WPL Auction 2026 highlights: Auction ends on a high note, UPW acquire Pratika Rawal for 50 lakhs

GG gets Rajeshwari Gayakwad at base price of INR 40 lakh.

Milly Illingworth, uncapped Australia bowler goes to MI for 10 lakhs

Pratyusha Kumar, uncapped Indian wicketkeeper goes to RCB for 10 lakhs.

MI get the Indian bowler back at 30 lakh.

Seam-bowling allrounder will play for MI after they select her at base price of INR 10 lakh.

The left-arm quick from Australia is picked by DC for INR 10 lakh.

Three seasons with MI, the South Africa allrounder asks for INR 30 lakh. UPW select her at base price.

The USA left-arm quick asks for INR 10 lakh. UPW select her at base price. UPW can play five overseas in the XI now.

The HP wicketkeeper asks for INR 10 lakh. GG are the only bidder and they get her.

The bid for the allrounder opened at INR 10 lakh. MI, the lone bidder, secured the player at the base price.

The fast bowler asked for INR 10 lakh. GG bid for her and got her at base price.

Delhi Capitals start the bid for the wicketkeeper. They get her at her base price INR 10 lakh.

Indian wicketkeeper Shipra Giri will play for UPW. The wicketkeeper had UPW’s interest as soon as the bidding opened and they got her for INR 10 lakh.

UP Warriors jump in this time – base price of INR 30 lakh. RCB join the bidding. It quickly zooms to INR 65 lakh. RCB further rise it to INR 75 lakh. And Harris will play under Mandhana at WPL 2026

There are a maximum of 33 slots yet to be filled. The purse left is INR 6.85 crore. MI and RCB have only INR 80 lakh each remaining. While MI need to fill at least five slots, RCB need at least four more players.

Australia all-rounder Nicola Carey saw bids from GG and MI. The Australian finally went to MI for Rs 30 lakhs.

Indian allrounder Anushka Sharma sees interest from RCB, MI and GG. The bid starts at Rs 10 Lakh and soon zooms to 45 lakhs. Anushka Sharma will be playing for Gujarat Giants.

An opening bid of 50 lakh is made by the Giants. RCB join in later with a higher bid. Giants have the bid at 60 lakh. RCB in deep discussion, with a purse of just 1.25 crore remaining. But they raise the paddle to make the bid for 65 lakh.RCB take it to 95 lakh, which means they will only have 30 lakh left. Giants have a budget of 4 crore left, and confidently raise the paddle to 1 crore. And they get her for 1 crore.

Bids on former RCB allrounder Kanika Ahuja started with a base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Following a mini-battle between RCB and GG. Ahuja was sold to GG for 30 Lakhs.

Following UPW and RCB’s tussle over Pooja Vastrakar. A string of players went for the base price whilst some went unsold. These players have been listed as follows.

Taniyaa Bhatia, India keeper: DC for 30 lakh

Nuzhat Parween, India keeper : Unsold

Marufa Akter, Bangladesh pacer: Asking price 30 lakh. Unsold

Lea Tahuhu, NZ pacer: Asking price 30 lakh. Unsold

Eden Carsen, NZ off spinner: 30 lakh price. Unsold again

Rajeshwari Gayakwad, India left-arm spinner : Unsold

Fran Jonas, NZ seamer: Unsold

Shuchi Upadhyay, India spinner: Unsold

RCB and UPW engaged in yet another bidding tussle over Pooja Vastrakar this time. Despite being injured recently, Pooja attracts major bids from RCB and UP-W who don’t see that to be a problem.

She’s currently in rehab at the Centre of Excellence. Missed WPL 2025 due to a stress injury, and hasn’t played for India for more than a year. Pooja goes to RCB for 85 lakh!

Sajana Sajeevan: MI and UP-W keep bidding. MI seem keen on getting her back. And it looks like she will be back with them. 75 lakh is the winning price. Sanjana marks her return to MI for 75 lakhs .

DC opened the bidding at 30 lakh for Arundhati Reddy, who played for them from 2023-2025. RCB joins in later, taking the bid to 50

A third team comes in. Giants. The bid jumps to 75 lakhs with RCB. Giants are out, Reddy goes to RCB for 75 lakhs.

Shikha Pandey’s bid sees a massive two-way bidding war between UPW and RCB tussling. Pandey’s base price set at 40 lakhs zooms to 75 lakh in no time. No sign of her former team, DC, jumping in yet. The bid jumps to 1 crore but RCB are going all guns blazing. RCB and Warriorz take the bid to 1.7 crore. A proven performer, terrific work ethic. Great body of work in domestic cricket. Hasn’t played internationals for three years now, but clearly that hasn’t dimmed her value. RCB have taken the bid to 2 crore. But that’s not the last of it. The bid is now at 2.2 crore! It’s at this point that the Warriorz are thinking, taking their time and guess what….they make it 2.4! UP-W get her for 2.4 crore.

Capped player. Asking price of 40 lakh. The all-rounder played for DC last year. But no one raises the paddle. She goes unsold.

MI open bidding at 30 lakh. UP say 35. MI jump back in. She was among the highest paid domestic buys last time around, and is attracting more than her fair share of attention. Warriorz have the bid at 65 lakh. Will she touch a crore again? GG have chosen to exercise their RTM. So the ball is in UP’s court. Their bid stays, GG accept and Kashvee goes back to Giants.

UP Warriorz make the opening bid at 50 lakh. RCB raise the paddle, and there’s a battle between the two. The bid zooms up to 80 lakh and is with the Warriorz.

First three players from the accelerated round goes unsold.

Sneha Deepti, former DC batter: Unsold.

Mona Meshram, India batter: Unsold

Priya Punia, India batter: Unsold

After the completion of 11 sets of players at the WPL auction today, this is how the MI team is shaping up.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Voll, Nadine de Klerk, Radha Yadav, Lauren Bell, Linsey Smith, Prema Rawat

After the completion of 11 sets of players at the WPL auction today, this is how the MI team is shaping up.

Mumbai Indians (MI): Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur, G Kamalini, Amelia Kerr, Shabnim Ismail, Sanskriti Gupta