WPL 2025 Retentions: Full List of Players Kept and Released by All Five Women’s Premier League Teams
Ahead of the 2025 season, all five Women’s Premier League franchises have announced their retained and released player lists. UP Warriorz led the way by keeping 15 players, while the other four teams retained 14 players each. Some notable names released by their respective teams include Sneh Rana (Gujarat Giants), Veda Krishnamurthy (Gujarat Giants), Issy Wong (Mumbai Indians), Heather Knight (Royal Challengers Bengaluru), and Lea Tahuhu (Gujarat Giants). Here’s a breakdown of the retained and released players for each franchise:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Retained: Smriti Mandhana, S Meghana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Dani Wyatt
Released: Disha Kasat, Indrani Roy, Nadine de Klerk, Shubha Satheesh, Shraddha Pokarkar, Simran Bahadur, Heather Knight (replaced last year by Nadine de Klerk)
Delhi Capitals
Retained: Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Minnu Mani, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniya Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Annabel Sutherland
Released: Laura Harris, Poonam Yadav, Aparna Mondal, Ashwani Kumari
Gujarat Giants
Retained: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakil, Tanuja Kanwar, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Mannat Kashyap, Sayali Sathgare, Bharti Fulmali
Released: Sneh Rana, Kathryn Bryce, Trisha Poojitha, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan, Lea Tahuhu
UP Warriorz
Retained: Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Chamari Athapaththu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Vrinda Dinesh, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana, Uma Chetry
Released: Lauren Bell, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Soppadhandi Yashasri
Mumbai Indians
Retained: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Jintimani Kalita, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail, S Sajana, Amandeep Kaur, Keerthana Balakrishnan
Released: Issy Wong, Fatima Jaffer, Humaira Kazi, Priyanka Bala
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