Welcome to Wisden's live coverage of the auction of WPL 2025 held today (December 15) – follow all the latest updates of the event, including news, a real-time list of players sold and unsold, and more, right here.
The auction for the third edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) is taking place in Bengaluru. A total of 120 shortlisted players, including 29 overseas cricketers, will go under the hammer to fill the 19 slots available across the five franchises.
Find the full list of players registered for WPL 2025 auction here.
England captain Heather Knight, West Indies’ Deandra Dottin and South Africa’s Lizelle Lee have placed themselves in the highest price bracket with a base price of 50 lakh INR. Scotland's Sarah Bryce, UAE's Samaira Dharnidharka and Theertha Satish are the three players from the Associate Members.
Here's the full list of registered players in WPL 2025 auction.
Gujarat Giants head into the auction with the biggest purse of 4.40 crore INR with four slots to fill, including two overseas. That makes sense given they came last in the previous two seasons. On the other hand, Delhi Capitals, runners-up on both occasions, have the lowest budget (2.50 crore INR) in the room.
Here's the remaining purse for each team ahead of the auction
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Simran Shaikh: Sold to Gujarat Giants for 1.9 Crores
Delhi Capitals are once again embroiled in a bidding war, this time around with Gujarat Giants as the price has been escalated to 60 Lakhs.
DC refused to bid after 1.5 Crores for G Kamilini but bid 1.6 Crores for Simran Shaikh and seemed to have eventually bagged their target player for a price of 1.8 Crores but the Giants one-upped them and bagged Shaikh's services at a price of 1.9 Crores.
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G Kamalini: Sold to Mumbai Indians for 1.6 Crores
16-year old wicket-keeper G Kamalini starts a bidding war between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals as the base price of 10 Lakhs has been escalated beyond 1 Crore.
Neeta Ambani kept rivalling Sourav Ganguly and bagged her target at a price of 1.6 Crores.
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Set 2: Uncapped Players
The likes of Laura Harris and Nandini Kashyap are in Set 2.
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Kim Garth goes UNSOLD to end SET 1
End of Set 1 as only two players attracted bids with Dottin and de Klerk finding their new homes.
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Orla Prendergast, C Prathyusha, and Tejal Hasabnis UNSOLD!!
Three more players remain unsold!
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Alana King UNSOLD!!
Alana King dismantled India's batting line-up in the recent WODI series but failed to impress any of the franchises.
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Sushma Verma UNSOLD!!
Wicket-keeper batter Sushma Verma remains unsold as of now.
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Shubha Satheesh UNSOLD!!
Another all-rounder remains unsold.
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Nadine de Klerk: Sold to Mumbai Indians for 30L
Nadine de Klerk finds a buyer as MIW splurges 30 Lakhs to bag Nadine de Klerk at her base price.
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Sneh Rana UNSOLD!!
Sneh Rana's name is up and the former GG skipper fails to find a buyer as well.
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Lauren Cheatle UNSOLD!!
Australian seamer with more than 100 T20 wickets in her career remains unsold. The franchises have gone to sleep.
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Darcie Brown UNSOLD!!
Another overseas player goes unsold as Darcie Brown doesn't get a WPL contract.
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Heather Graham UNSOLD!!
Seventh consecutive player to remain unsold as Heather Graham also fails to attract a bid.
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Maia Bouchier UNSOLD!!
Another English player remains unsold as the 26-year old aggressive batter fails to find a buyer.
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Sarah Glenn UNSOLD!!
English spinner Sarah Glenn fails to find a bidder for her services.
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Chinelle Henry UNSOLD!!
All-rounder Henry remains unsold.
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Heather Knight UNSOLD!!
A base price of 50 Lakhs seemed a bit too much as Knight remains unsold for now.
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Poonam Yadav UNSOLD!!
Wrist-spinner Poonam Yadav fails to attract a bid after getting released from Delhi Capitals during the off-season.
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Danielle Gibson UNSOLD!!
Despite a base price of 30 Lakhs, Gibson remains unsold.
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Dottin: Sold to Gujarat Giants for 1.7 Crores
The battle rages on and Gujarat Giants bag their target for a price of 1.7 Crores. FIRST CROREPATI OF THE DAY!
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Deandra Dottin IN DEMAND!
Dottin with a base price of 50 Lacs is up for grabs and UP Warriorz submit their first bid of the day. Gujarat Giants enter the fray as the duo start battling for the Caribbean all-rounder taking her price to 1 Crore.
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Set 1: Capped Players
Set 1 consists of 20 Capped Players. Auctioneer Mallika Sagar asks Shubhangi Kulkarni to pick out the first player from the bag.
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AND WE KICK OFF!
BCCI President Roger Binny has kicked off the proceedings in Bengaluru as all the franchises take their places on their respective tables.
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WHO WOULD BAG THE BIG BUCKS?
Bengaluru would be the hotspot for players like Deandra Dottin, Lauren Bell, Sushma Verma, Kim Garth, Sneh Rana, Nadine de Klerk, Alana King, and Poonam Yadav as 20 players would be coming up in Set 1.
Most of the franchises would be looking to go big in Set 1.
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Wicket-keepers in huge demand
All of the franchises are looking for a back-up wicket-keeper except UP Warriorz who already have two internationally acclaimed wicket-keepers in their squad.
GET THOSE GLOVES ON AND POCKET THE MONEY!
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One small UPDATE!
A total of 124 players will be going under the hammer now after 4 more players were added to the auction as RCBW decided to release the trio of Disha Kasat, Simran Bahadur, and Indrani Roy.
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19 SLOTS TO BE FILLED!
A total of 19 slots will be filled today with most franchises focusing on their sixth overseas player which would provide them some flexibility throughout the 2025 WPL season.
Gujarat Giants would be the busiest side today after releasing some of their key players ahead of the retention deadline.
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WPL AUCTION 2025 is only 45 minutes away!
A total of 120 players will be going under the hammer today as the five WPL franchises would be hoping to strengthen their respective squads after retaining their key core of players.
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