WPL auction shake-up: Deepti Sharma now second costliest player — full team list inside
New Delhi (The Uttam Hindu): The Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 auction took place in Delhi. India's top off-spin bowling all-rounder Deepti Sharma became the second most expensive player in WPL history, being bought by UP Warriors for Rs 3.2 crore through the Right to Match (RTM) option.
Delhi Capitals added Shree Charani, who shone with her bowling in the World Cup, for ₹1.3 crore. The franchise spent ₹50 lakh on Sneh Rana. The team invested ₹1.1 crore on South African captain Laura Wolvaardt. UP Warriors brought back fast bowler Kranti Gaud for her base price of ₹50 lakh, while spending ₹2.4 crore on experienced seamer Shikha Pandey. Australian batter Phoebe Litchfield was signed for ₹1.2 crore.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have spent Rs 65 lakh on Radha Yadav and Rs 75 lakh on Arundhati Reddy. Gujarat Giants have bought Renuka Singh for Rs 60 lakh and New Zealand's Sophie Devine for Rs 2 crore. Gujarat Giants have also added Indian spinner Tanuja Kanwar and Australian leg spinner Georgia Wareham to strengthen their bowling. Mumbai Indians have brought back New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr for Rs 3 crore.
Women's Premier League squads:
Mumbai Indians: Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur, Sajeevana Sajna, Shabnim Ismail, Gunalan Kulkarni, Nicola Carey, Sanskriti Gupta, Rahil Firdous, Poonam Khemnar, Triveni Vashisht, Nalla Reddy, Saiqa Ishak, Millie Illingworth.
Delhi Capitals: Shafali Verma, Annabel Sutherland, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Shree Charani, Chinelle Henry, Laura Wolvaardt, Niki Prasad, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia, Lizelle Lee, Diya Yadav, Mamta Madiwala, Nandini Sharma, Lucy Hamilton, Minnu Mani.
UP Warriors: Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Meg Lanning, Phoebe Litchfield, Sobhana Asha, Sophie Ecclestone, Deandra Dottin, Kiran Navgire, Kranti Goud, Shweta Sehrawat, Harleen Deol, Chloe Tryon, Suman Meena, Simran Shaikh, G Trisha, Pratika Rawal.
Gujarat Giants: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Bharti Fulmali, Kashvi Gautam, Renuka Singh, Yastika Bhatia, Anushka Sharma, Tanuja Kanwar, Kanika Ahuja, Titas Sadhu, Happy Kumari, Kim Garth, Shivani Singh, Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Ayushi Soni.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Lauren Bell, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Nadine de Klerk, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Voll, Linsey Smith, Prema Rawat, Gautami Naik, Prathyusha Kumar, Dayalan Hemalatha.