Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced player retention list for the TATA Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2027 season officially.
A total of 63 players have been retained across all five WPL franchises, comprising 40 domestic and 23 overseas players.
A total of 27 slots, including 7 overseas slots remain available ahead of the auction. A total of 27 slots are vacant before the auction, including 7 slots for overseas players.
The TATA WPL 2027 player auction will be held in Kochi on October 28, 2026.
The complete list of TATA WPL 2027 Players Retained is as follows:
Delhi Capitals Women (DCW)
Retained Players:
- Annabel Sutherland* - All-rounder
- Chinelle Henry* - All-rounder
- Deeya Yadav - Batter
- Jemimah Rodriguez - Batter
- Laura Wolvaardt* - Batter
- Lucy Hamilton* - All-rounder
- Mamatha Madiwala - Wicketkeeper-batter
- Marizanne Kapp* - All-rounder
- Minnu Mani - All-rounder
- N Sree Charani - Bowler (Left-arm spinner)
- Nandni Sharma - Bowler (Right-arm medium-fast)
- Niki Prasad - All-rounder / Batter
- Shafali Verma - Batter
Gujarat Giants (GG)
Retained Players:- Anushka Sharma - All-rounder / Top-order batter
- Ashleigh Gardner* - All-rounder (Right-handed batter / Off-spinner)
- Beth Mooney* - Wicketkeeper-batter
- Bharti Fulmali - Middle-order batter / Finisher
- Georgia Wareham* - All-rounder / Leg-spinner
- Happy Kumari - Bowler (Right-arm fast-medium)
- Jintimani Kalita - All-rounder
- Kanika Ahuja - All-rounder
- Kashvee Gautam - Bowler (Right-arm medium-fast)
- Kim Garth* - All-rounder (Right-arm medium-fast)
- Rajeshwari Gayakwad - Bowler (Slow left-arm orthodox)
- Renuka Singh - Bowler (Right-arm fast-medium)
- Sophie Devine* - All-rounder (Right-handed batter / Right-arm medium)
- Tanuja Kanwer - Bowler (Slow left-arm orthodox)
- Yastika Bhatia - Wicketkeeper-batter
Mumbai Indians Women (MIW)
Retained Players:
- Amanjot Kaur - All-rounder
- Amelia Kerr* - All-rounder (Right-handed batter / Leg-spinner)
- Harmanpreet Kaur - Batter / Off-spinner
- Hayley Matthews* - All-rounder (Right-handed batter / Off-spinner)
- Natalie Sciver-Brunt* - All-rounder (Right-handed batter / Right-arm medium)
- Nicola Carey* - All-rounder (Left-handed batter / Right-arm medium)
- Rahila Firdous - Wicketkeeper-batter
- Sajeevan Sajana - All-rounder (Right-handed batter / Off-spinner)
- Sanskriti Gupta - Bowler (Right-arm medium)
- Shabnim Ismail* - Bowler (Right-arm fast)
- Vaishnavi Sharma - Bowler (Right-arm medium-fast)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (RCBW)
Retained Players:
- Arundhati Reddy - All-rounder (Right-arm medium-fast)
- Ellyse Perry* - All-rounder (Right-handed batter / Right-arm fast-medium)
- Georgia Voll* - Top-order batter / Off-spinner
- Lauren Bell* - Bowler (Right-arm fast-medium)
- Nadine De Klerk* - All-rounder (Right-arm medium)
- Pooja Vastrakar - All-rounder (Right-arm medium-fast)
- Prathyoosha Kumar - Wicketkeeper-batter
- Prema Rawat - Batter
- Radha Yadav - Bowler (Slow left-arm orthodox)
- Richa Ghosh - Wicketkeeper-batter
- Sayali Satghare - All-rounder (Right-arm medium)
- Shreyanka Patil - All-rounder (Off-spinner)
- Smriti Mandhana - Opening batter
UP Warriorz (UPW)
Retained Players:
- Deepti Sharma - All-rounder (Left-handed batter / Off-spinner)
- Harleen Deol - All-rounder / Right-handed batter
- Kranti Gaud - Bowler (Right-arm medium-fast)
- Meg Lanning* - Top-order opening batter
- Phoebe Litchfield* - Left-handed top-order batter
- Pratika Rawal - Top-order batter
- Shikha Pandey - All-rounder (Right-arm medium)
- Shipra Giri - Wicketkeeper-batter
- Simran Shaikh - Batter
- Sophie Ecclestone* - Bowler (Slow left-arm orthodox)
- Tara Norris* - Bowler (Left-arm medium)
WPL 2027: Squad Size, Salary Cap and Available Slots
| Franchise | No of Players | No of Overseas Players | Total money spent in Crs (Rs.) | Salary cap available in Crs (Rs.) | Available Slots | Overseas Slots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC | 13 | 5 | 13.9 | 1.1 | 5 | 1 |
| GG | 15 | 5 | 13.75 | 1.25 | 3 | 1 |
| MI | 11 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| RCB | 13 | 4 | 13.85 | 1.15 | 5 | 2 |
| UPW | 11 | 4 | 11.35 | 3.65 | 7 | 2 |
| Total | 63 | 23 | 66.85 | 8.15 | 27 | 7 |
