BCCI released a list of players that were retained and released by all 5 franchises participating in the Women’s Premier League 2024.
The window for the five franchises to retain players for the TATA Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 season came to an end on October 15, 2023. While 60 players, including 21 overseas cricketers, were retained across five franchises, 29 players were released from their existing squads.
The following players from the five WPL franchises were retained & released from the squad:
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Retained Players: Alice Capsey*, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen*, Laura Harris*, Marizanne Kapp*, Meg Lanning*, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu
Released Players: Aparna Mondal, Jasia Akhter, Tara Norris*
Gujarat Giants (GG)
Retained Players: Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney*, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt*, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer
Released Players: Annabel Sutherland*, Ashwani Kumari, Georgia Wareham*, Hurley Gala, Kim Garth*, Mansi Joshi, Monica Patel, Parunika Sisodia, Sabbineni Meghana, Sophia Dunkley*, Sushma Verma
𝐆𝐮𝐣𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝟏𝟏 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐏𝐋 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒:
• Annabel Sutherland
• Ashwani Kumari
• Georgia Wareham
• Hurley Gala
• Kim Garth
• Mansi Joshi
• Monica Patel
• Parunika Sisodia
• Sabbineni Meghana
• Sophia Dunkley
•… pic.twitter.com/ZtevvN9izh— Female Cricket (@imfemalecricket) October 19, 2023
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Retained Players: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews*, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong*, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver*, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia
Released Players: Dhara Gujjar, Heather Graham*, Neelam Bisht, Sonam Yadav
Mumbai Indians release 4 Players ahead of WPL 2024:
• Heather Graham
• Sonam Yadav
• Dhara Gujjar
• Neelam Bisht#CricketTwitter #WPL pic.twitter.com/AWs9KY7LXK— Female Cricket (@imfemalecricket) October 19, 2023
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Retained Players: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry*, Heather Knight*, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine*
Released Players: Dané Van Niekerk*, Erin Burns*, Komal Zanzad, Megan Schutt*, Poonam Khemnar, Preeti Bose, Sahana Pawar
UP Warriorz (UPW)
Retained Players: Alyssa Healy*, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell*, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S. Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia Mcgrath*
Released Players: Devika Vaidya, Shabnim Ismail*, Shivali Shinde, Simran Shaikh
| TATA WPL 2024/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots | |||||||
| Franchise | No of Players | No of Overseas Players | Total money spent (Rs.) | Salary cap available (Rs.) | Available Slots | Overseas Slots | |
| DC | 15 | 5 | 11.25 | 2.25 | 3 | 1 | |
| GG | 8 | 3 | 7.55 | 5.95 | 10 | 3 | |
| MI | 13 | 5 | 11.4 | 2.1 | 5 | 1 | |
| RCB | 11 | 3 | 10.15 | 3.35 | 7 | 3 | |
| UPW | 13 | 5 | 9.5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 60 | 21 | 49.85 | 17.65 | 30 | 9 | |
Note: * Indicates overseas players;
Amount in Crores.
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