WPL 2026 mega auction highlights: Deepti Sharma, Amelia Kerr star as Rs 40.8 cr spent, 90 players picked

That’s it from the auction! Deepti Sharma emerged as the standout buy at ₹3.2 crore, while a total of 67 players changed hands, including 23 overseas stars, with teams collectively spending ₹40.8 crore.

Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru maxed out their funds, each locking in 16-player squads with 6 overseas and 10 Indian players. Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz went slightly overboard on squad size with 18 players each, retaining ₹15 lakh and an RTM spot in Gujarat’s case.

With marquee signings and balanced squads now finalized, the stage is set for a thrilling WPL season, where big-ticket buys like Deepti Sharma will be expected to shine and lead their teams to glory.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Voll (₹60 lakhs), Nadine de Klerk (₹65 lakhs), Radha Yadav (₹65 lakhs), Lauren Bell (₹90 lakhs), Linsey Smith (₹30 lakhs), Prema Rawat (₹20 lakhs RTM), Arundhati Reddy (₹75 lakhs), Pooja Vastrakar (₹85 lakhs), Grace Harris (₹75 lakhs), Gautami Naik (₹10 lakh), Prathyoosha Kumar (₹10 lakh), Dayalan Hemlatha (₹30 lakh)

Mumbai Indians: Amanjot Kaur, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, G Kamalini, Amelia Kerr (₹3 crore), Shabnim Ismail (₹60 lakhs), Sanskriti Gupta (₹20 lakhs base price), Sajeevan Sajana (₹75 lakhs), Rahila Firdous (₹10 lakhs base price), Nicola Carey (₹30 lakhs), Triveni Vasistha (₹20 lakh), Nalla Reddy (₹10 lakh), Saika Ishaque (₹30 lakh), Mily Illingworth (₹10 lakh)

Delhi Capitals: Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Niki Prasad, Laura Woolvaardt (₹1.10 crore), Chinelle Henry (₹1.30 crore), Shree Charani (₹1.30 crore), Sneh Rana (₹50 lakhs), Lizelle Lee (₹30 lakhs), Deeya Yadav (₹10 lakhs), Taniya Bhatia (₹30 lakhs), Mamtha Madiwala (₹10 lakh), Nandini Sharma (₹10 lakh), Lucy Hamilton (₹10 lakh), Minnu Mani (₹40 lakh)

UP Warriorz: Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma (₹3.2 crore RTM), Sophie Ecclestone (₹85 lakhs), Meg Lanning (₹1.90 crore), Phoebe Litchfield (₹1.20 crore), Kiran Navgire (₹60 lakhs), Harleen Deol (₹50 lakhs), Kranti Goud (₹50 lakhs RTM), Asha Sobhana (₹1.10 crore), Deandra Dottin (₹80 lakhs), Shikha Pandey (₹2.40 crore), Simran Shaikh (₹10 lakh), Shipra Giri (₹10 lakh), Chloe Tryon (₹30 lakh), Suman Meena (₹10 lakh), Gongadi Trisha (₹10 lakh), Pratika Rawal (₹40 lakh), Tara Norris (₹10 lakhs).

Gujarat Giants: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Sophie Devine (₹2 crore), Renuka Singh (₹60 lakhs), Bharati Fulmali (₹70 lakhs), Titas Sadhu (₹30 lakhs), Kashvee Gautam (₹75 lakhs RTM), Kanika Ahuja (₹30 lakhs), Tanuja Kanwar (₹45 lakhs), Georgia Wareham (₹1 crore), Anushka Sharma (₹45 lakhs), Happy Kumari (₹10 lakh), Kim Garth (₹50 lakh), Yastika Bhatia (₹50 lakh), Danni Wyatt-Hodge (₹50 lakh), Aayushi Soni (₹30 lakh), Rajeshwari Gayakwad (₹40 lakh), Shivani Singh (₹10 lakhs), Danni Wyatt-Hodge (₹50 lakhs)

• Saika Ishaque – Mumbai Indians, ₹30 lakh

• Gongadi Trisha – UP Warriorz, ₹10 lakh

• Prathyoosha Kumar – Royal Challengers Bengaluru, ₹10 lakh

• Mily Illingworth – Mumbai Indians, ₹10 lakh

• Danni Wyatt-Hodge – Gujarat Giants, ₹50 lakh

• Minnu Mani – Delhi Capitals, ₹40 lakh

• Pratika Rawal – UP Warriorz, ₹40 lakh

• Dayalan Hemlatha – Royal Challengers Bengaluru, ₹30 lakh

• Aayushi Soni – Gujarat Giants, ₹30 lakh

• Rajeshwari Gayakwad – Gujarat Giants, ₹40 lakh

Dayalan Hemlatha has been picked up by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for Rs 30 lakh, adding to their squad depth.

Aayushi Soni has joined Gujarat Giants for Rs 30 lakh, while the experienced Rajeshwari Gayakwad has also been secured by the Giants for Rs 40 lakh, bolstering their bowling attack.

UP Warriorz have secured Pratika Rawal for Rs 40 lakh, adding the talented batter to their squad.

Minnu Mani has been picked up by Delhi Capitals for Rs 40 lakh, strengthening their squad with her all-round abilities.

Gujarat Giants have secured England’s Danni Wyatt-Hodge for Rs 50 lakh, adding an experienced international batter to their squad.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have secured Prathyoosha Kumar for Rs 10 lakh, adding her to their squad.

Gongadi Trisha has been picked up by UP Warriorz for Rs 10 lakh, securing her spot in the squad.

Meanwhile, Khushi Bhatia went unsold at Rs 10 lakh, leaving her without a franchise this round.

Saika Ishaque has been snapped up by Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakh, adding a new face to their squad and bolstering their lineup.

Pranavi Chandra has gone unsold in the auction. 

S Megahana has gone unsold for the third time. 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Voll (₹60 lakhs), Nadine de Klerk (₹65 lakhs), Radha Yadav (₹65 lakhs), Lauren Bell (₹90 lakhs), Linsey Smith (₹30 lakhs), Prema Rawat (₹20 lakhs RTM), Arundhati Reddy (₹75 lakhs), Pooja Vastrakar (₹85 lakhs), Grace Harris (₹75 lakhs), Gautami Naik (₹10 lakh)

Mumbai Indians: Amanjot Kaur, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, G Kamalini, Amelia Kerr (₹3 crore), Shabnim Ismail (₹60 lakhs), Sanskriti Gupta (₹20 lakhs base price), Sajeevan Sajana (₹75 lakhs), Rahila Firdous (₹10 lakhs base price), Nicola Carey (₹30 lakhs), Triveni Vasistha (₹20 lakh), Nalla Reddy (₹10 lakh), Poonam Khemnar (₹10 lakh), Mamtha Madiwala (₹10 lakh)

Delhi Capitals: Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Niki Prasad, Laura Woolvaardt (₹1.10 crore), Chinelle Henry (₹1.30 crore), Shree Charani (₹1.30 crore), Sneh Rana (₹50 lakhs), Lizelle Lee (₹30 lakhs), Deeya Yadav (₹10 lakhs), Taniya Bhatia (₹30 lakhs), Mamtha Madiwala (₹10 lakh), Nandini Sharma (₹10 lakh), Lucy Hamilton (₹10 lakh)

UP Warriorz: Shweta Sehrawat, Deepti Sharma (₹3.2 crore RTM), Sophie Ecclestone (₹85 lakhs), Meg Lanning (₹1.90 crore), Phoebe Litchfield (₹1.20 crore), Kiran Navgire (₹60 lakhs), Harleen Deol (₹50 lakhs), Kranti Goud (₹50 lakhs RTM), Asha Sobhana (₹1.10 crore), Deandra Dottin (₹80 lakhs), Shikha Pandey (₹2.40 crore), Simran Shaikh (₹10 lakh), Shipra Giri (₹10 lakh), Chloe Tryon (₹30 lakh), Suman Meena (₹10 lakh), Tara Norris (₹10 lakh).

Gujarat Giants: Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Sophie Devine (₹2 crore), Renuka Singh (₹60 lakhs), Bharati Fulmali (₹70 lakhs), Titas Sadhu (₹30 lakhs), Kashvee Gautam (₹75 lakhs RTM), Kanika Ahuja (₹30 lakhs), Tanuja Kanwar (₹45 lakhs), Georgia Wareham (₹1 crore), Anushka Sharma (₹45 lakhs), Happy Kumari (₹10 lakh), Kim Garth (₹50 lakh), Yastika Bhatia (₹50 lakh), Shivani Singh (₹10 lakh), Nandini Sharma (₹10 lakh)

• Grace Harris – Royal Challengers Bengaluru, ₹75 lakh

• Simran Shaikh – UP Warriorz, ₹10 lakh

• Mamtha Madiwala – Delhi Capitals, ₹10 lakh

• Happy Kumari – Gujarat Giants, ₹10 lakh

• Nandini Sharma – Delhi Capitals, ₹10 lakh

• Kim Garth – Gujarat Giants, ₹50 lakh

• Yastika Bhatia – Gujarat Giants, ₹50 lakh

• Shipra Giri – UP Warriorz, ₹10 lakh

• Rahila Firdous – Mumbai Indians, ₹10 lakh

• Tanuja Kanwar – Gujarat Giants, ₹45 lakh

• Anushka Sharma – Gujarat Giants, ₹45 lakh

• Nicola Carey – Mumbai Indians, ₹30 lakh

• Chloe Tryon – UP Warriorz, ₹30 lakh

• Lucy Hamilton – Delhi Capitals, ₹10 lakh

• Triveni Vasistha – Mumbai Indians, ₹20 lakh

• Suman Meena – UP Warriorz, ₹10 lakh

• Gautami Naik – Royal Challengers Bengaluru, ₹10 lakh

• Nalla Reddy – Mumbai Indians, ₹10 lakh

Mumbai Indians have secured Nalla Reddy for Rs 10 lakh, rounding off the second accelerated round of the auction.

With that phase complete, teams have been asked to submit four names each for the upcoming third accelerated round.

India’s Gautami Naik has been picked up by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for Rs 10 lakh, securing her a place in the team.

Suman Meena has been snapped up by UP Warriorz for Rs 10 lakh, earning her a spot in the squad.

Mumbai Indians have secured Triveni Vasistha for Rs 20 lakh, adding the talented player to their squad.

Lucy Hamilton has been picked up by Delhi Capitals for Rs 10 lakh, securing her place in the squad.

South African all-rounder Chloe Tryon has been snapped up by UP Warriorz for Rs 30 lakh, adding experience and firepower to their squad.