Highlights | WPL Mega Auction 2026: Shikha Pandey goes to UPW for INR 2.4 crore
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WPL Mega Auction 2026: 277 players to undergo bidding for 73 slots Photograph: (X/WPL)
WPL Mega Auction 2026: The first mega auction since the start of league in 2023 will see 277 players going under the hammer for 73 slots. The auction is taking place in New Delhi on Thursday (Nov 27) with January 2026 window set to host the tournament.
Women's Premier League Mega Auction 2026: The first mega auction of WPL since the league started in 2023 is all set to take to place on Thursday (Nov 27) in New Delhi. A total of 277 players will be going under the hammer for a maximum of 73 slots available. Among the 277, 83 players are foreign nationals. The auction will start with the bidding of marquee player set which has eight names in it including Indian duo of Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh. The five franchises have already submitted the list of players retained and are left with Right to Match (RTM) cards accordingly.
How many players have registered?
A total of 277 players have registered for the auction including 83 foreign players in which 23 are from Australia, 22 form England, 13 from New Zealand, 11 from South Africa, and three each from Sri Lanka as well as Bangladesh.
Who has the biggest purse available?
UP Warriorz have the biggest purse available with INR 14.50 crore in bank. Gujarat Giants come next with a purse of INR 9 crore, followed by RCB (INR 6.15 crore), Mumbai Indians (INR 5.75 crore), and Delhi Capitals (INR 5.70 crore).
WPL Mega Auction 2026 Updates Below:
Back for the accelerated auction and S Meghana is the first name in and she’s unsold. Saika Ishaque’s name comes out next and MI buy her for Rs 30 lakhs.
• Grace Harris: Rs 75 lakhs to RCB
• Shipra Giri: Rs 10 lakhs to UPW
• Mamatha Madiwala: Rs 10 lakhs to DC
• Happy Kumari: Rs 10 lakhs to GG
• Nandani Sharma: Rs 20 lakhs to DC
• Kim Garth: Rs 50 lakhs for GG
• Yastika Bhatia: Rs 50 lakhs to GG
• Simran Shaikh: Rs 10 lakhs to UPW
• Poonam Khemnar: Rs 10 lakhs to MI
• Shivani Singh: Rs 10 lakhs to GG
• Tara Norros: Rs 10 lakhs to GG
• Chloe Tryon: Rs 30 lakhs to UPW
• Lucy Hamilton: Rs 10 lakhs to DC
• Triveni Vasistha: Rs 20 lakhs to MI
• Suman Meena: Rs 10 lakhs to UPW
• Gautami Naik: Rs 10 lakhs to RCB
• Nalla Reddy: Rs 10 lakhs to MI
Triveni Vasistha came up next and the Mumbai Indians opened the bidding, picking her up for 20 lakhs. After that, Suman Meena was bought by UP Warriorz. RCB added Gautami Naik to their squad for 10 lakhs, and Nalla Reddy was sold to the Mumbai Indians for 10 lakhs as well.
Chloe Tryon came up next and UP Warriorz picked her for her base price of 30 lakhs. After her, Lucy Hamilton went under the hammer and Delhi Capitals bought her for 10 lakhs.
Tara Norris of the USA is now a GG player who snap her up for Rs 10 lakhs.
Poonam Khemnar went unsold at first, but the Mumbai Indians jumped in and picked her up for 10 lakhs. Right after that, Shivani Singh came up, and Gujarat Giants secured her for the same price.
Simran Shaikh is sold to UPW for Rs 10 lakhs.
Next is Yastika Bhatia and GG ad UP are in a bidding war for the Indian opener. Giants snap her up for Rs 50 lakhs.
Happy Kumari now gets a bid and Gujarat Giants snap her up for Rs 10 lakhs. Meanwhile, Nandani sharma goes to DC for Rs 20 lakhs.
Shipra Giri has been snapped up by UP Warriorz for Rs 10 lakh, securing her a place in the squad.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru pick up Australian all-rounder Grace Harris for Rs 75 lakh.
- Deandra Dottin: Rs 80 lakhs to UPW
- Kashvee Gautam: Rs 65 lakhs to GG
- Shikha Pandey: Rs 2.40 crore to UPW
- Arundhati Reddy: Rs 75 lakhs to RCB
- Sajeevan Sajana: Rs 75 lakhs to MI
- Pooja Vastrakar: Rs 85 lakhs to RCB
- Taniyaa Bhatia: Rs 30 lakhs to DC
- Rahila Firdous: Rs 10 lakhs to MI
- Kanika Ahuja: Rs 30 lakhs to GG
- Tanuja Kanwer: Rs 45 lakhs to GG
- Georgia Wareham: Rs 1 crore to GG
- Anushka Sharma: Rs 45 lakhs to GG
- Nicola Carey: Rs 30 lakhs to MI
Australian leg-spinner Georgia Wareham goes to GG for INR 1 crore.
Wicket-keeper batter Rahila Firdous is sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 10 lakh, while Gujarat Giants buy all-rounders Tanuja Kanwer and Kanik Ahuja for Rs 45 lakh and Rs 30 lakh respectively.
The 2024 champions buy pacer Arundhati Reddy for Rs 75 lakh and all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar for Rs 85 lakh.
Indian wicketkeeper batter Taniyaa Bhatia goes to DC for INR 30 lakh.
Indian bowler Pooja Vastrakar goes to RCB for INR 85 lakh.
Mumbai Indians go for Sajana Sajeevan and get her for INR 75 lakh.
Indian speedster Shikha Pandey goes to UPW for INR 2.4 crore.
Indian young pacer Kashvee Gautam goes to GG for INR 65 lakh
All-rounder Deandra Dottin goes to UPW for INR 80 lakh.
All-rounder Prema Rawat goes to RCB for INR 20 lakh.
Mumbai Indians go for Sanskriti Gupta and get her for INR 20 lakh.
Indian young gun Deeya Yadav goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 10 lakh.
Delhi Capitals (DC): Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Niki Prasad, Laura Wolvaardt, Chinelle Henry, Sree Charani, Sneh Rana, Lizelle Lee
Gujarat Giants (GG): Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh, Bharti Fulmali, Titas Sadhu
Mumbai Indians (MI): Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur, G Kamalini, Amelia Kerr, Shabnim Ismail
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Voll, Nadine de Klerk, Radha Yadav, Lauren Bell, Linsey Smith
UP Warriorz (UPW): Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Meg Lanning, Phoebe Litchfield, Kiran Navgire, Harleen Deol, Kranti Gaud, Asha Sobhana
Indian leg spinner Asha Sobhana goes to UPW for INR INR 1.1 crore.
The England mystery spinner gets INR 30 lakh by Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Indian fast bowler Titas Sadhu goes to GG for INR 30 lakh.
Former South African pacer Shabnim Ismail goes to MI for INR 60 lakh.
India pacer Kranti Goud goes to UPW for INR 50 lakh.
England's tall fast bowler Lauren Bell goes to RCB for INR 90 lakh.
South African wicketkeeper-batter goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 30 lakh
All-rounder Harleen goes to UPW for INR 50 lakh.
The Indian all-rounder goes for INR 65 lakh and will play under Mandhana for 2024 champs RCB.
Delhi Capitals go for Sneh Rana and get her for INR 50 lakh.
South Africa Nadine de Klerk goes to RCB for INR 65 lakh.
The 21-year-old Indian spin all-rounder goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 1.3 crore.
The West Indian all-rounder gets INR 1.3 core by Delhi Capitals.
Hard-hitting Indian batter Kiran Navgire goes back to UPW for INR 60 lakh via RTM.
RCB made the first buy of day and got Aussie Georgia Voll for INR 60 lakh.
Australia's young sensation Phoebe Litchfield goes to UPW for INR 1.2 crore.
After the eight-player marquee set, capped batter and all-rounder are next on the list.
The Protea skipper goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 1.1 crore
Aussie veteran Meg Lanning also goes to UPW for INR 1.9 crore.
Englishwoman Sophie Ecclestone back to UPW via RTM for INR 85 lakh.
Another one of India's World Cup winning squad to Gujarat Giants for INR 60 lakh.
The Kiwi is bought by two-time champions Mumbai Indians for INR 3 crore.
Deepti won the Player of the Tournament in recently won 2025 ODI World Cup and was released by GG. She goes to UPW for INR 3.2 crore via RTM.
The legendary Kiwi player was released by RCB ahead of auction after missing WPL 2025 because of mental health break. She goes to Gujarat Giants for INR 2 crore.
The Aussie had a base price of INR 50 lakh and goes unsold!
Gujarat Giants only retained two players from the squad - Australia duo of Ash Gardner and Ben Mooney for INR 3.5 crore ($395,000) and INR 2.5 crore ($280,000), respectively.
The Warriorz made the most surprising decision among all teams by releasing Deepti Sharma. The Indian all-rounder is second in terms of run scored and wickets taken for the franchise. The Warriorz only retained one player - ucapped Shweta Sehrawat for INR 50 lakh ($56,000).
The 2024 WPL winners retained four of a maximum five players including Smriti Mandhana. They will also have one Right to Match (RTM) card available during the auction which they can use to buy back one their released players.
- Smriti Mandhana - INR 3.5 crore ($395,000)
- Richa Ghosh - INR 2.75 crore ($310,000)
- Ellyse Perry - INR 2 crore ($225,000)
- Shreyanka Patil - INR 60 lakh ($67,000)
The three-time WPL finalists chose to retain all five players from the squad including Jemimah Rodrigues who played one of the best innings in WODIs chases of 127 not out to help India beat Australia in Women's World Cup 2025 semis.
- Jemimah Rodrigues - INR 2.2 crore ($248,000)
- Shafali Verma - INR 2.2 crore ($248,000)
- Annabel Sutherland - INR 2.2 crore ($248,000)
- Marizanne Kapp - INR 2.2 crore ($248,000)
- Niki Prasad - INR 50 lakh ($56,000)
The two-time champions retained a maximum of five players including skipper Harmanpreet Kaur. They also retained G Kamalini as uncapped India player. Here's how much they paid to each retained player:
- Nat Sciver-Brunt - INR 3.5 crore ($395,000)
- Harmanpreet Kaur - INR 2.5 crore ($280,000)
- Haley Matthews - INR 1.75 crore ($197,000)
- Amanjot Kaur - INR 1 crore ($112,000)
- G Kamalini - INR 50 lakh ($56,000)
Two-time champions Mumbai Indians along with three-time finalist Delhi Capitals chose to retain a maximum of five player. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) retained four players while Gujarat Giants kept two and UP Warriorz (UPW) retained only one in Shweta Sehrawat.
A total of eight players are in the marquee set: Sophie Devine, Sophie Ecclestone, Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning, Amelia Kerr and Laura Wolvaardt apart from Indian duo of Deepti and Renuka. All the marquee set players have kept their base price at a maximum of INR 50 lakh, except Renuka (INR 40 Lakh) and Wolvaardt (INR 30 lakh).
