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According to ESPNcricinfo, Amelia Kerr and Meg Lanning have not been retained by their teams.
Women’s World Cup 2025 Player Of The Tournament Deepti Sharma has been released by her franchise in the Women’s Premier League during retentions for the new season. According to ESPNcricinfo, Amelia Kerr and Meg Lanning have not been retained by their teams.
Delhi Capitals were planning to leave out Lanning, and the fate of the star player has been sealed. Delhi was among the two teams that used their full quotas of retentions. Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, and Niki Prasad have been retained by DC.
Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amanjot Kaur, G Kamilini and Hayley Mathews will continue to play for the Mumbai Indians.
RCB have shown trust in Smriti Mandhana, Elysse Perry, Richa Ghosh and Shreyanka Patil. The Gujarat Giants have retained Ashleigh Gardner and Beth Mooney.
UP Warriorz have parted ways with Deepti, Alyssa Healy, and Kranto Goud. They have only retained Shweta Sehrawat.
Deepti’s release has surprised many as she took 22 wickets and scored 215 runs in the World Cup. The all-rounder amassed 58 runs and picked up 5 wickets in the final against South Africa as India registered a 52-run win.
WPL 2026 Retentions
Delhi Capitals: Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Niki Prasad
Mumbai Indians: Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amanjot Kaur, G Kamilini and Hayley Mathews
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Smriti Mandhana, Elysse Perry, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil
Gujarat Giants: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney
UP Warriorz: Shweta Sehrawat.