WPL Retentions: Laura Wolvaardt, Deepti Sharma released

Gujarat Giants have made the big call of not retaining Laura Wolvaardt as all five teams confirmed their retentions ahead of the WPL Auction. Wolvaardt top-scored in the recently-concluded ODI World Cup and led South Africa to the final but with the rules allowing only two overseas players to be retained, Giants opted for the Australian duo of Beth Mooney and Ashleigh Gardner.

Apart from Wolvaardt, the other big name not retained as reported earlier by Cricbuzz is India's premier allrounder Deepti Sharma. The World Cup winner came up with a terrific performance in the final and was also named the player of the tournament. Deepti had also won the player of the tournament award in the WPL in 2024. On expected lines, the other big Indian stars like Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh and Jemimah Rodrigues have all been retained by their respective teams.

List of retained players

MI - Harmanpreet Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Nat-Sciver Brunt, G Kamalini

RCB - Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Shreyanka Patil

GG - Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney

UPW - Shweta Sehrawat

DC - Annabel Sutherland, Marizanne Kapp, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Niki Prasad

More to follow...