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Xtra Time Web Desk: The second edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction is scheduled to be held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Mumbai on Saturday, December 9. This year’s mini-auction will see 165 cricketers going under the hammer. There are 30 slots to fill at the WPL 2024 mini auction. Out of the 165 players, 61 are overseas players while 15 are from associate nations.

West Indies’ Deandra Dottin and Ireland’s Kim Garth find themselves in the top bracket of the base price at Rs 50 Lakhs.

Gujarat Giants have the highest purse of Rs 5.95 crore. Having released 11 players, they have 10 slots to fill. Defending champions Mumbai Indians has the least purse INR 2.1 crore remaining. Harmanpreet Kaur-led side has retained the core of the winning squad, as they will only need to fill in five slots including an overseas spot.

Delhi Capitals has INR 2.25 crore purse left. Meg Lanning led side have only four slots to fill. UP Warriorz has INR 4 crore in the bank while Royal Challengers Bangalore have Rs 3.35 Cr in the purse.

The WPL 2024 mini-auction will be held in Mumbai on Saturday, December 9. The mini-auction is scheduled to start at 2:30 pm IST.

Players to watch out for at WPL Auction:

Devika Vaidya (India)

Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka)

Kim Garth (Australia)

Danni Wyatt (England)

Annabel Sutherland (Australia)

Here are the retained players of all the five WPL franchise:

Delhi Capitals (DC): Retained Players: Alice Capsey*, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen*, Laura Harris*, Marizanne Kapp*, Meg Lanning*, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniyaa Bhatia, Titas Sadhu

Gujarat Giants (GG): Retained Players: Ashleigh Gardner*, Beth Mooney*, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt*, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwer

Mumbai Indians (MI): Retained Players: Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr*, Chloe Tryon*, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews*, Humairaa Kaazi, Isabelle Wong*, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver*, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Retained Players: Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry*, Heather Knight*, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine*

UP Warriorz (UPW): Retained Players: Alyssa Healy*, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris*, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell*, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, S. Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone*, Tahlia Mcgrath*