The Warriorz will shape the mini-auction in Kochi on 28 October because they’re the only franchise with real money and real holes. They have ₹3.65 crore left, 44.8% of the ₹8.15 crore remaining across the league, and seven slots to fill. Gujarat Giants are next on ₹1.25 crore. No rival can match a bid the Warriorz choose to make, even if that means re-buying released players such as Dottin or Tryon. Retention day left them with the fewest players kept and the most cash unspent.
Retention Day Reshaped All Five Squads
Retention day on 28 September left the five franchises with 63 retained players, 23 of them overseas, and 27 slots to fill at the mini-auction in Kochi on 28 October. Squads are capped at 18 players, with at most six overseas, and each franchise started with a ₹15 crore purse.
Only ₹8.15 crore is left across the league. Gujarat Giants kept 15 players and have three slots. Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals have five each, while Mumbai Indians and UP Warriorz have seven. Money and slots rarely line up like this. Mumbai have the same seven slots as the Warriorz on just ₹1 crore, and that mismatch is where the auction will be decided.
UP Warriorz WPL 2027 auction purse
UP Warriorz have ₹3.65 crore remaining, the most of any franchise and 44.8% of the league’s entire leftover money. Gujarat Giants are next on ₹1.25 crore, so the Warriorz hold nearly three times the next-best figure. Their 11 retentions cost ₹11.35 crore: Deepti Sharma ₹3.2 crore, Shikha Pandey ₹2.4 crore, Meg Lanning ₹1.9 crore, Phoebe Litchfield ₹1.2 crore and Sophie Ecclestone ₹85 lakh, with the rest on ₹50 lakh or less.
Five names absorbed most of that money, leaving the other six retentions cheap. That’s the trade the Warriorz made: expensive stars, cheap depth, and a healthy balance left to fix the depth in Kochi. Add the money already spent and the picture is a team that paid for quality and now needs volume.
The Gaps Left by Jones and Dottin
The Warriorz released six: Amy Jones, Deandra Dottin, Chloe Tryon, Kiran Navgire, Asha Sobhana and Shweta Sehrawat. Jones, a wicketkeeper-batter, joined mid-season as Litchfield’s injury replacement, after Litchfield made 243 runs in six matches. Dottin and Tryon are all-rounders, and Sobhana is a leg-spinner.
UP Warriorz finished fifth with two wins from eight matches. Navgire made 16 runs in six matches and Sehrawat 46 in seven, and Jones, Tryon and Sehrawat were left out of the XI against Delhi on 1 February. Dottin did make 40 against Bengaluru on 12 January, in a 93-run stand with Deepti that rescued the innings from 50/5. That’s the one release that stings.
Rivals Cannot Outbid Them in Kochi
Spread across slots, the gap widens. UP Warriorz average about ₹52 lakh per open slot, against roughly ₹42 lakh for Gujarat, ₹23 lakh for Bengaluru, ₹22 lakh for Delhi and ₹14 lakh for Mumbai, who have the same seven slots on just ₹1 crore.
The pool overlaps with the Warriorz’s own releases. Top overseas targets include Dottin and Tryon, plus Grace Harris, Alana King and Danni Wyatt-Hodge. Rivals with ₹1.25 crore or less would struggle against a franchise that could even re-buy its own players.
Team | Slots Left | Overseas Slots | Purse Remaining | Key Releases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
UP Warriorz | 7 | 2 | ₹3.65 crore | Amy Jones, Deandra Dottin, Chloe Tryon |
Gujarat Giants | 3 | 1 | ₹1.25 crore | Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Titas Sadhu |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 5 | 2 | ₹1.15 crore | Grace Harris, Linsey Smith |
Delhi Capitals | 5 | 1 | ₹1.10 crore | Alana King, Lizelle Lee, Sneh Rana |
Mumbai Indians | 7 | 1 | ₹1.00 crore | Milly Illingworth, G Kamalini |
Seven Slots and Two Overseas Spots
The Warriorz kept only 11 players, the fewest of any franchise, and four of them are overseas: Lanning, Ecclestone, Litchfield and Tara Norris. That leaves two overseas slots under the limit of six, and they released three overseas players: Jones, Dottin and Tryon. They cannot replace all three.
Five of the seven slots must therefore go to Indian players, replacing Navgire, Sehrawat and Sobhana. Seven slots are 25.9% of the 27 available. The UP Warriorz WPL 2027 auction purse gives them the loudest voice in Kochi, but the roster rules decide how they use it: two overseas spots, five Indian ones.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
How much money does UP Warriorz have left for the mini-auction?
UP Warriorz have ₹3.65 crore left, the highest of the five franchises. Their 11 retentions used ₹11.35 crore of the ₹15 crore cap, leaving room to rebuild the depth.
When is the Women’s Premier League mini-auction in Kochi?
The mini-auction is on 28 October 2026 at the Grand Hyatt in Kochi. The season itself runs from 14 January to 7 February 2027, after the squads are settled.
Who did UP Warriorz release this season?
UP Warriorz released six players. Amy Jones, Deandra Dottin, Chloe Tryon, Kiran Navgire, Asha Sobhana and Shweta Sehrawat all left the squad, and the franchise now has seven open slots.
How many slots are left across the league?
27 slots remain across the five franchises, seven of them overseas. UP Warriorz and Mumbai Indians have seven slots each, Bengaluru and Delhi have five each, and Gujarat Giants have just three.
Who did UP Warriorz retain?
They retained 11 players, the fewest of any franchise. Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Meg Lanning, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Ecclestone, Harleen Deol, Kranti Gaud, Pratika Rawal, Shipra Giri, Simran Shaikh and Tara Norris.