WPL 2026 Auction Rules: The 2026 Women’s Premier League auction will be a historic one, as it will be the first-ever mega auction in the history of the world’s richest female cricket league.
Ahead of the auction, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has revealed rules and guidelines for the WPL 2026 auction, the purse value for the franchises and the road map for the deadline for player retention submissions, franchises to provide player lists for the auction pool, last date for player registrations, and official auction player list to be released by the BCCI.
The WPL 2026 auction will be the first of its kind, with new rules regarding player retention and the introduction of the Right to Match (RTM) card.
WPL 2026 Auction Rules
As per the WPL 2026 auction rules, all the franchises can retain upto five players ahead of the auction.
The auction rules will be updated once the official release from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
- According to the guidelines, each team can retain up to five players ahead of the auction (up to three capped Indian Players and up to two overseas players, and up to two uncapped players).
- A team a maximum of five players will lose the ability to use any RTM options. Retaining four players will permit one RTM, three players will give two RTMs, two players will offer three RTMs, and retaining just one players will allow four RTMs.
- The BCCI has also revealed the auction purse for 2026 has been set at INR 15 crore, with fixes retention slabs providing a base value for retained players:
- INR 3.5 crore for Player 01
- INR 2.5 crore for Player 02
- INR 1.75 crore for Player 03
- INR 1 crore for Player 04
- INR 50 lakhs for Player 05
- The retained players value will be deducted from auction purse – retaining five players will cost for INR 9.25 crore, four will cost INR 8.75 crore, three will cost INR 7.75 crore, two will cost INR 6 crore and one will be INR 3.5 crore.
- Players who are eligible to register their names for the WPL 2026 auction should get NOC from their respective cricket board.
- BCCI will shortlist the eligible players from the overall registered players list and will announce the final list.
- BCCI will categorise the shortlisted players in various sets based on their specialism including capped/uncapped/Associate players.
- During the Auction, no franchise will be allowed to buy a player beyond their purse balance.
WPL 2026 Auction Players List
With several players are set to register for the auction, we can expect new face and emerging players could go big in the auction.
Teams will use to structure and strengthen squad for the upcoming WPL 2026. Each team will release the final list of auction players soon while maintaining the core.
Stay tuned for updates…!!!
Roadmap for WPL 2026 Auction
Apart from the retention and RTM rules announcement, the WPL has also revealed the roadmap for the retention deadline, auction registrations and other things.
- November 5 – Deadline for player retention submissions.
- November 7 – Franchises to provide player lists for the auction pool.
- November 18 – Last date for player registrations.
- November 20 – Official auction player list to be released by the BCCI.
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