Australia all-rounder Jess Jonassen has pulled out of the mega auction because of an injury. The franchises were notified about her removal from the auction list, which is now down to 276 players. Jonassen has appeared in 24 WPL games over three seasons, all with the Delhi Capitals, scoring 295 runs with an average of 138.50 and taking 33 wickets with an economy rate of 7.74.

WPL 2026 Auction build-up:

The Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 auction will see a total of 276 players divided into 39 sets. The spotlight is on the Marquee set of eight players, which includes big names like Deepti Sharma, Alyssa Healy, Laura Wolvaardt, Sophie Devine, Sophie Ecclestone, Amelia Kerr, Meg Lanning, and India’s Renuka Singh.

Among them, Renuka Singh has a base price of INR 40 lakh, Laura Wolvaardt at INR 30 lakh, while the others are listed at INR 50 lakh.

In total, 19 players have chosen the highest reserve price bracket, such as Phoebe Litchfield, Harleen Deol, Uma Chetry, Pooja Vastrakar, and Georgia Wareham.

Across the five franchises, there are 73 slots available, including 23 for overseas players. The pool features 83 overseas cricketers, 155 uncapped players, and four from Associate nations.

India has the largest number of entrants with 194 players, followed by Australia (23) and England (22).

The UP Warriorz head into the auction with the biggest purse of INR 14.5 crore, having retained only Shweta Sehrawat. They also hold four of the eight Right to Match (RTM) cards available in this auction.

Retentions and releases, recap:

The Gujarat Giants (GG) and UP Warriorz (UPW) made the boldest decisions on retention day. GG released Laura Wolvaardt despite her strong World Cup performances. With only two overseas slots available, they chose to keep Australians Beth Mooney and Ashleigh Gardner. UP Warriorz went for a complete reset, retaining just one player. This meant big names like India’s top allrounder Deepti Sharma and Australia captain Alyssa Healy were let go.

On the other hand, India’s marquee stars Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, and Jemimah Rodrigues were all retained as expected. Among other notable moves, the  Delhi Capitals released skipper Meg Lanning after three straight finals. They held on to Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, and Niki Prasad.

Meanwhile, the Mumbai Indians showed faith in young talent G Kamalini and retained Nat Sciver-Brunt at a higher price than their captain, Harmanpreet Kaur.

Dates & venue announced

The fourth edition will begin on January 9.

Final: February 5

Venue: DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai and Vadodara

- Alyssa Healy Remains Unsold 
- Sophie Devine Goes to the Gujarat Giants At 2 Crores
- Deepti Sharma goes to UP Wrriors at 3.2 crore via RTM
- Amelia Karr goes to the Mumbai Indians at 3 crore
- Renuka Singh Sold to Gujarat Giants at 60 Lakhs 
- Sophie Ecclestone Goes to UP Warriors at 85 Lakhs
- Meg Lanning Moves to UP Warriors at 1.90 Crore
- Laura Wolvaart Sold to Delhi Capitals at 1.10 Crore
- S Megana UNSOLD
- Bharti Fulmali 70 Lakh Gujarat via RTM
- Tazin Brit UNSOLD
- Phobe Lichfield SOLD to 1.20 UP Warriors
- Georgia Wall SOLD RCB at 60 Lakh
- Kiran Navgire SOLD to UP Warriors via RTM at 60 Lakh
- Grace Harries UNSOLD
- Chinelle Henry SOLD to Delhi Capitals at 1.30 Crore
- Shree Charni SOLD to Delhi Capitals at the price of 1.30 Crore 
- Medine De Clark SOLD to RCB at 65 Lakh
- Sneh Rana SOLD to DC at 50 Lakh
- Radha Yadav 65 lakh SOLD to RCB
- Harleen Deol will stay with the UP Warriors at 50 Lakhs
- Isabella Gaze Remains Unsold
- Amy Jones finds no takers
- Lizelle Lee SOLD to the Delhi Capitals at 30 Lakhs