On Saturday, December 9, in Mumbai, the player auction for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) second season will take place. The WPL 2024 player auction is scheduled to start at 2:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) and will be streamed live online and on television.
Thirty of the 165 players who will be eliminated on Saturday will be put under the knife. Five teams, who will have one more opportunity to bolster their roster for the upcoming campaign, have already turned in their list of dismissed and retained players.
Among the 61 non-Indian players picked for the auction are Chamari Athapaththu, Deandra Dottin, and Shabnim Ismail, who are among the nine international seats up for grabs. Four players are included under the INR 40 lakh category, and Dottin and Kim Garth have been placed in the top category at INR 50 lakh.
Gujarat Giants, who released most of the team, will go into the auction with the largest purse of INR 5.95 crore. The Delhi Capitals have three spots open for the auction, while the reigning champion Mumbai Indians possess the smallest sum of INR 2.1 crore remaining in their budget.
| Team | Slots Available | Overseas slots | Purse remaining |
| Mumbai Indians | 5 | 1 | INR 2.10 Crores |
| Delhi Capitals | 3 | 1 | INR 2.25 Crores |
| Gujarat Giants | 10 | 3 | INR 5.95 Crores |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 | 3 | INR 3.35 Crores |
| UP Warriorz | 5 | 1 | INR 4 Crore |
Teams’ Player Retained ahead of WPL 2024 Auction!
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
Gujarat Giants (GG)
Retained Players: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney*, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer
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
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
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
