&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "WPL 2027 Auction Live Updates: UP Warriorz bag A-listers; Mumbai Indians pick rookies")
WPL 2027 Auction Live Updates: WPL 2027 auction to see 146 players go under the hammer for 27 available slots across the five franchises. The auction pool includes 119 Indian and 27 overseas players, with six cricketers from Associate Nations. Among the Indian players, 22 are capped and 97 are uncapped, while the overseas list features 14 capped and 13 uncapped players.
UP Warriorz have the highest purse left - INR 3.75 crore, followed by Gujarat Giants (INR 1.25 crore), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (INR 1.15 crore), Delhi Capitals (INR 1.10 crore), and Mumbai Indians (INR 90 lakh).
While UP Warriorz have bagged A-listers including the Aussie pair, Grace Harris and Sophie Molineux, alongside Indian Sneh Rana, Mumbai Indians have invested in rookies like Bharti Rawal, Latika Inamdar and Disha Kasat, each for INR 10 lakh.
Australia's 2026 Women's T20 World Cup winning captain, Sophie Molineux, was sold to UP Warriorz for INR 1.10 crore.
Batter Kiran Navgire is the first player to be sold to Delhi Capitals Women for INR 75 lakh.
Players released: Alana King, Lizelle Lee, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia, Pragati Singh, Eddla Srujana
Players retained: Annabel Sutherland, Chinelle Henry, Laura Wolvaardt, Lucy Hamilton, Marizanne Kapp, Deeya Yadav, Jemimah Rodrigues, Mamatha Madiwala, Minnu Mani, N Shree Charani, Nandni Sharma, Niki Prasad, Shafali Verma
Players released: Amy Jones, Charli Knott, Chloe Tryon, Deandra Dottin, Asha Sobhana, G Trisha, Kiran Navgire, Shweta Sehrawat, Suman Meena
Players retained: Meg Lanning, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Ecclestone, Tara Norris, Deepti Sharma, Harleen Deol, Kranti Gaud, Pratika Rawal, Shikha Pandey, Shipra Giri, Simran Shaikh
Players released: Milly Illingworth, G Kamalini, Kranthi Reddy, Poonam Khemnar, Saika Ishaque, Triveni Vasistha
Players retained: Melie Kerr, Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Nicola Carey, Amanjot Kaur, Harmanpreet Kaur, Rahila Firdous, S Sajana, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Vaishnavi Sharma
Players released: Grace Harris, Linsey Smith, D Hemalatha, Gautami Naik
Players retained: Ellyse Perry, Georgia Voll, Lauren Bell, Nadine de Klerk, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Prathyoosha Kumar, Prema Rawat, Radha Yadav, Richa Ghosh, Sayali Satghare, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana
Players released: Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Ayushi Soni, Titas Sadhu, Shivani Singh
Players retained: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Sophie Devine, Anushka Sharma, Bharti Fulmali, Happy Kumari, Jintimani Kalita, Kanika Ahuja, Kashvee Gautam, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Singh, Tanuja Kanwer, Yastika Bhatia
A franchise can have a maximum of 18 players in the squad, with the UP Warriorz and Mumbai Indians having a maximum of 7 slots each to fill. Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have 5 slots each to fill, while Gujarat Giants have only three slots available to fill.
