Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning and Harmanpreet Kaur were some of the big names retained by their respective franchises for the next edition of the Women's Premier League. (More Cricket News)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Thursday announced the retention of 14 players, including six overseas recruits. 🍬Along with captain Mandhana, star bat🅺ter Perry, and wicket-keeper Richa Ghosh headlined the list of retainees of the championship-winning team.
RCB's retention strategy is built on trust and confidence in a core that has developed a strong bond over the past two seasons and came togethe൲r last year to showcase its potential and deliver a historic title.
Besides Shafali, Delhi Capitals retained Jemimah Rodrigues,🅷 Radha Yadav and Arundhati Reddy among others.
Some of their oversees ℱretentions include legendary Lanning, South African Marizanne Kapp, Southern Stars' Jess Jonassen, Aliℱce Capsey and Annabel Sutherland.
As far as Mumbai Indians are concerned, they retained 14 players ahead of WPL 2025. The team c🐲ontinues to retain the core that was instrumental in being🐬 Season 1 champions and a strong playoffs run in Season 2.
Returning in the blue and gold are skipper Harmanpreet, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Amelia Kerr, Shabnim Ismail, Chloe Tryon, Yastika Bhatia, Pooja Vastrakar, Sajan𒀰a Sajeevan, Saika Ishaque, Amanjot Kaur, Jintimani Kalita, Keerthana Balakrishnan and Amandeep Kaur.
The full list of players retained and released
Delhi Capitals
Retained Players: Alice Capsey, Annabel Sutherland, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Minnu Mani, Radha Yad✱av, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, and Titas Sadhu.
Released Players: Aparna Mondal, Ashwani Kumari, Laura ꦍHarris*, and Poonam Yadav.
Gujarat Giants
Retained Players: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Bharti Fulmali, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Kashvee Ga🍷utam, Laura Wolvaardt, Ma♔nnat Kashyap, Meghna Singh, Phoebe Litchfield, Priya Mishra, Sayali Satghare, Shabnam Shakil, and Tanuja Kanwer.
Released Players: Kathryn Bryce, Lauren C♛heatle, Lea Tahuhu, Sneh Rana, Tarannum Pathan, Trisha Poojitha, and Veda Krishnamurthy.
Mumbai Indians
Retained Players: Amandeep Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpre❀et 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
Retained Players: Asha Shobana, Dani Wyatt, Ekta Bisht, Ellyse Perry, Georgia War🤪eham, 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, Shra🅠ddha Pokarkar, Shubha Satheesh, and ♊Simran Bahadur.
UP Warriorz
Retained Players: Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Chamari Athapaththu, Deepti Sharma, Gouher Sul🐲tana, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Poonam Khemnar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Saima Thakor, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Uma Chetry, and Vrinda Dine🐎sh.
Released Players: Laxmi 𒐪Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, S Yashasri an🐲d Lauren Bell.
