TATA Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 season officially concluded on Thursday, November 7, 2024. Across the five franchises, 71 players, including 25 overseas stars, have been retained, securing each team’s core lineup for the upcoming season.

 The full list of Players Retained and Players Released is as follows:

Delhi Capitals (DC)

Retained Players: Alice Capsey*, Annabel Sutherland*, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen*, Marizanne Kapp*, Meg Lanning*, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, and Titas Sadhu.

Released Players: Aparna Mondal, Ashwani Kumari, Laura Harris*, and Poonam Yadav.

 Gujarat Giants (GG)

Retained Players: Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney*, Bharti Fulmali, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Kashvee Gautam, Laura Wolvaardt*, Mannat Kashyap, Meghna Singh, Phoebe Litchfield*, Priya Mishra, Sayali Satghare, Shabnam Shakil, and Tanuja Kanwer.

 Released Players: Kathryn Bryce*, Lauren Cheatle*, Lea Tahuhu*, Sneh Rana, Tarannum Pathan, Trisha Poojitha, and Veda Krishnamurthy.

 Mumbai Indians (MI)

Retained Players: Amandeep Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews*, Jintimani Kalita, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Natalie Sciver*, Pooja Vastrakar, S. Sajana, Saika Ishaque, Shabnim Ismail*, and Yastika Bhatia.

 Released Players: Fatima Jaffer, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong*, and Priyanka Bala

 Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

Retained Players: Asha Shobana, Dani Wyatt*, Ekta Bisht, Ellyse Perry*, Georgia Wareham*, Kanika Ahuja, Kate Cross*, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, S. Meghana, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine*, and Sophie Molineux*.

 Released Players: Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Shraddha Pokarkar, Shubha Satheesh, and Simran Bahadur.

 UP Warriorz (UPW)

Retained Players: Alyssa Healy*, Anjali Sarvani, Chamari Athapaththu*, Deepti Sharma, Gouher Sultana, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Poonam Khemnar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia McGrath*, Uma Chetry, and Vrinda Dinesh.

 Released Players: Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, S. Yashasri, and Lauren Bell*.

Photo Cover : Mumbai Indians retained players for third edition of TATA WPL (Info graphics courtesy MI)

Photo Above: The TATA WPL franchise owners have decided to retain majority of their players including their respective captains ahead of the auction for 2025 season unlike the IPL counterparts ((Info graphics courtesy WPL)