The first edition of the WPL was won by Mumbai Indians, who defeated Delhi Capitals in the final in March. The 2023 Women’s Premier League was played between five teams: Mumbai, Delhi, UP Warriorz, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Giants. Gujarat finished at the bottom of the table, with two wins from eight games, and were closely followed by RCB, who also won two matches in the event.

Ahead of the 2024 WPL auction, a total of 30 slots were available, with nine overseas players up for grabs. Each WPL can have a maximum squad of 18 players. As many as 165 cricketers registered for the auction.

WPL 2024 auction: Full squad of five teams

Gujarat Giants

Retained: Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney*, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt*, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer

Bought: Veda Krishnamurthy (30 lakh), Phoebe Litchfield* (1 cr), Trisha Poojitha (10 lakh), Meghna Singh (30 lakh), Kashvee Gautam (2 cr), Kathryn Bryce* (10 lakh), Mannat Kashyap (10 lakh), Tarannum Pathan (10 lakh), Priya Mishra (20 lakh), Lauren Cheatle* (30 lakh)

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Retained: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry*, Heather Knight*, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Sophie Devine*, Smriti Mandhana

Bought: Sabbhineni Meghana (30 lakh), Georgia Wareham* (40 lakh), Sophie Molineux* (30 lakh), Shubha Satheesh (10 lakh), Simran Bahadur (30 lakh), Kate Cross* (30 lakh), Ekta Bisht (60 lakh)

UP Warriorz

Retained: Alyssa Healy*, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell*, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S. Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia Mcgrath*, Laxmi Yadav

Bought: Danielle Wyatt* (30 lakh), Vrinda Dinesh (1.3 cr), Poonam Khemnar (10 lakh), Saima Thakor (10 lakh), Gouher Sultana (30 lakh)

Kashvee Gautam and Vrinda Dinesh become the most expensive uncapped players in the WPL.

Gautam was bought by Gujarat Giants for INR 2 crore.
Dinesh was bought by UP Warriorz for INR 1.3 crore.

Both players had a base price of 10 lakhs. pic.twitter.com/aZHFWNHDxx

— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) December 9, 2023

Mumbai Indians

Retained: 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

Bought: Amandeep Kaur (10 lakh), S Sajana (15 lakh), Keerthana Balakrishnan (10 lakh), Shabnim Ismail* (1.2 cr), Fatima Jaffer (10 lakh)

Delhi Capitals

Retained: 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

Bought: Aparna Mondal (10 lakh), Annabel Sutherland (2 cr), Ashwani Kumari (10 lakh)