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The player auction for the fifth season of the Women’s Premier League will be held in Kochi today. The auction will start at 5:30 pm.
Bidding will be held on 146 players in this mini auction. Of these, 27 players can be bought. Only 7 slots are vacant for foreign players.
UP Warriors have the maximum amount of Rs 3.75 crore left before the auction. At the same time, Mumbai Indians have the least amount of Rs 90 lakh. In the news, know the rules of the auction and about 6 such players who can be sold at an expensive price.
Highlights of Mini Auction 2027
- Each WPL team can have a maximum of 18 players, which includes 6 foreign players.
- This auction is a mini auction, so teams will not get a chance to use the Right to Match (RTM) card.
- The five teams have retained 63 players before the auction, of which 23 are foreign players.
- All franchisees are allowed to spend a maximum of Rs 15 crore. This includes the money spent on the players retained by the teams.
Difference between mini auction and mega auction
- Teams can retain most of the players in the mini auction. If the team wants, it can keep all the players of the squad in the team. However, you can use the Right to Match card.
- Let us understand the Right to Match card with an example – Suppose the Mumbai team includes a player released from the Delhi team in their team by making the highest bid in the auction, then if Delhi wants, it can use this card to include him in its team. However, the player will have to spend the same amount of money from his purse as bid in the auction.
- In the mega auction, a team can retain a maximum of 5 players by including the right match card. Then with the remaining money he has to complete the squad of 18 players. Usually mega auction happens every 3 years. The previous mega auction was held for the WPL 2025 season, while the next one will take place before the 2028 season.
Focus on these 6 players in the auction…
1. Sophie Molineau (Base price: ₹50 lakh)
Australian all-rounder Sophie Molineau has been the T20 World Cup winning captain. He is Australia’s top T20 International wicket taker in 2026. In the Women’s Hundred, she scored 128 runs in 8 matches and took 11 wickets. Also played an important role in RCB’s title win in 2024.
Molineau has taken 12 wickets in 10 matches played in WPL.
2. Jess Jonassen (Base price: ₹40 lakh)
Australian spin all-rounder Jess Jonason has played three seasons for Delhi Capitals. In 2025, he scored 150 runs in 8 matches and took 13 wickets. In WPL, he has 295 runs and 33 wickets in 24 matches. Delhi, Gujarat and UP may show interest in buying them.
Jess Jonason did not play WPL last year. He had withdrawn his name from the mega auction.
3. Sarah Bryce (Base price: ₹10 lakh)
Scotland wicketkeeper-batsman Sarah Bryce has played for Delhi Capitals in 2025. In the 2026 T20 World Cup, he scored 159 runs in 5 innings and the strike rate was 134. Along with batting, she also gives the option of wicketkeeping. Being a player from an associate country, she can be included as the fifth foreign player in the playing-11.
Sara has played for Delhi Capitals.
4. Vrinda Dinesh (Base price: ₹10 lakh)
Indian batsman Vrinda Dinesh has played two seasons for UP Warriors. In the Women’s Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament, she scored 171 runs in 5 innings. He also scored 256 runs in 7 innings in Karnataka League ‘Maharani T-20 Trophy’ 2026. His strike rate was 192.48. UP and Delhi may show interest in buying them.
Vrinda could score only 102 runs in 10 matches played in WPL. However, considering his form, many teams can bid on him.
5. Ira Jadhav (Base price: ₹10 lakh)
16-year-old Indian batsman Ira Jadhav scored 346 runs in 157 balls for Mumbai against Meghalaya in the Under-19 ODI Trophy in 2025. This year she was selected as BCCI’s best junior domestic women cricketer. Mumbai can include him in the team.
BCCI selected Ira Jadhav as the best junior domestic women cricketer of 2026.
6. Sanika Chalke (Base Price: ₹10 Lakh)
20-year-old left-handed batsman Sanika Chalke was part of the Indian team that won the Under-19 T20 World Cup in 2025. This year, in the Mumbai T-20 competition, he scored 223 runs in 5 matches. Before the auction, she strengthened her claim by playing an inning of 85 runs in 53 balls against Jharkhand in the Senior Women’s T-20 Trophy.
Sanika plays for Mumbai in domestic.
Which team retained whom?
- Delhi Capitals (13 players): Marijane Capp, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Shefali Verma, Sri Charani, Chinelle Henry, Laura Wolvaardt, Nikki Prasad, Minnu Mani, Nandani Sharma, Lucy Hamilton, Madiwala Mamta, Diya Yadav
- Gujarat Giants (15 players): Ashley Gardner, Beth Mooney, Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Bharti Fulmali, Kashvi Gautam, Renuka Singh Thakur, Yastika Bhatia, Kim Garth, Tanuja Kanwar, Anushka Sharma, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Kanika Ahuja, Jintimani Kalita, Happy Kumari
- Mumbai Indians (12 players): Nate Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur, Sajna Sajeevan, Shabnim Ismail, Nicola Carey, Vaishnavi Sharma, Sanskriti Gupta, Rahila Firdous, Tara Norris (trade)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore (13 players): Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Lauren Bell, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Nadine de Klerk, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Wall, Sayali Satghare, Prema Rawat, Kumar Pratyusha
- UP Warriors (10 players): Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Meg Lanning, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Ecclestone, Harleen Deol, Kranti Gaur, Pratika Rawal, Shipra Giri, Simran Shaikh.
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