MI’s purse strings tightened, but a star all-rounder could be their jackpot

Former India cricketer Veda Krishnamurthy on Friday opened up on what could be Mumbai Indians plans for the WPL 2025 auctions The list of retained players by all the franchises ahead of the next Womens Premier League WPL season was announced on Thursday Across the five franchises 71 players including 25 overseas stars have been retained securing each teams core lineup for the upcoming seasonThe former righthand batter said that the Mumbai franchise is saving its purse to go behind overseas allrounders in the WPL 2025 auctionsMI might be saving a significant portion of their purse to go after an overseas allrounder either fastbowling or spinbowling Even in the first edition they seemed a player short after Amelia Kerrs dismissal Last year Humaira was in the eleven but wasnt utilized as a batter though she contributed with the ball I feel theres a vacant spot that MI will look to address in this auction Their mistake in last years eliminator was failing to finish the game so I think theyll focus on filling that gap she said on Jio CinemaRetained Players Amandeep Kaur Amanjot Kaur Amelia Kerr Chloe Tryon Harmanpreet Kaur Hayley Matthews Jintimani Kalita Keerthana Balakrishnan Natalie Sciver Brunt Pooja Vastrakar S Sajana Saika Ishaque Shabnim Ismail and Yastika BhatiaReleased Players Fatima Jaffer Humairaa Kaazi Isabelle Wong and Priyanka BalaIn the last season the 2023 champions were eliminated by the eventual champions RCBAlso Read WPL will set a template for other sports revolutionise way we look at womens cricket BCCI secretary Jay ShahList of other players retained and released ahead of the WPL 2025 auctionsDelhi Capitals DCRetained Players Alice Capsey Annabel Sutherland Arundhati Reddy Jemimah Rodrigues Jess Jonassen Marizanne Kapp Meg Lanning Minnu Mani Radha Yadav Shafali Verma Shikha Pandey Sneha Deepthi Taniyaa Bhatia and Titas SadhuReleased Players Aparna Mondal Ashwani Kumari Laura Harris and Poonam YadavDC reached the finals of the previous season losing to Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCB by eight wicketsGujarat Giants GGRetained Players Ashleigh Gardner Beth Mooney Bharti Fulmali Dayalan Hemalatha Harleen Deol Kashvee Gautam Laura Wolvaardt Mannat Kashyap Meghna Singh Phoebe Litchfield Priya Mishra Sayali Satghare Shabnam Shakil and Tanuja KanwerReleased Players Kathryn Bryce Lauren Cheatle Lea Tahuhu Sneh Rana Tarannum Pathan Trisha Poojitha and Veda KrishnamurthyGG finished at the bottom of the points table last season with two wins and six lossesAlso Read WPL is an example for girls in all kinds of sports MI team owner Nita AmbaniRoyal Challengers Bengaluru RCBRetained Players Asha Shobana Dani Wyatt Ekta Bisht Ellyse Perry Georgia Wareham Kanika Ahuja Kate Cross Renuka Singh Richa Ghosh S Meghana Shreyanka Patil Smriti Mandhana Sophie Devine and Sophie MolineuxReleased Players Disha Kasat Indrani Roy Shraddha Pokarkar Shubha Satheesh and Simran BahadurRCB emerged as the champions of the WPL 2024 beating DC by eight wickets in the finalUP Warriorz UPWRetained Players Alyssa Healy Anjali Sarvani Chamari Athapaththu Deepti Sharma Gouher Sultana Grace Harris Kiran Navgire Poonam Khemnar Rajeshwari Gayakwad Saima Thakor Shweta Sehrawat Sophie Ecclestone Tahlia McGrath Uma Chetry and Vrinda DineshReleased Players Laxmi Yadav Parshavi Chopra S Yashasri and Lauren BellIn the previous season UP Warriorz missed out on the playoffs finishing fourth with three wins and five lossesWith agency inputs